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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.

Download 32-bit build
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v26/latest/MediaCenter260080.exe (works on all systems)

Download 64-bit build
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v26/latest/MediaCenter260080-x64.exe (works on 64 bit systems only)

26.0.80 (5/11/2020)

1. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
2. Changed: It will show a message when adding or removing from a locked playlist in the Tag window and not make any changes.
3. NEW: MC can use TitanTV's web interface to schedule TV recording or starting playing TV.

26.0.79 (5/10/2020)

1. Fixed: Putting a zero in the FormatRange expression could lead to a crash.

26.0.78 (5/9/2020)

1. Fixed: The last build could fail to install on some systems.

26.0.77 (5/9/2020)

1. Fixed: Lyrics lookup would lookup all files instead of only music files.

26.0.76 (5/8/2020)

1. Changed: Testing build with Visual Studio 2019 (feedback wanted).

26.0.75 (5/8/2020)

1. Changed: Improved performance of ASS/SSA subtitles by using multiple threads for image blending.
2. Fixed: Playing Now could be auto-expanded on program launch even if it wasn't open during the last run.
3. Fixed: DSD playback would report a low-pass in Audio Path when bitstreaming.
4. Changed: The tree no longer expands to show when devices come and go.
5. Changed: Removed the +6 dB shift we were applying to HDCD decoding.
6. Changed: A shift of 6 dB is still applied to volume levelling so it should match between HDCD and regular files.

26.0.74 (5/6/2020)

1. NEW: Full support for ASS/SSA Anime subtitles.
2. Changed: Updated all language files to have the latest strings from the source code.
3. Fixed: A possible deadlock could occur in times of heavy use.
4. Changed: Lists could build and scroll to show the center item in some cases instead of the top item.

26.0.73 (5/5/2020)

1. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Stefan).
2. Fixed: The MP4 plugin would not open streams with the user agent properly.
3. NEW: Made the shortcut Alt+I run auto-import.
4. Fixed: Files that had been removed could get brought back in by an import.
5. Changed: The low-pass filter applied to PCM conversion of DSD playback is reported in Audio Path.
6. Fixed: Fix SetNextAvTransportURI which was broken by displaying the audio path on transcoded streams sent to DLNA renderers.
7. NEW: Added the library tool "Lookup Date From Google".
8. NEW: Added a way to insert a clip of silence into the current playlist in the volume menu.
9. Changed: Made sure some TV code (in particular DNLA TV device discovery) is not executed if TV feature is not enabled.

26.0.72 (5/2/2020)

1. Changed: Made the GroupCountQuery function a little faster.
2. Fixed: The signature in the 32-bit build of 71 was incorrect.

26.0.71 (5/1/2020)

1. Changed: Aggressive Deinterlacing for MPEG-2 streams is no longer activated on 24 fps streams, as those should never be interlaced to begin with.
2. Fixed: YouTube playback was not working when a specific system DLL was missing.
3. Changed: Added caching for images embedded into text in tooltips or Theater View, for better performance.
4. NEW: Added a "valign" property to text <img> tokens to position the image vertically (possible values: top, middle, bottom).
5. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 5.38.
6. NEW: Added the IfCase(...) expression function ( details here: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,124543.msg866100.html#msg866100 ).
7. Changed: Updated Chinese language file (thanks kelijun).
8. Fixed: Exif/XMP Metadata from HEIF/HEIC images is read properly.
9. Changed: Uploaded files are no longer added to the library as their Radio JRiver URLs.
10. Fixed: Dimension was wrong when importing some Nikon Raw images.
11. Fixed: The digits of precision did not properly update when creating a new field until restart.
12. NEW: Added modes 9 (List search ANY (case sensitive)), 10 (List search ANY (case insensitive)), 11 (List search ALL (case sensitive)), and 12 (List search ALL (case insensitive)) to the IsEqual expression function.
13. Changed: In FLAC tags, we load from "Album Artist Sort" if no data is found in "ALBUMARTISTSORT" (because it could have data from before we standardized).
14. Changed: In FLAC tags, we load from "Artist Sort" if no data is found in "ARTISTSORT" (because it could have data from before we standardized).
15. Changed: In FLAC tags, we load from "Composer Sort" if no data is found in "COMPOSERSORT" (because it could have data from before we standardized).
16. Changed: When a field is not a default search field, it will not be used for suggestions in the search.
17. NEW: Added modes 13 through 16 to IsEqual to do full string matching (instead of partial).
18. Fixed: Importing of TIFF images might produce wrong focal length and shutter speed.
19. NEW: Added a GroupCountQuery(...) expression function to group files by a field, then count another field.
20. Changed: Made seeking chapters show the OSD just like picking chapters from the OSD and seeking them.
21. NEW: Added the expression function Or(...) to test a list of values and output true if any are set.
22. NEW: Added the expression function And(...) to test a list of values and output true if all are set.
23. NEW: The "Tuner Stream" type of TV channels can now be manually added or edited.

