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[Matt]

This is a new build of JRiver Media Center 26.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

PLEASE NOTE:
This build is unstable for many users.  We hope to have a fix today (December 16th).

[Bad builds -- pulled by JimH]  26.0.14 is the first good build.

26.0.12 (12/12/2019)

1. NEW: Made it possible to specify the bitrate of an external encoder instead of it always using 1440.
2. Changed: PSI parser in TV engine will check CRC of a PAT section before flushing existing data.

26.0.11 (12/11/2019)

1. Changed: More improvements in Theater View TV guide navigation, especially when a long program is on a channel at the top or bottom of the list and navigation rolls over from bottom to top or vice versa.
2. Changed: A few threading changes that could improve stability.

26.0.10 (12/10/2019)

1. Changed: Added some protection against possible crashes in TV.
2. NEW: Added a way to rate playlists from Standard View.
3. Fixed: Panel - When playing a file the play command could get sent to multiple zones.
4. Changed: More improvements in Theater View TV guide navigation.
5. Fixed: The WDM driver could not be installed on a 64-bit OS when using a 32-bit MC installed in a path with parentheses in it.

26.0.9 (12/4/2019)

1. NEW: Added an IsUpperCase expression.
2. Changed: The option to "Move all non-imported files in folder with selected media files" only runs if the file is imported (so it won't engage on files from the Explorer view, etc.).
3. Changed: Improved Theater View TV Guide navigation, especially with Page Up/Page Down keys.
4. Changed: Added a JSON export to MCWS File functions (eg. Browse/Files, Playlist/Files, etc).
5. NEW: Composer views will use a Composers folder for cover art and look there (instead of the artist, etc. views).
6. NEW: Added a Cover Art lookup from Google for composer images.
7. Fixed: A corrupt FLAC files could hang the program.
8. NEW: Made a new Theater View option "Show Showtime rule..." to specify a search to not show the Showtime! item (so it doesn't have to show for television programs, for example).
9. NEW: Allow any multi-channel file to be uploaded to Cloudplay.  We used to allow two channel only.
10. Changed: Renamed Showtime! to Showtime and made it off by default.
11. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 5.08.
12. Changed: Added the media subtype of "Extras".

26.0.8 (11/26/2019)

1. Changed: Updated Italian translation (thanks matteo e massimo).
2. NEW: Added a "Showtime!" play mode to videos in Theater View to play trailers and the like before starting the movie.
3. NEW: You can set the rules for Showtime! in Options > Theater View > Showtime! Rules...
4. Changed: Issuing a negative number to MCC_STOP_AFTER_DELAY will issue a hard stop instead of stopping after the current track after the time-out.
5. NEW: Made the showtime roller item optional in Theater View options.
6. Fixed: When doing a "Convert or Resize" on an image, it would not convert a non-JPEG image to JPEG if the size was not being changed.
7. Changed: The tree state for expanded and collapsed items is remembered between runs (Ctrl+G collapses all).

26.0.7 (11/21/2019)

1. NEW: Aspect Ratio sub-menus under "Window" context menu in TV playback.  The settings are saved on per-channel basis.
2. NEW: Added a button to show the device on the handheld sync page (or sync complete page).
3. NEW: Added the library server command File > Download From Library Server to download selected files.
4. Changed: If the Sat>IP server does not provide port info for the channel list m3u file, MC will also try port 8080.
5. 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.
6. Fixed: If a library server library was loaded, the name Library Server after the name of the library could go away.
7. 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 ...).
8. NEW: Thumbnails are copied on an upgrade install.
9. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 5.07 -- fixes decompression of 24-bit files with older encoders.
10. Changed: Selected cell in Theater View Television Guide grid will change to currently showing program on the same channel if the original selection becomes an event in the past.
11. Fixed: Tabbing quickly through the Tag Action Window could cause a glitch.
12. Fixed: Made the location view schemes work better cross-platform.
13. NEW: Added an optional waveform bar to the player window (right-click) that uses data from analyze (you'll need to analyze again to get the information).
14. Changed: Made the waveform colors customizable in the skin (WaveformBarA / WaveformBarB in PLAYERBAR / Display).
15. NEW: Added the option to lookup lyrics to the import tool.
16. Changed: MC TV PSI Parser will not flush existing PMT packet IDs if an invalid PAT section arrives.
17. Changed: If MC failed to set channel on CableCARD TV tuner, it will retry one time before giving up.
18. NEW: Added the media key mode "Hot keys (ignore volume)" to leave volume commands for the operating system.

