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[audioriver]

Room Correction/Bass Management/Routing: options to move/copy bass to the front speakers. Allow all combinations of bass routing:

move/copy only to Sub*
move/copy only to Front
move/copy to both Sub + Front

Room Correction/Sub: option to move/copy the Sub (LFE) channel to the front speakers. Perhaps this one can be done in the Parametric Equalizer, but Room Correction is probably the proper place for it.

*as currently available

[JimH]

Split Adding and Displaying Fields

[JimH]

Split DJ Panel

[JimH]

It is possible that this has been done since I last upgraded but here goes....

It would be great to have some simple keyboard commands or macros to select an entire playlist and clear it.   I do not think there is a command similar to Control A which selects everything to remove everything from the now playing list.  I would love to just hit some kind of keyboard command (say Command R) and automatically clear out the now playing list with actually clicking on a track, hitting control A, then going into the menu and pulling down "remove from this list".

Right click on Playing Now in the tree on the left.

[JimH]

Split 5.0 Speaker Setup

[Matt]

I might have got lost on my way to the too easy thread...

change the way sort order is described from (a-z) or (z-a) to ascending/descending or make the text use context sensitive

for example, "Duration (a-z)" is rather obtuse to say the least

Good Idea

Next build of MC26:
Changed: Sorting is described as "Ascending (A to Z)" and "Descending (Z to A)" in the sort menu instead of only the A-Z naming.

[SkGe]

Don't know if this is the right place to add something, but i was thinking maybe added as a feature or it is a bug. Right now when you add simple text on thumbnail view, the number of lines is respected. But if you start adding html text inside of that view, the number of lines on thumbnail is ignored and it doesn't count like without simple text. I saw this behavior when you start using different fonts in the expression editor, it just overwrite the number of lines in thumbnail.
And another thing about thumbnail. When limit the number of lines there, if the characters is more than the thumbnail can show it will goes on the next line and those will just overwrite that line, but instead it is possible to add a way to make the characters truncate in that line and not adding to the next line!? The purpose of those lines is to show the number of those lines and not cover them if the number of characters is way to long.
Thanks.

Done

[Matt]

Don't know if this is the right place to add something, but i was thinking maybe added as a feature or it is a bug. Right now when you add simple text on thumbnail view, the number of lines is respected. But if you start adding html text inside of that view, the number of lines on thumbnail is ignored and it doesn't count like without simple text. I saw this behavior when you start using different fonts in the expression editor, it just overwrite the number of lines in thumbnail.
And another thing about thumbnail. When limit the number of lines there, if the characters is more than the thumbnail can show it will goes on the next line and those will just overwrite that line, but instead it is possible to add a way to make the characters truncate in that line and not adding to the next line!? The purpose of those lines is to show the number of those lines and not cover them if the number of characters is way to long.
Thanks.

Could you provide an example?  I tried just entering <font> but it still respected my count.

Thanks.

[SkGe]

Ok. Here is the example

The number of lines is 3.

Code: [Select]

<font size="100"face="ubuntu">[Album Artist (auto)]<//font>
<b><font size="100"face="ubuntu">[Album]<//font><//b>
<b><font face="ropa sans">FormatDate([date imported,0],yyyy)<//b><//font>

[album artist (auto)]
[Album]
FormatDate([date imported,0],yyyy)
Done

[Matt]

Ok. Here is the example

Thanks.

I replied by email.  Let's chat there for a bit.

[Matt]

Coming next build of MC26:
Changed: Thumbnail text doesn't wrap if there are as many lines of thumbnail text as there are lines to display (but instead just ends with ...).

Thanks for the help!

[drmimosa]

I would love to see a streamlined stepup for a 'real' https certificate for secure server authentication.

I managed to set this up via letsencrypt and duckdns, but it was a major pain to accomplish and by the time it came around to renew the security certificate, I totally forget how to do it. I just took the server off the internet and kept in on my LAN.

