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[bob]

This is the latest version of MC23 for Linux.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download:
amd64      http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v23/latest/MediaCenter-23.0.100-amd64.deb
i386      http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v23/latest/MediaCenter-23.0.100-.deb
arm      http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v23/latest/MediaCenter-23.0.100-armhf.deb

Also in the beta and latest repos.

23.0.100 (2/9/2018)

1. Fixed: A bug that would make MC ask for the screen size repeatedly if xrandr returned 0 screens.
2. Fixed: Focus loss upon entering Theater View.
3. Fixed: Internal code to find a window by point.

23.0.95 (1/19/2018)

1. NEW: Dolby output format support added to DSP studio.
2. Changed: Since the Class Names are implemented on linux now, we can use the get the focus properly in some places that weren't working before like when switching to Theater View.
3. Fixed: Focus on tagging windows were shifting to the suggestion window on some window managers (ubuntu).
4. Fixed: A bug introduced in 23.0.93 that could make the UI very slow on some window managers.

23.0.93 (1/8/2018)

1. Changed: Windows now have the Class Name set to the MC window Class Name. The Window Class continues to be Media_Center_23. This change allows MC to accept keystrokes sent to it via other apps using MJFrame as the class name.
2. Fixed: Minor memory leak in the the window finding code.
3. Fixed: Detection of whether MC was hovering over one of it's own windows which prevents it from stealing focus during a MC event from anther app was not working in all cases.

23.0.84 (11/21/2017)

1. Fixed: A bug that would cause a crash when hitting a media key when in an edit box.
2. NEW: Implement more media keys (useful for IR remote default tables).
3. NEW: Implement the Green Button on IR media remotes.

23.0.81 (11/10/2017)

1. Fixed: Decoding of high complexity video streams (4k, etc) did not work properly in recent builds.
2. NEW: Medium and Large cover art resources provided by MC's DLNA servers.

23.0.80 (10/31/2017)

1. Fixed: The network reader was hanging on some socket closes causing MC to eventually stop responding to network data. Bug introduced in 23.0.65.

23.0.78 (10/24/2017)

1. Changed: Updated FFmpeg to version 3.4, used for file analysis, transcoding and video playback.
2. Fixed: 24-bit WMA files did not play properly.

23.0.72 (10/13/2017)

1. Fixed: Change windowing code to better determine when override_direct should be used. Affects window and menu drawing.
2. Changed: Changes from the main branch.

Lots of DLNA changes. Could use some feedback on these...

23.0.70 (10/6/2017)

1. Fixed: DLNA: Don't call GetMediaInfo if the controller options are set to Disable SetNext support.
2. Fixed: DLNA: Fix status calls for GetPosition which were not entirely correct in the previous build.
3. DLNA: Fixed: Options that aren't active depending on the current settings are grayed out.
5. DLNA: NEW: You can select the audio formats that are converted when "specified output format only when necessary" is selected. (under Add or configure DLNA servers .. [Server name]->Audio->Advanced)
6. Changed: DLNA: Move the detection for the ability to do SetNext into the track playback start. Saves on device calls.
7. Fixed: DLNA: Add a GetTransportState for Playback state = PLAYING before GetPosition because on some slow devices GetPosition was returning values from the previous track which caused a track skip on those devices that support SetNext.
8. Changed: DLNA: Because of #4 above, change the track status update for SetNext support to 5 seconds.
9. Changed: DLNA: when ignoring position failure, add a settling delay for the play command after sending the URI to the renderer. Helps with some slow renderers.
10. Changed: DLNA: changes to make the slider work when getposition is slow or fails.
11. Fixed: DLNA: get the fileinfo to update onscreen instantly when transitioning tracks.
12. Fixed: DLNA: change to the DLNA image slideshow push to renderer to work with MC as a renderer.
13. Changed: DLNA renderer. Ignore Stop commands while playing back images. Enables a smooth slideshow. WIP.

23.0.65 (9/29/2017)

1. Fixed: Longstanding bug in the networking code that could cause segfaults upon DLNA and MC devices going up and down on the local network.

23.0.61 (9/19/2017)

1. Fixed: The situation where a detached monitor will prevent detection of desktop size (stops popup windows from being created).

23.0.54 (9/14/2017)

1. Fixed: Removed the libunistring0 requirement.

23.0.52-2 (9/12/2017)

1. Fixed: The fix to edit boxes from 23.0.52 prevented Theater View from working.

23.0.52 (9/8/2017)

1. Fixed: Remove wait messages on message boxes. Because of the way timers work in MC linux, they were not getting displayed until the timeout.
2. Fixed: Change some edit boxes to remove the hard coded unmanaged window attribute which was making them show up across virtual desktops.
3. Changed: Internal window code changes to increase performance.
4. NEW: Implemented video window detaching.

23.0.51 (9/7/2017)

1. NEW: Enabled the use of VST Plugins.

23.0.41 (8/28/2017)

1. NEW: Implement non-US keyboard support.
2. Fixed: Under some situations, menus could appear blank with some hardware/desktop manager combinations.

