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[bob]

This is a BETA 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.

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https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v27/latest/MediaCenter270089-Universal.dmg

27.0.89 (7/1/2021)

1. Fixed: Crash caused by reopening the output plugin upon playback failure.
2. Fixed: Crash caused by allowing a dialog window to be created from a background thread (logged the attempt).
3. Fixed: The date code fix from 27.0.88 didn't work in all locales.

27.0.88 (6/25/2021)

1. Fixed: Mac date code was broken for non-US formats.
2. Fixed: DLNA Conversion to DSF was setting the header of the DSF file to an incorrect number of samples (2x the real amount) resulting in odd or no playback on some devices.

27.0.87 (5/20/2021)

1. Fixed: Sleep issue cause by trying to work around a bug in Big Sur which has been fixed in 11.4. The work-around prevented screen sleep when playing audio files.

27.0.86 (5/14/2021)

1. Fixed: MC cleared time component of date/time Original in EXIF erroneously.
2. Fixed: MC could not load EXIF "Date/Time Original" tag if it has no time component.
3. Fixed: Flac in Ogg streams were broken by the changes in 27.0.85.
4. Fixed: Crashes could occur when popping up message boxes and checking app state from a background thread.

27.0.85 (4/22/2021)

1. Fixed: ICY metadata was not working in the previous build.
2. Changed: Simplified the buffering approach of the MP3 plugin.
3. Changed: Removed unintended double-buffering in mp4 plugin.
4. Fixed: In WMA plugin if "Disable audio buffering to disk" option (Linux only) was used, a file buffer was still created.
5. Changed: The file type is passed along with Radio Paradise files so it no longer needs to hit the server for it.
6. Changed: Timeout on Radio Paradise playback removed.
7. Fixed: When playing URLs, two layers of ICY parsing could happen causing hiccups in the audio.
8. Fixed: With memory playback enabled, playing some streaming stations with ICY metadata could fail after a while.
9. Fixed: Filenames that were exactly the MAX_PATH length would not work.
10. Fixed: Convolution did not work properly with channels 10 and higher.
11. Fixed: YouTube playback was not working for many videos.

27.0.79 (4/5/2021)

1. Fixed: Media Center could create test files for if a directory is writable and leave them in certain cases.
2. Fixed: MC could read ID3v2.2 PIC frame incorrectly causing the JPEG image to lose "start of image" marker.
3. Fixed: The system volume would not always work properly due to a recent change.
4. Fixed: Several WavPack bitrates did not work.
5. Changed: Ripping to CUE did not work nicely unless concurrent ripping and encoding was selected.
6. Changed: Added a sanity check to the Repeat(...) expression so it will only repeat 100 times then output "... (x more)".
7. Fixed: The password shown in Options > Media Network would be incorrect characters.
8. Fixed: DSD playback would incorrectly report an increase of 6 dB when bitstreaming.
9. Fixed: Google image lookup was not working.
10. Fixed: Media Center could crash in some circumstances.

27.0.75 (3/19/2021)

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
13. Changed: Added 2160 to the Carnac exclusions (a resolution).
14. Changed: Renamed the pane option to "Clear Selection."  Also updated the right-click menu.
15. Changed: Visualizations are copied from the application install directory to the user directory on install and are used from there. This allows user installed Track Info's to persist across update

