Moovida Community Manager Position

Send your CV to hr@moovida.com. Good luck!

The new feature in question is Moovida’s enhanced Video Identifier. At Moovida we consider this feature to be part of one of the cardinal rules of what makes a media center [1] great. ”Why should I care?” may you ask. Here are the 5 reasons:

1) Embellish your media collection instantly

Besides the obvious video identifying, this function allows Moovida to accurately categorize the movies your import, matching them with the right film and synopsis info from our very own online database, automatically decorating your collection with cover art.

2) Save time

A mediocre video identifier will classify only a small fraction of your media files, which means you’ll have to waste a large chunk of precious time doing chimpanzee work, renaming files so that the program can distinguish “Weekend at Bernie’s” from “Weekend at Bernie$%s” [dramatization]. Why go through the trouble when you can use a media player that takes care of the dirty work for you? Moovida now accurately categorizes over 93% [2] of videos and covers by identifying these based on its content, not only its file name.

3) Multi-language support

Although Moovida’s official language of communication is English, we have many fans out there that ask “porqué can’t I have the synopsis in my language, especially if the file is not in English, it don’t make sense!”. Well Moovida has one of the only video identifiers out there that take this reasoning into account, providing plot summaries in English, French and Spanish, with much more languages on the way.

4)  TV Series identification a cinch

Moovida doesn’t mess around. It will correctly identify any series you import in 100% of cases [3], classified by season.

5) Moovida fills in the blanks

Imagine you get your hands on some cult silent film on DVD. There is a slight possibility Moovida won’t be able to categorize it, but since we rather die of shame than leave a cover poster bare, Moovida automatically generates the covers of non-identified films using thumb nailing.

Not only that, there are less resources consumed by the Video Identifier, so the rest of the interface responds better.

Not convinced? Test it against competitors, and let us know who ranks better.

Notes:

[1] Let me clarify my use of the word media center. Although this release is with Moovida Core, the media player interface, we will soon be releasing the media center interface, Moovida Immersed, which will also benefit from the enhanced Video Identifier in this release.

[2] Based on a study conducted by Moovida with 2,471 movie files.

[3] Based on a study conducted by Moovida with 249 TV show files.

Moovida is aiming high with its upcoming release and plans for growth, and we’re looking for the A Team to help make it happen.

We’re looking for:

• a meticulous Business Data Analyst
• a creative and versatile Web Designer

Interested? Send your CV to hr@moovida.com.

The current appearance represents a new Moovida, a reinvention that aims to deliver your multimedia with an experience like no other, which beams the benefits and evokes emotion, while meeting the demands expected from a media center.

With the new brand comes a product that is easy to use. What a better way to represent this with a cube, the most basic of three dimensional objects. The 3D cube is presented in 2 dimensions, which serves as a perfect metaphor for the user experience in the upcoming Moovida Immersed. The typography has also undergone a redesign. We’ve created a font unique to Moovida, with letters that personalize the product’s character and adhere to its philosophy.

Check out more of our concepts on Moovida’s Facebook page, we’d love to hear what you think. With Moovida’s new makeover, we’re ready to get this party started.

Besides launching a new logo AND a sexyfied interface, we’ve worked on some upgrades to improve performance and user experience:

Moovida UI/Player

• Minimode for video files and better overall process integration
• Optimized starting time
• Open single or multiple files from desktop will automatically queue in one running instance of Moovida (the application no longer duplicates)
• Drag and drop files from desktop or any other location into Moovida library
• Optimized performance for Moovida’s advertising window
• Better support for subtitles and track choices (Moovida Controller)
• Optimization and revamped version of poster browsing
• Moovida launches one instance at a time
• Media scanner improvement for English titles – support for A.K.A.s (Also Know As) in other languages coming soon

Installer

• Removes prior version first to avoid any conflict
• First verifies if version is running