26.0.6 (11/8/2019)

1. NEW: Added context menu "Window/Screen Resolution", to allow changing display settings (screen resolution and refresh rate) during live TV playback.
2. Fixed: In video playback when a second video was played without stopping the first video, the display settings might not reset to original desk top settings as the second video required.
3. NEW: Added the ability to set the text alignment used for thumbnail lists.
4. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 5.05.  Brings SSE back for everything except 32-bit for a 50% speed-up over previous builds.
5. Changed: Authentication fixes and cleanup. Mostly related to Library server authentication.

26.0.5 (11/6/2019)

1. NEW: Added the media subtype Animation.
2. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 5.01 -- adds support for 32-bit integer files.
3. Changed: Updated Italian translation (thanks matteo e massimo).
4. Changed: Registering the license window of the installer for touch input so touch scrolling should work nicely.
5. Changed: Simplify MC's internet USER AGENT and DLNA SERVER strings. Should help with getting content from some remote sites.
6. Changed: Additional TV channel-changing improvement, especially with CableCARD channels.
7. NEW: Added the toolbar buttons "Fill Track Numbers From List Order", "Rename, Move, & Copy Files", and "Fill Properties From Filename".
8. Changed: Added a Media Editor icon to the toolbar (before it was just black).
9. Changed: The setting for "Start over each album" is saved between shows of the Fill Track Numbers From List Order dialog.
10. Changed: Radio JRiver tracks will play to DLNA devices.
11. NEW: Added the program run-time to the Reporter view.
12. Changed: In TV playback, context menu "Zoom" is renamed "Window", to make it agree with file-based video playback.
13. Changed: Made the program more resilient if it fails to create the speech components.
14. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).

26.0.4 (10/25/2019)

1. Fixed: If you selected files below a grouping, then dragged the window to move it, getting the selection would get files from the top grouping list instead of the bottom list.
2. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
3. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 4.96.
4. Changed: Auto-size of columns would not work in views that filled files in a thread.
5. NEW: Added the media subtype Entertainment.
6. Changed: The amount of time it took to make a TV channel change when view-jumping (e.g. changing channel in Theater view, and MC jumps back to Display view) is involved is significantly reduced.  This is particularly true for CableCARD/OpenCable tuners in ROHQ.
7. Fixed: The /StartMin and /StartMax commands would not reliably work.
8. Changed: Updated Italian translation (thanks matteo e massimo).
9. NEW: Added finer granularity to the bass management cross-over selections in Room Correction.

26.0.3 (10/21/2019)

1. Fixed: For the first 20 to 30 seconds after starting to play an ATSC TV channel Stop would not work.
2. Changed: Switched to a v26 redirect so the update channels should work now.
3. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 4.95.
4. Changed: Log the text received from the microphone as "Speech received: " in the log.

[xpto]

JRiver folks,

Congrats on the new 26 release!

1st bug report - please change "Help -> New / Improved This Version..." link from:

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,119217.0.html

to

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,123122.0.html

Cheers,

xpto

[justsomeguy]

Haven't noticed any issues yet. Thanks for your work.

Upgrade went as smooth as it normally does. Only thing is every upgrade I have to manually copy all my custom theater view skins and VST plugins over to the new MC skins and plugins folders. Not a huge deal but shouldn't that stuff be transferred to the new MC install folder during upgrade?

[-E-]

Still no hardcoded "DVD/BD Menu" key... /sigh

[CJandCO]

Hello, I installed this brand new version.
The installation goes smoothly and the program recognizes the recently purchased license.
However, if we uninstall the old version (25 for me) the new version does not launch at all and reports a message in English that I do not understand. If we choose the administrator mode in the Windows shortcut, there it works.
So for the moment I keep the 2 versions 25 and 26.

[brgreg]

Unable to launch the WDM driver in JRMC26 64-bit.
Installed the new version, set all file associations, checked that
WDM was checked in General-features.

Noticed that Audio devices (Sound settings) showed Media Center 25 as WDM device. Ran JRMC25 and unchecked WDM in General-Features.

Restarted JRMC26 (WDM was checked) but no WDM driver appeared in
Audio devices.

Rebooted. same condition.  Re-installed JRMC26 but nothing changed.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,
Bill

[MGD_King]

Nice to see this a day early!

Only problem is after installation it launched, restored everything (including license, NICE!) and played an audio file. However, after closing it, it won't reopen. I get an error:

"Unable to register controls. Please run as a power user."

Right-click and "Run as Administrator" allowed it to launch. It now opens after closing.

[xj32]

Where or when is the Mac version?

