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[Matt]

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

Download 64-bit build
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v28/latest/MediaCenter280066-x64.exe (works on 64 bit systems only)

Download 32-bit build
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v28/latest/MediaCenter280066.exe (works on all systems)

28.0.66 (9/17/2021)

1. Changed: A little more tuning to tab creation to hopefully avoid some possible problems.

28.0.65 (9/16/2021)

1. Fixed: MC could hang if TV recording was started on a channel with no signal.
2. Changed: If an OpenCABLE or Sat>IP channel has no signal for 30 consecutive seconds, a notification is sent to TV engine and the tuner will be shutdown.
3. Changed: Made opening a new tab have no history.
4. Fixed: Locking a tab then navigating into an artist, genre, etc. and then going back would open a new tab.
5. Changed: Switched the icons in the MakeMKV title selection dialog tree.
6. Fixed: IPTV channels streaming HLS format might end up not playing if MC failed to get its MIME type during start up, even though the URL contains "m3u8" extension.

28.0.64 (9/14/2021)

1. NEW: Added a description field to custom database fields.
2. Changed: Added mime types "application/vnd.apple.mpegurl" and "application/x-mpegurl" to be associated with m3u playlist.
3. Fixed: Non-HLS IPTV streams in transport stream format could not be played in TV engine.
4. NEW: The field description is shown in the column header tooltip.
5. NEW: Updated to Monkey's Audio 7.02 for greatly increased performance (thanks to Robert Kausch).
6. Changed: Removed left-click handling from the text area of the program.  Only right-click shows the menu now.
7. Changed: After successfully completing a rip using MakeMKV, eject the disc if requested.
8. Changed: Reverted the VST scaling support changes because reports are that it's not better.

28.0.63 (9/10/2021)

1. Changed: Added some auto-selection logic when checking titles or items in the MakeMKV title selection dialog.
2. Fixed: Transitioning between images and videos in a playlist would crash.
3. Changed: When ripping using MakeMKV, changed the open disc sequence to run in the background.

28.0.62 (9/7/2021)

1. Changed: When IPTV is automatically paused due to buffering, OSD "Buffering..." is shown briefly.
2. Fixed: Loading saved views was not always working properly.

28.0.61 (9/7/2021)

1. Fixed: Image Tags in Ogg and Opus files are saved in a more compatible manner.
2. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).

28.0.60 (9/3/2021)

1. Fixed: Editing files could not work properly when none were selected (which should show as all selected).
2. Fixed: Improved the ordinal code because 11 would show 11st instead of 11th.
3. Fixed: Some date lookups would fail because a full date was returned and we were expecting only a year.
4. Changed: Improved error handling in IPTV playback.
5. Changed: IPTV playback will automatically pause if data downloading is slow and playback will resume if enough is buffered.
6. NEW: When ripping using MakeMKV, individual title items are now able to be selected as well.
7. Changed: Updated the MakeMKV title selection dialog to use a tree structure for better organization of titles and items.

28.0.59 (9/1/2021)

1. Fixed: TV recordings starting or stopping could cause Netflix to return to the start page.
2. Fixed: When flipping composer names between first and last, an extra space could stay at the front (might cause lookup problems).

28.0.58 (8/31/2021)

1. Fixed: Lyrics lookup could return results with empty newlines at the end.
2. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
3. Changed: Updated all language files to have the latest strings from the source code.
4. Changed: OPUS files are detected even if they're named OGG.
5. Changed: Added the 1x, 2x, etc. markers after the sample rate in the bitstreaming dialog for DSD.
6. Changed: Revised the tab lock image so it will show better on dark skins.
7. Fixed: Seeking of DMS TV channels did not work in version 28.0.57.
8. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
9. NEW: Made a dedicated "Set skin" choice in Scheduler so the command line isn't needed.
10. Fixed: Returning from Cover View would not restore the window size and position properly.
11. Fixed: Playing a currently recording IPTV channel did not work correctly.
12. Changed: When saving recent searches, if only one character is changed (even in the middle of a string) it will replace the entry instead of add a new one.

