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[John Gateley]

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/MediaCenter110304.exe

11.0.305 (7/5/05)

1. Fixed: Running Media Center when there was an existing instance running would show the existing Media Center but then cause a crash.

11.0.304 (6/30/05)

1. Fixed: Installation would hang on occasion (please report any further hanging behavior).

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.

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.

[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

If I click the "Disc #" column to sort and there are some empty fields, MC does not sort them correctly

[GHammer]

After closing MC, I see that it is still active in task manager.
I do not use any servers that may run in the background.

The app running is media center.exe

[SwellGuy]

GHammer,

Does this happen every time you run MC or just once after you installed the new build (when the InstallWizard opened MC) ?

[GHammer]

GHammer,

Does this happen every time you run MC or just once after you installed the new build (when the InstallWizard opened MC) ?

Seems to be every time.
There has been a reboot in there as well.
It does not prevent MC from being run again though.



[Current Process Pane]

CMD               = "C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\Media Center.exe"
Curr Dir          = C:\Documents and Settings\GHammer\Application Data\J River\Media Center 11\Library\
Path              = C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\Media Center.exe
User Name         = IS77 \ GHammer
PID/Parent PID    = 3972 / 1932
Started by        = C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
Virtual KB        Curr = 121,380 Peak = 171,460
Working Set KB    Curr = 10,248 Peak = 41,524
Page File KB      Curr = 18,712 Peak = 49,676
System Pool KB    Paged = 72 Nonpaged = 9
Private KB        = 18,712
Handles Count     = 306
Faults Count      = 1,040,379
Objects           = USER = 52   GDI = 105
Windows           = 2
Reads             = 34,363   Read KB = 505,539
Writes            = 1,605   Write KB = 1,988
Other IOs         = 46,524   Other KB = 1,454

[Sauzee]

MC install is hanging for me with this build.

[Tanguero]

This installation hangs for me too.  And a straghtforward downgrade was not possible; to get a MC working again I had to uninstall it  including removal of registry keys (keeping the library files, though), restart  the computer and install an earlier version (302).

Not sure that the restart was necessary, but an uninstall keeping the registry keys and then installing the 302 directly didn't work.

[Pink Waters]

when i restart mc and click the play button in the playbar plays all library instead of where i did stop on the last playing now before restarting MC

[tlongacre]

Two things:

1) I tried to import songs from my iTunes directory. There was one new album. Imports from other directories came into MC, but no the one from iTunes.

** Never mind -- I figured out that this was because MC closed one time and got set to "Not import other types of files" or some such thing.**

2) I tried to manually import from this directory (Opened Drives & devices, went to directory) -- I was ripping a CD at the same time -- when I selected the album directory, MC said "gathering info". Then, after a few seconds, MC just closed/disappeared. (However if I bring up the Windows Task Manager, the process media center.exe is still running).

3) I kept having trouble and tried to follow the instructions that came up which mentioned uninstalling and reinstalling MC. But I cannot uninstall it. Whenever I try, it gets about 1/4 of the way and then goes "Not Responding". When I kill it (it never responds, even after hours of waiting), I get a message: "You chose to end the nonresponsive program, Run a DLL as an App." I tried to just reinstall, which seemed to mostly work, but I still have problems and when I try again to uninstall, I get the same message.

[Mastiff]

Something's happened from build 303 and on. If I let NetRemote Media Bridge start MC (like it does by default, if MC isn't already running), and then close it (which closes MC), MC will throw the good ole' "Media Center had to close..." (in norwegian, so sorry if the english wording isn't correct). But MC will not pop up the "Incomplete shutdown detected", like it does if I just kill the process. It is not there on version 302 and down, but 303 and up has it 100 % reliably.

This doesn't happen if I start MC first and then Media Bridge, because in that case closing MB doesn't close MC.

Also starting a playlist from Girder (by the regular MC11.exe command line stuff) pops the "MC had to close" window, but if I click it, the music keeps on playing, and MC doesn't close.

[221bBS]

When I "Analyze Audio" MC crashes at the end of analyzing the 1st file...and i get the following message sometimes...

