The 1.1.0 release introduces beta compatibility for Snow Leopard and backwards compatibility for Leopard.  If you have issues with this build, please email support [at] multiplexapp [dot] com!

Features:

• All Core Animation issues have been fixed.
• Multiplex will attempt to auto-fix permissions issues caused by upgrading to Snow Leopard.
• New drawing code to alleviate problems with Snow Leopard.

Known Issues:

• The “Hover” information view is missing.  This is due to a bug in Snow Leopard, so it has been disabled until we can fix it across the board.

Verison 1.0.4 fixes two MAJOR issues:

1. For those who saw the “spinning wheel of death” on startup, 1.0.4 includes a fix for this.  If you ever experience it again, please email support@multiplexapp.com immediately.
2. Metadata searching has been fixed.  There was a change made to the API we use to grab information, and it was blocking old versions from using the API.  We’re now up to date.

Finally, this release REQUIRES Safari 4.  We’ve been holding off for a while, and had for a time bundled our own version of WebKit with Multiplex.  However, that bloated the app.  Now that Safari 4 has been out for some time and is available as a free upgrade for all Mac users, we’ve stripped our version of WebKit from Multiplex and rely on Safari 4.

Further, this version may not run properly on Snow Leopard, but we’re working to fix that before Snow Leopard’s official release.

If you continue to experience issues, please let us know immediately.

Thank you to all the feedback from MacUpdate Bundle users!  Their feedback has helped us find a couple bugs in Multiplex, and get them FIXED.

New Features:

• “Fullscreen” rewrite
• Hover view displays number of discs in set

• Minor changes to the menu structure
• Minor changes to the Preferences window to make it a little nicer looking
• Fixed a rare bug that could cause Multiplex to crash
• Added Command-R shortcut for “Reveal In Finder” per user-request on UserVoice feedback forums
• Moved UserVoice feedback to main forum (off of the old beta forum)

Official Multiplex 1.0 Release!

After many months of development, feedback from the community and our customers, and incredibly work by the team, we’re pushing Multiplex 1.0!  (Officially it’s 1.0.1, but who’s keeping track?)

So what’s the big deal?

First and foremost – Set Management.  It was the biggest hurdle, and we think we’ve done right by it.  Open the info for a movie, click on the Discs tab, and you can drag other movies right in to it, which automatically adds the discs from the second movie to the first.  You can rename discs, drag-to-reorder them, drop discs from a set, etc.  When a movie has more than one disc, it is “badged” letting you know.  Please let us know how you feel about the new Set Management features!

We’ve got menus – lots of them – but strategically placed.  Movies and discs now have right-click (or “control-click”) context menus.  We’ve updated the top-level menus as well to be reflective of the app’s workings.  You can delete movies, reveal them in the Finder, and perform other appropriate actions on certain elements (rename, move, and other set-management features).

We’ve cleaned up the drawer a lot – there is a brand-new editor for the movie description, the new discs tab (obviously) and new, shiny play buttons that are no longer an afterthought – you want to play your media!

“Hide Unplayable Movies” is now a menu option in the “View” menu – this way you can show your entire collection, or only what’s immediately available for playing – your choice.  This makes switching external hard drives a little nicer, and can keep your box-art bigger and more beautiful.

There are more minor tweaks and UI updates than we can mention.  And oh are there bug fixes – some miniscule, some more major.  The Sample Data has been cleaned up for you to play with.  Animations are smoother.  The Up and Down arrows on your keyboard now navigate through your collection in “Stadium” view.  And there’s more than that – much more.

Please visit the feedback forums at http://forum.multiplexapp.com with any feedback.  With so many new features, we are sure there may be something we missed – please let us know ASAP and we’ll get it fixed.

A big thanks to the people that stepped up at the last minute and tried for hours to try to (and sometimes succeeded) break Multiplex, which let us clean up just a few last-minute bugs before release.  We really appreciate it.

Multiplex now supports NON-DVD MEDIA

That’s right, we heard your cry! Multiplex now has full support for manually adding non-DVD media to Multiplex! We’ve gone to great lengths to make the experience right – simply go to the File menu and select the “Add non-DVD media” menu option, or even better, drag and drop your media right on to Multiplex or the Multiplex icon in your OS X dock!

We’ve even set Multiplex up to track your other media as you move it around, rename it, etc.  Once added to Multiplex, it will look and act just like DVD media, open in the appropriate application when you click “Play”, dim out if the drive it’s located on is detached, etc.  All the goodies, tons more movies.  (Non-DVD media will not enjoy the benefits of the “coming-soon” in-app player and on-demand encoder for streaming to your home theater.)

PLEASE NOTE: This is a NEW feature, and while we believe it’s solid, it’s slightly experimental. Please report any proplems you have with the feature on our forums.

• Sample Data! If you have no movies of your own, you can still try out Multiplex by using our built-in sample data!
• More keyboard shortcut tightening.
  • Enter now launches movie
  • ⌘-I opens and closes the info pane
• “New” badge icon in preferences pane signify new preferences since the last release.

• Fixed bug in keyboard nav with info window open where the description would not refresh properly
• Highlight square hidden with keyboard navigation

New Features:

• Preferences pane!
  • Choose your single-click and double-click functionality
  • Control automatic updates
  • Turn hover info on and off
  • Launch directly into full screen!

Updates to keyboard shortcuts:

Enter : Launches highlighted movie
⌘-Enter : Toggle full-screen mode
⌘-I : Open and close the info drawer
⌘-F: Places cursor in search control

Keyboard shortcuts updated to prepare for Apple Remote support, coming soon.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue where initial spinner may not disappear, thus blocking the program
• Hover-rectangle not caught in space when moving to full screen
• Fixed issue where small spinner next to search box might spin indefinitely

Under The Hood:

• Upgraded to latest version of JSONKit

• Fixed issue where fullscreen may lock up computer
• Fixed media availability issue
• Sped up Core Data read/write
• Removed all pop-up alerts (now all sheets)
• Fixed binding issues between drawer views for selected movie
• Better understanding of when media is File vs. Physical (DVD)

Feature Additions:

• Delete from Collection
• Experimental Toast integration (Toast 9 or better required)
• Info button reworked