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: Display/System sleep issues with all previous versions in Big Sur as well as all other MacOS broken in build 27.0.66
3. NEW: The ProgramInstaller component of Mac MC will handle .mjp files now which allows skins to be installed automatically.
4. Changed: Renamed "Reset Selection" to "Clear" in the panes.
5. Changed: Default to the last location at startup instead of the start page.
6. Changed: Right-click on a playlist has the Share command.
7. 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).
8. Changed: The season and episode parser for Carnac will not flag 720 or 1080.
9. Changed: Carnac will not use the number in a video named like "IMG_####" for season and episode.
10. Changed: When sharing a playlist or a collection of files (that will become a playlist), the message better indicates a playlist is being shared.
11. Changed: The "Communication with the server failed..." message will not show in the first two minutes after loading a library.
12. Changed: Importing a single folder will allow tag writing from the import rules.
13. 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.
14. Changed: If you share multiple files, they will be added to a playlist and the playlist will be shared.
15. 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.
16. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
17. Changed: Some internal change in TV's handling of video capture devices.
18. 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.
19. Changed: Marked a few more fields as stock fields (before they were showing up as user fields in the editor).
20. 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).
21. Changed: Auto-configure engages for devices that only support 48 kHz on any sample rate other than that.
22. Fixed: The auto-configure code for playback would not always engage properly due to sample rate changes that were made.
23. Changed: Clearing the played files from Playing Now will not remove the current file if you're playing (but will if you're stopped).
24. Fixed: The text "total" and "avg" will not be output if the field itself is empty.
25. NEW: Added an "Unshare" menu command to remove the sharing of a file.
26. Changed: Renamed the button to ReRip for ripping a disc again.
27. Changed: Added the share and unshare commands to the Tools menu.
28. Fixed: Improved bandwidth utilization when sharing files through MCWS.
29. Changed: The highpass slope used by Room Correction can be 36 or 48 dB/octave now (was capped at 24 dB/octave).
30. Changed: When picking DSD low pass filters, the choice of 48 dB/octave is offered for the 30 kHz and 50 kHz values.
31. Fixed: There was a double "the" on the restore library dialog.
32. Changed: Tuned the large font selection sizing so a little bigger fonts will not show the dialog.
33. Changed: Remove disk buffer disable option for audio and video files received over the network. It had unwanted side effects on playback of non-streamable format files.
34. Changed: Switched the encoding used on the share URLs (all links will need to be regenerated).
35. Changed: When changing tracks manually, the flush done is lighter preventing lags buffering.
36. NEW: OPF tagging saves and loads all the fields in Media Center (using a dc:custom block).
37. Changed: When tagging an EPUB, a new OPF is written if one isn't already there.
38. Changed: Remove disk buffer disable option for audio and video files received over the network. It had unwanted side effects on playback of non-streamable format files.

27.0.66 (2/12/2021)

1. Changed: Changed the Share toolbar button image.
2. NEW: Added a "Shared" field that gets checked when you share, but if you uncheck the file will no longer be accessible.
3. Fixed: Expressions that ended with a slash could output garbage.
4. Changed: The optional 6 dB boost applied to DSD playback is reported in Audio Path.
5. Fixed: Bug in DLNA conversion to DSF that resulted in popping especially at the end of a file.
6. NEW: When playing a DMS channel associated with a DMS device, the IP address of the channel is checked against the device's current IP address.  If the two are different, MC automatically updates the channel URL to match the device.
7. Changed: Updated Russian translation (thanks Vladimir).
8. Changed: Removed the URLs from the share dialog.
9. NEW: Added "Share" toolbar buttons.
10. Changed: Added URL escapement to the share URLs.
11. Changed: When sharing, a choice is offered about what link to place on the clipboard.
12. Changed: Renamed getting a file URL to "Share...".
13. NEW: Generated a new file sharing MCWS call that does not require authentication.  The file key is encrypted.
14. NEW: When sharing, a local IP is also provided along with the remote IP.
15. Fixed: Fast forward / rewind did not work when playing a DMS TV channel.
16. Changed: Showing the day for a year only date will show an empty string instead of one.
17. NEW: Added a way to reset your sharing credentials to Options > Media Network (will make all previous shares invalid).
18. Changed: When opening 3 or 5 channel files, we will try to auto-configure as 5.1 and offer that as one of the choices.
19. Changed: When opening 7 channel files, we will try to auto-configure as 7.1 and offer that as one of the choices.
20. Changed: Tweaked the text of the auto-configure dialog to be more clear and to not report the bitdepth (since that isn't the actual output bitdepth).
21. Fixed: Google lyrics lookup could contain junk at the end of the lyrics.
22. Changed: MCWS no longer requires authentication for functions marked to not require authentication.
23. NEW: Added the right-click command Get Sharing URL... to get a URL from MCWS to share externally (it uses your external IP address, so you will need to setup port forwarding on your router).
24. Fixed: TV Channel grouping did not work with DMS channels.
25. NEW: When running "Auto Group" on all TV channels, users are presented with a list of tuner types to select, so one can choose which types of channels are included in the auto group process.
26. Fixed: System and display sleep weren't being prevented when playing audio (via HDMI) or video on macOS Big Sur.

