Makimedia
Makimedia 1.0.5: pick up where you left off
This update is about the moment you sit down to watch. Makimedia now knows which episode comes next, shows clearly what you have already seen, and can be ready and streaming before you even open it.
Makimedia 1.0.5 is rolling out on the Microsoft Store and Google Play. Store updates arrive at their own pace, so give it a day if you don't see it yet.
Continue Watching knows what's next
Finish an episode and Continue Watching now offers the next one, marked Next episode, instead of dropping the show from the row. Each show appears once, with whatever you are actually up to.
- Easier to read. Every tile shows the title, the season and episode with its name, and how much is left: "S1 · E2 · The One with the Sonogram at the End · 20 min left".
- One press to play. OK on the remote, a tap or a click carries on from where you stopped.
- More when you want it. Hold OK on the remote, long-press, or right-click for Details, Go to show, Mark as watched, or Remove from Continue Watching.
See what you have watched
Films and shows you have finished now carry the same small tick everywhere in the app, and they are shown a little darker so the ones you haven't seen stand out. If you prefer them at full brightness, turn it off in Settings, Appearance.
On your PC
- Start with Windows. Makimedia can open quietly in the notification area when you sign in, and start streaming on its own. Your TV and phone find your library without you touching the PC.
- Settings while streaming. Subtitle style, player options and the rest stay available while your devices are watching.
- Subtitles for your devices. Searching for subtitles from your TV or phone no longer fails after the PC has been running for a long time.
Your library keeps up with you
- Rename and reorganise freely. Rename a file, tidy a show into its own folder or move it to another drive, and Makimedia recognises it as the same file, with its match, subtitles and the place where you stopped.
- A new copy of an episode finds its show. Replace an episode with a better release and it slots into the show you already have, even when its name is unusual.
- Clean up what's gone. Episodes no longer on disk can be removed from a show in one step, and Settings, Removed from library can now put files back or remove them for good.
On the TV and in the player
- Back to the show. Open a show from one of its episodes and Back takes you to that episode again.
- Picture shape. The aspect button shows the video's own shape, such as "Original · 2.40:1", and on a TV it is the first button in the player.
- Tidier TV settings. Options that only make sense with touch or a mouse are hidden on a TV.
Updates from inside the app
From now on, when a new version is out, Makimedia tells you and installs it from the store. On Android it never interrupts a film: it waits until you have finished watching.
Enjoying it?
After you have watched a few films, Makimedia may ask once whether you would like to leave a review. It's one question, you can say no, and it won't keep asking. A rating on Google Play or the Microsoft Store is still the best way to help other people find Makimedia.
Found something that doesn't work? Report it, and it may be fixed in the next one.
Enjoy the film.
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