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[bob]

This is the latest build of JRiver Media Center 25.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

KNOWN ISSUES:
1) This build cannot be notarized for Catalina and so will require running the command line fix detailed in the first message below this post.
2) Upon auto-import the action window will not update until the import is finished.

Download
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v25/latest/MediaCenter250113.dmg

25.0.113 (12/10/2019)

1. NEW: This build uses Xcode 9.2 which fixes the crashes from builds > 25.0.113
2. NEW: This build will accept a MC26 license.
3. NEW: Added channels to Radio Paradise in Theater View (both streaming and adding Radio Paradise individually).
4. Fixed: Webservice calls to get a stack image could cause a crash if the folder was empty.
5. Fixed: Thumbnails in Theater View could be duplicated.
6. Changed: The disc count and HDCD tools are stopped at shutdown instead of blocking shutdown.
7. Fixed: Dragging and dropping list items in the Tag window did not flag the data as dirty so the change would be discarded.
8. Changed: If TreePath, Device, or Search is specified on the command line, the control and shift checks for filtering the media type will be disabled.
9. Fixed: Editing tags in a popup would not mark them as dirty so they would not be saved.
10. Fixed: The "Show Files In Subfolders" checkbox was not working.

25.0.108 (10/1/2019)

1. Fixed: Fix handling of video files (and probably others) that contain parenthesis in the filepath.
2. Fixed: SRT subtitles could appear multiple times in the menu.
3. Changed: Made the disc count algorithm count actual discs instead of take the max disc number.
4. NEW: Added support for a few new ID3V2 tags: "TROY", "TMED", "TSRC", "TSOT".  No built-in fields are added for these.  So one needs to create the following cutom fields: "Original Release Year", "Release Medium", "ISRC", and "Title Sort".  FLAC tags for these are also supported.  Some of these are also supported in mp4 files.
5. Changed: Made the maximum allowable size of a Podcast larger because we found real world Podcasts larger than our previous cap size.
6. Fixed: The maximum encode size wasn't being passed as an int64 so it could overflow on big files and cause encoding to fail.
7. Fixed: Doing "Paste All From Clipboard" on a list editor in the Tag window would not reliably save the data.
8. Fixed: Undid the "All channels" handling in the Parametric Equalizer volume and mute filters because it was causing all channels to be processed even if only selected ones were checked.
9. Fixed: We were not passing the array of files into the expression for thumbnails so things like GroupCount(...) were not working properly.
10. NEW: Added the ItemCount(...) expression to allow giving the count of all the files in the database with the same album, artist, album key, etc.
11. Changed: Made the DLNA servers dialog larger and made it sizable.
12. NEW: Made the program go through and update the 'Total Discs' for all the files in the library at startup (files not marked dirty, so shouldn't cause tagging).

25.0.104 (9/24/2019)

1. NEW: Calls to the web service from a webpage short-circuit the web browser and route directly inside Media Center.  That way the calls work even with Media Network off.
2. Changed: Updated the Korean translation (thanks Junghwan).
3. Fixed: Editing a file path rule in the library customization dialog would not work.
4. Changed: Theater View will save when it's zoomed into a file so returning to Theater View will still be zoomed in.
5. NEW: Made the text on the status bar customizable for single file selections (right-click the toolbar and pick Set Text Rule...).
6. Fixed: The equalizer preamp was only working on the two front channels.
7. Changed: Saving an empty playlist as a Car Radio button would start playing the current playlist instead of messaging that there was nothing to play.
8. NEW: Added the PNPosition and PNCount variables to the expression used for status bar customization.
9. Changed: Reworked both the preamp and equalizer so they'll work on high channel counts (like 32 channels) instead of only on prescribed channels.
10. NEW: Made the MCC_PLAYBACK_ENGINE_SET_SUBTITLES MCC command take a -3 to browse for subtitles.
11. Fixed: Checkbox style fields were not working since the last update to fix tag window issues.
12. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
13. Fixed: SACD playback was not working.
14. Changed: Play Doctor won't factor a file as a minus file if you double-click a new track.  It will only factor as a minus if you hit the next track button.
15. Fixed: Tried to fix the issue of the Action Window crashing when closing automatically for check for updates (couldn't reproduce, so only maybe).

[bob]

Apple recently made a change that broke application support.  Catalina now requires apps to be "notarized" by default.

MC Mac is already signed with a distribution key supplied by Apple, but it is not currently notarized. This will require modification of our build process.  We are working on that at this time.

In the meantime, after installation you can open a terminal (from Utilities) and enter the following:

Code: [Select]

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Media\ Center\ 25.app
After this one time task,  MC will run as expected.

Reference:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/366542/install-spotify-cant-be-opened-because-apple-cannot-check-it-for-malicious-so

[Magic_Randy]

Why is this release posted? Many newer releases were posted since 25.0.113.

[bob]

Why is this release posted? Many newer releases were posted since 25.0.113.

Please read the first section in the release notes 25.0.113.

Some people are having crashing issues with the combination of the newer builds that use the more recent Apple compiler and certain versions of MacOS and processor combinations. If you are using a newer build without any issues there is no reason to use this build. For example, mine works great using the latest builds on Mac OS 10.13 and with the most recent on 10.15 but I can make it crash repeatedly on 10.14. The last build with the older compiler couldn't use a MC26 license, this one can.

[Sonix]

Now MC25 for Mac is always crashing on start up.

Was working a few weeks ago with my upgrade subscription.

Still can't re-install any older or newer version, even though
I tried adding the code patch in my terminal, but no change.

Re-Installation always fails. Getting this message: “Media Center 25” can’t be opened
because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.

Running Catalina on Macbook Pro 2018.

What is your timeline for an update that works?

[Awesome Donkey]

Read Bob's second post, it tells you how to launch MC from the Terminal using the command xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Media\ Center\ 25.app in macOS Catalina. That error is like Bob said above, it's because of the notarization requirement changes in macOS Catalina.

You might be thinking it'd be easy to just notarize MC and just release it, but it's not that simple unfortunately. The newer builds including 25.0.124 and 25.0.125 are actually notarized but there's been a lot of crashing issues reported with them. Mainly this stems from bugs/issues with Xcode (the Apple development app used to build MC on macOS) causing crashes in addition to the notarization requirement changes also causing issues. JRiver has been downgrading Xcode (from 11 to 10 then to 9) to try to fix the crashing issues with varying success. Finally from what I found out doing a little research, looks like many apps are encountering the same issues and not just MC, especially in regards to the Xcode issues that Apple needs to fix in Xcode 11.

It's just one giant mess at the moment really, with macOS 10.15 Catalina, iOS 13 and Xcode 11 having been some of the most buggy releases Apple has made in the last couple years.