27.0.62 (2/9/2021)

1. Fixed: Crashes could occur in various places (reconfiguring the output plugin on sample rate incompatibility was one).

27.0.61 (2/4/2021)

1. Fixed: Lyrics lookups stopped working.
2. Changed: When opening 3 or 5 channel files, we will try to auto-configure as 5.1 and offer that as one of the choices.
3. Changed: When opening 7 channel files, we will try to auto-configure as 7.1 and offer that as one of the choices.
4. Changed: Tweaked the text of the auto-configure dialog to be more clear and to not report the bitdepth (since that isn't the actual output bitdepth).
5. Fixed: Filling the selected files from Theater View could get all the files instead of just the selected files.
6. Fixed: DLNA server, when the Audio output is set to "Selected Format only when Necessary" wav and mp3 files wouldn't be converted if the output format selected was the same as the input format which prevented DSD studio transformations from being applied.
7. NEW: DLNA conversion to DSD (dsf 1x).
8. Changed: Changed implementation of DMS TV channel playback and recording.  It should behave much better, in particular when playing a channel that is currently recording.
9. Fixed: If MC was started connected to a library server and the user switched to the main library, there were multiple superfluous error boxes popped up.

27.0.58 (1/25/2021)

1. Changed: Waveform data is no longer being created for Video content.
2. Fixed: The change to grouping fields could cause other issues.  Feedback appreciated.
3. NEW: Added the video type MXF to the player.
4. Faster: The program loads faster.
5. Changed: Clicking on the MC icon in the Dock while MC is running in Media Server mode will bring up the UI.
6. Fixed: Media Server mode was preventing shutdown/restart.
7. Fixed: Bug in screen position when bringing up the UI from the Media Server status bar icon.
8. Fixed: Switching Analyzer in and out of "High resolution" could crash while playing.
9. Fixed: Getting an expression with the API could perform extra (and unwanted) cleaning of the output.
10. NEW: When ripping a disc for the second time, a confirmation message is shown to let you know and allow you to cancel.
11. Changed: When auto-sizing columns, width for sort arrows is included.
12. Changed: Made the analyzer fall off faster (especially in high resolution mode).
13. Fixed: The video analyzer could sometimes take a long time.
14. Fixed: Upon shutdown/restart/logout and the Apple menu quit, MC will do a graceful shutdown (tells DLNA renderers that it's closing).
15. Changed: The Apple menu Quit terminates all of the program when in Media Server mode. File->Exit leaves Media Server running.

27.0.57 (1/21/2021)

