This is a new build of JRiver Media Center 27. Please post bugs here. Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion. Non-bug posts will be deleted.
Download 64-bit buildhttps://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v27/latest/MediaCenter270079-x64.exe (
works on 64 bit systems only)
Download 32-bithttps://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v27/latest/MediaCenter270079.exe27.0.79 (4/1/2021)
1. Fixed: The system volume would not always work properly due to a recent change.
27.0.78 (3/30/2021)
1. Fixed: Several WavPack bitrates did not work.
2. Changed: Ripping to CUE did not work nicely unless concurrent ripping and encoding was selected.
3. Changed: Added a sanity check to the Repeat(...) expression so it will only repeat 100 times then output "... (x more)".
4. Fixed: The password shown in Options > Media Network would be incorrect characters.
5. Fixed: DSD playback would incorrectly report an increase of 6 dB when bitstreaming.
27.0.77 (3/22/2021)
1. Fixed: Google image lookup was not working.
27.0.76 (3/19/2021)
1. Changed: Internal FF/REW change in JRiver Video Engine (using DirectShow).
2. Changed: Minor change in DirectShow graph building for analog TV tuners or video capture devices. Please report back if you have any issues with this change.
3. Fixed: Media Center could crash in some circumstances.
27.0.75 (3/9/2021)
1. NEW: Added a "Done" button to DSP Studio.
2. Changed: Renamed the "Load/Save..." button to "Presets..." in DSP Studio.
3. Changed: The ~limit search token will work better with list fields.
4. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
5. Changed: The APE file reading object loads the files as read-only (was asking for full permission, but wasn't needed).
6. NEW: The ListItem(...) expression functions optionally takes a negative number to mean from the end of the list (-1 is last, -2 is second to last, etc.).
7. NEW: Added a Roman(...) expression function to convert to and from roman numerals.
8. Changed: The ListLimit(...) expression function takes a delimiter (optional and defaults to semi-colon).
9. NEW: Added a Repeat(...) expression function to output a string over and over a given number of times.
10. NEW: Added the expression functions PadLeft(...) and PadRight(...) to pad a string.
11. Changed: Internal code consolidation of FF/REW in television engine. Please test FF/REW functionality and report issues if you find any.
12. Changed: Made the ListFind(...) expression function support outputting a custom not found string when searching on index (keep blank to output -1).
27.0.74 (3/4/2021)
1. Changed: Added 2160 to the Carnac exclusions (a resolution).
2. Changed: Renamed the pane option to "Clear Selection." Also updated the right-click menu.
3. Changed: When playing to a device with DirectSound or WASAPI, if the device is not found, it will error instead of using the default device.
27.0.73 (3/3/2021)
1. Changed: Made YouTube watch URLs like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6HeRdnwOmo work in the Open URL... tool.
2. Fixed: Seeking would cause MC to hang when running Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-955Q video capture device in Red October Standard (with Enhanced Video Renderer). The fix is applied to only this device. If anyone has similar issue with other devices please let us know.
3. Changed: Renamed "Reset Selection" to "Clear" in the panes.
4. Changed: Default to the last location at startup instead of the start page.
5. Changed: Right-click on a playlist has the Share command.
6. Fixed: Some video capture devices (such as "Hauppauge WinTV HVR 955Q") did not do well when video was recorded on to a slower hard disk (for example USB drive, in particular USB2 drive).
7. Changed: The season and episode parser for Carnac will not flag 720 or 1080.
8. Changed: Carnac will not use the number in a video named like "IMG_####" for season and episode.
27.0.72 (3/1/2021)
1. Changed: When sharing a playlist or a collection of files (that will become a playlist), the message better indicates a playlist is being shared.
2. Changed: The "Communication with the server failed..." message will not show in the first two minutes after loading a library.
3. Changed: Importing a single folder will allow tag writing from the import rules.
27.0.71 (2/23/2021)
1. NEW: You can now share a playlist (just pick it in the tree) and it will return an MPL file that is playable by Media Center.
2. Changed: If you share multiple files, they will be added to a playlist and the playlist will be shared.
3. Fixed: Some video capture devices did not work well with time-shifting or JTV recording because they dropped too much audio data due to data handling delays.
4. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
5. Changed: Some internal change in TV's handling of video capture devices.
6. Fixed: Video stream configuration data saved in the registry (after running "Video Capture pin" or "Video Preview Pin" property pages) could not be loaded correctly.
7. Fixed: During playback of a channel on Video Capture devices, running right-click > TV Options > Configure TV... would cause video to stop and would not recover afterward.
8. Changed: Marked a few more fields as stock fields (before they were showing up as user fields in the editor).
27.0.70 (2/19/2021)
1. NEW: Added the token "App" to the player to get the full name of the program with version (ie. JRiver Media Center 27.0.70).
2. Changed: Auto-configure engages for devices that only support 48 kHz on any sample rate other than that.
3. Fixed: The auto-configure code for playback would not always engage properly due to sample rate changes that were made.
4. Changed: Clearing the played files from Playing Now will not remove the current file if you're playing (but will if you're stopped).
5. Fixed: The text "total" and "avg" will not be output if the field itself is empty.
27.0.69 (2/18/2021)
1. NEW: Added an "Unshare" menu command to remove the sharing of a file.
2. Changed: Renamed the button to ReRip for ripping a disc again.
3. Changed: Added the share and unshare commands to the Tools menu.