multiMAN Updated to v2.00.05 - Improved Memory Management and XMMB

Does Dean, author of multiMAN, ever sleep? Based on the amount of feature rich updates he brings to his manager, it's seeming inevitable that Dean has his share of late night work sessions. Today, he brings us yet another update, which brings the latest multiMAN version to v2.00.05. The new release mostly improves XMMB mode and memory management, with the latter allowing the app to run smoother and quicker.

In addition to these new updates, Dean has also announced he will no longer be releasing "BASE" versions of multiMAN. Instead, users will be forced to download "FULL" versions or use the built in updater from within multiMAN.

Furthermore, he has announced some unfortunate news for those of you who are not using Kmeaw CFW. From this day forward, he will no longer be releasing separate multiMAN releases that are compatible with Waninkoko CFW and WutangRZA CFW. If you use either of these firmwares you will be forced to run "package_finalize" on multiMAN's installer in order to make it compatible with your firmware. However, if you utilize online updates from within multiMAN, these updates will still be compatible and won't need any tweaking.

Download: multiMAN ver 02.00.05 FULL (20110616-220000).rar (96.49 MB)

02.00.05 -

* Changed: Coverflow mode completely rewritten to use XMMB engine
* Changed: Coverflow shows covers in perspective
* Changed: Better memory management
* Changed: XMMB display mode visualization
* Changed: Caching only of Photo, Music and Retro XMMB columns with their actual size (faster boot and exit/restart) (16MB HDD space freed)
* Added: Option in XMMB Settings column “XMMB Game Icon Swap” to select mode for covers/icons for Game column
* Added: Options in XMMB Settings column “Key Repeat Delay” and “Key Repeat Speed”
* Added: Launch .zip ROMs from File Manager (from emulator folders or dev_hdd0 or dev_usb00* ./ROMS/[emulator])
* Added: Support for FBA Next emulator (port mods by squarepusher2)
* Fixed: PPU crashreport about MultiStream on exit (thanks to an0nymous for the backtrace log)
* Fixed: Minor issues when applying themes
* Fixed: Minor issues/garbage with boot screen on rare occasions
* Removed: Use of virtual memory

MP3/Audio related:
* Changed: MP3 playback requires 384KB of RAM (was 24MB before) and now MP3 file size is unlimited (4MB ram freed)
* Added: Fade-in / fade-out for mp3 playback
* Added: Indication of which mp3 title is currently playing/paused in XMMB mode
* Added: multiMAN mp3 playback will pause if you play music from PS3 XMB Music column
Extended support for BD Remote Controller:
* BD Remote: [ENTER] and [PLAY] keys will act as [X] (much easier to navigate)
* BD Remote: [PAUSE] will pause music playback
* BD Remote: [PREV]/[NEXT] will skip to previous/next audio track
* BD Remote: [STOP] will stop music playback

Source: PSX-Scene