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Matt:
This is the latest build of JRiver Media Center 33.  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-cdn.com/mediacenter/channels/v33/latest/MediaCenter330013-x64.exe (works on 64 bit systems only)

Download 32-bit build
https://files.jriver-cdn.com/mediacenter/channels/v33/latest/MediaCenter330013.exe (works on all systems)

33.0.13 (8/15/2024)

1. NEW: Playing Now Popup can output an image or text file for external processing (upload, etc.).

33.0.12 (8/12/2024)

1. Fixed: YouTube clip playback works better (was trying to get URLs that would not always resolve).
2. Changed: Added option for Playing Now Popup keyboard shortcut to be global.
3. Changed: The keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+I) closes the Playing Now Popup if it is currently displayed.

33.0.11 (8/8/2024)

1. Changed: DSP Presets now include the setting for whether a VST effect should be on or off.
2. Fixed: Loading DSP Presets for conversion could crash when loading some VST3 effects.
3. Changed: Playing Now Popup now supports real background transparency (Windows-only).

33.0.10 (8/6/2024)

1. Changed: [pn_mcversion] can now be used in Playing Now Popup expression to display the current MC version.
2. Changed: Re-designed the refresh rate tracking in JRVR for a more accurate VideoClock behavior.
3. Changed: Added Close to Playing Now Popup context menu.

33.0.9 (8/1/2024)

1. Changed: Library backup when connected to a library server makes a settings only backup (requires only checking the settings box when you restore).

33.0.8 (7/30/2024)

1. Changed: Playing Now Popup skin now accepts BackColor="Transparent" to simulate background transparency for the window.
2. Changed: The extra channels in Parametric Equalizer load the number configured and show exactly that many.
3. Fixed: The Playing Now Popup settings dialog could have multiple instances open.
4. Changed: The order channels Parametric Equalizer effect better supports the new extra channels configurations.
5. Fixed: Showing the playing now popup from the right-click menu Settings could crash when closing the dialog.
6. Fixed: YouTube playback was not working.
7. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukáč).
8. Fixed: Fixed a potential crash when stopping JRVR playback.

33.0.7 (7/25/2024)

1. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukáč).
2. Changed: Added option for Playing Now Popup skins to have mouse over ignore transparent areas of images.
3. Fixed: Improved resilience to transient VSYNC measurement changes in JRVR.
4. Fixed: Resolved a timing issue in JRVR that would result in erroneous dropped frames.

33.0.6 (7/24/2024)

1. Fixed: Improved resilience to timing fluctuation in JRVRs new presentation mode.

Matt:
33.0.5 (7/23/2024)

1. Fixed: Pressing escape after showing all the tag suggestions would not work nicely.
2. Changed: Added an option "Advance tracks when stopping after" so track advancement can be configured.
3. Changed: Re-designed how JRVR interacts with hardware decoders to decouple decoding and rendering.

33.0.4 (7/18/2024)

1. Fixed: Playing Now Popup would grab focus when displayed.
2. Changed: Made some change to font rendering to better preserve monospace behavior in Theater View when mixing different formatting.
3. Changed: Disabled the new JRVR Presentation mode by default until more work can be done on it.
4. Fixed: The Playing Now popup could show when reordering tracks in Playing Now.
5. Changed: Switched back to making the new channel system optional since it requires a one-time update to some Parametric Equalizer effects.
6. Changed: The new channel layout system defaults to on (and moved settings, so will need to be turned off when wanted).

33.0.3 (7/16/2024)

1. Changed: Analyzer in DSP Studio includes channels not marked as having data (like extra channels) because they could get filled by other DSP.
2. Changed: Extra channels could appear two ways in Parametric Equalizer.
3. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
4. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
5. Fixed: MC would sometimes crash after moving the Playing Now Popup.
6. Changed: JRVR shows upload and render queue sizes on the OSD for performance tracking.