I'd rather not have an open port on my router without Https, and I also don't want to deal with my browser asking me to roll back security settings every time I go to panel, like I do using the local host https option.

PS: Here is a good example why a true default https authentication is important.  Once you open a port on your router, it will be found and documented by websites like this:

https://www.shodan.io/search?query=JRiver

[Neco]

I would love to see a streamlined stepup for a 'real' https certificate for secure server authentication.

I managed to set this up via letsencrypt and duckdns, but it was a major pain to accomplish and by the time it came around to renew the security certificate, I totally forget how to do it. I just took the server off the internet and kept in on my LAN.

I'd rather not have an open port on my router without Https, and I also don't want to deal with my browser asking me to roll back security settings every time I go to panel, like I do using the local host https option.

PS: Here is a good example why a true default https authentication is important.  Once you open a port on your router, it will be found and documented by websites like this:

https://www.shodan.io/search?query=JRiver

I don't know much about how people are actually doing things I just open a port and let the traffic through, seeing as no one can know my key..  But assuming   apache or nginx  are somehow involved in your  letsencrypt certs,  then there are plenty of tutorials on setting up an auto-renew script,  I use  certbot  on domains I need SSL connections from.

https://www.onepagezen.com/letsencrypt-auto-renew-certbot-apache/

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-let-s-encrypt-with-nginx-server-blocks-on-ubuntu-16-04

maybe this helps, maybe it doesn't.   hope it does.
If you decide to try again

[DJLegba]

I don't know much about how people are actually doing things I just open a port and let the traffic through, seeing as no one can know my key.

I believe it works like this: If your device can't connect to the local address, it sends a 6 character key to JRiver Central. JRC looks up the key (one of 20,358,520 possible values, assuming the key is 6 upper case or lower case characters) and sends you the last known public IP address and port. Your device then attempts to contact that IP address over that port, authenticating with a username and password that JRC doesn't know. So it doesn't matter if anyone knows your key. If they attempt to connect to your IP address on whatever port you've opened, all they need to know is the username/password combo.

[maky100]

I think it's not a JRiver 26 topic and more a JRemote issue bit please make it possible to browse all pictures in an album folder like a tablet or mobile phone does it for pictures. At the moment you can open one picture, close it, open the next one, close it ....
I know it's not the first time for this request, but I think there are a lot of user who would like this.

[Grundgütigster]

Play from here
in the audio section. Sometimes I am in a large playlist and do not want to play the first few files, but start somewhere in the middle. It would be great to not only have the "Play" possibility (that only plays that one file) in the right click menu, but also a "Play it from here" possibility. Done.

Better communication between an open MC on one computer where I play my music and a MC on another computer for remote control and/or JRemote and/or web-browser based controls. This does not work properly and MC on my library computer often quits because of misunderstandings. MI

[Absinthe]

This is a feature I've been working around for as long as I learned how to manipulate graphic images in theater view.  Its a real P.I.T.A. to have to load the images into each server/client tooltip folder.  Instead, there should be a mechanism to point to a network drive location as a common repository for all of the files currently stored in /J River/Media Center 25/Data/Tooltip

[Moe]

Absinthe, you can already do that.   

I have a file server and created a folder called Tooltip on the server.  I can call images for my tooltips using something like

<img src="R:\tooltip\Synopsis.png" size="570x30">

As long as the R: drive on all my computers is mapped to the same drive, images work.

[Absinthe]

Yes, that's similar to the workaround I'm using; but its clunky and requires a mapped network drive which must be the same on all MC machines.  More of a workaround that a solution

[pacdpm]

I know its been asked/brought up before BUT the ability to RECORD streams AND line input (huge reel collection...cassettes...DATs  etc) would be a REALLY NICE PRESENT for Christmas...I've already signed up for 26 and hope it's not TOO LATE....looking forward to it...this is a GREAT/FRUSTRATING/HEADACHE INDUCING/THRILLING and A PURE JOY of a program....THANK YOU.....Paul

[tyler69]

For the macOS version, I'd like to see native full screen support and an option to be able to keep the application running/music playing when clicking on "X" (vs. closing it).