28.0.57 (8/27/2021)

1. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
2. Changed: The math evaluator accepts pluses in front of numbers to denote them being positive.
3. NEW: Added the MCWS function Settings/Skin to allow changing skins (allows scheduler to be used to schedule skin switches by running something like MC28.exe /MCWS/v1/Settings/Skin?Skin=Noire).
4. Fixed: IPTV channel could not be viewed if a recording had been started on the channel.
5. Changed: IPTV channel startup is significantly faster.
6. Changed: VST effects report to the system that they don't support scaling of the monitor independently so they are scaled by the system (feedback appreciated).

28.0.56 (8/26/2021)

1. Changed: Updated all language files to have the latest strings from the source code.
2. Changed: Made matches in suggestion boxes promote matches that start with what is typed.
3. Fixed: VST effects could cause a click when playback was restarted.
4. NEW: A tab lock image is shown when tabs are locked.
5. Changed: Tuned the search suggestion logic a little more so typing in the middle of a word won't trigger as much of a match.

28.0.55 (8/24/2021)

1. Changed: Moved the escapement for ListMix to after evaluating as a child expression.
2. Changed: ListMix takes parameter value of 8 which tells it to do no unescape after everything.

28.0.54 (8/24/2021)

1. Changed: TV Options > Advanced > Show status... dialog window is now scrollable so that the text will not be truncated.
2. Changed: Increased HLS playlist refreshing retry count, to reduce chances of IPTV stalling due to server being slow to update playlists.
3. Fixed: Starting playback with Playback/PlayByKey of a whole album would not start with the selected file.
4. Changed: ListMix checks for all functions and things in brackets to decide if it should re-evaluated the inner as an expression.
5. Changed: ListMix allows specifying flag value of 4 to not evaluate the inner portion as another expression.
6. Fixed: If a VST effect had a zero byte preset, it could cause a crash.

28.0.53 (8/19/2021)

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. Fixed: MC did not handle HLS files with finite size (i.e. not live TV, such as VOD) so that those IPTV channels could not run in time-shifting mode.
6. Fixed: IPTV URLs with redirect was not handled properly.
7. Fixed: Some IPTV channels with relative URLs were not handled properly.

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.

28.0.51 (8/10/2021)

1. Changed: Reverted the error free persistence changes from the last build.
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. Changed: The default background color for the Netflix browser is black to avoid a glaring white screen during startup.
7. Changed: Updated the Edge WebView integration for faster startup.
8. Changed: Series/Season Artwork filenames are no longer swapped around when the Series name contains a comma.

28.0.50 (8/6/2021)

1. Changed: Log when a file doesn't exist as we build the filename (to help debug a Portable Library problem).
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Fixed: MC on windows couldn't find the paths of files from a portable library from a Mac if they contained accented characters.
5. Fixed: Theater View non-TV file deletion confirmation was not shown if MC was in error free mode.
6. Changed: Setting error free mode with MCWS would persist across runs.
7. Changed: Error free mode could save between runs in some cases.  Now it's runtime only and always resets.

28.0.49 (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. Fixed: The new APE code could crash on computers with AVX but not AVX2 (the new code requires AVX2).

28.0.48 (8/4/2021)1:43 PM 8/4/2021

1. NEW: Added the ListFilter(...) expression function.

28.0.47 (8/3/2021)

1. 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.
2. Fixed: The SetField expression could show the tooltip for the Field expression in some cases.
3. Changed: Updated Norwegian translation (thanks Řistein RIan).
4. NEW: Added the desktop resolution to the crop aspect ratios (so you can crop and then save as wallpaper).
5. NEW: Added the Google Pixel 4a to the list of image crop aspect ratios.
6. Changed: Picking ascpect ratios to crop by in image editor selects as much of the image as possible instead of an arbitrary rectangle.
7. 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).
8. NEW: Added mode 6 to the clean function which removes leading numbers (including spaces, decimals, and commas).
9. 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).
10. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 6.50 -- uses AVX for better compress and decompress performance.