1. Fixed: Drawing window size on retina monitors when dragging the screen, especially visible on the mini player view.
2. NEW: Some optimization of the window size and positioning code.
3. Changed: When editing a field, if one of the values is empty it will be added to the list of choices instead of removed.
4. NEW: AviSynth Filter is added to the white list for "video post processing" filters.
5. Changed: Improved the DSP Studio analyzer.
6. NEW: DTS parsing gets the proper number of channels.
7. Fixed: APL files were not always working properly for the last few builds.
8. Changed: When building the list of items for a grouping, the values are formatted (before it would show an integer when grouping by date, but now it will show a proper date).
9. NEW: The smartlist editor has a rule "contains full word" to put a hat (^) in front of the word.
10. Changed: Improved threading decisions for image drawing, greatly speeding up the Analyzer DSP and other drawing tasks.
11. Fixed: The message that files will be renamed to avoid collisions is no longer shown when just updating the database.
12. NEW: Added a match mode to the ListFind(...) expression function to switch between partial matching and full matching.
13. Faster: Optimized the way the analyzer works to make processing faster.
14. Fixed: Manually editing a DMS TV channel did not work (because a list of tuners were presented, instead of a list of devices);
15. Fixed: MP4 files could report double the proper length in some cases.
16. Changed: When removing the played tracks from Playing Now, it now removes the just played track as well.
17. NEW: DMS TV channels on the same device can be mass-edited, to change device, IP Address, and/or port.  This is useful when one needs to replace a broken tuner device with a new one of the same type, or when the IP address of a device changes.
18. Fixed (possibly): High GPU usage after watching and stopping a TV show that was being recorded (may need to repeatedly watch and stop watching to reproduce).
19. Changed: Bookmarking will always clear if we reach the end of the file (before with cross-fading on it could save a value near the end).
20. Changed: Right aligning the tag saving statusbar text so the user customized text stays visible.
21. NEW: The display view window position is reset when doing "Reset window position settings...".
22. Changed: Beyonwiz U4 device is white-listed as a supported DMS TV device. Hope it works!
23. NEW: Added a "Reset Perc Data" button on TV setup wizard and EPG setup wizard, to allow users to reset when their Perc Data account, in particular the lineup info, has changed.
24. Fixed: After downloading from library server, the file could be incorrectly removed from the server's library.
25. NEW: Made stopping after a number of tracks work with DLNA.
26. Fixed: Picking no options in the Rename, Move, & Copy dialog could result in the files actually getting renamed to <No Change>.
27. Fixed: Loading and saving VST3 presets could misbehave.
28. NEW: Experimental code for detaching the display window on Macs. Needs work but basically usable.

27.0.50 (1/7/2021)

1. Changed: Made date imported editable like last played (instead of clear only).
2. Fixed: Crash when using a remote with Theater View.
3. Changed: Switched the equalizer to these frequencies: 31.25,62.5,125,250,500,1k,2k,4k,8k,16k.
4. NEW: VST3 effects save and load their states.
5. NEW: Added 3 channel to the VST3 output (L, R, C).
6. Fixed: When playing a DMS TV channel while the show was being recorded, the playback went to live time instead of program start time (or recording start time).
7. Changed: The shuffle at the end of the playlist when shuffle mode is on will only fire if playback is set to advance to the first track again.
8. NEW: Added the save and load buttons to VST3 plugins.

27.0.49 (1/5/2021)

1. Fixed: When recording consecutive shows on the same channel on a DMS tuner, the later recordings might include data for previous shows.
2. Possibly fixed: When recording consecutive shows on the same channel on a DMS tuner, some recording might end up fail (zero byte recorded).

[dejanm]

Media Center crashes when I try to play DSD 128 file. MC is configured to transform DSD 128 into DSD 64 and it worked fine in previous versions. Now it simply crashes.

[bob]

Media Center crashes when I try to play DSD 128 file. MC is configured to transform DSD 128 into DSD 64 and it worked fine in previous versions. Now it simply crashes.

Playing to what device? What version of MacOS, what architecture?
Where are you setting the conversion? Output format in DSP studio?
It works for me, just checked this build on a M1 playing to a iFi Nano DSD Dac 2xDSD to 1xDSD DoP set as output format in DSP Studio.

[dejanm]

Ok some more info ...

It is Mac Mini M1 with Big Sur V. 11.2.3.
It is connected to Benchmark DAC 3 B with USB 2.0 cable.
The conversion has been set in Option -> Audio -> Settings -> Bit Streaming and here I set DSD and in Custom I set Up to DSD64.

So DSD64 is playing ok but the conversion from DSD128 to DSD64 produces crash with this window:

[bob]

Ok some more info ...

It is Mac Mini M1 with Big Sur V. 11.2.3.
It is connected to Benchmark DAC 3 B with USB 2.0 cable.
The conversion has been set in Option -> Audio -> Settings -> Bit Streaming and here I set DSD and in Custom I set Up to DSD64.

So DSD64 is playing ok but the conversion from DSD128 to DSD64 produces crash with this window:

It shouldn't crash but it shouldn't play the DSD128 either from what I can tell.
That option just says bitstream DSD up to DSD64, it's not a DSD to DSD conversion. If the source material is above DSD64 then if DSP studio is off, you wouldn't get playback unless your DAC can handle 705.6khz PCM.
You'd need to set the Output format in DSP Studio to resample the 705.6khz to something the DAC can handle.