33.0.2 (7/13/2024)

1. Changed: Added another Playing Now Popup skin that shows 3 tracks (previous, current, next) that can all be rated.
2. Changed: Updated FFmpeg used for video analysis, transcoding, and playback.
3. Changed: Updated the JRVR Frame Time log for the new presentation method, as well as improved its decoupling from the rendering to avoid interference.
4. Changed: Playing Now Popup - Added size/scaling and "always on top" settings.
5. Changed: Playing Now Popup - Only display for audio files and for track changes when not stopped.
6. Changed: Playing Now Popup - Click on popup text when done moving to show normally.
7. Fixed: Playing Now Popup - Pressed image was not displaying at the proper times.

33.0.1 (7/3/2024)

1. NEW: Introduced a new default presentation mode for JRVR that presents several frames in advance, one for every VSYNC, for more accuracy and better timing.
2. Changed: JRVR will try to restore monitor profiles if the monitor ID changes.
3. Changed: Updated Spanish translation (thanks Leandro Botella Penalva).
4. Changed: What was the new extra channels mode in the previous version is now the only extra channels mode.
5. Fixed: Improved rendering of text with italics at large sizes, which could result in some pixels being cut off.
6. Changed: Updated all translations to the latest strings from the code.
7. NEW: Added customizable Playing Now popup window that displays at track change and playback resume.  Ctrl+I is the default shortcut to show it manually.

whoareyou:
I use Hang Loose Convolver VST3 for my convolution filters(don't know if it makes difference).  While playing audio, and only on first time opening DSP dialog, the DSP dialog just closes up on its own.  Subsequent openings of DSP dialog seem to not close up on their own.

More concerning
I've had a couple of instances where, regardless of internal volume setting,  I've been blasted with what seems 100% internal volume.  I ended up turning volume control on DAC way, way down because of this.   I'm really not sure what causes this, but it's a bit disconcerting.  One time I accidentally mapped a channel to itself when I had the volume burst (mix channels source and destination were the same channel),  but I'm pretty sure issue also occured without this incorrect mix configuration.

Also, not sure if this is defect or not with new channel system.  I have a 10 channel convolution.  The input material is 10 channel wav audio,  all 10 channels contain audio. If I set channels to 10 channels or "source" all works as expected.  10 channels go to DAC and convolution is perfect.   When I specify 5.1 with 4 extra channels, the convolution VST seems to "think" there are 10 channels, but it doesn't seem to receive the extra channel's audio i.e. the 4 extra channels seem to be empty. 
I expected all 10 channels of audio would be be passed to the convolution as is, but the 4 "extra" channels seem to be missing.
It also works this way in version 32, but I was hoping with tne new channel mapping this behavior would be different.
If the system could process a 5.1 container together with the 4 extra channels, I'd be able to play all format 10, 5.1 4.0 5.0 properly within one zone.

Thanks

markf2748:
Some inconsistencies in behavior of the Playing Now Popup (PNP) Control Skin:

(1) The Pause button never shows up on the PNP (though the pause action works by clicking on PNP's play button).

In the main Player Bar (upper left corner) the Play button gets replaced with the Pause button once music starts playing, as everyone expects.  This does not happen in the PNP for the identical Play button, so it is confusing.

Note:  MC's taskbar tooltip controls exhibit the same behavior as the PNP controls.  I eventually got got used to it, made easier precisely because their appearance is distinctly different from my skinned Player Bar controls.  It's good to see the Standard View and Mini View controls are consistently stateful.

(2) Set PNP to "Show when track changes or playback starts/resumes".  Does not work in a MC Player view tab when double clicking a paused track in the Content Panel's lower track list.  Ciicking a different track than the currently paused track works.  Works with the space bar, with the Player Bar upper left Pause/Play button, and with the tray icon pop up.

Note:  In view tabs other than Player, double clicking a paused track brings up the PNP as expected. 

(3) The setting "Global keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+I ...)" does not stick in the PNP.  Restarting MC does not help.  Ctrl+I works within MC, independent of the checkbox state, but never works outside of the MC window.

Note: Example of another program stealing the "global" shortcut:  Ctrl+I is apparently the Firefox browser's keyboard shortcut for Page Info.  It is active when the Firefox browser window has focus.

8/17/2024:  Multiple revisions for clarity.

Win 11 Pro 64-bit | Win 10 Pro & Home 64-bit | MC 33.0.13

RockyMalerbo:
Sorry to see visualizations still isn't working.

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