I just bought the upgrade thinking it would be today as well.

[S. Pupp]

I had the same issue as MGD_King.
I’m using Windows 10 pro 1909.

[tzr916]

Only problem is after installation it launched, restored everything (including license, NICE!) and played an audio file. However, after closing it, it won't reopen. I get an error:

"Unable to register controls. Please run as a power user."

Right-click and "Run as Administrator" allowed it to launch. It now opens after closing.

Same here.

[MikeO]

Loaded and installed fine

I just started auto import with Look Up Lyrics checked and its doing all 126,495 tracks !! I'll let it run and repeat when its done !!

I assume it wont do this every time if the Lyrics already exist , in my case they mostly do

Is this a bug ?

Mike

[crysaliq]

Heya.  Got what seems a bug report.  I have both Media Center 25 and Media Center 26 installed.  I just now went back to Media Center 25 to check which skin was being used, then tried going back to Media Center 26, and I got a message saying something about it couldn't register controls, try running as a power user, or something close to this, and it wouldn't boot up Media Center 26 unless I specifically selected "run as administrator" in my right-click options for it.  I'm currently running Windows 10 Home.

[thunderfingers66]

Can't add VST plug in.   Tried using Manage Plugins and nothing happens.

[rgn4305]

Where or when is the Mac version?

I just bought the upgrade thinking it would be today as well.

Yes, where indeed is the Mac version?

[mikolajek]

Hmmm... I tried to install over the existing 25 version, into the same folder, but the installer refused to do so and made me pick another folder.
The installation was successful but the 25 version was not removed. So eventually I have 2 co-existing versions... Is it safe now to uninstall 25, or will it remove some elements necessary for 26 to work as well?

[JimH]

Hmmm... I tried to install over the existing 25 version, into the same folder, but the installer refused to do so and made me pick another folder.
The installation was successful but the 25 version was not removed. So eventually I have 2 co-existing versions... Is it safe now to uninstall 25, or will it remove some elements necessary for 26 to work as well?

Yes, it's safe.

[JimH]

Yes, where indeed is the Mac version?

It's coming in a few weeks.  Linux, too.

[JimH]

Please use this thread for questions:

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,123288.0.html

[JimH]

Can't add VST plug in.   Tried using Manage Plugins and nothing happens.

If it's a 32 bit plug-in, you need to use the 32 bit version of MC.  Not all plug-ins will work.

[phloxxo]

If it's a 32 bit plug-in, you need to use the 32 bit version of MC.  Not all plug-ins will work.

If I click "Add JRiver, VST, or Winamp Plug-in ..." in Media Center 26.0.12 (64bit) nothing happens on my system either i.e. not even a selection dialog opens.

[darky]

update went smooth.

Thank you for the new release. It feels very smooth and faster.

[Awesome Donkey]

If I click "Add JRiver, VST, or Winamp Plug-in ..." in Media Center 26.0.12 (64bit) nothing happens on my system either i.e. not even a selection dialog opens.

I can confirm this, the selection dialog window doesn't load up after selecting the Add JRiver, VST, or Winamp Plug-in... option.

EDIT: It does work if you run MC26 as an administrator, so that's a workaround.

[orionn]

The search function is not working well (not new to MC26 but still relevant).
1. When I search for a specific piece/song, I get the genres in which it exists, but when selecting one of the genres, it shows me the complete album list of that genre instead of only the ones in which the piece exists.  So I'm forced to do the same search again and find the individual album and piece. 
2. In the search scroll-down menu, it would be helpful to put the most recent searches.

[Mike_WI]

I just installed today from v25.
It would be great if things like presets (for audio columns for instance) could be migrated when versions change.

[Genkifd]

So far so good updated via WM25.

[8139david]

Only problem is after installation it launched, restored everything (including license, NICE!) and played an audio file. However, after closing it, it won't reopen. I get an error:
    "Unable to register controls. Please run as a power user."
    Right-click and "Run as Administrator" allowed it to launch. It now opens after closing.

Same here. Extremely annoying. I'm reverting to MC25.

[BigSpider]

I had the run as administrator on a restart but that is easily fixed by running the program as administrator once. My question is about the WDM driver which insists the it is MC25 not MC26, you can partly rename it to 26 in the sound settings but it is then called JRiver Media Center 26 (JRiver Media Cener 25). Surely the WDM driver should say the it is MC 26 when it is freshly installed?

[JimH]

The name doesn't matter.  It's a Windows thing.

