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bob

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This is a new build of JRiver Media Center 28 for Mac.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download Universal Silicon/Intel 64 bit build
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v28/latest/MediaCenter280053-Universal.dmg (minimum requirement MacOS 10.11)

28.0.53 (8/16/2021)

1. NEW: Locked tabs are saved between program runs.
2. Changed: Loading a saved view will clear all the tab locks.
3. Changed: Tuned expression escapement for the ListMix functions so they only evaluate if certain functions are found in the new expression instead of anything with a parenthesis.
4. Changed: Added handling of encrypted HLS streams in IPTV.  Still does not work for all such channels.  For those channels that work fine, time-shifting and recording are available now.
5. Changed: Reverted most of the UI changes and added a bunch of logging for these.

28.0.52 (8/12/2021)

1. Fixed: When MC wrote to EXIF Datetime Original tag, afternoon time was messed up because 12-hour format was used, instead of 24-hour format.
2. Changed: Navigation history is now saved for each set of views in tabs separately.
3. Changed: Saving navigation history could cause problems in some cases.
4. NEW: Added the option to lock a tab (View > Split View) so opening another view will create a new tab instead of replacing the locked tab.
5. NEW: Clicking to close a locked tab will show a prompt to confirm.
6. NEW: Added tab locking to the main drop menu shown for the tab.
7. Changed: Updated libass for better ASS/SSA subtitle performance and conformance.
8. Fixed: Crash on external encoder finish.
9. Changed: Added the menu item "Exit Error Free Mode" to turn off error free mode (appears in the Help menu when in error free mode).
10. Changed: Loudness modes didn't take effect as you changed them right away.
11. Fixed: In some cases, thumbnail text would not draw with an ellipsis at the end to show it was cut off even if it was.
12. NEW: The navigation history is saved between runs (capped at 20 deep) so navigating back (or using the links in the link bar) will work.
13. Changed: Series/Season Artwork filenames are no longer swapped around when the Series name contains a comma.

28.0.50 (8/10/2021)

1. Changed: Changes to some of the UI modifications in build 28.0.48 to remove possible deadlocks and add logging. Still needs feedback.
2. Changed: Added the menu item "Exit Error Free Mode" to turn off error free mode (appears in the Help menu when in error free mode).
3. Changed: Loudness modes didn't take effect as you changed them right away.
4. Fixed: In some cases, thumbnail text would not draw with an ellipsis at the end to show it was cut off even if it was.
5. NEW: The navigation history is saved between runs (capped at 20 deep) so navigating back (or using the links in the link bar) will work.
6. Fixed: Locking in the video renderer to prevent a crash on resizing the video playback window.
7. Changed: Series/Season Artwork filenames are no longer swapped around when the Series name contains a comma.
8. Changed: Log when a file doesn't exist as we build the filename (to help debug a Portable Library problem).
9. NEW: The field "Last Lyrics Lookup" is set during lyrics lookup and auto-import will no longer try again if the file has a lookup date.
10. Fixed: Theater View recorded TV show delete confirmation, and a whole lot of other confirmation or configuration dialogs related to TV in Theater View, were not showing if MC had been in error free mode.
11. Fixed: Theater View non-TV file deletion confirmation was not shown if MC was in error free mode.

28.0.48 (8/5/2021)

1. Fixed: While a recording on a DMS channel or an IPTV channel was going on, watching the channel might not show the entire available video if the recording is longer than the default time-shifting window.
2. Changed: ListFilter(...) string comparison is no longer case sensitive.
3. Changed: Removed the space from the ListFilter(...) delimiter.
4. Changed: When launching to mini view, returning to standard view now shows the playing file in Playing Now.
5. Changed: The new 20 band equalizer uses narrower band settings so presets will more closely match their old behavior.
6. Changed: Date lookup from Google properly escapes the information so something like "Ashford & Simpson" won't cause problems.
7. NEW: Added the ListFilter(...) expression function.
8. Fixed: Recording of a DMS or IPTV channel would be canceled if the user watches and stops watching the channel two times while recording was going on.
9. Fixed: The SetField expression could show the tooltip for the Field expression in some cases.
10. Changed: Updated Norwegian translation (thanks Řistein RIan).
11. NEW: Added the desktop resolution to the crop aspect ratios (so you can crop and then save as wallpaper).
12. NEW: Added the Google Pixel 4a to the list of image crop aspect ratios.
13. Changed: Picking ascpect ratios to crop by in image editor selects as much of the image as possible instead of an arbitrary rectangle.
14. NEW: Typing a custom field into the Fill Track Numbers From List Order tool will save the fields for future use (up to ten are saved).
15. NEW: Added mode 6 to the clean function which removes leading numbers (including spaces, decimals, and commas).
16. Changed: The between tracks mode "Use gapless for sequential album tracks" will only engage when reaching the end of the file (so manual transitions will not use it).
17. NEW: Added the SetField(...) expression function.
18. NEW: Added an expression to be evaluated after playback to Options > Library & Folders.
19. Fixed: TV time-shifting and recording options were disabled on Mac and Linux.
20. Changed: Working on UI internal code for stability. Please report any differences, speed, lockups, etc.

