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[Matt]

We're still working on Media Center 11.  We appreciate your feedback on it, but MC11 may not work as expected and we can't yet fully support it.  When upgrading from MC 10, you will lose your view schemes.  Some plugins still do not work.

We recommend that you use MC10 below, but if you want to use MC 11 while we're building it, PRICES are here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=23311

If you want a more trouble-free experience, please download Media Center 10 here:
http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/download.html

Media Center 11 is available here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter110123.exe [see price link above]

Recent Changes

11.0.123 (11/10/04)

1. Fixed: Picking "Edit (by typing)" of some advanced smartlist rules could show a truncated version of the text to edit.
2. Changed: Clicking on Media Library with an empty library will show the import dialog.
3. NEW: Added Sample Rate, Channels, Bit Depth, and Compression to the library for searching / sorting by VBR, compressor version, etc. (use Update Library (from tags) to fill -- not all plugins updated yet)
4. Fixed: Tabbing around the main interface pieces was not working properly.

11.0.118 (11/8/04)

1. Changed: In some areas of the program, a button could be fired on mouse up, even if the mouse didn't go down over the button.
2. Fixed: Several components that used internet reading could timeout immediately instead of processing the download. (fixes failed mp3 encoder installation, etc.)
3. NEW: Testing new web installer for downloading MC.
4. Fixed: Erasing files from the MC database with some action windows open could cause crashes.
5. Fixed: Tree wouldn't be updated after adding a smartlist or view scheme.
6. Fixed: Erasing the underlying playlist when a playlist action window was visible could cause a crash.
7. Fixed: Right-click search wouldn't work in the search control when the control didn't have a caret visible.
8. Fixed: The 'Play' link in the playlist header wouldn't apply the proper sorting before playing the files.
9. Fixed: International characters in computer name could cause problems with restoring license.
10. Changed: MC TV behaves better when user tries to change channel while recording is going on.

11.0.117 (11/3/04)

1. Fixed: 'Locate' items were not working properly.
2. Fixed: Preview mode was not working properly.
3. Fixed: Portable Device icons displayed correctly in tree.
4. Fixed: Auto detection of Portable Devices.
5. New: Added Lyra automated support for Lyra.
6. Changed: Readded right-click synchronization option for Portables.
7. Fixed: Library Server beacon may not have worked if server and client on same machine.
8. Fixed: Commas in directories caused library server to not be able to play a file.
9. Fixed: Library Server would crash in Win2000 while downloading the library.
10. New: Portable remote drive base playlist paths are editable on the fly.
11. Fixed: Library Server client sometimes gave "Invalid Argument".
12. Fixed: Converting formats while transferring to a handheld could result in 0 byte files in some cases.

MC 11 Improvements

• CUE file playback support with sample-accurate MP3 seeking
• Many Theater View enhancements
• Animated Direct3D file browsing
• Split views so you can look at two (or more) views at the same time (ex. look at Media Library and Playing Now together)
• Vastly improved database engine capable of handling 100,000's of files and large amounts of metadata (lyrics, bios, etc.)
• Several memory and speed enhancements -- like database and skin unloading when minimizing MC
• Much of MC's interface can be translated to other languages
• Integrated database import and update with smart broken linking repairing, and other nice features
• MC can run with guest permissions on Windows 2000 / Windows XP
• New view customization system with more flexibility for thumbnail size, text, etc.
• Options dialogs reworked -- several small options added
• Added multi-zone synchronization
• Added Album Gain support
• Document support with full text searching / indexing
• Pane auto-sizing
• Tile view that allows fully customizable Track Info style tiles to be used in file lists
• New database caching layer that makes a huge speed difference in many areas of MC
• File tagging happens in a background thread so MC can continue to be used while it's saving tags
• Basic image editing
• Enhanced album grouping for pictures so pictures taken together get grouped without any user intervention
• Preview mode to only play the intro of songs
• Video CD playback support
• Audio resampling uses Shibatch's high-quality SSRC filters
• Support for ATI HDTV card

[glynor]

Hmmm ... The web installer seems to be gone.  Or did it just detect my browser and give me the regular link?

Either way, thanks for the new build.  Can't wait to try out the new "Sample Rate, Channels, Bit Depth, and Compression" features!

[raym]

Hi. Looking forward to the new features too.

Does this build adress the Theatre View problem raised below by any chance?

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=24466

[Charlemagne 8]

I don't recall changing any options but this build's installation has resulted in automatically getting cover art for my 30,000 tracks. I assume (or hope) that it's only getting them for the tracks that don't already have cover art associated with them.
As this needs doing, I'm not complaining about it but I thought you might want to check into it.
As I say, I can't swear that I didn't change any options in the last build but I sure don't remember doing so.

CVIII

[glynor]

As I say, I can't swear that I didn't change any options in the last build but I sure don't remember doing so.

CVIII, I don't think you did.  If you are referring to the new "Downloading Images" process that happens when you run an Import, then you didn't change anything ... It is something new (or at least something different).  I think I'm sure it started with version 118.

There definately needs to be an option to disable this, because with many of my files I'm quite sure that it will never find cover art (nor do I really care to have it look and report details of all of my files to some 3rd party site without asking thank you very much).  Besides, it takes forever. (Sorry, I should have looked better.)