Bug Fixes

• Adding a radio station makes the application crash on Windows
• When double clicking a movie from the cover list, it’s not opened in the now playing extension
• Text translation
• Improve media scanner accuracy
• Introduce a blacklist for some file patterns that should not be scanned
• Handle movies split in multiple files
• Music hangs and makes the application unresponsive
• Two instances of account log
• Some tags are sent with a space ‘ ‘ at the beginning of the name ( ‘ jazz’ instead of ‘jazz’ )
• Close the current playback / navigation event when closing the application
• Automatically get the movie genre
• Update default path differs from the installation path
• New Update dialog
• Film title is too close to the horizontal ruler in the video title dialog
• Keyword consistency
• Contextual labels for movie identification could be improved
• Moovida Account Registry Activity never stops
• Search engine in video’s source should search filename
• Categorizing from Movie to TV Show does not work properly
• New shortcut in the videos category are not working correctly
• Video identifier extension blocking startup for too long
• libgstdshowvideosink.dll prevents video from playing
• When we try to play a video that doesn’t exist, Moovida crashes
• Implement extended tab options for CDsThe application crashes when we “stress” the album cover panel
• “Import media files” dialog when we start moovida
• Fix communication problems when Moovida in Mini mode
• Simplify and improve the architecture of identifying videos (jobs, etc.)
• Show the update dialog when closing the application
• When Moovida is executed, the main window should be focused and activated
• When Moovida is started, a movie is automatically played
• Correctly set the rating (stars) and CD part for the identified films
• Remove orphan cover arts
• When we download a cover after identifying a video, calculate the different sizes
• Improve movie image loading
• Calculate number of stars and the source of tracks in an album
• Cover resolution analysis
• Apply the delayed events on the player
• When a playlist changes, update Moovida’s playlist
• Sometimes there are covers that don’t appear

Experimental Features / Fixes

• DVD section
• TV Episode Section
• Optimize the number of attributes per track when querying the tracks for an album
• Playing .FLAC files
• When no filters are set for querying the movies, return unidentified movies

Moovida Core is making a big leap with this release, and, like a fine wine, will only get better with time. The list of bug fixes above (just to name a few) demonstrates some of glitches that have been resolved with 2.0.1. Download it here.

So what do you think of the new Moovida?

These past few months we’ve been exploring the best possible face to put forward, and we do believe the evolution of our branding reflects the inroads we’ve made as far as product improvement. We’re very excited of what the future holds for Moovida, and we can’t wait to show the world what we have under our sleeve.

This logo is just the beginning for what’s in store for Moovida, in terms of image revamp and product improvement. Our upcoming release of Moovida Core is a perfect example, coming to a PC near you very soon. Stay tuned…

Despite the fact that we are well into summer and the temperature here in Barcelona has been routinely exceeding 35ºC, the Moovida team has been far from siesta mode (siestas are only a Spanish myth). The latest release of Moovida (2.0.0.15.) is now available for download and includes important new features and performance tweaks, which might just help ease your World Cup comedown.

New Features

• DVD Disc Support
• Partial support for Audio CD playback and ripping

User Interface

• Drag & drop to add files to playlist
• Error messages appear in case GStreamer fails
• New widget for audio stream switching in the main UI: select from various audio tracks imbedded in your video file (as seen in top right of screenshot below)

Tweaks

• Optimized run time (quicker start)
• Resolved issues for video playback on Windows XP
• Support for .NET 2.0

Beat the heat and cure your World Cup hangover with Moovida and these football documentary DVDs.

So what’s the use of Bookmarking you say? It allows you to save a specific moment in your film or track, so you can pick up from where you left off when reopening Moovida. The feature is specially useful for saving the end of your movie for another day.

As for me, I love bookmarking my favourite movie scenes for whenever I’m in the mood to revisit them, instead of rummaging through a YouTube search. You’ll probably recognize a few of these scenes which I love having just a click (or two) away.

• Office Space – 53:20 – Print machine payback
• The Hangover – 24:30 – Wolf pack speech
• Trainspotting – 8:30 – Travis goes swimming (viewer discretion advised)
• Taxi Driver – 1:03:00 – “You talkin’ to me?”
• Napoleon Dynamite – 7:00 – “Can you bring me my chapstick?”

Do you have any bookmarks worth sharing?

Moovida Core does all this and more. It will play most file formats, with the exception of DRM protected files that are impossible for us to support. If you’re annoyed that you can’t play DRM files with Moovida, check out this site which promotes a DRM-free lifestyle. You’ll get all the tips to avoid DRM media, giving you more power over your music downloads. It’s a bit tricky to find as many resources for free and legal video, however the Entertainment Magazine has a good selection of classics that are now part of the public domain.

Here are some other noteworthy sources you should check out to load Moovida up with free and legal downloads:

• Mashable lists a bunch of different free and legal download sites
• Sitepoint goes over a long list of creative common sources for media, including Jamendo
• Creative Commons is also a great place to find the latest CC-licensed films

Playing all your DRM-free formats has never been easier with Moovida.

To arrange a meeting and experience the Immersed interface before anyone else, contact Fluendo at sales@fluendo.com.