28.0.46 (7/26/2021)

1. Fixed: Fixed a regression in parsing certain UTF-8 sequences (Japanese characters, etc).

28.0.45 (7/23/2021)

1. Fixed: Recording of an IPTV channel would fail if no IPTV channel had been watched previously since MC startup.
2. Fixed: Genius.com could provide lyrics with UTF-8 encoding in them.
3. Changed: The UTF-8 decoder understands UTF-8 sequences with four bytes in them.
4. Changed: Audio analysis done by auto-import is done with the lowest thread priority now (so it will fight with the program less).
5. NEW: Made waveform analysis optional in Options > Library & Folders.
6. Changed: Reduced chance of TV recording filename conflicts.
7. Fixed: On Big Sur 11.4 Intel Media Center could crash on startup.
8. NEW: There to there diversion works now.
9. Changed: The library backup message boxes show even when the program is in error free mode.

28.0.42 (7/16/2021)

1. NEW: Track transitions of any length are supported (previously it would be capped by the buffer size).
2. Changed: When editing the track transition duration, it will empty if you are in gapless or no mode.
3. Changed: Switching the track transition mode to gapless will empty the duration.
4. Changed: The new transition method and duration are saved to the tags.
5. Fixed: IPTV time-shifting buffering file could grow indefinitely because the buffering size limit was not honored.
6. Fixed: Certain streaming audio / video playback might run up disk space usage indefinitely until playback stopped.
7. Changed: Gapless transitions no longer suppress silence (even if the option is enabled).
8. NEW: Recording is enabled on IPTV channels.  Works only if time-shifting works.
9. NEW: Track transitions can be selected per file by editing the "Track Transition" and "Track Transition Duration" fields.
10. Changed: Library fields are reloaded on language changes so translated strings get recalculated.
11. Fixed: Some IPTV channels would not have duration info during time-shifting.  We fixed this by changing how we collect time stamp info.
12. Fixed: When MC fell back to non-time-shifting mode during IPTV playback, the position counter still advanced (instead of staying at 0).
13. Fixed: Returning from Theater View could make the window fill the screen instead of snapping back to the old size.
14. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
15. Fixed: Various Theater View message box prompts could be hidden in error-free playback mode.
16. Changed: Made double-click to play and drag and drop into the player always reanalyze the file even if it's already been analyzed.
17. NEW: IPTV channels will be played in time-shifting mode.  Does not work for all URLs.  If time-shifting fails, MC automatically falls back to non-time-shifting mode.
18. Changed: Made W64 file opening a little more forgiving of the headers.
19. Changed: Moved the high resolution checkbox in Analyzer to the right of the top line.
20. Fixed: Google lyrics lookup could contain extra stuff at the end.
21. Fixed: Genius lyric lookup was not working.
22. Changed: Pressing OK out of options on the DLNA page only switches the zone if a DLNA zone is selected (instead of always).
23. Fixed: The ListMath expression could crash if an empty string was passed in.
24. Changed: Tuned the equalizer size so the text should fit below the sliders better in normal configurations.
25. Changed: Made the EQ up / down increment less (0.1 dB now).

28.0.34 (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 Cloudplay filter would not apply when playing from the Play Doctor search box.
4. Changed: Made the VST sample size optional in Options > Audio > Advanced (takes a restart for the change to take effect).

28.0.32 (6/29/2021)

1. Fixed: Date format wasn't working in some non-US locales.
2. Fixed: When a day first date format was being used if the day was less than 12 the order could be confused if the separator wasn't a /
3. NEW: Added 8x to the DSD encoding options.
4. NEW: Made the DSD to DSD conversion more direct when outputting at a lower rate to support bitstreaming.
5. Changed: Added sorting to the view extras menu instead of just sorting using the file system.
6. Changed: Disabled the stop after choices for DLNA devices (may return later).
7. Changed: Cloudplay server calls happen in a loop so a sporadic failure will try again.
8. NEW: Added a zone diversion MCWS (MCWS/v1/Playback/Divert).
9. Changed: Made the VST buffer a little bigger because the Dirac VST could report no signal with the current size.
10. Fixed: Switching from Display View to Standard View didn't change the size back because of a change a couple builds back.
11. Fixed: The (newline) in expressions was going into the wrong part so the expression itself could be changed.
12. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
13. Fixed: Sleep might have been prevented from happening under some conditions.
14. Fixed: A corrupt wav format file (or aiff) with bad metadata could have caused a crash on import.


28.0.29 (6/24/2021)

1. Fixed: The TreeNode() expression is more reliable when used in the main navigation tree.
2. Changed: DSD encoding now asks the output whether it wants DSD or DoP (instead of assuming DSD).
3. Changed: Made the EQ resize nicely with the window (so you can size it taller).
4. NEW: Added the new S-Curve cross-fade modes.
5. Fixed: When playing videos, the player could return to the previous size and position as it advanced tracks.