[S. Pupp]

How does one use TitanTV's web interface to schedule TV recording or starting playing TV?
(This is a very welcome feature - thank you!)

[S. Pupp]

It looks like it was answered here:  https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,125315.0/topicseen.html

[keithsonic]

MC26 started crashing on my Windows 10 computer yesterday and now every time I try to open a file I get a blue circle that I can only get out of by closing the program. Re-booting has no effect. I checked for updates and this gave me v73 but no change. I downloaded v80 today but again with no effect. I disconnected the DLNA library to no effect but now no network resources (DLNA library or renderer) are showing the Playing Now window. All network resources are showing in Explorer and renderer is working directly with my NAS. All Media Network settings are unchanged. I am on about my tenth version of MC and never seen this before.

[denton1972]

In the spanish language "sample rate" and "bitrate" do not appear.

[Matt]

In the spanish language "sample rate" and "bitrate" do not appear.

Confirmed.

Next build:
Fixed: Audio Path could display incorrectly when running a translation.

[wer]

Thanks for all the fixed and new features in this last batch of releases!  All the new things I've tested have worked great.

The only issue I'm seeing is that the load button for DSP Studio presets is still not working correctly. 

This has been confirmed by several people: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,125039.msg866307.html#msg866307

[Marcus Vinicus]

Just want to add my support to the comments by other posters re thanks for all these fixes etc. The work Matt and the team do to keep JRiver functional and continuously improved is noted and much appreciated.

A couple of the issues listed have been affecting my JRiver, especially the one when the system deadlocks when under heavy load.

Thanks guys! 

[wer]

Actually Matt, I'm afraid I've found a problem with GroupCountQuery.  It does not always return correct results.

I have 6 movies directed by John Houston...

If I use GroupCountQuery(Director,Name) in an expression column, it returns 6, which is correct.

If I use it the File Info Panel in Theater View, it always returns 1.  That's wrong; it should always return 6, regardless of where it's used.

For a bit more info, it seems to be returning the number of matches in the current view. (and the current view for the file info panel is always 1 file).  For example, if I use a Panes view and filter by Studio, the same function stops returning 6 and instead returns 2, which is the number of movies John Huston directed with the currently filtered Studio in the view.  That's not correct.  It should only return 2 if the expression was GroupCountQuery(Director;Studio, Name).

GroupCountQuery(Director,Name) should return the same result globally, no matter which of that Director's movies you look at and no matter the view.  That's what we discussed.  A function that always returns 1 in the file info panel has no utility at all.

GroupSummaryQuery has the same problem: it seems to be context sensitive. That means it can't be used in Theater View either.

Thanks...

[mlefebvre]

Could it be that "Lookup Date From Google" is not working with 26.0.80?

It was working pretty good with 26.0.73 were it was originally implemented, but it doesn't seem to work at all with 26.0.80. I've tried with a dozen albums and I didn't find a single result.

Michel.

[DJLegba]

Not sure exactly when it happened, but Composer images stopped working recently.

I use the following format for composer names: Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)

Until recently, if I had a file named "Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975).jpg" in the Cover Art/Composers folder, the image would display when the composer name was "Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)".

I have some vocal collections with works from many different composers, and when I don't have much by that composer in my collection I don't bother converting the imported tag info. Those images still display correctly. For example, when the composer's name is "Alter Yechiel Karniol", Google finds a file matching that name and the composer image still displays. It looks like MC is now using a Google search all the time and no longer uses the files I added to Cover Art/Composers.

[Matt]

Try removing the year from the image filenames.  We recently changed.

[DJLegba]

Try removing the year from the image filenames.  We recently changed.

I did try that, and then forced a few refreshes but no joy. Is there a way to make it clear the cache or reload from the folder?

