KMedia Browser - the multimedia swiss army knife

Features

List with current and planned upcoming features. For license informations see LICENSES.

#	Feature	Status	Description	Expected finished
1	File view / listen local	Implemented all file types	Done	100%
2	Online view / listen	Implemented all file types	Web- and Shoutcast Radio completed. Youtube completed. Direct urls to online media completed. More to follow (Build a guideline for TV- and radiostations, VIMEO, FB, Twitter etc.)	80%
3	Playnext / Repeat	Implemented online and local	For local files this works for current folder and starts on top file, if last file has been reached. For online searches this works literally endless (max. 1000 search result items are predefined, which should be enough for a weekend or so...	100%
4	Auto continue at last media and mediapostion at startup	Implemented online and local	This feature is very useful, if one has to work on clips for example and wants to continue the next day. This feature affects the application startup-speed and can be switched on or off under options	100%
5	Tag- and Filesearch-Engine	Implemented for local media files	We decided NOT to implement this for online media	100%
6	Youtetube search	Implemented	Need to implement the sort order of results (Relevance, Most rated, Most viewed etc.)	100%
7	Google Cast / Google Home	Was working already for local and online media.	Need to be reviewed an reimplmented. Some kind of local media files needs to be reconverted on the fly in order to be playable via G-Cast or G-Home.	70%
8	Auto switch player on different file types (video, images, sound	Implemented online and local	Automcatically recognize media files or live streams and switches the player according to the file type	100%
	To continue	To continue	To continue	?% complete
	To continue	To continue	To continue	?% complete
	To continue	To continue	To continue	?% complete

Licenses

KMediabrowser uses libraries and source code using the following licenses.

#	Name	License	Website
1	VideoLan LibVLC	GNU, MIT license	https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0 https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
2	FFMPEG	LGPL 2.1 or later	https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl
3	WebRTC	WebRTC-License	https://webrtc.org/license/software/
4	Tag- and Filesearch-Engine	LGPL	ttps://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0
5	Youtetube search	Proprietary	https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms/api-services-terms-of-service
6	Google Cast / Google home	Proprietary	https://developers.google.com/cast/
7	IConference / WebRTC	Proprietary	http://www.avspeed.com
8	NVCL by Roman Ginzburg	GPLv3	https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0
9	SQLITE	Public Domain	https://www.sqlite.org/copyright.html
10	Telerik / Progress	Proprietary	https://www.telerik.com/
11	ImageMagick	Proprietary	https://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php

Many thanks goes to ...
vtortola - for his WebsocketListener (github.com/vtortola/WebSocketListener)
Roman Ginzburg - for his excellent base implementation NVLC which makes the use of LibVLC so much easier.
and many many others which made not just our life easier but helped us enourmously to learn techniques to make KMediabrowser what it is now!

Supported file formats

List of supported media file formats (not complete)

Format	Description
MP4	Modern video format, video encoded mostly with h264 or the newer h265 codec, audio with mp3 or aac, good compression, good quality, streamable and supported by almost any modern device.
Webm	Modern video format, video encoded with VP8 or VP9, audio with Ogg Vorbis
Avi	Older video format, mostly supported by Windows platforms
Ogv	Free Video- (and audio) codec. Video encoded with Theora, audio with oga, streamable format
flv	Video Flash format
WMV	Windows media format, streamable
MPG	Video format
DIV3	Video format
DivX	Video format
AAI	Image
BMP, BMP2, BMP3	Image
CGB	Image
CIN	Image
CMYK	Image
CR2	Image
CRW	Image
DCM	Image
DCS	Image
DIB	Image
EMF	Image
FAX	Image
FPX	Image
GIF	Image
HDR	Image
ICO	Image
JPG, JPEG, JPeg2	Image
PCX	Image
Ani	Image animated
PGM	Image
PNG, PNG8, PNG32, PNG48,PNG64	Image
RGB	Image
RLE	Image
SVG	Image
TGA	Image
TIFF	Image
WMF	Image
YUV	Image
WAV	Music, Sound
MP3	Music, Sound
AAC	Music, Sound
OGA	Music, Sound
MID	Music, Sound
And many many more...

