New KDE Media Center Inches Closer

A new media center for KDE 5 / Plasma 2 has been in the works for a while and today Sinny Kumari posted some tangible details. With the release of a new beta, users can try it out too. Of course, it has that "smartphone" look, but it still works as a desktop application. Plasma Media Center 1.1 Beta introduces several cool new features besides a ton of bug fixes.

In her blog post today, Kumari said, "The first release of the software received a lot of appreciation and feedback, some of which have been implemented in this release. If you find yourself using your computer (a laptop, a tablet, or a computer connected to a big display) for listening to music or watching your favorite videos and photos, you should definitely try PMC."

New features include:

• * Complete keyboard/remote-like keys support
• * Better keyboard navigation for All Music mode
• * More details in playlist
• * Youtube option to search for and watch videos from Youtube
• * Ability to associate PMC with music and videos
• * Drag and drop support for removing and rearranging media from playlist
• * Playlist shuffling
• * Dimming Videos when not viewed directly
• * Places integrated into browsing flow

See Kumari's full post for more details, download spots, and installation instructions.