We're just starting work on Media Center 11. From time to time, we'll share our progress.
Think of these early builds like the hole in the ground before you start building a house. Much like the hole, it's hard to get excited about these builds, and if you're not careful with them, you'll get hurt.
The major changes so far are a rewritten database core and movement towards improved document handling. Many more changes will come with time. We're listening.
BACKUP YOUR LIBRARY BEFORE INSTALLING -- THE NEW DATABASE FORMAT IS CHANGING -- ANY ORGANIZATION YOU DO WILL PROBABLY BE LOST WITH FUTURE RELEASES ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter110006.exe11.0.6 (6/11/04)
1. Fixed: A few minor memory leaks with the new database core.
2. Fixed: Date field didn't account for the time zone on data files.
3. NEW: Added relational storage (memory and disk) for compressed and numeric fields. (was only for string fields before)
4. NEW: All database fields will use compression on large values. (instead of only certain fields)
5. NEW: Database lookups based on filename (or other fields) are much faster -- helping speed of import and some other tools.
6. NEW: Added "Documents" media mode.
7. NEW: When switching to a media mode that has no view schemes, the appropriate schemes from "browser (defaults).jmd" get merged in. (instead of creating only one item)
8. Changed: Flipped sort arrow drawing direction to be like Windows Explorer.
9. Fixed: Sorting by a column multiple times could leave that column in the "Customize View" sort list twice.
10. NEW: Added a database caching layer that makes a huge speed difference when returning to a view that's been built in the past.
11. Fixed: MC could be associated with files it couldn't natively play. (documents, exe, etc.)
12. Fixed: Playing data files would not launch the associated program on some systems.
Enjoy