This is the latest build of MC29 for Linux. Please post bugs here. Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion. Non-bug posts will be deleted.
Download:
Linux AMD64:
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v29/latest/MediaCenter-29.0.50-amd64.debLinux i386:
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v29/latest/MediaCenter-29.0.50.debLinux ARM64:
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v29/latest/MediaCenter-29.0.50-arm64.debLinux ARMHF:
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v29/latest/MediaCenter-29.0.50-armhf.debAlso in the latest repo.
29.0.50 (5/19/2022)
1. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
2. Changed: Spotlight: display year in Movie Credits and ignore credits without a year.
3. Changed: Spotlight: display birth and death dates for actor/director.
4. Changed: Spotlight: increase height of horizontal scroll bars and make some caption text bold.
5. Fixed: Spotlight: Similar Artists are retrieved in English.
6. Fixed: Allow seeking to the end byte of a buffered internet file. The previous behavior broke opus playback over media network (and probably others).
7. Changed: Rebuilding the thumbnail on a library server client will make a rebuild request to the server so it won't just return the same cached thumbnail (testing appreciated).
8. Changed: Quick Find Cover Art on a client issues the request to the server.
9. Changed: When scrollable edit controls are inside scrollable windows (like Manage Library Fields) the mouse wheel will only operate the inner most window.
10. Changed: The Tag window has the same scroll behavior where the mouse wheel will run something like Tag Dump if it's over that instead of the outer container.
11. Changed: Spotlight shows "recommended" movies instead of "similar".
12. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
13. Fixed: MC could hang if there have been consecutive errors on a TV tuner in a short period of time.
14. Fixed: Duplicate set of DMS channels were created if manual channel setup was run after MC already created the DMS channels automatically (for HDHomeRun devices).
15. NEW: Spotlight for Actors/Directors added and displayed when you click on a cast member in movie Spotlight.
29.0.49 (5/12/2022)
1. Changed: Put the 8x resample done during DSD to PCM conversion in Audio Path.
2. NEW: Spotlight for movies added (preliminary).
3. NEW: TV tuner status can be displayed in Theater View.
4. Changed: When multiple artists are specified as a list, Spotlight just matches the first artist.
5. Fixed: Media Center could crash when starting JRVR with an empty shader cache file.
6. NEW: Added "Remove newlines" to the Clean File Properties tool.
7. Changed: DSD to PCM sample rates are reported at their original sample rate instead of one eighth in Audio Path.
8. Changed: "Play previous channel" is changed to "Play last played TV channel".
9. NEW: Added a few new commands to the list of MC commands in remote control setup.
10. Changed: Cover art from the show command will be extracted to the temporary folder and stay until MC is restarted (previously we were deleting a temporary file before it could be shown).
11. NEW: Added MCC_PLAY_SELECTED (10069) to play the selected files (0: play replace, 1: append, 2: play next).
12. NEW: "Screen Grab to File" and "Use Screen Grab for Thumbnail" are supported with JRVR.
13. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
14. Changed: Ran all the translations through the tool to update to the latest strings from the source code.
15. NEW: Sat>IP devices can now be supported on non-Window platforms as Sat>IP devices, instead of being supported as IPTV devices.
16. Fixed: Restored expression fix for "calculated unless filled" type fields.
17. Changed: When playing 2 channel content with no upmixing as 5.1, it will no longer be reported as 2.1 in Audio Path.
18. Changed: Re-designed the JRVR General and Output options pages to be more user friendly.
19. Changed: Adjusted the default for HDR to SDR conversion brightness.
20. NEW: Added button to Theater View file roller to display Spotlight (view only, not interactive).
21. Fixed: Reverted recent expression changes due to issues with correct evaluation.
22. Changed: More tuning to the Manage Library Fields dialog.
23. Changed: Tweaked Spotlight Wikipedia About matching.
24. Changed: Made the Manage Library Fields dialog have a scrollbar when the size is made too small.
25. Changed: Updated the Catalan language (thanks Josep!).
26. Fixed: Expression fields could still be a problem evaluating.
27. Changed: Expanded the new Manage Library Fields rule to include hidden fields.
28. Fixed: Expression fields that were calculated unless filled could fail to evaluate properly in some cases.
29. NEW: Added a new filter to Manage Library Fields: Show only user fields.
30. Changed: The Manage Library Fields dialog remembers the last edited field and picks it again when you open.
31. Changed: Updated Chinese (simplified) language file (thanks YanJun Sun).
32. NEW: Long press on Spotlight button opens new tab.
33. NEW: Added button to Spotlight (top right corner) that lets you Google the current track in Playing Now or show Spotlight for the current artist.