History

A list of changes since 2017

Version	Updatetime	Changes
3.1.7142.28423	19 07 22 15:58	Bugfix: Application freezes, if Youtube Videourl can not be decrypted.
3.1.7142.27229	19 07 22 15:21	- Bugfix: Youtube - Search freezes application, when autoplay is on. Fixed.
3.1.6911.30394	18 12 03 18:30	Splachscreen added. Minor bugfixes.
3.1.6890.31385	18 11 12 17:30	Bugfix: Youtube changed its internal download api. Fixed. Bugfix: Download or Convert multiple items did not work. Fixed.
3.1.6809.29625	18 08 23 16:33	New: KMB is freeware now.
3.1.6803.41203	18 08 17 22:58	Minor visual glitches.
3.1.6796.37930	18 08 10 21:09	Minor design enhancements.
3.1.6793.33280	18 08 07 18:34	Minor fixes and tweaks.
3.1.6792.42359	18 08 06 23:37	Fix: Network remote drive not recognized as local drive.
3.1.6791.25006	18 08 05 13:58	Removed: Waiting bar in online search.
3.1.6788.259	18 08 02 00:13	Small bugfix: The screen snapshot selection window did not work properly (in playlist, add/edit item).
3.1.6783.1478	18 07 28 00:55	New: All forms should now close pressing Excape. Started implementing a nice "Fade-Out" on all closing App-Forms.
3.1.6782.37165	18 07 27 20:43	Release Update.
3.1.6782.36961	18 07 27 20:37	Deploy - Test
3.1.6782.35874	18 07 27 20:07	New: Added Shazam functionality (Click "Shazam", choose your mcrophone and click on "Listen") New: For streamed audio based on the Shoutcast/Icecast protocoll - and most do - you get instant informations with F7 about the currently playing artist/title.
3.1.6780.37934	18 07 25 21:13	Fixes: Minor small fixes. Maintenance update.
3.1.6780.25228	18 07 25 14:09	New: WebM Images are included now in Player and Converter. New: Minor fixes
3.1.6780.25228	18 07 25 14:05
3.1.6780.1319	18 07 25 00:49	New: Online Radiostations can now be published and rated to the community.
3.1.6779.37386	18 07 24 20:52	New: Personal data like playlists, media history, network credentials or tag and friends-database now stored in user related folder.
3.1.6779.32861	18 07 24 18:22	Fix: Playnext exits fullscreen. Small improvements. Database now correctly backed up.
3.1.6778.23201	18 07 23 13:00	Fixed: Tag edit top-right did not worked with spaces. Fixed: Server side check for update did not correctly compared current Version numbers (3.1.7777.5555)
3.1.6777.22401	18 07 22 12:51	Small fixes done.
3.1.6776.43069	18 07 22 00:05	Added: Webradio search by genre and / or title. Our directory will grow with the time, currently we have collected about 6800 stations.
3.1.6775.38478	18 07 20 21:28	Fixes: sorry, no more traverse local folders at the moment. Use right click on a folder and choose "Play all". This includes all subfolders then.
3.1.6775.36396	18 07 20 20:18	Fix: Traversefolder in file explorer took too long to build a playlist.
3.1.6775.32215	18 07 20 18:02	Fixes: Invalid context menu items in playlist.
3.1.6775.24829	18 07 20 13:52	Autoupdate test
3.1.6775.23944	18 07 20 13:26	Dummy: To test auto update.
3.1.6775.23767	18 07 20 13:16	Fixes: Small fixes still found and done.
3.1.6775.23457	18 07 20 13:06	Hupps: Shazam button already visible, but not yet implemented. Fixed.
3.1.6775.22659	18 07 20 12:41	Fixed: A very rare error if a folders thumbnail is whyever corrupt, the file explorer stopped working.
3.1.6775.19212	18 07 20 10:45	Update: All done so far.
3.1.6775.14262	18 07 20 08:03	New: Help is now hosted online. It will be downloaded at first call for offline use. This will make sure, you have always the latest help including tips & tricks. Also an advantage is, that we can include how to videos etc. in the help page.
3.1.6775.2511	18 07 20 01:30	New: All the bory stuff with serials and editions integrated. Online and offline.
3.1.6768.37292	18 07 13 21:44	Update: Play next stops full screen.
3.1.6767.24724	18 07 12 13:47	Autosetup reworked.
3.1.6767.24688	18 07 12 13:45	Autoupdate reworked.
3.1.6767.24593	18 07 12 13:41	Autoupdate now with early access.
3.1.6767.24412	18 07 12 13:37	Autoupdate now with early access.
3.1.6767.24412	18 07 12 13:36	New: Early access introduced in auto update.
3.1.6767.23349	18 07 12 13:05	New: Early access for autoupdates introduced.
3.1.6767.23349	18 07 12 13:01	New: Introduced Early access in autoupdates.
3.1.6767.22822	18 07 12 12:48	New: Autoupdate redesign to allow accessing early access program.