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JRiver Media Center 32.0.10 for Mac Silicon/Intel Universal build
bob:
--- Quote from: EnglishTiger on January 28, 2024, 01:19:57 am ---Bob - I got mixed results with MC32.0.10
Any changes to File Associations, which is reached via Tools > Options, are definitely sticking during a MC32 Session but are not being saved to wherever MC stores its settings ; resulting in them returning to their previous state when MC32 is restarted.
To me it looks that the switch used to trigger the "Do you want this application to make changes to the system" message/window on the Win-PC is not being set when changes to file associations are made in MC32 on the mac
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Thanks. The procedure for doing them is radically different on Mac. The PackageInstaller inserts our preferences into the OS. We tell it everything we support and define some that don't exist in MacOS by default then for each tell the system if we are the "owner" or not. The "owner" shows up at the top of Open With...
I actually don't know what the function in Tools->Options does so I'll look at it.
bob:
--- Quote from: bob on January 29, 2024, 08:56:36 am ---Thanks. The procedure for doing them is radically different on Mac. The PackageInstaller inserts our preferences into the OS. We tell it everything we support and define some that don't exist in MacOS by default then for each tell the system if we are the "owner" or not. The "owner" shows up at the top of Open With...
I actually don't know what the function in Tools->Options does so I'll look at it.
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It looks like the setting is static in macos (and linux for that matter) currently.
Package installer grabs mjr and mjp and claims ownership of them.
Media Center XX grabs everything Media Center plays, exports some types that MacOS is not usually aware of and adds ownership of
ape.
What if anything changes when you try to claim ownership of types in MC using the Tools->Options dialog?
EnglishTiger:
If I use File Associations to switch several file types to Associated and then us the Import Single Folder the files of the type I've associated get imported i.e. if I associate flac files with MC they are imported, if I run Import Single Folder again to import the files from a different folder, i.e. a folder that contains a mix of dts, mka and mkv files they also get imported. Plus if I reopen the Tools >> Options >> File Association Form/Window it tells me those files are Associated. But if I restart MC and re-open that form/window all of the listed file types are showing as not associated. When I originally set MC up on the Mac under OS12 I restored a Win Library Backup to transfer all my playlists etc on to the Mac, deleted all the tracks from the library, cleared the deleted files database down and then imported the tracks into MC from the Mac's discs and that and every Import Sigle Folder always imported all the files of the associated types.
Bob - This may not be a "New Problem", when I first set up MC on the Mac I used restoring a MC Win Backup to transfer my setting and playlists from the Win to the Mac, deleted the files/tracks from the library and deleted files database and the imported only the flac files from the Mac's Disks into MC.
It was only when I decided to re-align the Win and Mac MC Libraries, which meant that I would be importing dts, mka and mkv and would need to assign those file types with MC that the problems started happening.
Bob - is it possible that the way the file associations are initially being set was behind those .dts, .mka and .mkv files ending up under Data even though, until I changed them in MC32.0.6 those file types had never been set to Associated?
The only reason why I'm asking is on the win-pc MC would only import those types of files after I went into File Associations to switch the relevant file associations on.
bob:
--- Quote from: EnglishTiger on January 29, 2024, 11:32:10 am ---If I use File Associations to switch several file types to Associated and then us the Import Single Folder the files of the type I've associated get imported i.e. if I associate flac files with MC they are imported, if I run Import Single Folder again to import the files from a different folder, i.e. a folder that contains a mix of dts, mka and mkv files they also get imported. Plus if I reopen the Tools >> Options >> File Association Form/Window it tells me those files are Associated. But if I restart MC and re-open that form/window all of the listed file types are showing as not associated. When I originally set MC up on the Mac under OS12 I restored a Win Library Backup to transfer all my playlists etc on to the Mac, deleted all the tracks from the library, cleared the deleted files database down and then imported the tracks into MC from the Mac's discs and that and every Import Sigle Folder always imported all the files of the associated types.
Bob - This may not be a "New Problem", when I first set up MC on the Mac I used restoring a MC Win Backup to transfer my setting and playlists from the Win to the Mac, deleted the files/tracks from the library and deleted files database and the imported only the flac files from the Mac's Disks into MC.
It was only when I decided to re-align the Win and Mac MC Libraries, which meant that I would be importing dts, mka and mkv and would need to assign those file types with MC that the problems started happening.
Bob - is it possible that the way the file associations are initially being set was behind those .dts, .mka and .mkv files ending up under Data even though, until I changed them in MC32.0.6 those file types had never been set to Associated?
The only reason why I'm asking is on the win-pc MC would only import those types of files after I went into File Associations to switch the relevant file associations on.
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Looking in the code, the setting of File Associations from Tools->Options->File Types is only used on windows and should be removed from Mac MC.
The file associations on Mac are static. MC's info.plist specifies what formats MC thinks it can play. We specify in there all of the formats MC can play. When MC is first run those get registered with the system for use on the Open With.. system context menu.
The PlayBack method from that dialog IS used and is saved.
The formats that will be imported depend on the settings underneath the media type (like Audio) when you do Tools->Import...
They are all selected by default. If you deselect one that's saved across runs.
The only reason something should show up in data is if the format couldn't be parsed.
Audio files are parsed by MC, Video by the JRWorker2 using the libav video plugin which MC downloads automatically.
EnglishTiger:
This morning I reinstalled MC32.0.10 and then used finder to check which filetypes were being associated with MC, .flac, .mka and .mkv were but .dts was not, it was set to use Quicktime, so I changed it to use MC32. Yes I know .dts files need a codec that doesn't come with MC but my Samsung 7.1.4 Soundbar does have the ability to play DTS and Atmos tracks/files that are bitstreamed via HDMI.
In MC I then deleted the files in the folder that had the .mka, .mkv and .dts files in it, cleared the Removed Files Database and then successfully re-imported that folder.
I've also found another reason to curse
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