34. Fixed: For Spotlight Wikipedia About added simple keyword checks to avoid non-music-related results.
35. Changed: Made the default audio conversion mode for Library Server "No Conversion".
36. NEW: Added a list of file types to convert for the convert if necessary library server client mode.
36. Changed: Simplified the list of encoders available for Library Server Client conversions.
37. Fixed: Spotlight Wikipedia link uses selected Wikipedia language.
29.0.41 (5/3/2022)
1. Changed: Made the default audio conversion mode for Library Server "No Conversion".
2. NEW: Added a list of file types to convert for the convert if necessary library server client mode.
3. Changed: Simplified the list of encoders available for Library Server Client conversions.
4. Changed: Updated Chinese (simplified) language file (thanks YanJun Sun).
5. Fixed: Improved the scaling of tree items to no longer be drawn with excessive padding on higher scale values.
6. Fixed: TV would crash when trying to scan for OTA EPG, in builds 39 and 40.
7. NEW: Spotlight data is now cached. Added "Refresh" link to update the artist or clear the cache for all artists.
8. Changed: Spotlight does not display albums without a year.
9. Fixed: The transparent playback controls in display view should no longer take focus from the playback window.
10. Changed: Ran all the translations through the tool to update to the latest strings from the source code.
11. Faster: Handheld operations are faster (we were setting in a way that caused relational files to be set, but it was unnecessary).
12. Changed: Removed the waveform and album play fields from handhelds so they're no longer sent.
13. Changed: Spotlight button has multiple icons for hover and press.
14. Changed: Spotlight page generated in background thread.
15. Changed: Spotlight Albums sorted by year.
16. Changed: JRVR Output settings are now per-display, existing settings have been migrated.
17. NEW: JRVR support for color calibration using ICC/ICM profiles and 3D Cube LUTs (.cube).
18. Changed: Tweaked JRVR SuperRes Enhancement for a better balance of sharpness and ringing.
19. Changed: Convolution file matching finds files with 3528 for 352,800 Hz and 1764 for 176,400 Hz.
20. Changed: The channel count for stereo files for convolution naming can be "2.0" or simply "2" now ("2" is the addition).
21. Fixed: The new icon coloring option for toolbars wouldn't save between runs.
22. Changed: Updated the Catalan language (thanks Josep!).
23. NEW: Added Debanding to JRVR under the new Processing options tab.
24. Fixed: A couple tree tooltips didn't get translated.
25. Changed: Changed how some errors are handled in TV engine.
26. Fixed: Default language determination did not include Catalan.
27. Fixed: In Standard Television View, the "Record" button was made available (though not operational) in error when the view was showing "TV Logs" or "Show status".
28. Changed: In Standard Television View, the "Record" button will not be displayed in "To be recorded" view unless a single channels is selected
29. Fixed: Theater View startup mode works now on all desktops (no white screen).
30. Fixed: Theater View mode window stacking shouldn't ever be lost.
29.0.37 (4/21/2022)
1. Changed: Focus will be given to the video player more consistently when starting video playback.
2. NEW: Added an option to toggle the Click to Pause behavior in video playback (Video -> Advanced).
3. Changed: Tuned the relational search changes made a few builds back for performance.
4. NEW: If the FPS tag has not been set on a TV channel, a default value (29.97 or 25 for ATSC or DVB respectively) will be used for the purpose of automatically choosing a display setting.
5. Fixed: Startup in Theater View mode wasn't working properly.
6. Changed (internal change): Changed the way default language is determined.
7. Changed: Updated the Catalan language (thanks Josep!).
8. Changed: When starting IPTV channels with Sat>IP streams (RTSP URL), the unnecessary step of determining file type is skipped, to speed up the start up.
9. Changed: MCWS function Television/GetGuidePrograms will return information in a single xml formatted string, instead of multiple strings one for each program.
10. Changed: RTSP based IPTV will try to buffer more data before attempting to play.
11. Changed: Artist Spotlight matches library albums when multiple artists are listed.
12. Changed: Increased max amount of time for JRiver video player to probe for audio/video formats in non-DirectShow-based TV playback.
13. Changed: Added optional parameters "Tags", "ExecCom", and "ComArgs" to Television/SetRecording MCWS function.
14. NEW: Spotlight: Add clickable play icon for matching albums in your library.
15. NEW: Spotlight: Clicking on Similar Artist opens Spotlight for that artist.
16. NEW: Spotlight: Clicking on album goes to Google search for that album.
17. Changed: Spotlight button now is a simple yellow circle (it is skinnable).
18. NEW: Made the toolbar icon style customizable between dimming the icons and leaving them full color.
19. Fixed: The player window could fail to show an image for a playing file if the thumbnail had not been built yet.
20. NEW: Added the advanced option to not show the sequence column in Playing Now.
21. Changed: When showing or hiding the sequence column, the option is set automatically.
22. Changed: When you look at columns to show, the sequence column will be available.
23. Changed: Turned off checking file existence in a list by default (optional and can be turned on).
24. Changed: The default statusbar text no longer checks for a file existence. This should prevent MC from accessing the file system until it plays.
