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[Matt]

This is a beta version of MC 11.1.  It will work with the same MC11 license that 11.0 uses.  Please post only bugs here.  Anything requiring discussion should go in a new thread.  Non-bug posts will be deleted or moved. 

PRICES for MC11.0 and 11.1 are here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=23311

The public release version of Media Center 11.0 is available here:
http://www.jrmediacenter.com/download.html (recommended for new users)

This latest build of MC11.1 Beta is here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter111074.exe

11.1.74 (12/7/05)

1. NEW: Merged Media Library and Library Browser into one system.
2. Changed: Removed the "Documents" media mode.
3. Changed: Moved "Audio", "Images", and "Video" to the root of the tree. (more like Theater View)
4. Changed: Added "Reset All View Schemes To Default" to the Edit menu.
5. Changed: Tagging with the panes will only ask for confirmation on drop. (not on edit or tagging mode check)
6. Changed: "Album Artist" and "Album Artist (auto)" show as simply "Artist" in view scheme displays.
7. Fixed: Analyzing of AAC/m4a file stopped at 99%-100% and did not continue to the next file.

11.1.73 (12/6/05)

1. Changed: Restored the Library Browser A...Z links.
2. Fixed: Internet MP3 streams were not working.
3. Fixed: Internet MP3 streams didn't have song titles displayed.
4. Fixed: Internet MP3 streams had noise while playing.
5. Fixed: Spectrum Analyzer with cover art was crashing.
6. Changed: Podcast Header now displays Feed update date/time and provides more space for Podcast description.  When the URL is unavailable, an error message is shown instead of the descripton.
7. Fixed: Roku was not playing WAV files.
8. Fixed: Atom-style dates are now handled better in RSS feeds.
9. Fixed: Uninstall not working on Windows 98 systems.

11.1.72 (12/5/05)

1. Fixed: After switching among multiple CD drives for burning, the "start burn" button could fail to work.
2. Changed: MC will no longer attempt to download an input plugin.
3. Fixed: When playing multiple AAC files multiple ffdshow icons appear in the Notification tray.
4. Fixed: Files with invalid or missing file dates could fail to import or cause other strange problems.
5. NEW: Added CD / DVD support to the automation SDK. (pMJ->GetCDDVD(...))
6. Fixed: Library Browser "Clear Selection" button was not working.
7. Changed: Tuned the font sizing of Library Browser tabs.
8. Changed: Removed the A...Z links from Library Browser.
9. NEW: Added SyncrhonizeZones to the zones SDK.
10. Fixed: Visualization Studio was not avaialble in the right-click menu when looking at a visualization.
11. Changed: TV aspect ratio defaults to "Source" instead of "4:3".
12. Changed: TV always sets image control settings upon start, either using stored values or using device's default values.
13. New: An option to disable album art transfer to portable devices.
14. Fixed: CD ripping wasn't working on Windows 98.
15. Fixed: Playcount sync for iPod Shuffle.

11.1.71 (12/1/05)

1. Fixed: On a fresh install, the Media Center SDK (com object) would not get registered.
2. Changed: iPod right click 'Volume Adjustment' option allows a volume increase or decrease during playback on iPod if Soundcheck is disabled. When SoundCheck is enabled on iPod, this setting is ignored and the MC Replay Gain value is applied.
3. Fixed: Network share files wouldn't always play / import properly. (introduced in build 65)
4. NEW: Media Center natively plays m4a files through its audio engine when the appropriate filters are installed. (enabling cross-fading, ASIO, visualizations, etc.)
5. Changed: Slight re-arrangement of CD options page for clarity (and renamed from "Devices" to "CD").
6. Changed: Improved messaging (guidance) provided and added ability to restore from backup if libraries fail to load.

11.1.70 (12/1/05)

1. Fixed: When starting a handheld sync from the view header, the status column wouldn't update right away to show the upload status.
2. Changed: Starting handheld syncs from the Action Window or view header will both show progress for the transfer in the Action Window.
3. Fixed: Artwork sizes for iPod Nano and iPod 5g were not being loaded properly -- causing artwork to look wrong. (if you see this, reinitialize the iPod to fix)

11.1.69 (12/1/05)

1. Fixed: Customized Podcast feeds could get replaced by the default feeds on the first run.
2. Fixed: Podcast files that hadn't been downloaded were not playable. (must delete files from Podcast and let the reappear to fix)

11.1.67 (11/30/05)

1. NEW: Audible transfers; Added dialog box to Activate Portable Device if needed during Audible file transfers.
2. Fixed: Did not properly purge Podcast episodes based on orphan file count or orphan MB used.
3. Fixed: Media Center MP3 playback no longer hiccups when playing spliced / or slightly invalid MP3 files that have rewind overflows.
4. Changed: Windows MCE remote (and other remotes that send messages directly to the focused window) work in all Media Center views instead of just standard view.
5. Optimized: Improved file transfer method for iPod and drive based devices to improve speed and minimize file fragmentation.
6. Changed: Some stock Podcast feeds appear by default.
7. Optimized: Ipod artwork database is written and compacted in a much more efficient manner, removing any lags previously caused by fragmentation.
8. Fixed: If Media Center was improperly shut down (system crash, etc.) while Library Browser was visible, the library could fail to load on MC restart in some cases.
9. NEW: Media Center automatically creates library backups every 3 days, and also creates monthly images. (and intelligently cleans up old backups)

