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[Matt]

We're ready to release Media Center 11.0.  PRICES are here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=23311

PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING:  Post bugs you are certain about here.  Anything else will be moved or deleted.  If you can't find your post here, please look in the main index.   Feature requests should be postponed until MC11.0 is released. 

Media Center 11 is available here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter110303.exe

11.0.303 (6/29/05)

1. Fixed: Library Browser could be slower to load than expected.
2. Changed: Library Browser database entries are removed right after leaving library browser instead of on program close.
3. Fixed: When logging out, the "Incomplete Shutdown" dialog could appear on the next launch.
4. Fixed: Thumbnails were not always updating immediately in some views when assigning cover art.
5. Fixed: Dropping files on the player area would automatically import them, even if auto-import was disabled.
6. Fixed: MC was failing to play some very short MP3 files.
7. Fixed: In some cases, the installer could hang at the very end of installation.

11.0.302 (6/28/05)

1. Fixed: MC would occasionally crash when renaming/creating folders for CD/DVD's.
2. Fixed: MC was not creating subfolders on handheld devices correctly.
3. Fixed: Renaming a folder on a CD/DVD would drop the folder contents of child folders of the renamed folder.
4. Fixed: Thumbnails not always updating immediately when assigning cover art.
5. NEW: When MC fails to shutdown properly, it shows a dialog that can reset some settings on the next launch.
6. Fixed: The uninstall program wasn't removing the registry entry for Media Scheduler which occasionally could cause the Media Center directory to open on Windows startup.

11.0.301 (6/27/05)

1. Fixed: After permanently deleting files from Library Browser, switching tabs could cause a crash.
2. Fixed: For user defined portables, when synching, the Portable Path was incorrect on refresh.
3. Fixed: When Remote Server failed to start, it could show two error messages in a row.
4. Changed: After Remote Server fails to start, it will automatically disable itself.
5. Fixed: "Tell me more" URL on Splash Screen now goes somewhere useful.
6. Fixed: Toolbar buttons state was not getting updated until they were moused over.
7. Fixed: Switching between tabs in the Library Browser would result in "randomly" selected files.


New or Improved in MC 11

New database caching layer that makes many parts of MC significantly faster
Several memory and speed enhancements -- like database and skin unloading when minimizing
CUE file playback support with sample-accurate MP3 seeking
Many Theater View enhancements
Split views allow you to 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.)
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 now works 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 allows fully customizable Track Info style tiles to be used in file lists
File tagging happens in a background thread so MC can continue to be used while it's saving tags
New Image Editor
Enhanced album grouping for pictures so session pictures are grouped automatically
Preview mode to only play the intro of songs
Video CD playback support
Audio resampling uses Shibatch's high-quality SSRC filters
ATI HDTV card support with recording and time shifting
Hauppauge WinTV PVR 150 support
UPnP device support for playback through a home theater system
Audible.com Store -- full integration (downloads, playback, bookmarks, etc.)
Sony PSP support
iPod -- Support for multiple iPods with different profiles
New file format -- Shockwave (SWF)
RAW image support (crw,cr2,nef,mrw,orf,raf,pef,dng,srf)
Multi-channel support (5.1, 7.1, etc.) for WAV and WMA files.

[Shelly]

4. Fixed: Thumbnails were not always updating immediately in some views when assigning cover art.

Now working in all tested scenarios.  Not only updating immediately, but thumbs are still visible after closing and reopening MC.  Thanks very much for this fix!!!!

[kwake]

Hi,

It seems that 'Enable Scrollbars' in the TrackInfo View isn't working in this build (tested in Z and Thunderstorm skins)...is it just me?

Thanks,
Kwake

[221bBS]

When I have "Option > Tree & View > Sort by track # for single albums" enabled, MC should sort albums by "Disc #" then "Track #" for single albums.

If I use the "Disc #" field the album is flagged as an incomplete album

[coolblue]

I've never seen the "Incomplete Shutdown" dialog until this build. Would shutting down Windows without first closing MC have had something to do with it?

[Link]

7. Fixed: In some cases, the installer could hang at the very end of installation.

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Funnily enough, I have never had a single problem installing in the hundreds of builds I have installed previously, yet this one with a "fix" hung on me, the installer screen hung on "UPnP server".

I always just download the new build and install it, have never used the uninstall first, always worked fine. 

So, I tried the uninstall, then installed again.  Made it past that screen, but then hung after selecting the skin and threw up an error message.

So, I uninstalled once more, shut down Tivo background processes in case they were causing issues - at this point I saw there was a media center process running - I'm not sure if this was from the install, or if it caused these problems all along.... But on the next attempt it worked just fine.

So, maybe It was a freak occurance, but it seems odd that my first install failure came with a "fix install failures" build.

[Launfal]

There's a flaw in the Album Artist (auto) logic:

2 albums, each with the same name, but with what should be different album artists are being counted as the same album.

Example:

The movie Freddy vs. Jason has two soundtrack albums.  One is a "various artist" album, the other is the score by Graeme Revell.  They are being counted as the same album in the pane view, although apparently they are being broken out as seperate albums in the more detailed views.

Which leads to one of my peeves:  The APE v2 tag "album artist" should be read on import, which would take care of situations like this.  Having to add a redundant tag (even if only in the database) to work around what should be a non-issue is more work than I want to do on the number of albums where this is a problem.  This goes along with the inability to read replaygain info added by another program.  Needing another set of tags when everything else I use perfectly uses the first set is one of the reasons I don't use MC as my primary music management app.  There are others, but this is numero uno.

On another note:  For some reason, MC won't import these two files if I use the dialogue box, but will if I drag and drop the files from the directories they reside in.  Maybe something in the log for these two files will help in figuring out what's happening:

10:20:27 AM: Import: ImportNewFiles: Adding: D:\soundtrack\Escape from New York - 1981 - John Carpenter\16 - 'I Heard You Were Dead!'.ape
10:20:27 AM: Import: ImportNewFiles:     Ignored (already in database, etc.) - This is even after clearing the database and starting over.  This file simply will not import in the regular fashion.

10:20:30 AM: Import: ImportNewFiles: Adding: D:\soundtrack\Resident Evil - 2002 - Various\01 - The Red Queen.ape
10:20:30 AM: Import: ImportNewFiles:     Ignored (already in database, etc.) - Same issue.  Won't import from the dialogue, but will import from a drag and drop.

MC is the only program I have that rejects importing these two files.  They were ripped and tagged with another program.

Media Center Registered 11.0.303 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2390 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1039 MB, Free - 550 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2900.2668 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050430-1553) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2620 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050225-1820) / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0001)

Ripping /   Drive E:   Mode:Normal  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: SONY     CD-RW  CRX320E     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

[StFeder]

MC loses focus after copying (copyng/coping?) files from CD to Harddisc

[Pink Waters]

when i get into some album files from the library browser i get the files view scrolled down a little