Media center.exe - application error

The instruction at "0x7c168f1d" referenced memory
at "0x0000001c". The Memory could not be read.

Media Center Registered 11.0.304 -- C:\Software\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1993 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 534 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: N/A
Ripping /   Drive L:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive M:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive N: DVDRW   IDE1008           Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive O:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive P:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive Q:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: No /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   chord.wav

Burning /  Drive L: DVDRW    IDE1008            Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[bytestar]

When I Play a Album from Explorer by doubleclick cue file MC crashes sometimes...
MC crashes by playback for a long time and others.

Code: [Select]

Media Center Registered 11.0.304 -- C:\Programme\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1532 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: 6.00.2900.2668 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050430-1553) / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2900.2620 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050225-1820) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive F:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive G:   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 G: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B   Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[bytestar]

from track 8 off plays mc again and again track 1 but it display playback off track 9 , 10 etc.

Code: [Select]

PERFORMER "VA"
TITLE "Bild Oldie Mix cd1"
FILE "01_VA_-_Bild_Oldie_Mix_CD1.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Bild Oldie Mix"
    PERFORMER "Intro"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Shoop Shoop Song"
    PERFORMER "Cher"
    INDEX 00 00:14:69
    INDEX 01 00:14:70
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Moviestar"
    PERFORMER "Harpo"
    INDEX 00 01:37:14
    INDEX 01 01:37:15
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"
    PERFORMER "Baccara"
    INDEX 00 02:56:74
    INDEX 01 02:57:00
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Girls, Girls, Girls"
    PERFORMER "Sailor"
    INDEX 00 04:15:45
    INDEX 01 04:15:46
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Stand By Me"
    PERFORMER "Ben E. King"
    INDEX 00 05:53:39
    INDEX 01 05:53:40
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Everlasting Love"
    PERFORMER "Love Affair"
    INDEX 00 07:44:30
    INDEX 01 07:44:31
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
    PERFORMER "The Marmalade"
    INDEX 00 09:13:31
    INDEX 01 09:13:32
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "Mr. Tambourine Man"
    PERFORMER "The Byrds"
    INDEX 00 10:24:36
    INDEX 01 10:24:37
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "Better Do It Salsa"
    PERFORMER "Gibson Brothers"
    INDEX 01 12:23:43
  TRACK 11 AUDIO
    TITLE "Living Next Door To Alice"
    PERFORMER "Smokie"
    INDEX 00 13:57:66
    INDEX 01 13:57:67
  TRACK 12 AUDIO
    TITLE "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"
    PERFORMER "Middle Of The Road"
    INDEX 00 15:30:28
    INDEX 01 15:30:29
  TRACK 13 AUDIO
    TITLE "Wig-Wam Bam"
    PERFORMER "Sweet"
    INDEX 00 17:01:00
    INDEX 01 17:01:01
  TRACK 14 AUDIO
    TITLE "DancinŽIn The Streets"
    PERFORMER "Martha Reeves"
    INDEX 00 18:29:52
    INDEX 01 18:29:53
  TRACK 15 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Loco-Motion"
    PERFORMER "Little Eva"
    INDEX 01 19:39:40
  TRACK 16 AUDIO
    TITLE "Spirit In The Sky"
    PERFORMER "Norman Greenbaum"
    INDEX 00 21:01:38
    INDEX 01 21:01:39
  TRACK 17 AUDIO
    TITLE "Leader Of The Pack"
    PERFORMER "The Shangri-Las"
    INDEX 00 22:08:32
    INDEX 01 22:08:33
  TRACK 18 AUDIO
    TITLE "That`ll Be The Day"
    PERFORMER "The Crickets (Buddy Holly)"
    INDEX 00 23:09:06
    INDEX 01 23:09:07
  TRACK 19 AUDIO
    TITLE "Oh Pretty Woman"
    PERFORMER "Roy Orbison"
    INDEX 00 24:31:29
    INDEX 01 24:31:30


[Michel Lefebvre]

MC seems to not be able to render .jpg files over 10 MB or so. Windows Explorer and other prorams such as Picassa can so I'm pretty sure the file are valid, but when I load them into MC there is no thumbnail and when trying to "play" it, it just skips over the file.

