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[bob]

This is the latest BETA version of MC24 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/test/MediaCenter-24.0.26-2-amd64.deb

Also in the BETA repo.

24.0.26-2 (5/10/2018)

1. Changed: Switched the default skin to Modern Cards: Grey Edition.
2. NEW: Implemented support for direct DSD for devices that support DSD_U32_BE (i.e. iFi iDSD and other xmos based devices). See the device options under the Audio device config.

24.0.26 (5/10/2018)

1. Fixed: The file browser wasn't working in a few places (i.e. Languages->Browse Translations Folder)
2. Changed: Another tweak to registration. Will require re-entering the license key on intel based linux platforms.
3. NEW: Work on the integrated browser (not implemented yet) requires the addition of webkit2 library dependencies to the .deb
4. Fixed: Added the libgomp dependency to the .deb

24.0.19 (4/29/2018)

1. Fixed: Tooltip box shadows were offsetting the text below the shadow.
2. NEW: Text edit boxes now have a more convenient way to add Latin characters with diacritics.  Press and hold a letter key and a list of choices with diacritical versions for that letter is shown to choose from.
3. Fixed: On ARM the non-sse bilinear rendering wasn't properly handling the alpha channel resulting in some see through icons.

24.0.18 (4/24/2018)

1. Changed: Updated FFmpeg to version 4.0, used for file analysis, transcoding and video playback.
2. Changed: Optimized Video rendering image uploading for better performance and reliability.

24.0.16 (4/17/2018)

1. FIXED: A significant memory leak.

24.0.15 (4/13/2018)

1. NEW: Added support for bilinear image resizing (on ARM which didn't have it before) so that images in the program will look much better.
2. Fixed: A segfault upon startup with systems that have non-standard /dev tree.

24.0.12 (4/10/2018)

1. Fixed: Non-Root users on linux couldn't send WOL packets.
2. Fixed: Removed unsupported print commands from menus.
3. NEW: Much faster FFT code for places where spectrum analysis is used.
4. Changed: Some licensing code. Registration code will need to be re-entered.

24.0.2 (02/03/2018)

1. NEW: First MC24 build for linux

[bob]

This build supports native DSD with some xmos devices and perhaps others that support the DSD_U32_BE format.
You can check for this by running alsacap.

/usr/lib/jriver/Media\ Center\ 24/alsacap

Code: [Select]

Card 2, ID `Audio', name `iFi (by AMR) HD USB Audio'
  Device 0, ID `USB Audio', name `USB Audio', 1 subdevices (1 available)
    2 channels, sampling rates 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000, 176400, 192000, 352800, 384000 Hz
    Sample formats: S32_LE, SPECIAL, DSD_U32_BE
      Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0'

To make this work, in MC under Tools->Options->Audio->Settings set Bitstreaming to DSD
then in the Tools->Options->Audio->Audio device choose a hardware device for your card, i.e. hw:Card=Audio,Dev=0[ALSA]
and in the Device Options check the Output DSD files in Native DSD format box.

This will require a distro like Stretch or newer. The libasound2 driver in Jessie is too old to do this by default.

Note: this is a Beta, there are bound to be some issues to work through. Feedback appreciated.

[Awesome Donkey]

Hmmm, I can't set different audio devices for two different zones in this beta build - I set one for one zone but it applies the audio device to both zones. I usually have one zone for PCM for my Modi 2 Uber DAC and a second zone for DSD for my Loki DSD DAC, for which I use ZoneSwitch with.

Also noticed the hw: devices disappeared from the audio device list. I'll have to try downgrading and see if they reappear or if I have to update alsa.conf.

EDIT: Had to update alsa.conf after downgrading, and my hw: devices are back.

[bob]

Hmmm, I can't set different audio devices for two different zones in this beta build - I set one for one zone but it applies the audio device to both zones. I usually have one zone for PCM for my Modi 2 Uber DAC and a second zone for DSD for my Loki DSD DAC, for which I use ZoneSwitch with.

Also noticed the hw: devices disappeared from the audio device list. I'll have to try downgrading and see if they reappear or if I have to update alsa.conf.

EDIT: Had to update alsa.conf after downgrading, and my hw: devices are back.

I'll check into the audio device issue.

I can't see why the hw: devices shouldn't show up, also what did you change to the alsa.conf to make them come back?

[Awesome Donkey]

I can't see why the hw: devices shouldn't show up, also what did you change to the alsa.conf to make them come back?

I'll have to test the beta again here in a bit. I have to use an alsa.conf created in Ubuntu under Arch Linux (since the process is automated in Ubuntu and it detects the hw: devices whereas Arch Linux by default doesn't) - it's a bit of a lazy workaround, I admit, but it works.

[bob]

I did find the audio device issue, it will be fixed in build >=24.0.28