[Matias]

Is it possible to add some sort of buffer or priority for streaming audio over the network?
Sometimes I get disconnects from my desktop streaming audio to my ultraRendu which (I think) may be caused by heavy usage of the network on the desktop.
This would be the equivalent of buffer sizes for local playback... if possible, I don't know.
Thanks.

[RoderickGI]

Sometimes I get disconnects from my desktop streaming audio to my ultraRendu which (I think) may be caused by heavy usage of the network on the desktop.

That isn't normal. That sounds more like a Media Network/DLNA issue.

Start a thread and ask for help.

[Ashfall]

Make the Import Summary window go away after a few minutes.  Preferably logged somewhere.

[dfortney]

 - Would like to be able to launch MC26 on a mac and for the media keys to 'just work' immediately not to have to click on the main window then hit a key then click again then minimize it, etc.

 - Would like for it to transition a pause to a stop and let go of core audio allowing a mac to sleep after 5 min of pause.  hitting play again should still resume the song as though it were paused.

 - Fixes for all the weird window glitching on move/resize/minimize/relaunch issues on mac.

 - Window resize drag arrows on mac to match the arrows used by all other apps on a mac and not related to skin or retina etc.

 - Ability to set the target volume for volume leveling with the R128 default level as just a default setting and ident on the slider.

[rpalmer68]

Something I would really love to see in MC26 is the ability to be able to remotely schedule TV recordings.

There are times when I am out and realize I haven't scheduled a sporting event or show I really wanted to record.

To be able to connect to my MC server, via Panel and/or JRemote2 and schedule the recording would be awesome!!

Thanks
Richard

[audioriver]

Standard View/Tree: Remember expanded/collapsed items.

Let's say I prefer to always keep Playlists, Smart Playlists, Drives & Devices and a few custom items expanded. For some reason, every time Media Center starts it will collapse everything. Not fun having to always re-expand the same items.

I found a very old similar request but to be honest, I didn't make much sense out of it.

Done

[rec head]

Standard View/Tree: Remember expanded/collapsed items.

Let's say I prefer to always keep Playlists, Smart Playlists, Drives & Devices and a few custom items expanded. For some reason, every time Media Center starts it will collapse everything. Not fun having to always re-expand the same items.

I found a very old similar request but to be honest, I didn't make much sense out of it.

This would be nice.

Done

[Dawgincontrol]

Standard View/Tree: Remember expanded/collapsed items.

Let's say I prefer to always keep Playlists, Smart Playlists, Drives & Devices and a few custom items expanded. For some reason, every time Media Center starts it will collapse everything. Not fun having to always re-expand the same items.

I found a very old similar request but to be honest, I didn't make much sense out of it.

Plus 2

Done

[rec head]

Thanks team!

[audioriver]

Thanks for listening. Not every software developer does. 

[nataru]

Album rating field with stars please, that you can also just give stars to in thumbnail view.

I've searched and people came up with workarounds to get this to work but it's incredibly messy or doesn't function well. It's the only thing I miss from other players like Roon and MusicBee.

[maky100]

and to this topic: ALBUM rating also with 10 stars instead only  5. I know there is a field for that, but it would be nice to have a setting to take either 5 or 10 stars in all views ..... an also in JRemote

[lightsout]

1. Bit perfect audio on Android (especially Android TV)


2. Multi-Channel FLAC allowed in Cloudplay.

[thescottmclean]

I'm still waiting for IPTV support.  I know it has been asked in the past, but seems to always get swept under the rug.  There may be a reason for this, that i am ignorant to, and if so I am very sorry.  I love using JRiver as my media center, but keep having to switch to a different application to watch IPTV. 