28.0.46 (7/29/2021)

1. NEW: Added the SetField(...) expression function.
2. NEW: Added an expression to be evaluated after playback to Options > Library & Folders.

28.0.45 (7/27/2021)

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. NEW: Added a confirmation when switching the language out of English (to hopefully avoid some of the posts asking how to switch back).
8. Fixed: The Back/Forward buttons work properly with the Edge browser engine.
9. Changed: Query boxes like for the name of a saved DSP preset now show even in error free mode (before saving would not work in error free mode).
10. Fixed: When playback put the program in error free mode, it would not exit error free mode on stop.
11. Fixed: Certain global hotkeys will no longer fire when typing while using the Edge web engine.
12. Changed: The timing of recording file creation for DMS and ITPV channels is optimized to avoid recording file conflicts.
13. NEW: Added the number 4 to the TrimLines expression function to replace triple new lines with double.
14. Fixed: When IPTV or DMS channel recording failed to start, there was no notification sent (so the recording appeared to be going on but it was actually not).

28.0.44 (7/22/2021)

1. Changed: Improved handling of MCE remote controls in Theater View Netflix mode.

28.0.43 (7/20/2021)

1. Fixed: The Opus Input plugin was not getting installed properly.
2. NEW: There to there diversion works now.
3. 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.

28.0.41 (7/15/2021)

1. NEW: Per File Track transitions can be selected for each file by editing the "Track Transition" and "Track Transition Duration" fields.
2. Changed: Library fields are reloaded on language changes so translated strings get recalculated.
3. Fixed: Some IPTV channels would not have duration info during time-shifting.  We fixed this by changing how we collect time stamp info.

28.0.40 (7/13/2021)

1. Fixed: When MC fell back to non-time-shifting mode during IPTV playback, the position counter still advanced (instead of staying at 0).

28.0.39 (7/10/2021)

1. Fixed: Build 38 could crash during lyrics lookup.

28.0.38 (7/9/2021)

1. Fixed: Returning from Theater View could make the window fill the screen instead of snapping back to the old size.
2. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
3. Fixed: Various Theater View message box prompts could be hidden in error-free playback mode.
4. Changed: Made double-click to play and drag and drop into the player always reanalyze the file even if it's already been analyzed.
5. 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.

28.0.37 (7/8/2021)

1. Fixed: Sat>IP channels with DVBS modulation would not play while those with DVBS2 did play (an old bug crept back).
2. Changed: Made W64 file opening a little more forgiving of the headers.

28.0.36 (7/6/2021)

1. Changed: Moved the high resolution checkbox in Analyzer to the right of the top line.
2. Fixed: Google lyrics lookup could contain extra stuff at the end.
3. Fixed: Genius lyric lookup was not working.
4. Changed: Pressing OK out of options on the DLNA page only switches the zone if a DLNA zone is selected (instead of always).
5. Changed: The thread that loads output plugins pumps the message loop to handle any window events (previously some ASIO plugins could hang).
6. Changed: Improved remote control "Back" key handling in Netflix for better navigation.

28.0.35 (7/2/2021)

1. Fixed: The ListMath expression could crash if an empty string was passed in.
2. Changed: Tuned the equalizer size so the text should fit below the sliders better in normal configurations.
3. Changed: Made the EQ up / down increment less (0.1 dB now).

28.0.34 (7/1/2021)

1. Fixed: Jumping to and from display view was not always working in recent builds.
2. Fixed: A corrupt wav format file (or aiff) with bad metadata could have caused a crash on import.
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).