[bob]

I set DSP studio to resample 705.6k to 352.8 and the DSD128 plays fine.

[bob]

Also, if you wouldn't mind uploading the entire crash dump you showed a screenshot of that might be useful in tracking down the crash you are seeing.

[dejanm]

Hi Bob,

Thank you for investing your time in dealing with this issue that I have.

In DSP I reduced the freq. to 352,8 KHz as you proposed, but that did not change anything: it is still crashing. Here is the log file ...

[bob]

Hi Bob,

Thank you for investing your time in dealing with this issue that I have.

In DSP I reduced the freq. to 352,8 KHz as you proposed, but that did not change anything: it is still crashing. Here is the log file ...

No problem, would you please include the apple crash dump? When the dialog with it comes up you can do
Select All (apple-A)
then copy and paste it into a post here.

Also, just a guess, under the audio options, if you haven't already, enable the SoX resampler.
Thanks.

[dejanm]

SoX has been always in usage.

This is a dump (I copied to the pages).

[bob]

Thanks.
Where it's crashing doesn't make much sense to me, just in some general purpose drawing routines in the OS.

Would you mind trying the Intel only version posted in this forum, it will run under Rosetta.
It's built with an older compiler that avoids some threading issues from new versions of Xcode of which I thought we had found all of but perhaps not.

[dejanm]

Bob,

Where I live it is night and I am going to bed now. Tomorrow I will do that what you proposed and then I will post the result here.

[dejanm]

Hi Bob,

New day, new try ...

I just did what you proposed ... I installed Intel version of MC27 on the same Mac Mini M1. I kept the old version (Silicon). Interestingly, the settings have been automatically overtaken from the Silicon version so I did not have anything to configure. When I tried to play a file which contains DSD128, it crashed in the same way as in a previous case.

Do you need dumps ?

[bob]

Hi Bob,

New day, new try ...

I just did what you proposed ... I installed Intel version of MC27 on the same Mac Mini M1. I kept the old version (Silicon). Interestingly, the settings have been automatically overtaken from the Silicon version so I did not have anything to configure. When I tried to play a file which contains DSD128, it crashed in the same way as in a previous case.

Do you need dumps ?

Thanks, in a way that's good news.
I assume you are certain the DSD128 is not corrupted? What are the contents of the compression field, bitdepth and sample rate fields?
Can you send me a backup of your library? Email it to bob (at) jriver (dot) com.

[dejanm]

The file is ok. I know that because the same file works fine in my another system, which consists of MC27 on Windows and DAC (Pioneer U-05)  that supports not only DSD64 but also DSD128. Therefore on this system is not necessary to perform DSD128 to DSD64 conversion.

Bemchmark DAC 3 though supports only DSD64 DoP and that is where I have a problem.

The file (one song), that I am using for these tests, is 248 MB large. What do you mean to send you a backup of Library ?

[JimH]

Try swapping the DAC's.   Try several other files.

[bob]

The file is ok. I know that because the same file works fine in my another system, which consists of MC27 on Windows and DAC (Pioneer U-05)  that supports not only DSD64 but also DSD128. Therefore on this system is not necessary to perform DSD128 to DSD64 conversion.

Bemchmark DAC 3 though supports only DSD64 DoP and that is where I have a problem.

The file (one song), that I am using for these tests, is 248 MB large. What do you mean to send you a backup of Library ?

In MC, File->Library->Backup Library.
This makes a zipfile of your database and settings (but not media).
It makes it easier to reproduce problems we can't get to happen with our setup and settings.

[dejanm]

Just sent it ..

[dejanm]

Try swapping the DAC's.   Try several other files.

I tried already with several different files. I do not know how swapping DACs might help ?

I have to add that this DSD conversion worked, some couple of months ago. Unfortunately I do not know which MC version I was using at that time ...

[bob]

Just sent it ..

