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   Last updated: April 17, 2010

mBrowser is a file organizer especially designed to let users catalog video files with movie snapshots.  Users can open, launch, locate and trash imported movies easily.  Simply, create a movie album and then drag and drop a movie file, one at a time onto the drop box.

With Auto shot on, mBrowser will automatically take a screenshot of the movie you've dragged and dropped onto the movie drop box.  Then click on Launch to open the selected movie with a default application or click on Play to watch the selected movie directly through mBrowser's own movie player.

• Supported multimedia formats for imports: 3GP, 3GP2, AVI, DIVX, DV, FLV, M4V, MOV, MPEG, MPG, MP4, SWF, WMV
• Supported multimedia formats for Auto shot: 3GP, 3GP2, DV, MOV, M4V, MP4
  (+ AVI, DIVX, MPEG, MPG, WMV for advanced version)

mBrowser is not an ordinary file organizer that lets you catalogue your movie files.  It has a built-in movie player for you to play back media formats such as 3GP, 3GP2, DV, M4V, MOV and MP4.  You can take a screenshot of any frame displayed on the movie player and send it automatically to Preview.  If mBrowser does not support the media type of the selected movie file, you can still launch it with its default application like QuickTime and VLC Media Player.

It's not just movie files on the hard disk drive that you can open with the movie player.  mBrowser also allows you to watch URL movies, movies that are streamed at remote servers.

By the way, you don't have to take a screenshot of the movie you are going to import for yourself.  Enable Auto shot and drag and drop a movie file onto the movie drop box.  And mBrowser will automatically take a screenshot of the movie for you.  You can even set the default position (number of seconds from the start) where a screenshot is taken for each movie.  So all you need is just a bunch of movie files.  Can a movie catalogue application any simpler than that?

mBrowser is currently available as a freeware title.  'Freeware' doesn't mean you own any part of this application.  It only means that you are allowed to use it after accepting terms of use.  There is no gurantee that it will function as it's supposed to.  We certainly have the right to not release mBrowser as a freeware title.  And we have the right to repackage it with new features and release it as a commercial product at any time with or without a prior notice.  And if you know you are going to call us a thief after changing the release format, please don't use it in the first place.

• Do not complain about it in public.
• Do not make us accountable if mBrowser doesn't perform to your satisfaction.
• Do not distribute or redistribute it.
• Do not open a support ticket for it at MacHouse Support.

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mBrowser 1.6.2 

System requirements:

• Mac OS X: 10.3.9, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 with PowerPC Mac or Intel Mac

Version History:

1.5.1 to 1.6.2 (January 12, 2010)

1. mBrowser now allows the user to import movies whether their file extensions are visible or not.
   
2. mBrowser is now able to import Matroska-container movies with Auto shot on if the Perian QuickTime component is installed.  (This feature is able to licensed users only.  Enable 'MKV' under the Media types in the Preferences window.)  However, licensed users are advised to import MKV clips with Auto shot off.  See FAQ for more information.
   
   
   
   
   
3. When the Delete button is clicked on with a movie album selected, mBrowser will delete an album folder instead of sending it to the Trash can.
4. A few minor fixes are implemented.

1.4.3 to 1.5.1 (December 18, 2009)

1. The user no longer has to select an album for Edit, Remove, Launch, Locate, Trash, Play.  Instead, select a movie thumbnail.
   
2. If an album contains at least one movie profile, clicking on the movie thumbnail will cause the application to automatically select its album folder.
3. The Movie List supports a contextual menu.
4. Use Export Screenshot to save the movie screenshot of the selected movie profile in a different location.
5. After creating, editing, removing a movie profile, the application will go back to the previous album folder.
6. 3 extra features are available to licensed users who want to support mBrowser.
7. Fix: The Tab key is used to switch from one edit field to another under Preferences > URLs.
8. Some more minor changes and fixes have been rendered.

1.4.2 to 1.4.3 (December 14, 2009)

1. Major bug fix: Under some circumstances, using the Edit function caused mBrowser not to catalogue movie profiles.
   
2. Minor fix: The Info button on the Movie Info window did not sink when the button was pressed.

1.3.1 to 1.4.2 (December 13, 2009)

1. Auto shot is now capable of handling 3GP and 3G2 movies (.3gp, .3gpp, .3g2, .3gp2). Note that mBrowser's movie player cannot play back 3GP and 3G2 movies because their formats would break its user interface. The minimum width is 320 pixels.
   
2. Users can now label URLs, and those labels will appear in the DropDown menu on the Toolbar and also in the menu bar (Movie > Open URL >)
3. Users can now watch URL movies that are hosted at remove servers. (See Movie > Open URL > Open URL Movie or click on the uMovie button on the Toolbar menu.) Users can of course take screenshots on URL movies and send them to Preview.  Click here for more information on how to watch URL movies.
4. Fix: Choosing Movie > Go to End actually sent the play head to the beginning.
5. Fix: 'Sent Preview' now works without bothering to open Preferences once.
6. Some more minor fixes have been rendered.

1.2.0 to 1.3.1 (December 12, 2009)

1. Users can now drag and drop DIVX movies (.divx) onto the movie drop box.
2. Under Preferences > Settings, users have the option of opening the taken movie screenshot to Preview.
3. The application blocks movies with no video track when Auto shot is enabled.
4. Bug fix: The number of video tracks should now appear correctly on the Movie Info window.
5. Fix: Movie player controls are fixed in such a way that action is triggered when Mouse is up instead of down.
6. Minor fixes and changes are rendered.

1.1.1 to 1.2.0 (December 10, 2009)

1. The numbers of audio and video tracks are now shown on the Movie Info window.
2. The size of thumbnails can be adjusted under the View menu.
3. The window size can be adjusted under the Window menu.
4. Complete movie information is available under Movie > Show Movie Info if the movie player is at front.
5. The movie screen can now be resized in Half, Actual, Double...
6. More complete media clip information can be obtained by clicking on the i symbol on the Movie Info window.
7. The movie player comes with player control buttons.
8. A new drop-down menu is available to let the user visit websites of their choices and download screenshots and/or movies.
9. The user has options of whether to resize the movie player window proportionally or not proportionally. (See Movie > Proportional Resizing)

1.0.0 to 1.1.1 (December 9, 2009)

1. The actual resolution of the movie appears on the movie player window.  (Movie > Current Resolution > Show Current Resolution)
2. The original resolution of the movie appears on the movie player window.  (Movie > Normal Resolution > Show Normal Resolution)
3. Fix: Editing a movie profile did not cause the movie file and its path to change before.
4. Fix: The application crashed when the user didn't select a movie file but proceeded to edit a movie profile before.
5. Fix: Trash sent the selected movie screenshot file itself instead of the movie file before.
6. Fix: The drop box displayed an inaccurately resized picture after a screenshot was dropped onto before.
7. Improvement: The application will go back to the last album after a movie is imported.
8. Improvement: The frequency for user's part in selecting a movie album is greatly reduced.
9. More minor fixes and improvements have been redered.

mBrowser is a product of MacHouse.