Topic: Media Center 9.1.196 beta (Read 6003 times)

Nikolay · « **on:** June 10, 2003, 01:47:41 pm »

Please read VERY carefully.

This is a BETA version of 9.1. If you expect things to work, please download the latest 9.0 build from this thread:

http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=MediaCenter;action=di splay;num=1054751628

but if you're patient and willing to help us work out some of the bugs, you can download 9.1 here (recommended for experts only):

Backup your library before installing

ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter91196.exe

Please report any 9.1 problems in this thread. Keep a list of problems and if they aren't fixed in the next build, please post the list again.

History
1. Fixed: "View" menu would crash MC when no list control was visible.
2. Changed: Removed exerimental "Playing Now" in file properties area. (too many complications -- may appear again later)
3. Fixed: Searching large libraries was incredibly slow. (introduced in 9.1)
4. Changed: Status bar text changes allignment depending on status bar style.
5. Fixed: The status bar did not redraw correctly when the toolbar was modified.
6. Changed: Customize toolbar windows now works better.
7. Fixed: The tree sorts advanced fields like "Month" properly now.
8. Fixed: MC was displaying 1899 for files with an empty date field.
9. Fixed: Search bar did not work in Playing Now.
10. Changed: Search -> Enter on search with no results doesn't do anything now.
11. NEW: Added the ability to customize both toolbars from the same customization window.
12. NEW: Added an ability to include a mute button to a mega-me skin.
13. Changed: JPEG loading limit was increased from 24 mega-pixels to 64 mega-pixels.

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2003, 01:50:51 pm »

Not downlaoded properly yet but just wondering if Months can now be sorted properly in the tree any chance that this could be developed to allow Albums to be sorted chronologically?

Adam

DocLotus · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2003, 01:51:16 pm »

Oh Goodie... Another new one

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2003, 02:05:04 pm »

Nothing major to report but some nice bug fixes in there...

Couple of little things:

1. Scrollbars in the format pane in properties do not skin
2. When adding a new item to the toolbars it always gets added above the current item. If trying to build a toolbar structure from scratch and probably when adding to existing to it would make more sense if it appeared below.

Adam

dingoBaby · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2003, 02:08:01 pm »

I get an error during set up. "Error encountered while performing this operation"

DocLotus · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2003, 02:34:31 pm »

Hey guys...

Just got to say it...

MC9 is looking totally AWESOME

JimH · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2003, 02:35:45 pm »

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I get an error during set up. "Error encountered while performing this operation"

You may have a bad file. Disable any download manager you use. Star downloader blows up, for example.

matthewmattical · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2003, 02:45:34 pm »

Still having the problem in 196 with VST instruments as I described in the last version's thread:

There seems to be an issue with the DirectX plugin adapter. From what I can tell, it's scanning for audio plugins and getting stumped when it finds the various vst software synthesizers located in my vstplugins directory. This happens any time I hit play and results in a Media Core crash shortly after receiving a few of the following errors:

"The Following VST plug-in failed to load: C:\Program Files\Vstplugins\(various vst instruments.dll)"

The crash also usually happens when I try to access the DSP studio. The few times I've successfully gotten that to open, I've made sure that the DirectX plugin adapter is disabled.

knickelfarz · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2003, 03:03:26 pm »

>> NEW: Added the ability to customize both toolbars
>> from the same customization window.

The pulldown for selecting between top and bottom could be a little bit higher

>> NEW: Added an ability to include a mute button to a mega-me skin.

Very nice - sometimes the small things make the difference...

Omni · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2003, 03:19:01 pm »

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9. Fixed: Search bar did not work in Playing Now.
10. Changed: Search -> Enter on search with no results doesn't do anything now.

Are you absolutely sure about that? An empty search for me is still clearing the entire list with the exception the currently playing and/or selected track.

Also, I can no longer seem to manually type in a search string--I have to use the wizard for the proper filter string to be executed. (This bug showed up in the last build [195].)

Omni

Code: [Select]

Media Center Registered 9.1.196 -- E:\bin\audio\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2874 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 628 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive R:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive S:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive R: YAMAHA   CRW-F1E            Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:44  Use MJ Engine:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

Seviien · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2003, 03:19:11 pm »

Newly-created custom database fields do not save any data

Omni · « **Reply #11 on:** June 10, 2003, 03:24:14 pm »

Anytime I click on the "stop" button, MC seems to freeze for 2-4 seconds. The music will instantly stop, but all mouse clicks seem to get discarded/ignored.