[DangerJP]

In a Panes view, I'd like to have the possibilty to create different "columns" within the same category, giving more flexibility to sort items, ala Windows Explorer.


As an example, see the last category in the attached image, where I've created three "columns", i.e., Original Release Date / Album Rating / Album Artist - Album.

[gutierez]

- When I split the view I'd like to have two rows and one column. Now I have to choose between columns only or rows only

- In the context menu of Playing Now view I'd like to have the abilities to queue the tracks and decide the playing order without change the position of the tracks.
  Also "Skip this track" could be a useful entry

[DangerJP]

I don't know if it's the right topic to ask this, but since it's a feature request regarding the MC ecosystem :

- Apple Carplay integration with JRemote would be soooooooo nice

I use JRemote to stream music in my car everyday.

[stricko]

How about being able to configure what happens when you wake your HTPC from standby with JRiver running, especially in a client/server setup. At the moment a client just seems to wake up wherever it was at the point it went to sleep, and may or may not reconnect to the server. It would be good if there was some control or options.

[jondavis]

It would be nice to be able to change sorting order while in Theater View. I know you can set how you want. But whichever one you choose your locked into that mode.
Some Series lets say Star Wars - Clone Wars you might want to watch by it's timeline instead of episode order.

[jondavis]

More ways for Cover Art.
Currently for any Group of files your left with.
Artist, Album, Series, Season

I'm sure there are many different ways to fix this.
1. Let us add as many Folders as we want. M:\Cover Art\Insert Field Here
2. Maybe some kind of expression - If [Sub-Genre] = Trinity - Than Use [Series] Trinity (which is simply a picture file)
3. Add more to the list you already have

The field I'm finding I need most would be for one I created called Sub-Genre.
Yea I could just use the list style - Just seems like the icon view works better sometimes.

Example:
Genre - Christian                         Genre-Politics                  Genre-Health          Documentary
Sub-Genre                                   Sub-Genre                      Sub-Genre             Sub-Genre
Prophecy                                     Economy                         Vaccines                History
Trinity                                         Abortion                          Drugs                    Creation/Evolution
Faith                                           Military                            GMO's                   Wildlife
Antichrist                                    Healthcare                       Organic                 Technology
and many others

[maky100]

standard view for "composers" similiar to "artist view" with the possibility to see a composer picture if it's saved in a composer subfolder under "Cover Art" folder.

Artwork portion done.

[ferrarabrainpan]

Although I never upgraded to MC 25 from my MC 24 license, I took the plunge and paid for MC 26 when it was marked down. One thing I'd like to see as new feature or improvement.

JRSS downmixing from multichannel to stereo: I wish there was some flexibility to change or improve the quality. I have a handful of multichannel files in my library and they always sound thin and deficient when downmixed with MC24. Perhaps this is unavoidable in taking six tracks and mixing them down to two. Anyway, I am a stereo listener and I am not going to upgrade to surround in the foreseeable future, so if there is room for improvement on JRSS downmixing that would be great.

I know that MC25, which I do not have because I didn't pay to upgrade, introduced HDCD playback, and I assume this will continue to be a part of MC26, but I don't understand how it works. Does the HDCD decoding in JRiver only happen when playing a disc in my computer optical drive (which I don't even know if that drive decodes HDCD)? I used dBpoweramp CD Ripper to rip all of my HDCD discs (I only have about a dozen, less than 1% of my entire disc library) and I ripped those discs twice, once as 16/44 AIF files and again with CD Ripper HDCD DSP selected which ripped the discs as 24/44 AIF. So which of those two rips do I play in JRiver that it somehow decodes? I don't understand this feature at all, how it works. Please point me to the thread where it is explained. It's a minor issue since there is such a marginal and probably imperceptible improvement with HDCD decoding that I'm guessing it won't matter much to be able to hear them at 20-bit instead of 16-bit.