[RWPool]

I run Spotify separately from MC26. It works fine until I open MC26, then Spotify displays the message "Cannot play this song". MC26 shuts down Spotify playback. Know of a friendly solution? Other MC versions never had this problem.

[JimH]

Change the setting in MC for Exclusive Mode.  Or stop MC, not just pause it.

[afss_br]

After this update (assuming this is the update the windows application asked automatically to perform), my HEVC  .TS files are not outputting ATMOS and are stuttering - playing from local HHD drive.

Please, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[afss_br]

After this update (assuming this is the update the windows application asked automatically to perform), my HEVC  .TS files are not outputting ATMOS and are stuttering - playing from local HHD drive.

Please, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Can I rollback to another previous release, in order to re-test my issue ?

[Striker]

What is the expected behavior?

I collapse Playing Now... close MC and restart... Playing Now is collapsed, but expands on it's own after a few seconds.

[wer]

Striker, make sure you are running .80.

What you describe was an issue with previous versions, but that behavior was recently changed.  Now, in 26.0.80, if you collapse Playing Now, it shoud stay collapsed after a restart and not auto-expand a few seconds later.

I now have .80 and have tested on multiple machines.  For me it now stays collapsed and does not auto-expand.

See this thread for more info: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,125144

[Striker]

Striker, make sure you are running .80.

What you describe was an issue with previous versions, but that behavior was recently changed.  Now, in 26.0.80, if you collapse Playing Now, it shoud stay collapsed after a restart and not auto-expand a few seconds later.

I now have .80 and have tested on multiple machines.  For me it now stays collapsed and does not auto-expand.

See this thread for more info: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,125144

I remember the request and liked the idea.

I am running .80, just installed it today over .30.  Since I was not getting the expected behavior, I reverted back to .30 to test... and then back to .80.  PlayingNow still expands a few seconds after starting MC.  I am running the 32 bit version.

[jgleim]

I just updated to MC 26.0.80 and now right-clicking on a media sub type=TV Show file and then "Get Movie & TV Info" does not seem to be working anymore.  However, it works for media sub type=Movie.  Get Movie & TV Info was working 4 days ago using MC 26.0.69 prior to updating.

[stubbo]

I'm struggling to understand how GroupCountQuery works.

I have a pane that I want to have a column has the counts of albums by artist, and then a column to filter that by the artists with a certain number of albums.

So the first part was relatively simple, Created an expression to group by Album Artist, and display Album Artist (GroupCount(Album). That creates a nice list of the artist with the album count in brackets after.

But then trying to create a filter column that just has the counts in, so I can select just the album artists that have a single album, or 20 or whatever isn't working for me.

That filter column i've been using the syntax GroupCountQuery(Album Artist, Album) so I would expect to see a list of numbers defining the album counts I have, but I always get 0 and 1. 0 Being artists with an album that has no album title, and 1 being artists that any albums that have a title. I've tried the fields either way round, same result.

As there are no wiki entries on the syntax I assume I must be missing something simple, but as it's such a new expression, and it will be extremely useful to me if I can get it to work, I'm guessing there are some nuances that are just not apparent.

[JHR]

Is there currently an issue with TVDB lookup? I'm seeing really intermittent results there in MC 26.0.80 , even though information exists in TVDB. Weird.

But seeing the same as post #11--so there is probably a bug.

[larryrup]

Matt:  Having of problems with hi res tracks.  Sometimes noise, then tracks speeds up.  Using v26.0.80 and using USB audio -WASAPI to A Woo Fireflies Headphone DAC/AMP.  Sample rates at 9600, and 192 play with pops and then speed up.  Tracks at a Sample Rate of 352 Crash Media Center. Some tracks play fine.  I tried bringing the rates down to 48000 under Output Format and that prevented a crash but there was still noise.  I also tried resampling the tracks to 48000 in Audacity.  That corrected the problem.

I thought for sure the problem was the DAC though it is advertised to support these rates. Woo's response was to trying another player.  In another system, I do not have any problems using Media Center and a USB Schiit Bi-frost DAC which supports a sample rate up to 192.  This is why I was blaming the Woo but VCL plays the tracks at 352 fine through the Woo.  I've expended my limited troubleshooting ability.  Is there a  configuration setting I'm missing? 

Thanks

Larry