Firecore, a developer of aTV Flash (black), has just released a “hefty update” of its Media Player for Apple TV 2. The new version adds some new features (like TV Show metadata fetching and folder tagging) and a ton of performance related improvements and bug fixes.

Here is the complete list of new features and improvements:

• Added hardware decoding for .m2ts files
• Added TV Show metadata fetching
• Added option to correct movie metadata
• Added DSI ping for better operation with AFP shares
• Added folder tagging
• Added metadata view indicator
• Added support for metadata overriding using xml files
• Added DVD menu buffering
• Improved data buffering and playback performance
• Improved network error handling
• Improved filename parsing for metadata fetching
• Improved NAS drives support and increased connection timeout
• Improved video loading process
• Improved playback position detection
• Resolved audio synchronization issues
• Resolved problems when streaming from an AirPort Extreme
• Resolved issues that caused the first subtitle section to be skipped
• Resolved performance and crash related issues for certain DVD files
• Resolved audio playback issues when the connection to Last.fm fails
• Resolved potential issues in shares handling and filename processing
• Resolved AFP related crashes
• Resolved .dvdmedia extensions and folder images not hiding
• Resolved floating crash during metadata fetching
• Resolved critical compatibility issues with iOS 5
• Minor UI improvements
• Many other miscellaneous fixes

Media Player 0.9 can be installed on your ATV2 (with aTV Flash black already installed) through the Maintenance –> Manage Extras menu.

Find out more about Media Player 0.9 on Firecore’s blog.

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