The biggest new feature in this release is search functionality. You can search by title, cast & crew or theme. This is accessible via the context menu (F9 for keyboard users). There is also a button if skins want to place search on a slide out menu and it is also possible for other plugins to launch a search automatically via a "launch parameter".

This build has already gone through a round of alpha testing so it is assumed to be fairly solid. That said, this is a beta release so it is meant for those willing to assist with testing.

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1.3.1
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Bug Fixes
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**********: Updated IMDb script to match site changes.



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1.3.0
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Enhancements
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Issue #410: Added the ability to search for movies based on the title, cast
and crew or a general theme.

Issue #996: It is now possible to use movie based wildcards for the custom
intro filepath. This should allow people to play different intro
videos based on audio codec, aspect ratio, etc.
Documentation: http://bit.ly/kVOGDW

Issue #749: Can now point to a directory instead of a file for a custom intro.
A random video in the folder will be played.

Issue #458: Scripts can now provide the studio a film was produced by.

Issue #1048: Added new input variable for scraper scripts passing in the
MediaPortal data directory. Mainly for IMDb+.

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Tweaks
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**********: Added error message when an external skin or plugin passes
Moving Pictures an invalid parameter.

**********: All background mediainfo scans will now be halted when playback
begins.

**********: By default will no longer wait on file locks when importing
videos. Configurable in advanced settings.

**********: By default, importer will now update from active scraper scripts
until all fields are populated (previously only the first 3 were
called). Configurable in advanced settings.

**********: Added "popularity" field to movie manager. This is an arbitrary
field provided by a scraper script that the importer uses for
choosing the most likely correct match. Sometimes corresponds to
the number of people on the site that have rated the movie.

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Script and Translation Updates
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Issue #1040: Updated IMDb script to get rid of the annoying "IMDb - " prefix.
Also added code to automatically clean up existing movie titles.
Thanks to RoChess for the script changes.

Additional changes to fix IMDb language retrieval.

***********: Expanded the importer for themoviedb.org to support a few newer
fields (language, tagline, writer, and studio).

Issue #1064: Updated French import script (allocine). Thanks mbb!

Issue #1045: Updated Swedish import script (filmtipset). Thanks hexago!

Issue #1058: Updated Russian import script (kinopoisk). Thanks JourneyM and
leonid.kabanov!

Issue #1061. Updated the Icelandic translation and the Icelandic import
script (kvikmyndir). Thanks kjarrig1712!

Issue #1049: Updated the Spanish translation. Thanks joarreba!

Issue #1065: Added cover retrieval support to the MyMovies importer.
Thanks RoChess!

Issue #1066: Added simplified Chinese translation. Thanks meedios!