Thanks, I'll check it tomorrow.

[bob]

I tried already with several different files. I do not know how swapping DACs might help ?

I have to add that this DSD conversion worked, some couple of months ago. Unfortunately I do not know which MC version I was using at that time ...

it would have crashed but your setting must have been different because that custom setting for bitstreaming has never done DSD to DSD conversion to my knowledge. Note that any DSD conversion must go like this DSD->PCM->DSD because there is no direct DSD conversion.

[bob]

Just sent it ..

In your Audio settings, try turning off integer mode and exclusive mode and see if that makes any difference.
If not, please post a Log from MC.

[dejanm]

This is MC log without integer and without exclusive right. It crashed again

I did the same configuration on a Win10 version of MC. It works there but my Pioneer DAC shows, when I play DSD 128, that it is converted into PCM 352. That is the point of telling DSP to actually do that.It seems though that the stream is not converted into DSD64 back again.

So, going back to MAC version of MC, I changed the configuration of DSP to convert to 192 KHz instead of 352 KHz. And everything is working fine except that even when I play DSD64 it converts it into PCM 192. And that is not good ...

[bob]

This is MC log without integer and without exclusive right. It crashed again

I did the same configuration on a Win10 version of MC. It works there but my Pioneer DAC shows, when I play DSD 128, that it is converted into PCM 352. That is the point of telling DSP to actually do that.It seems though that the stream is not converted into DSD64 back again.

So, going back to MAC version of MC, I changed the configuration of DSP to convert to 192 KHz instead of 352 KHz. And everything is working fine except that even when I play DSD64 it converts it into PCM 192. And that is not good ...

The windows behavior is what I'd expect, like I said that custom setting in Audio->Bitstreaming limits the max rate to bitstream, it doesn't do conversion back to DSD64 for out of range material.

You COULD turn that off and set the encoding in DSP studio to DSD64 Dop. Then everything will go as DSD64.

I'll see if I can get a crash from your library. It's odd that it crashes just after ending an auto-import run.
You might try temporarily turning those off.

[dejanm]

Bob,

Do you mean the option: Run auto-import in a background from Library and Folders ?

[bob]

Bob,

Do you mean the option: Run auto-import in a background from Library and Folders ?

Go ahead and try that first.
I was thinking of removing the imports from the Tools->Import->Configure Auto Import so if disabling the option you mentioned doesn't work, try that.

One more thing to try. I imported your library and added a dsd128 file to it to test, it worked HOWEVER I see that you have memory playback enabled. Please try with that disabled.

[bob]

Go ahead and try that first.
I was thinking of removing the imports from the Tools->Import->Configure Auto Import so if disabling the option you mentioned doesn't work, try that.

One more thing to try. I imported your library and added a dsd128 file to it to test, it worked HOWEVER I see that you have memory playback enabled. Please try with that disabled.

I think I found the issue, it's in a drawing routine! MC is trying to put up a message box for the unplayable file and that causes the crash. I'm not sure why in this particular case but it's repeatable with your settings at any rate. It will take a bit to fix. In the meantime it should work if you use DSP studio output format to set it to a playable sample rate.

[dejanm]

Bob,

Ok I will leave it then here. Thanks a lot for helping me with this issue.

For me it is not a big deal. I have some, maybe 20 DSD128 albums, but they are not the albums among my favorites. Surely I am not listening them every day. So I can live without them. It was though important for me to have the capability in my main system to hear everything I have. And DSD128 files, which are originally published as such, sound really great. By using JRiver DSP it is basically possible but DSD128 on a DAC, which supports only DSD64, it became a challenge. So I am looking forward to the version with this fix ...

[dejanm]

The issue with DSD conversion works now - no crashes. Now I can play DSD128 but only as PCM 24-192. It is not possible to convert that into DSD64 - or is it possible ?

I would like though to report another probable bug. It refers to Recent Albums View. When I configure a rule (see Pic) it does not work: instead of showing me only albums that I imported into MC in the last 8 weeks, it shows me all the albums that I have in a library. I assume that this is a bug because when I do the very same rule configuration in MC under Windows, it works just fine.