[BigSpider]

Surely not a Windows thing - it's JRiver that's installing the driver and giving it it's name. I agree the name doesn't really matter, but it could confuse new users.

[8139david]

Even after MC is registered as admin (which shouldn't be necessary), it keeps being confused being MC25 and MC26, and doesn't propertly register all it should as MC26.

[jfaaz]

Neither the 64bit or 32bit version will install on my Windows 10 computer.  The installer just freezes. 

[djcozmik]

Everything's looking good for me so far!

Minor note (not exactly a bug?): The Analyze Audio tool's "skip analyzed files" setting will skip files that don't have waveforms (if they have everything else.) It's easy enough to uncheck this and run it to generate the waveforms. Not sure if this was intentional or not.

[JimH]

Neither the 64bit or 32bit version will install on my Windows 10 computer.  The installer just freezes. 

This problem?  https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,123350.msg854433.html#msg854433

[oie]

Hi,
No WDM driver on sound devices.
It’s selected on features within the program but it’s not showing on Windows.
It was fine in 25.
64 bits.
Thanks
Regards,
O

[orionn]

MC26 crashes during import, probably after encountering bad files that it skipped
after several tries it succeeded to complete

[sebassie]

After a new install of Windows Pro 1909 I installed MC 26.0.12. During import of 500 folders MC crashed. I tried this several times with same result.
After this I installed MC 25.0.115. During imports of the same folders there was no problem.
I have attached the log file

[Awesome Donkey]

Hi,
No WDM driver on sound devices.
It’s selected on features within the program but it’s not showing on Windows.
It was fine in 25.
64 bits.
Thanks
Regards,
O

Make sure the WDM Driver is unchecked in MC's Options > General > Features, then close MC and run MC26 as an administrator and go back to MC's Options > General > Features and check the WDM Driver, then close MC26. Finally, run MC26 again normally (not as an administrator).

[oie]

Thanks Awesome Donkey, working fine now.
Regards,
O

[Awesome Donkey]

Neither the 64bit or 32bit version will install on my Windows 10 computer.  The installer just freezes. 

Very likely this is related to antivirus/antimalware software. What are you using on your machine?

[Desja55]

Tool / Import
Application crash after a few tracks are imported. PCM or DSD same result.
Tried it on two different computer. Same result

[RoderickGI]

During import of 500 folders MC crashed

Are you importing 500 new folders?

Because if these are folders of files that were previously in your MC25 Library but weren't in the MC26 Library after the upgrade, then you should find the lastest MC25 Library Backup and Restore that to MC26. Or go back to MC25, make a Library Backup, then Restore that to MC26, if you want the very latest version of your Library. Then you won't need to re-import everything.

[fredo.pirotte]

Hello, I have successfully installed MC26 but I have noticed a small bug. I use Media Center to rip my CD's, tag & organize my media files. After I have extracted the music and named the files as needed, I use function key F6 (Rename, move & copy files) to move the files to my cloud server. When I was using MC24 previously, selecting the album and hitting F6 was showing me all the files in the album that were going to be moved. In MC26, when I do the same, there is no file showing in the F6 preview window. I have to either select all the files in the album myself before pressing F6, or select the album and right-click to chose the Rename, move and copy file option. Then the list of files is showing in the preview window. Not sure I am 100% clear? 

Thanks,
Fred

[CJandCO]

There are many options that have not been translated into French for many months. (Version 25)
Do you intend to translate these options in this version 26, because there it becomes really difficult to use your software?

[Matt]

Tool / Import
Application crash after a few tracks are imported. PCM or DSD same result.
Tried it on two different computer. Same result

Could you share a log?

https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Logging

Thanks.

[mattlovell]

Don't know if this is related to the installation permissions folks have been talking about with 26 or is something different...

For two new FLAC albums I purchased, MC 26 was unable to assign cover art.  I ended up using a separate program (mp3tag) and prompting MC to reload from tags.  That ended up working.

Is cover art within flac tags something odd for MC to manipulate?

[Desja55]

Could you share a log?

https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Logging

Thanks.

Sorry, I had to reinstall MC 26 on both computer to activate the log and I cannot reproduce the problem.
I imported 8000 files without problem.
My apology.

[hulkss]

Bug in Blue Steel skin menu bar.
Image attached.

[JimH]

Please post any crash reports here:

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,123392.0.html

[JimH]

Is cover art within flac tags something odd for MC to manipulate?

No.

[Dawgincontrol]

Bug in Blue Steel skin menu bar.
Image attached.

I use "Blue Steel" and mine does not have that problem.  Maybe look at your skin size or font.