Omni

(see sys info in above post)

LisaRCT · « **Reply #12 on:** June 10, 2003, 03:41:31 pm »

WindowsXP taskbar set to 'AutoHide' still will not appear with MC maximized

MC starts with volume set to minimum rather than to percent set under startup options

JimH · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2003, 03:47:07 pm »

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Anytime I click on the "stop" button, MC seems to freeze for 2-4 seconds. The music will instantly stop, but all mouse clicks seem to get discarded/ignored.

(see sys info in above post)

Omni,
This problem and the problem above about search strings are both odd. I don't see them. You could try rebooting and or reinstalling. Something isn't right with the install. Please start a new thread if you want to discuss it.

Mike Noe · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2003, 04:28:03 pm »

Got this when trying to stream WMA from amazon. THe msg isn't the issue, but the "Media Jukebox" reference.

Media Center Registered 9.1.196 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium III 448 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 107 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping / Drive E: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / Drive E: HP CD-Writer+ 8200 Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:4 MaxSpeed:4 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: No / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None

The Dude · « **Reply #15 on:** June 10, 2003, 08:02:59 pm »

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Anytime I click on the "stop" button, MC seems to freeze for 2-4 seconds. The music will instantly stop, but all mouse clicks seem to get discarded/ignored.

This happens on my computer as well, but only sometimes when I press stop. Mouse clicks aren't responsive for a couple seconds, and then they'll start working again.

BUG - when i try to permanently delete songs by clicking on the artist or album in the tree without clicking on the songs themselves, media center crashes. I've duplicated this between 195 and 196.

Omni · « **Reply #16 on:** June 10, 2003, 08:20:23 pm »

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Omni,
This problem and the problem above about search strings are both odd. I don't see them. You could try rebooting and or reinstalling. Something isn't right with the install. Please start a new thread if you want to discuss it.

Okay, the thread is entitled: Oddities in 9.1.196 beta (Please Verify)

By the way, the "pauses" I reported are not pauses, but lost mouse events. (refer to the above linked thread for full details)

5TillFree · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2003, 10:49:41 pm »

When Startup option is set to "Display Window Only", and an audio file is opened, Media Center's Display is messed up. Clicking anywhere below the navigation bar then brings up the "Playing Now" view.

Video files do not have this problem.

BTW, it would be nice if one could, at a minimum, set a default startup view independently for audio and video. I like videos to just show in the "Windowed" mode and audio in MEGA-ME.

Keep up the excellent work!

JollyJim · « **Reply #18 on:** June 11, 2003, 02:16:59 am »

BIG Problem - Dragging a track from the main window into any of the view schemes

****** RESOLVED IN VERSION 9.1.196 *********
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

AND another BIG problem - Any form of access to the Playing Now screen results in MC crashing with :-

MEDIA JUKEBOX caused an invalid page fault in
module MP3ICONTROL.DLL at 017f:08bd1cbd.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=017f EIP=08bd1cbd EFLGS=00010246
EBX=08c14e48 SS=0187 ESP=009681c4 EBP=08c14240
ECX=0000008a DS=0187 ESI=00000000 FS=584f
EDX=00000000 ES=0187 EDI=08c14e48 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
f3 a5 8d b5 b0 0e 00 00 53 56 e8 f6 c2 00 00 83
Stack dump:
08d20910 08d209c8 00968238 00000262 522f53e0 00000002 bff21d83 00000000 019fe08a 0096822c 08befd00 ffffffff 08bdb6b6 0000032d 08d209c8 00000262

I've rebooted and cleared windows temp files.
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I can't de-select Audio Playlist and Media Playlist from the File Associations - they keep re-appearing. Is that the way it should be?

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Mouse scrolling is not working

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Media Center Registered 9.1.196 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium III 600 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 130 MB, Free - 18 MB
Resource Info: System - 30 %, GDI - 68 %, User - 30 %

Internet Explorer: 5.50.4522.1800 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 5.50.4522.1800 / Shell32.dll: 4.72.3612.1700 / wnaspi32.dll: 2, 0, 0, 0 , ASPI for WIN32 DLL, Copyright © Adaptec 1995 / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive E: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: No / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / Drive E: PHILIPS PCRW804 Addr: 0:1:0 Speed:8 MaxSpeed:8 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: No / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None

JNKH · « **Reply #19 on:** June 11, 2003, 03:10:20 am »

Bugs:
The MODE menu, when clicked does not stay up. We need to drag the mouse to the right menu will holding the key to select the mode. This is not consistent with most menu navigation

When watching a DVD (HP DVD 300e), and if I change the display to DISPLAY 2, which is a TV output, it hangs. It works on the primary display of a monitor. The video card is ATI RADEON 8500

Media Center Registered 9.1.196 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1295 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 654 MB, Free - 314 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0001)

Ripping / Drive E: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive F: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / Drive E: PHILIPS CDD4851 CD-R/RW Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:12 MaxSpeed:12 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Drive F: PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4012A Addr: 1:1:0 Speed:40 MaxSpeed:40 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes / Normalization: None

idznak · « **Reply #20 on:** June 11, 2003, 07:02:35 am »

how about a litte improvement in the media library:
it would be great if it would be possible to add a description of a movie wich is shown in hairstyles movie section.

lee269 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 11, 2003, 10:28:09 am »

More of a request than a bug:

Ive been waving my mouse around randomly clicking.