28.0.26 (6/22/2021)

1. Fixed: Equalizer presets would not fully upgrade to the new 20 band approach.
2. NEW: When bitstreaming DSD at a higher rate than bitstreaming supports, it will just down convert the DSD so it will still be a DSD bitstream.
3. Changed: Using a smaller VST block size to avoid latency that could happen with some visualizers.
4. 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.
5. NEW: Added s-curve modes to the cross-fade options (instead of piggy backing).  You can pick standard (in and out) or aggressive (which only fades out).
6. Fixed: The 20 band equalizer wasn't applying all 20 bands yet.
7. Changed: Multiple lines are accepted in expression editors again.
8. Changed: When outputting a newline for the rename tool, the string "(newline)" will replace the actual line breaks.

28.0.25 (6/18/2021)

1. Changed: Made the 20-band equalizer less wide.
2. Changed: Multiline is turned off in the expression editor only in the rename tool instead of everywhere.

28.0.24 (6/17/2021)

1. Fixed: Playing a track from Cloudplay with no matching artists in the library to Cloudplay again would not find Cloudplay files.
2. Changed: The smooth cross-fade is now an S-curve (feedback appreciated).
3. Changed: Spaces are trimmed from the head and tail of the filename and directory rule in the rename tool.  Newlines are also trimmed.
4. Changed: If the audio analyzer tool is set to auto-start, it now closes automatically when it finishes.
5. Changed: The expression editor used by the rename tool (and other tools) no longer accepts carriage return.

28.0.23 (6/15/2021)

1. NEW: The equalizer is 20 band instead of 10 band.
2. Fixed: Cancel in a library backup would still ask about saving thumbnails.
3. Fixed: Lyrics lookup could contain extra HTML markers in some cases.
4. NEW: Added a "Last Played (album)" field that is set album wide for plays.
5. Fixed: The MCWS call Control/AnalyzeAudio would not work reliably due to threading.
6. Changed: Added the ability to call Control/AnalyzeAudio with a list of file keys.

28.0.21 (6/10/2021)

1. Changed: VST plugins could cause latency because of the new buffer delivery system.  Now it uses smaller buffers.
2. Fixed: Library backups could not include thumbnails because some code was commented out in release.
3. Fixed: The example for the Extract function was not right.
4. NEW: Tag() expression function will return image XMP tags that are not JRiver database fields, for example, Tag(XMP: Label).  Also, Tag(EXIF: Make) and Tag(EXIF: Model) will return make and mode of the camera, individually (whereas [Camera] returns a combination of the two as before).
5. Changed: Diverting to a DLNA zone will issue a seek (since bookmarking is not supported) to retain the playback position.
6. NEW: Opus input plugin, with full tag reading/writing support.
7. Changed: Deleting an image would stop playback instead of just going to the next image.
8. Changed: Using a little smaller VST buffer size.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2021, 05:57:02 pm »

A couple of quick tests show that the hang-on-quit problem has gone away for me with this version.  Thanks!
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2021, 07:06:06 pm »

No issues yet. Thanks!
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2021, 07:43:53 am »

Hi

I know that this is may not be related to 28.0.53, but other versions thread are closed.

I was using 28.0.50

- no updates were appearing, even with a manual check (did it 30 minutes ago)

- I had the same issue that was mentioned on 28.0.50 thread

Strange behaviour on Intel :
When I do a regular Quit from Media Center menu, I get Media Center Quit unexpectedly wit Apple Crash Report following.


- So I had to backup  my library, download and install 28.0.53 and restore the library. This is not the smoother upgrade process

Regards
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2021, 08:33:41 am »

Hi

I know that this is may not be related to 28.0.53, but other versions thread are closed.

I was using 28.0.50

- no updates were appearing, even with a manual check (did it 30 minutes ago)

- I had the same issue that was mentioned on 28.0.50 thread

Strange behaviour on Intel :
When I do a regular Quit from Media Center menu, I get Media Center Quit unexpectedly wit Apple Crash Report following.


- So I had to backup  my library, download and install 28.0.53 and restore the library. This is not the smoother upgrade process

Regards
I haven't upgraded the version that gets automatically downloaded yet on purpose because of the UI changes.
It seems like .53 is probably ok to promote to latest which I'll do soon.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2021, 03:53:47 am »

One strange bug that hopefully will be fixed soon:
If I use F6 to rename and move a file to another folder/ HDD not only this file but many others are moved from the source folder to the new one (28.0.53).
Frank
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2021, 09:39:47 am »

One strange bug that hopefully will be fixed soon:
If I use F6 to rename and move a file to another folder/ HDD not only this file but many others are moved from the source folder to the new one (28.0.53).
Frank
Would you mind giving an example?
I'm interested in the full path of source and destination (including any accented characters, spacing, punctuation, etc).
Thanks.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2021, 12:21:32 pm »

I think that the appended pictures tell the story
Frank
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2021, 12:31:05 pm »

There is a checkbox in the Rename/Move dialog to move all non-imported files to the destination folder. Uncheck that if you want to keep them in the original folder.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2021, 01:33:31 pm »

Ok, now it's clear. My own bug it seems! Sorry.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 28.0.53 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2021, 09:07:56 am »

Today I found MC frozen on Mac Mini M1 with latest Big Sur. I had to restart MC to make it operational again.
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