I'm starting to move from MJ8 to MC9. Here are some things I've noticed in 123 (in no particular order):
KUDOS:
I love the revised Album Artist behavior.
I still love ASIO playback!
BUGS:
- Some DTS APL files fail to play- Hiccups in playback with Hairstyle mouseovers on DTS APLs(see
http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=beta;action=display;num=1046707603 for more info)
- Doesn't detect DVD-CDRW (Toshiba drive)- Confusing import processThis could be an artifact of user error, but I chose to reimport all my files instead of upgrading the MJ8 library. Some of the file information was lost, but not consistently--some of the custom field info I had in MJ8 made it, but other did not, even with the same field.
- Lost remote control plugins:The Girder remote control plugin isn't available for download, nor does copying the old version allow you to install it
- Annoying sound effects when navigating in HairstyleIt's nice to have navigation feedback, but can the mouseover sounds be turned off?
- Can't multi-select in tree pane of mega-meThis may be a windows limitation. I know you couldn't do it in MJ8.
- Scroll bar display problems 640x480 resolution (Z-megame)- Some interface options only available on toolbar (thumbnail view, etc.)This was a real problem for me, since I don't usually have the toolbar turned on. I couldn't discover how to get the "album view" back while in Mega-me. Toolbar commands should always be accessible in the menu/options structure.
- Long hierarchial menus don't scroll in Mega-Me (filters list, show only, hide, etc.)- Naming a playlist, group, smarlist, etc. yields redraw artifacts (the default name is not erased while typing over)REQUESTS:
- Would be better to have cascading menus for filters, show only, hide, etc.- Multiple filtersIt would be killer to be able to apply multiple filters. I realize you can setup a smartlist to filter all kinds of things, but I would like to play from the media library--then say "Don't play Christmas music and Only play Rock tracks with Ratings of 4 or higher". Right now, I have to create a single smartlist to do this. It would be great to just apply existing Smartlists as filters (no Xmas music smartlist, yes Rock genre smartlist, yes Favorites smartlist).
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Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation 5.0 Service Pack 3 (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium 4 1788 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 387 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.6144 / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer
Ripping / Drive Z: Copy mode:ModeSecure CD Type:ASPI Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: Yes / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / No burners found.
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None