[tij]

I know that MC25, which I do not have because I didn't pay to upgrade, introduced HDCD playback, and I assume this will continue to be a part of MC26, but I don't understand how it works. Does the HDCD decoding in JRiver only happen when playing a disc in my computer optical drive (which I don't even know if that drive decodes HDCD)? I used dBpoweramp CD Ripper to rip all of my HDCD discs (I only have about a dozen, less than 1% of my entire disc library) and I ripped those discs twice, once as 16/44 AIF files and again with CD Ripper HDCD DSP selected which ripped the discs as 24/44 AIF. So which of those two rips do I play in JRiver that it somehow decodes? I don't understand this feature at all, how it works. Please point me to the thread where it is explained. It's a minor issue since there is such a marginal and probably imperceptible improvement with HDCD decoding that I'm guessing it won't matter much to be able to hear them at 20-bit instead of 16-bit.

If you bought MC26 … you can install MC25 (latest version) - MC26 license covers that

MC detects HDCD metadata hidden in normal 16/44 (need to run audio analyze with HDCD detection enabled) … when you rip HDCD to 16/44 (properly … 1:1 copy without reencoding … which dbPoweramp does), HDCD metadata is not lost … you just need to know how to use it (which MC does)

Once MC knows 16/44 rip has HDCD metadata, it applies it on fly (ie in real time … so theoretically you do not need 22/44 rip … unless you plan to play HDCD rip  on something that cannot apply HDCD metadata in real time)

PS … analyzing audio is LOOOONG … you can save time by only analyzing rips that you know have HDCD in them … downside to this is some CDs have HDCD but do not indicate it on cover :/ (so unless you analyze all … can never be sure)

[ferrarabrainpan]

This is helpful to know. I am not going to bother installing MC25 and then turn around and get MC26, I can wait. But it should be easy to analyze my HDCD discs since I know exactly which ones are HDCD (assuming the info on Discogs is correct, and every single CD I own is saved in my collection on there so I can look up the pressing, year and format details etc). No big time expense analyzing a dozen discs.

I was bummed when Jim told me that JRiver will not be working to integrate Qobuz streaming, now or ever. Because I'm having compatibility issues trying to get Qobuz run exclusive audio output to the same DAC and driver that serves as my principle DAC on MC24. Qobuz is working to get this running smoothly, I think it is a bug in their Wasapi exclusive mode.

I guess I will look for an email in my inbox when MC26 is released. Thanks.

[Moe]

It would be nice to be able to change sorting order while in Theater View. I know you can set how you want. But whichever one you choose your locked into that mode.
Some Series lets say Star Wars - Clone Wars you might want to watch by it's timeline instead of episode order.

This!  I have been asking for this for years.  It would be such a quality of life improvement for me.

Here are some of my threads requesting this from the past.

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,112732.msg779625.html
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,98627.msg683896.html#msg683896
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,117462.msg812753.html#msg812753

[flac.rules]

Would be nice to be able to star playlists.

Done.

[arcspin]

This!  I have been asking for this for years.  It would be such a quality of life improvement for me.

Man, you made this Feature Requests in 2015 for JRiver MC21 !
I sure hope they make some improvements in Theater View for MC26 and your suggestion would be a valued and important addition to MC.
Along with, as I would like to see, an alphabetic ruler of sort so that the viewer easily could move around using only the arrow keys on the remote.

Wonder why these kind of suggestions never gets implemented?

[JimH]

Man, you made this Feature Requests in 2015 for JRiver MC21 !
I sure hope they make some improvements in Theater View for MC26 and your suggestion would be a valued and important addition to MC.
Along with, as I would like to see, an alphabetic ruler of sort so that the viewer easily could move around using only the arrow keys on the remote.

Wonder why these kind of suggestions never gets implemented?

You can use the numeric keypad on a remote to jump to an alphabetic section. 

[arcspin]

You can use the numeric keypad on a remote to jump to an alphabetic section.

Thanx for the tip, but I do not have a numeric keypad on my remote.