28.0.33 (6/29/2021)

1. Changed: Play/Pause Media Center remote keys now properly interact with Netflix.
2. Changed: When opening Netflix in Theater View, playback in the active zone is stopped.
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: WASAPI lists the default device as a choice now.
8. Fixed: Ripping a DVD or Blu-Ray could cause a crash if MakeMKV was not found.
9. Changed: Cloudplay server calls happen in a loop so a sporadic failure will try again.
10. NEW: Added a zone diversion MCWS (MCWS/v1/Playback/Divert).

28.0.32 (6/25/2021)

1. Fixed: Ripping using MakeMKV would fail if the destination folder didn't exist.

28.0.31 (6/25/2021)

1. Changed: Made the VST buffer a little bigger because the Dirac VST could report no signal with the current size.
2. Fixed: Switching from Display View to Standard View didn't change the size back because of a change a couple builds back.
3. Fixed: The (newline) in expressions was going into the wrong part so the expression itself could be changed.
4. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).

28.0.30 (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).

28.0.29 (6/23/2021)

1. Fixed: The Edge Web component was not being properly installed on Windows 7.
2. NEW: Added the new S-Curve cross-fade modes.
3. Fixed: When playing videos, the player could return to the previous size and position as it advanced tracks.

[whoareyou]

Thanks for trying to fix the VST scaling. 
I do find it interesting that forcing a redraw always seems to correct the display.  Also I never had this issue with Dirac's VST2.

Anyway, in my case it is more of a nuisance.   

I'm going to ask Dirac about this one more time.  Of course I have no idea how this API is supposed to work, but to me it seems as though Dirac is doing something slightly different between the two versions.  And why would a 2nd redraw correct Dirac's display.  Assuming the same information is/was passed to Dirac, it seems as though their UI should react consistently.

[Negasonic]

4. Fixed: Locking a tab then navigating into an artist, genre, etc. and then going back would open a new tab.

I have noticed that if I lock the Playing Now tab and use 'View Extras' on a track in the playlist, a new tab will open to show the "extras". This tab is automatically named 'Images'. After browsing through the extras, this new tab will not go away but will turn into a copy of the Playing Now tab.

[rec head]

Tabs are acting more predictably for me now. Thanks for the update.

I think it has been mentioned that new tabs being opened as the left most tab instead of just to the left of the locked tab they were automatically opened from would be nice. I'd like all my locked tabs to stay grouped on the left.

This might be a yes/no question or something that needs its own thread. Is there a way to view all playlists in a tab or can they only be seen in the left hand tree? I'm trying to see the playlist tree in a tab. This would allow me to keep the left hand tree collapsed and work from tabs.

Thanks again for the continued work.

[gappie]

1. NEW: Added a description field to custom database fields

this is very nice.
thank you

 
gab

[windowsx]

I'd like to report a bug I found with default WASAPI option. If I set Windows' default audio to JRiver's WDM output, default WASAPI audio will not work (probably loop between JRiver's WDM and WASAPI). Please fix default WASAPI option to handle the case with JRiver WDM driver as audio output and choose others. Thank you.

[rec head]

Tabs are acting more predictably for me now. Thanks for the update.

I spoke a little too soon. Tabs are not saved when exiting and restarting MC.

[d_pert]

(I've posted about this over several years but cannot easily locate those threads...)

Some settings for Handheld devices are not stored on a device-by-device level. Change 'em for device #1 ... sync device #2 ... and the settings you just made for #1 were applied to #2 (!?).

E.g., Conversion > DSP settings > DSP studio settings (incl. VST). These are device-global. I just had to re-sync/process 171 tracks (again) due to this.

Thank you.

[Abbra Cadabra]

Unable to RIP any DVD.

It gets to the "Lookup info' which stalls and becomes unresponsive.
I have tried to turn off the lookup function in the Rip options with no luck.
Also tried to Lookup in its own operation before trying to Rip, which was also unsuccessful.
I can get Cover Art for music files so I doubt it is a lack of internet access.

Any ideas? I never ripped a DVD prior so do not know if this is a new issue.