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[bob]

This is the latest 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.

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https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v26/latest/MediaCenter260019.dmg

26.0.19 (1/23/2020)

1. Fixed: Memory leak, especially when syncing libraries back to a server.
1. Changed: Made it so you can remove default library locations (because they might be old and unnecessary).
2. Fixed: Library restores could fail to work if a previous restore set the temporary directory to a directory that used slashes in the wrong direction for the platform.
3. Changed: Made the library creation portion of the benchmark faster again (also speeds up library creation in general).
4. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 5.16.
5. Changed: When evaluating Showtime rules, everything after the equal will be evaluated as an expression on the current file.  Makes it possible to use fields from the files to pick what to show.
6. NEW: Added the relational type of one per composer to library fields.
7. Fixed: Playback Status would not advance when playing a file after loading a different library.
8. Changed: iTunes library import supports unlimited levels of iTunes playlist nesting instead of only one level.
9. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
10. Fixed: The date field in some images was incorrectly set to "0" on import.
11. Changed: Customized the waveform colors for the Black on Black, Thunderstorm, Z, Aruba, Green Eyes, Purity, Pearl Bailey, Modern Cards Dark, Modern Cards White and Blue Steel skins to better match.
12. Changed: Made the waveform bar a little smoother on wide screens.
13. Fixed: Some corrupt mp4 files could lead to hanging of MC (MC went into an infinite loop).

26.0.18 (1/14/2020)

1. Fixed: Updating the file playback range could lead to a crash in some cases.
2. Fixed: Decoding of ALAC in M4A could result in artifacts in some files.
3. Changed: Switched the no files double-click message from play all files to play audio files in Playing Now (so things like notes don't get played).
4. Changed: Updated FFmpeg to 4.2, used for file analysis and transcoding. Also fixes a long standing crash on playing a video file while being transcoded.
5. Fixed: Setting the tempo with MCWS didn't always take effect right away.
6. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 5.12.
7. Changed: Revised the image date code to hopefully load the date more reliably from images.
8. Changed: When MCC_HANDHELD_UPLOAD arrives, it will first recheck the sync (otherwise it would just sync nothing after changes).
9. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
10. NEW: You can select the country of Italy from the Amazon store menu at the top right.
11. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
12. Changed: The menu placement of the main program scales with the size of the program so at a larger size it gets shifted (should fix Blue Steel problems).
13. Changed: Updated French translation (thanks Stéphane).
14. Fixed: Picking thumbnails and hitting the play button to play them would not always work properly after a recent change.
15. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
16. Changed: Updated Italian translation (thanks matteo e massimo).
17. Changed: Updated the Hungarian translation (thanks pimpolo).
18. Changed: Updated the "New / Improved This Version..." link to point to version 26.
19. NEW: Made it possible to specify the bitrate of an external encoder instead of it always using 1440.
20. Changed: A few threading changes that could improve stability.
21. NEW: Added a way to rate playlists from Standard View.
22. Fixed: Panel - When playing a file the play command could get sent to multiple zones.
23. NEW: Added an IsUpperCase expression.
24. 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.).
25. Changed: Added a JSON export to MCWS File functions (eg. Browse/Files, Playlist/Files, etc).
26. NEW: Composer views will use a Composers folder for cover art and look there (instead of the artist, etc. views).
27. NEW: Added a Cover Art lookup from Google for composer images.
28. Fixed: Corrupt FLAC files could hang the program.
29. 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).
30. Changed: Allow any multi-channel file to be uploaded to Cloudplay.  We used to allow two channel only.
31. Changed: Added the media subtype of "Extras".
32. NEW: Added a "Showtime!" play mode to videos in Theater View to play trailers and the like before starting the movie.
33. NEW: You can set the rules for Showtime! in Options > Theater View > Showtime! Rules...
33. 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.
34. NEW: Made the showtime roller item optional in Theater View options.
35. 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.
36. Changed: The tree state for expanded and collapsed items is remembered between runs (Ctrl+G collapses all).
37. NEW: Added the library server command File > Download From Library Server to download selected files.
38. 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.
39. Fixed: If a library server library was loaded, the name Library Server after the name of the library could go away.
40. 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 ...).
41. Fixed: Tabbing quickly through the Tag Action Window could cause a glitch.
42. Fixed: Made the location view schemes work better cross-platform.
43. NEW: Added an optional waveform bar to the player window (right-click) that uses data from analyze (you'll need to analyze over to get the information).
44. Changed: Made the waveform colors customizable in the skin (WaveformBarA / WaveformBarB in PLAYERBAR / Display).
45. NEW: Added the option to lookup lyrics to the import tool.
46. NEW: Added the media key mode "Hot keys (ignore volume)" to leave volume commands to the system.
47. 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.
48. NEW: Added the ability to set the text alignment used for thumbnail lists.
49. Changed: Authentication fixes and cleanup. Mostly related to Library server authentication.
50. NEW: Added the media subtype Animation.
51. Changed: Simplify MC's internet USER AGENT and DLNA SERVER strings. Should help with getting content from some remote sites.
52. NEW: Added the toolbar buttons "Fill Track Numbers From List Order", "Rename, Move, & Copy Files", and "Fill Properties From Filename".
53. Changed: Added a Media Editor icon to the toolbar (before it was just black).
54. Changed: The setting for "Start over each album" is saved between shows of the Fill Track Numbers From List Order dialog.
55. Changed: Radio JRiver tracks will play to DLNA devices.
56. NEW: Added the program run-time to the Reporter view.
57. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
58. 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.
59. Changed: Auto-size of columns would not work in viewsubs that filled files in a thread.
60. Changed: Added the media subtype Entertainment.
61. Fixed: The /StartMin and /StartMax commands would not reliably work.
62. Changed: Added finer granularity to the bass management cross-over selections in Room Correction.
63. NEW: You can specify what files to include in the share for Library Server in Options > Media Network > Set rules for included files...
64. Fixed: Some MP3 streams wouldn't play because they didn't like our user agent.  Revised our default user agent.
65. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
66. Fixed: Webservice calls to get a stack image could cause a crash if the folder was empty.
67. NEW: MC will read "set" tag in newer format (one with child element <name>) as well as in older format (without child element <name>) from NFO sidecar files.
68. Changed: MC will match custom fields with NFO elements without considering case (so custom field "Set" will match <set> in NFO file).
69. NEW: Added channels to Radio Paradise in Theater View (both streaming and adding Radio Paradise individually).
70. Fixed: The Blue Steel skin could draw distorted in Display View.
71. Changed: Switched how we nest image keywords to hopefully line up with Adobe better.  We now use a > character instead of a / character.
72. NEW: Parse the XMP value title for the name field.
73. NEW: Update libgnutls/libnettle ssl libraries.
74. Changed: Simplify MC's internet USER AGENT and DLNA SERVER strings. Should help with getting content from some remote sites.