If I reduce the size of the scan to under 10 MB, then all is well.

Michel.

[jgreen]

This is an issue in v.301, but I haven't seen any posts regarding it so I'm doing so now, on the theory that it's still there.

"Playing now" seems to have reacquired the heavy CPU-usage and related issues of  ~.280 versions.  Specifically:

--Scary fast scrolling when dragging and dropping tracks is back. 

--Audio playback can be affected by scrolling and/or dragging and dropping tracks.  Issues are stuttering playback  and extended holds (.2-.5 secs).

[bytestar]

i can confirm this all
same for me  stuttering , CPU-usage very high !

[lalittle]

Bug:  When changing a Genre tag, the Genre collumn is not updated until you hit another branch of the tree and then re-select the "audio" branch.

I changed a few items from "unassigned" to "audiobook," completely eliminating the need for the "unassigned" genre.  The Genre collumn, however, continued to have "unassigned" listed, showing the current selection as "unassigned" still, and the "audiobook" genre did not appear in the list.  Highlighting another genre and going back to "unassigned" showed "no files" in the song window, but I was still able to select "unassigned" even though NOTHING on in the library used this genre anymore.

Once I selected another branch of the tree and then re-selected "audio," "Audiobook" finally appeared in the Genre lest, and everything dispalyed correctly.

Larry

[bytestar]

autoupdate goes with me with none columns, only through f5 will press updated.

Bug:  When changing a Genre tag, the Genre collumn is not updated until you hit another branch of the tree and then re-select the "audio" branch.

[lalittle]

autoupdate goes with me with none columns, only through f5 will press updated.

Forgive me, but I'm honestly not sure what you're saying here.  Thanks for any clarification.

The bottom line is that with MC10, the same changes are immediately reflected in the collumns, which update as you make changes.

Larry

[bytestar]

I have the problem on case of each with category, genre, albumArtist , artist

[lalittle]

Audible support in MC11 is quite buggy compared to MC10, where it still works quite well with the same material.

1)  When jumping to a different point in a title, there is a several second delay before the new location starts playing.  The previous section continues to play during this time, and sometimes it will jump to another section of the title before it jumps to the "actual" point you placed the timeline indicator.  In MC10, the same track does not have this problem -- when you jump to a new point in the timeline, it immediately starts playing at this new location.

Note that I'm using the same playback settings that I use with MC10 (i.e. "gapless" and "immediate.")  Mp3's behave normally when jumping to different sections of the tracks.

2)  When returning to a track that that you preiously stopped listenning to at some point (i.e. when you utilize the bookmark capability of the aa file), you hear several seconds from the beginning of the title before the audio jumps to the bookmarked spot.  It does this each time you return to the title.  With MC10, the title immediately starts playing for the point you left off when you return to it.

3)  When jumping to later points in certain tracks, some aa files simply stop playing.  I can't seem to find a pattern to why/when this happens, but this NEVER happens with MC10 (which I've been using with the same aa files for a couple years now.

I use MC for audible files quite a bit, so this is a big deal for me.

Larry

[shAf]

Playback list will halt when a 48000Hz MP3 is encountered.  This track will play if forced, but playback will halt again when 44100Hz MP3 is encountered ... and then continue to play until another 48kHz MP3 is queued ... and so on ...

I believe this behaviour began somewhere around release 290.  Considering how few 48kHz MP3 files I have and when I moved from MC10, this may have existed with MC11 ... but it did not exist with MC10.

tia 

[Alex B]

Playback list will halt when a 48000Hz MP3 is encountered.  This track will play if forced, but playback will halt again when 44100Hz MP3 is encountered ... and then continue to play until another 48kHz MP3 is queued ... and so on ...

I believe this behaviour began somewhere around release 290.  Considering how few 48kHz MP3 files I have and when I moved from MC10, this may have existed with MC11 ... but it did not exist with MC10.

tia 

I posted in the thread you started: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=28486.msg197290#msg197290.