New Features in MC 11.1
Podcasting support
Much improved handheld support for iPod, PlayforSure devices, and many others
Configurable locations for all media types on handhelds
iPod Shuffle and Nano support
Album art on iPods that support it
Automatic backup of library

[Matt]

Let's keep discussion about the new library and tree system here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=30574.0

Thanks.

[Yaobing]

Please post discussion on m4a support in this thread:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=30561.0

[avpman]

When playing on a remote PC and the "Always Convert  - MP3" is selected in library options, the track ends prematurely on playback. In some cases chopping off as much as a minute of playtime. The INCORRECT track length is displayed at the top of the window. For example, track correct play length is 4:20, however 3:20 is displayed at the top of the window and the playback ends at 3:20. If I choose to convert to Ogg Vorbis or select Do Not Convert, the correct track length is displayed and track plays to end.

11.1.73 & 74
Options->Library->When Playing from Library Server->ALWAYS CONVERT->MP3

[darichman]

Like the new merged library/album view.

Moved "Audio", "Images", and "Video" to the root of the tree. (more like Theater View)

Really don't like this. I liked having "Media Library" as it allowed me to (1) look at all of my media library in one go and (2) kept my view schemes separate from playlists, devices etc.

I don't use the "Audio" "Video" "Image" entries in the tree as I've created ones to better suit my library (so that I can include views which span multiple media types). Before, they were all arranged nicely under media library and now they're all over the tree 

Removed the "Documents" media mode.

Just wondering, but why? I never used the actual media mode much, but I certainly use MC to organise documents.

[cisilay]

Hi,
When I want to choose the print options and click the print link, the program beginning to print without opening the print options dialog box.
So if you want to print the playlist, for example on landscape view, you don't have this chance.
Thanks.
Cengiz.

[rpalmer68]

Cover Art is not being displayed with Visualizations done wth Visualization  Studio.

I have my covert art as folder.jpg in the album directory and I have the image field set to COVER_ART in vis. studio.


Regards
Richard

[Tanguero]

I used and stored a customized view in MC 11.0 for my playlists; Now I only see the standard view, and when I tried to load the customized view I had, it was empty! Not sure whether this happened in 11.11.74 or in 11.1.72 (my first 11.1 version).

Restoring an old library does not help it. Are views not backed up?

[Tanguero]

I just noticed that MC is using abuot 550 MegaBytes of memory though only about 8 MB are used actively.

I have made a number of syncs, don't know if that has anything to do with it.

I took a system info dump, please see below.

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Media Center Registered 11.1.74 -- C:\Program\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Unknown 1486 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 471 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0001)

Ripping /   Drive D: HL-DT-STDVD+RW GCA-4040N  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive D: _NEC     DVD+-RW ND-6650A   Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

[Alex B]

I used and stored a customized view in MC 11.0 for my playlists; Now I only see the standard view, and when I tried to load the customized view I had, it was empty! Not sure whether this happened in 11.11.74 or in 11.1.72 (my first 11.1 version).

Restoring an old library does not help it. Are views not backed up?

No, the column and sorting presets are stored in the registry. MC11.1 uses obviously a slightly different way to store the presets. I already reported about this two months ago.

I would appreciate if the installer could adopt the previous registry keys.
Rebuilding several view presets like this is not fast and easy: fieldsbig.png (I scrolled the view between the six slices)

Here is my column presets registry key: columnpresets.pdf. The presets marked with red color are from MC 11.0 and show up as empty in MC11.1.

[Matt]

I just noticed that MC is using abuot 550 MegaBytes of memory though only about 8 MB are used actively.

Something isn't right.  Run it and see what part of the program is causing it.  Start a new thread if you have any more details.

Thanks.

[tcman41]

I really like having the library browser and media library now combined, i do have a question though:

My current view is media library with the library browser album part turned on, i was trying to get media center to start up on this view, but media library doesn't do it and when i change it to library browser it comes up with the old fashion library browser type of view, not the new slick one has i described above, a little dissapointed.

TC

[Dutch Peter]

Using the Media Mode in the upper right corner



does not affect the tree on the left.

So if I click on Images i would expect to see an image tree pop up on the left.

EDIT:
choosing a media mode does not make the trees of the other modes invisible. Probably someting connected to the fact that those threes are moved to the root.
I do not see the benefit of that at the moment.

EDIT 2:
there is a difference in behaviour between 'Exit with All Media switched on and restart (and then switch between modes' and 'Exit with Audio switched on and restart (and then switch between modes'.