[hoyt]

Last night I installed the new update, but still got a few beachballs.  After reading #1, I disconnected from my server library and just tried with the local library.  It worked without any freezes, but I didn't test at length.  I'm giving it a longer test this morning.

[bob]

Last night I installed the new update, but still got a few beachballs.  After reading #1, I disconnected from my server library and just tried with the local library.  It worked without any freezes, but I didn't test at length.  I'm giving it a longer test this morning.

Thanks, it looks like there still is an issue with sync back to the server.

[dfortney]

Seeing a new bug that while it happened in 25 as well is now happening far more frequently, like every time... the bug is that on launch following the computer going to sleep it doesn't remember it's main window location and size.  It just pops open anywhere.  Additionally there seems to be a number of bugs where trying to grab and drag the window to resize throws the windows randomly somewhere else.  Single monitor setup here over hdmi 2 on a latest gen mac mini.

Also when I tell macOs to shutdown or restart it always pops up a error dialog about Media Server preventing restart... try again and then it restarts but always have to 'try again' for some reason.  It doesn't just let macOs shutdown first time.

[Lonevej]

On my iMac with Mojave 10.14.06, when tagging, this version keeps crashing! Seems very unstable, well.... compared with the old version, anyway!
Any stability update in the horizon?
Best wishes from
Steen

[petekowalsky]

MacBook Pro 10,1 - MacOS 10.14.6 (Mojave) - Multi monitor setup. When MC26 is on the non-primary display, EVERYTHING is massively laggy and basically unusable. Dragging the MC26 window to the main display resolves the issue. Same behavior on MacBook Pro 15,1 though not as pronounced. MC25 works fine on both systems.

[bob]

On my iMac with Mojave 10.14.06, when tagging, this version keeps crashing! Seems very unstable, well.... compared with the old version, anyway!
Any stability update in the horizon?
Best wishes from
Steen

Can you give more details on how you are tagging and what and if possible attach a crash report (copy and past the text that would be sent to Apple) and a log?

[bob]

MacBook Pro 10,1 - MacOS 10.14.6 (Mojave) - Multi monitor setup. When MC26 is on the non-primary display, EVERYTHING is massively laggy and basically unusable. Dragging the MC26 window to the main display resolves the issue. Same behavior on MacBook Pro 15,1 though not as pronounced. MC25 works fine on both systems.

Are you mixing retina and non-retina monitors?
Are either of them using different video hardware for the two monitors (some have both Intel and NVidia hardware in the same machine)?

[Knitman]

I downloaded this and it froze the MBPrto it's on and also the one I use to control it thru screen share. Had to press off button until it switched off. Have restarted program but don't yet know if it works as it used to.

[JimH]

Let it run.