[bob]

The issue with DSD conversion works now - no crashes. Now I can play DSD128 but only as PCM 24-192. It is not possible to convert that into DSD64 - or is it possible ?

I would like though to report another probable bug. It refers to Recent Albums View. When I configure a rule (see Pic) it does not work: instead of showing me only albums that I imported into MC in the last 8 weeks, it shows me all the albums that I have in a library. I assume that this is a bug because when I do the very same rule configuration in MC under Windows, it works just fine.

Currently the only way to convert DSD128 into DSD64 is to convert everything via output format in DSD studio.
That is true for all versions of MC. Probably something that should be added in a future version.

Your recent albums view will also reflect any tagging changes, I have not see the issue you describe without those changes. You might look at recently imported instead.

[dejanm]

I looked at recently imported and the situation is the same. When I apply the rule nothing happens. When I do the same thing in MC for Windows it works.

[bob]

I looked at recently imported and the situation is the same. When I apply the rule nothing happens. When I do the same thing in MC for Windows it works.

Where are the tracks actually stored?

[dejanm]

The tracks are stored on an external disc. Actually I have two external discs where PCM (FLAC) is on one disc and the DSD and HiRes PCM are two different folders on another disc.

[bob]

The tracks are stored on an external disc. Actually I have two external discs where PCM (FLAC) is on one disc and the DSD and HiRes PCM are two different folders on another disc.

What are the filesystems of the external disks?
Are they always mounted?

[dejanm]

Under BigSur the file system is: APFS. Partition is: GUID Partition Map.

The discs are always mounted.

[bob]

Under BigSur the file system is: APFS. Partition is: GUID Partition Map.

The discs are always mounted.

It doesn't seem like there is anything here that might be an issue.
I have my files on the internal apfs volume and I'm not seeing this. I'm not sure what else we can check.

[dejanm]

Ok lets leave it there. It is not so important. Thank you anyway ...

[dfortney]

Should this entirely fix the sleep issues I was having where it would never let my computer screen sleep?

[bob]

Should this entirely fix the sleep issues I was having where it would never let my computer screen sleep?

It did for me.
The fix Apple made in 11.4 made it so the workaround could be removed.

[AGAWA]

The issue with DSD conversion works now - no crashes. Now I can play DSD128 but only as PCM 24-192. It is not possible to convert that into DSD64 - or is it possible ?

I would like though to report another probable bug. It refers to Recent Albums View. When I configure a rule (see Pic) it does not work: instead of showing me only albums that I imported into MC in the last 8 weeks, it shows me all the albums that I have in a library. I assume that this is a bug because when I do the very same rule configuration in MC under Windows, it works just fine.

this particular funny behavior comes to my mind:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,129266.0.html

Remote cross reference, bug left appears somewhere else? Maybe?

[dfortney]

It did for me.
The fix Apple made in 11.4 made it so the workaround could be removed.

Seems to be working like it used to before the big issues began...cheers

[bob]

Seems to be working like it used to before the big issues began...cheers

Thanks for the report back!

[LilyAarseth]

I'm still on 27 because I'm waiting for optimization of the mac version before I want to upgrade. When I scroll through my songs in mc27 windows i notice both cpu and gpu working and it runs almost completely smooth even though the gpu and cpu is ageing by now, while on mac only the cpu gets used while scrolling, I'm still convinced if mc started offloading the cpu with gpu/hw acceleration for the drawing on the mac build like on windows it would be a lot smoother. I know I've mentioned this before but I am convinced the hardware is completely capable of being able to scroll through the songlist without it being an almost stopmotion experience. I'm running on an m1 mac mini with 4k scaled to 1080p, normally i'd use 1440 but then MC lags even worse. Here's how it looks to me, notice the latency between i scroll and it starts scrolling on the screen:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEXKYx2p590

I'm not trying to be rude, I love MC and I want to have the best experience while using it.

[CPW0802]

27.8.89 still unstable on my M1 MacBook Pro.  watching TV is unreliable and freezes and crashes MC.  Waiting for improvements before upgrading