I just found the option.  It's in the Import Dialog.  You have to click "Advanced" (as though that option isn't always open) and it's the very bottom checkbox "Retrieve Cover Art from Internet".  (I should have known that it would be optional, but sometimes they do throw us a curveball).

Its odd that it wasn't mentioned in the changelog, but it wouldn't be the first time (and that must be hard to maintain anyway).

[Tommy]

Just a simple note, I haven't found "Last Played" in the Smartlist "More fields" quickselector, I think it should be there with some options for days/months/year etc.

And I still believe the output when burning cd's won't be the same as listening to music with MC, even though you burn cd's with the same settings as when you listen (in my case: aggressive 4s fading and omit silent sections). A bit annoying since what sounds perfect in MC doesn't sound as good on cd, seems to me like omit silence isn't working in the same way...because I get silence, more or less, between songs and only some of them fade nicely.

[Dragyn]

This is great but MC should do "create thumbnails" instead of "get cover art" for importing images.

I just found the option.  It's in the Import Dialog.  You have to click "Advanced" (as though that option isn't always open) and it's the very bottom checkbox "Retrieve Cover Art from Internet".  (I should have known that it would be optional, but sometimes they do throw us a curveball).

[TimB]

Install halts at the end of the first progress gauge (which feels very slow compared with 117) with:

Errors encountered while performing the operation
Look at the information window for more details

There's no "information window".

Tried to uninstall 117 and install 123, no joy.  Had to reinstall 117.

-=Tim=-

Media Center Registered 11.0.117 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2363 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 649 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0002) , ASPI for Win32         DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0002)

Ripping /   Drive E: LITE-ON LTR-52327S        Mode:ModeSecure  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive F: PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-115   Mode:ModeSecure  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: LITE-ON  LTR-52327S         Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:52  MaxSpeed:52  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

-=Tim=-

[KingSparta]

Still Can't Burn A MP3 Disk With HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B, However Burning A Audio Disk Works.



Media Center Registered 11.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 3047 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 151 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)

Ripping /   Drive I:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive J:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  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 /  Drive I: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Drive J: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4020B   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:12  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[KeystoneCop]

Different result most of the time.

I HAVE A SCHEME OF THIS
~dup=md5texthash,name ~sort=name,artist

I PUT THIS IN THE SEARCH BOX
~nodup=ARTIST



Works great to find misspelled Artist.  When I change the artist name and use ALT (BACK ARROW). I find more duplicates than showed up the first time.  If I go forward and back sometimes it finds more sometimes less.  (Not sure when this started).

(Maybe this is related / maybe not)

If I make changes to tags. followed by an import (it sometimes reports my last changes as external modified files)

[GHammer]

Still Can't Burn A MP3 Disk With HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B, However Burning A Audio Disk Works.
wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)

Just curious. What app do you have that requires an ASPI layer?

[Stupid User]

Still shows status "Buffering..." when playing media files (or at least APE files).

[bjevers]

I am using the 5.1 JRSS output in DSP studio with my Logitech Z-680 speakers via optical cable from the motherboard.  When MC plays the second track in a playlist, or any second track after stoping and restarting playback, I lose output to my right rear speaker.  As soon as I hit stop, and play, the speaker comes back.  I have tried both ASIO and DirectSound output with the same results.  My motherboard is an Abit AN7 with the nVidia Soundstorm APU.  I am using driver version 4.56.  I tried WMP10 and it only outputs to 4 speakers (no center), but it does not lose output to the right rear speaker between tracks.  I noticed this for sure happening in build 118, not sure about builds before that.

Media Center Registered 11.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 2159 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 649 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0001)

Ripping /   Drive G: LITE-ON LTR-48125W        Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive H:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive I:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive G: LITE-ON  LTR-48125W         Addr: 2:2:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  BurnProof:Yes
  Drive H: SONY     DVD RW DRU-500A    Addr: 2:3:0  Speed:5  MaxSpeed:5  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: No /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[KingSparta]

Still Can't Burn A MP3 Disk With HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B, However Burning A Audio Disk Works.
wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)

Just curious. What app do you have that requires an ASPI layer?

no clue but the dates don't look right

[bjevers]

wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)

I have Adaptec's ASPI layer installed too, not sure what app installed it into my system32 directory, but the file version is 4.71.1.  The newest is 4.71.2.  Your version, 4.60, is old and not officially for Windows XP.

[sirshambling]

This build doesn't find my WAV files when using "Import Media". It will play them OK but doesn't find them.

Really strange!

John

[GHammer]

Still Can't Burn A MP3 Disk With HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8481B, However Burning A Audio Disk Works.
wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)

Just curious. What app do you have that requires an ASPI layer?

no clue but the dates don't look right

Nope, that was the first reason I noticed it. The second is that while it used to be needed for some tools, I have not installed it in quite some time and nothing I use fails to work on XP SP2.

I'd remove the ASPI layer and if nothing is broken, great. If there is something you need that wants ASPI, the Nero/Ahead layer is better behaved or at least get the latest release from Adaptec's site.