25. Fixed: Exiting theater view mode goes doesn't stick into fullscreen mode.
26. Fixed: OSD information window behaves better (video playback).
27. Changed: Finding a window is more efficient (internal change).
28. Changed: Changed how some errors are handled in TV engine.
29. Fixed: Removed some unnecessary package dependencies.
30. Fixed: Spotlight issues with albums and related artists.
29.0.32 (4/12/2022)
1. Fixed: Re-attaching a detached display view window might not go back to where it came from.
2. NEW: We get the actual video refresh rate for the monitor in use.
3. Fixed: Spotlight button would be clipped when there is overflow in web links.
4. NEW: Ctrl+click of Spotlight button opens in new tab.
5. NEW: Added support for nine and ten stage biquads (testing appreciated).
6. Fixed: Hitting F11 to get to Theater View would go to Cover Art View if an inactive tab had a webpage up.
7. Fixed: Hitting F11 while Theater View was showing for the initial time would toggle to a white screen.
8. Changed: Album based relational fields simply use the album value for images and videos instead of also looking at the artist.
29.0.30 (4/8/2022)
1. Changed: Add Albums and Similar Artists thumbnail lists to Spotlight page.
2. NEW: MCWS function Television/CancelRecording to cancel TV recordings.
3. Fixed: Loading DSP presets could crash (the threading was using a background thread to load the plugin, but now it has been moved to the main thread).
4. Changed: Convolution adds choices to the drop-list as they are entered instead of only after re-opening DSP Studio.
5. Changed: Use different icon for Spotlight button.
6. Fixed: With the platform file set to a different platform, import could duplicate the import over and over as it changed the slashes.
7. NEW: The convolution dialog will list the last 10 selected filters in a combobox for the path (instead of simply being an edit).
8. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
9. Changed: Clicking on the image in the player with control pressed will open Playing Now in a new tab.
10. Changed: Made the program faster to show lists of thumbnails.
11. Fixed: Seeking with JRVR would blank out the frame before the new frame was available, for a visible blinking effect.
12. Changed: The JRVR OSD shows the Media Center version for easy identification.
13. Changed: Made the XML parser faster to get numbers (used in iTunes playlist import, etc.).
14. Changed: Use separate button to show Spotlight Page (no longer uses web links).
15. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
16. NEW: Added the Catalan language (thanks Josep!).
17. Changed: When the system language is Czech (LANG_CZECH) that will be selected as the default translation.
18. Changed: Added several more system languages to the default translation list.
19. NEW: MCWS function SetRecording to set up TV recordings.
20. NEW: MCWS function Television/CancelRecording to cancel TV recordings.
21. Fixed: Cursor will hide as expected now in Theater View.
29.0.26 (4/1/2022)
1. NEW: Television/GetGuidePrograms MCWS function.
2. Changed: Added more file associations that can be opened in MC from the finder.
3. Changed: Updated Czech translation (thanks Jan Boháč!).
4. Fixed: Do not reset the custom web links and always add Spotlight as the first.
5. NEW: Add Albums and Similar Artists links on the Spotlight Page.
6. NEW: Add Spotlight Page preview accessed by Spotlight link at top of Playing Now.
7. Fixed: Some video analyzer files were left in Temp folder undeleted.
8. NEW: Made clicking on the image in the player window jump to Playing Now.
9. Changed: Renaming a tree item will update saved favorites.
10. Changed: Moving a playlist will update saved favorites using that playlist.
11. Changed: Deleting a playlist or other view will delete any saved favorites.
12. Changed: When TV recording on an HLS IPTV channel is done, a flag is saved as a property in the "Playback Info" field, to indicate that it has an index sidecar, so that the recording will be handled properly at playback time.
13. NEW: TV recordings on HLS IPTV channels can now be played on Library Server clients.
14. Fixed: Some video analyzer files were left in Temp folder undeleted.
15. Changed: The program is better about deleting temporary image files retrieved during DLNA serving, MCWS serving, etc.
16. Fixed: Scaling the UI would not draw icons correctly in all cases (for example at 110% the Options icons would overlap the borders).
17. Changed: The Verge news reading works better with their updates.
18. Fixed: The "Date Tagged" field could incorrectly get set when changing the new Last Played Album date.
19. Fixed: The "Date Tagged" field could incorrectly get set when changing the skip count field.
20. Changed: Moved setting the date tagged field to the actual tagging (please report any issues).
21. Changed: Make linux weblinks open in the internal browser window like on the other platforms.
22. Changed: Internal changes to the program exit.
23. Fixed: Blank dialog box could appear on first run of new major version of MC.
24. Fixed: Mixed interlaced and progressive content could show a few frames out of order at the cross-over with JRVR.
25. NEW: Added a "Sync Changes With Library Server" toolbar button.
26. Changed: Removed Jokes4All.net from Theater View because it went away.
27. Changed: Added a different joke of the day site to Theater View.
28. Changed: If you pick Group By > Album again for a list, it will use new logic that uses the album artist (auto) when possible.
29. Changed: Updated the "New / Improved This Version" to point to v29.
30. NEW: "Audio Programs" context menu is now available for IPTV and DMS channels.
31. Fixed: Saved default audio program selection on an IPTV or DMS channel was not applied when the channel playback was started.
32. Changed: When outputting 2.1, Audio Path will report that instead of the container format 5.1.
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