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September 12 SP1 is here, xMedia 2 is comingHey, folks... We've posted our latest set of fixes for xMedia, called "Service Pack 1" (don't you just love these catchy names?!?). This is another bug fix release. We fixed about 150 bugs including a fair number of crashers that have been around for quite a while. If you're interested in the fix list, please visit this page on the MSFT Support site. The team added support for WIC so now xMedia on Windows can support any RAW format if the camera manufacturer provides a WIC handler. Several camera manufacturers have already done so and several more have plans to do so. This gives folks much more complete coverage of RAW types than we could offer before. We also added support for auto-update on both Macintosh and Windows. This will help us get fixes out more quickly and in a way that patches the current installation rather than requiring an annoying uninstall/reinstall cycle that's been the rule up to now. The patches should be live in a couple weeks. There are still a number of bugs that are known and didn't get fixed in this release including a fair number that we really wanted to fix. We'll tackle more of these in the next release. We got as many fixes in this window as we could fit. We set aside other feature development to continue improving overall stability. I know that this will make some folks happy and will drive others nuts who've been waiting for new features. It's my call, so be ticked at me if you think I'm making the wrong choices. We're planning to ship SP1 in all other languages in early October. We're adding Swedish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish on Macintosh (though the last three are UI-only). We're shifting our attention now to xMedia 2 (which will have new features ;-). We're currently planning to release in the second quarter of 2008. We're also planning on a beta early in 2008 and perhaps a limited-release preview in November. More on all that later. I need to drive home to Vancouver, WA, now. Comments (16)
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