Ive got a top toolbar and nothing (just the status bar) at the bottom. I like the new toolbar customise dialog, but Ive found that getting to it can be confusing.

The customise toolbar doesnt appear when you have buttons at the bottom. You have to right click the top toolbar and then add something to the bottom one.

Plus theres no right click menu, the dialog just appears. More intuitive to me would be a right click menu for the top toolbar and bottom status bar/toolbar area, with Show top toolbar/Show bottom toolbar/Customise toolbar as items. The first two would be 'standard checkbox toolbar items' (not sure what they are called). If this is not a good idea, Id like to see access to the customise toolbar dialog from the standard menus. As it is, its just too difficult to figure out what to do, and burying the customisation in the options is too hard to find for me at least.

UdoS · « **Reply #22 on:** June 11, 2003, 10:54:14 am »

Bug- and wishlist:

Media Center Registered 9.1.196 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation 5.0 Service Pack 3 (Build 2195)
AMD Athlon 1735 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 23 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 / Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.6144 / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: No / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No

Burning / Drive D: ATAPI CD-R/RW 48X16 Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:24 MaxSpeed:48 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: No / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None

Bugs
1. Visualization mode normal or less: character are not readable.
2. Volume slider will not respond to cntr - command if volume is above 84% (same as in 9.0.x)
3. The Handheld plugin still not accepts volume name changes
4. CD’s created with MJ can't be played on a computer (buffering..), not with MJ or any other player (windows or linux), it was playable on an ordinary player! Analyzing the CD shows that always the first 2 blocks of the wavefile are bad. Skipping those will result in playing the CD. I created an AudioCD on the same hardware using RealOne without any problems!!! DataCDs will work OK.
5. The 'now playing' info randomly shows 'title (artist) or title (album)' info
6. Interrupted streaming files causing MC to lock up (ASIO interface)

Wishes

1. All units should be expressed in db, since mixing linear and nonlinear units like db and % is very difficult to compare and db is the (professional) standard (eg. Peak level always appears as %)
2. Volume slider should move in increments by db instead of %
3. If continuous mode and reshuffle is selected, I would like to have a reshufflecommand thrown in after the last song starts, to prevent MJ to play the same sequence over and over again.
4. During xfer to a device I would like have a ability to apply the replay gain value permanent to that file, since most devices don't support it.

NoCodeUK · « **Reply #23 on:** June 11, 2003, 11:00:06 am »

Little bug I noticed yesterday - neither the animation or the progress bar update in the Upload to FTP dialog. Makes it difficult to know how close you are...

Adam

Vermaje · « **Reply #24 on:** June 11, 2003, 12:04:57 pm »

With MC 9.0.180, I was very Happy !

With MC 9.1.194, MC 9.1.195 and MC 9.1.196

:-/

!

Always "error runtime" and I can't play anything !

Please Help me !

Media Center Registered 9.1.196 -- C:\Program Files\J River\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium III 799 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 130 MB, Free - 0 MB
Resource Info: System - 42 %, GDI - 72 %, User - 42 %

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 / Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping / Drive E: Copy mode:ModeSynch CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Drive Q: Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer CD Type:Auto Read 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: Yes Soundfile: C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\Notify.wav

Burning / Drive E: GoldStar CD-RW CED-8080B Addr: 0:1:0 Speed:8 MaxSpeed:8 Use MJ Engine:Yes
Test mode: Yes / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: Yes / Normalization: 90 %

JimH · « **Reply #25 on:** June 11, 2003, 12:31:10 pm »

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With MC 9.0.180, I was very Happy !

With MC 9.1.194, MC 9.1.195 and MC 9.1.196
Always "error runtime" and I can't play anything

Please start a new thread. Some downloaders cause problems.

Nikolay · « **Reply #26 on:** June 11, 2003, 12:41:40 pm »

Vermaje,

Try uninstalling DSP - DirectX Host plug-in (you can do it from Plug-in Manager). Let us know if that helps.

Nikolay

Nikolay · « **Reply #27 on:** June 11, 2003, 12:50:26 pm »

JollyJim,

Quote

AND another BIG problem - Any form of access to the Playing Now screen results in MC crashing with :-

Uninstall MPi display plug-in.

Nikolay

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