23.0.36 (8/18/2017)

1. Fixed: Crashing in Theater View from GCC6 non-compliant code (not for arm)

23.0.31-2 (8/7/2017)

1. Changed: Relaxed package requirements to ignore the minor revision of a package.
2. Fixed: Removed libicu requirement.

23.0.31 (8/7/2017)

1. Fixed: Internal structures dealing with UI functions.

23.0.28 (7/31/2017)

1. Fixed: Some memory leaks in the registration code changes from 23.0.25. Will require re-entry of the license again.

23.0.25 (7/27/2017)

1. Fixed: Linux registration issues. Will need to re-enter the registration code.
2. Changed: Tweaking thread priorities from 23.0.21.
3. NEW: Theater View 3D rendering is anti-aliased for smoother edges. (not for arm)

23.0.21 (7/17/2017)

1. NEW: Implemented thread priorities. When running as a normal user requires system configuration to work. Falls back to non-prioritized threads if the system is not configured to allow prioritization.
2. FIXED: Memory leak in Linux thread parallelizer.

[RemyJ]

1. Changed: Windows now have the Class Name set to the MC window Class Name. The Window Class continues to be Media_Center_23. This change allows MC to accept keystrokes sent to

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xdotool search --classname 'MJFrame' key Up
It workis!  Thanks Bob!

---edit----

It "almost" works.

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/bin/xdotool search --classname MJFrame key Ctrl+LeftIn playing now, this should cause the player to skip back 5 seconds but instead it just moves the selection up one line as though the Ctrl is ignored.

[bob]

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xdotool search --classname 'MJFrame' key Up
It works!  Thanks Bob!

---edit----

It "almost" works.

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/bin/xdotool search --classname MJFrame key Ctrl+LeftIn playing now, this should cause the player to skip back 5 seconds but instead it just moves the selection up one line as though the Ctrl is ignored.

Cool thanks. I'll check into the ctrl.

[kentthan]

Any chance for MC23 to up-sampling DSD 512 ?

[Awesome Donkey]

Any chance for MC23 to up-sampling DSD 512 ?

Isn't that what 4xDSD is, am I confused with 8xDSD (I likely am wrong, my experience is with just DSD64)? If it's 4xDSD then DSP Studio > Output Format > change Output Encoding to 4xDSD in DoP format.

EDIT: Nope, 4xDSD is indeed DSD256, and 8xDSD is DSD512, which MC for Linux doesn't (currently) support. Not even sure if it's possible and can only imagine how resource intensive converting to 8xDSD (especially on-the-fly) would be.

[kentthan]

thanks for the reply bob, but currently ro*n Natively support up-sampling to dsd512, which work flawlessly with my amanero combo, I wondering it would  be perfect for mc23 up-sampling dsd512 with SOX . 

[Awesome Donkey]

mc23 up-sampling dsd512 with SOX . 

The SoX resampler is only used when converting to PCM (e.g. PCM to PCM or DSD to PCM). If I recall correctly, SoX resampling isn't available or used when upsampling to DSD.

[bob]

Cool thanks. I'll check into the ctrl.

Spent a lot of time chasing this. There is something weird happening with xdotool and the call XQueryKeyMap. In MC we get the event but XQueryKeyMap is not seeing the left control key when xdotool sends it as opposed to the typing it on the keyboard. Not sure what's going on. I suspect a xdotool bug but I can't prove that yet.

[Awesome Donkey]

Huh, it looks like I'm unable to change any of the ALSA Audio Settings in this new build (e.g. I can't type into the buffer or period time boxes or use the dropdown for PCM Output Format). In fact, the OK and Cancel buttons don't work either, just the X in the top corner to close the window works. I'll try reproducing it in my VMs shortly. Anyone else confirm?

EDIT: Confirmed in my VMs with different desktop environments.

[Kott]

Huh, it looks like I'm unable to change any of the ALSA Audio Settings in this new build (e.g. I can't type into the buffer or period time boxes or use the dropdown for PCM Output Format). In fact, the OK and Cancel buttons don't work either, just the X in the top corner to close the window works. I'll try reproducing it in my VMs shortly. Anyone else confirm?

EDIT: Confirmed in my VMs with different desktop environments.

Confirm. Actually it works with keys, but mostly not with mouse.

[Awesome Donkey]

Yeah, it works with keys, but it looks like you can't actually save anything. That said, I worked around this issue by manually editing User Settings.ini with MC closed.

[bob]

Yeah, it works with keys, but it looks like you can't actually save anything. That said, I worked around this issue by manually editing User Settings.ini with MC closed.

Confirmed

[mwillems]

Trying to use the search box also appears to lock the MC UI (i.e. clicking on the search box puts MC in a failed state).  This is on Arch 64-bit with Gnome.

[Awesome Donkey]

Trying to use the search box also appears to lock the MC UI (i.e. clicking on the search box puts MC in a failed state).  This is on Arch 64-bit with Gnome.

Yeah, I can confirm this in Arch and Ubuntu. Think I'll check other dialogs and boxes and stuff for additional issues.

[bob]

Focus issue fixed in build just posted. Please test and verify.

[Awesome Donkey]

Yep, both ALSA Audio Settings and search work fine now, thanks.

[bob]

One more change for ARM, version is now 23.0.95-3