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, movement towards improved document handling, and a new user-customizable view called "tile view." Many more changes will come with time. We're listening.
BACKUP YOUR LIBRARY BEFORE INSTALLING -- THE DATABASE FORMAT HAS CHANGED AND THERE MAY BE BUGS THAT COULD CAUSE YOUR LIBRARY TO BE LOSTftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter110010.exe11.0.10 (6/21/04)
1. Fixed: Playing time and playing info wouldn't get updated during playback.
2. Changed: Playing Now list only gets saved after changes instead of every save cycle. (wouldn't allow hard disks to spin down)
3. Fixed: Theater View's "Hairstyle" checked item button didn't draw properly.
4. Changed: Streamlined DVD playback right-click / Theater View menu.
5. Fixed: Database's relational storage could fail to load properly after file deletions in some cases.
6. Fixed: Double-clicking the currently playing file info to show properties would toggle the display mode.
7. Fixed: MC could report that it didn't have the rights to burn WMA files with unlimited burning rights.
8. NEW: MC's display doesn't advance to the next track with a few seconds left of the last track. (experimental -- may not work or remain)