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[Matt]

This is the latest version of MC 11.1.  Your MC11.0 license will work with it.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted or moved.

PRICES for MC11.0 and 11.1 are here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=23311

This latest build of MC11.1 is here:
[build pulled to investigate problem with FLAC]

11.1.146 (3/15/2006)

1. Changed: The spacing between text and a drop arrow has been reduced.
2. Changed: If a search for Media Servers fails the previous or default library will be loaded (no longer includes offer to restore from backup).
3. Fixed: Windows Mobile devices were not retaining synchronization information.
4. NEW: When removing empty folders, folders with only a Thumbs.db or Folder.jpg in them will be considered empty.
5. Changed: The root of playlists now honors Access Filter settings.
6. Changed: Updated the German translation file. (thanks ByteStar)
7. Fixed: Misspelling in the Download Manager.
8. Changed: WIA camera import gets video files off the device as well as images. (WIA doesn't have file extensions -- just WiaItemTypes)
9. Fixed: The fade-in / fade-out of text items in library tiles wouldn't look as clean as expected.
10. Fixed: Alpha on alpha drawing could produce strange effects in some cases.
11. Fixed: MC was not writing playlist information to some Windows Mobile devices.
12. Fixed: MC was not reading playlist information from some Windows Mobile devices.
13. Fixed: Digital TV in time-shifting mode could have access violations when switching channels.
14. Changed: Updated Spanish translation. (thanks ferent)
15. Fixed: JPEG tags would not be properly saved. (use Update Tags (from library) to force save of tags)
16. Changed: Image tagging errors are now reported like audio tagging errors. (instead of suppressing the errors)
17. Changed: Revised the "no thumb" image shown in library grouping views.

11.1.145 (3/14/2006)

1. Fixed: Top Hits and Recently Played playlists would display all zeros in the sequence column.
2. Changed: SDK lookups of library server filenames that have been hexified now work. (fixes issue with Cinemar + Library Server)

11.1.144 (3/13/2006)

1. Fixed: Command line usage wouldn't properly deal with quotes in some cases. (i.e. MC11.exe "/PlayReplace Zone=1|TreePath=Playlists\My Hits")
2. Changed: Updated the German translation file. (thanks and happy birthday to ByteStar!)
3. Changed: "Save smartlist" dialog has a never ask again check.
4. Fixed: Copying from the search / smartlist box wouldn't always work as expected when dealing with friendly-formatted rules.
5. Fixed: Enter was not being properly routed to DVD menus in some cases.
6. Changed: Double-clicking on the fullscreen bars no longer toggles fullscreen mode.
7. Fixed: Thumbnails set to a large size (i.e. 256x256 wouldn't be drawn using the full area)
8. Fixed: Playing a DVD while images were playing could result in unexpected playback of both at once.
9. Changed: Updated player area text defaults to use "//" for slash. (double-slashes are required since slash is the escape character in expressions)
10. Changed: Tiles no longer animate through images or status information on mouse-over when Media Center isn't the focused application.
11. Fixed: Files added to a "Recent Playing Now" list would get autmatically imported.
12. New: Preliminary support for DVB-T digital TV (not fully tested).
13. Changed: The file list below a grouping of tiles uses the same settings as a file list below the panes.
14. Fixed: After resetting all views, the sorting "A to Z" for grouping views didn't properly show a checkmark.
15. Fixed: Once internet connection was dropped (and error page shown), service plugins would continue to show the error page even after reconnection.
16. Changed: Playlists no longer show access filtered files. (editing a playlist while files are filtered could cause filtered files to be discarded from playlist)

11.1.143 (3/10/2006)

1. Changed: Update the French translation. (thanks Tof!)
2. Changed: Updated all the translations to include the latest phrases from code, dialogs, etc.
3. NEW: Thumbnails now have drop shadows when drawing in lists or tiles.
4. NEW: Tiles links fade-in on mouse-over instead of being shown all the time.
5. NEW: Holding the mouse over the name in a tile will scroll through summary information of the tile.
6. Fixed: Podcast download/display/purge was confused by permanent database entries with a filename URL.
7. Fixed: The behavior for General\Double-Click and TheaterView\Jump on Play were not working correctly in languages other than english.

11.1.142 (3/9/2006)

1. Fixed: DVR-MS files were imported as audio.
2. Changed: Tiles use the full size when the stack contains one or less images.
3. Changed: Each time the program runs, a different image will be used for top image on a stack of images.
4. Changed: Updated Spanish translation. (thanks ferent)
5. Changed: When building thumbnails for a stack, all the top images will get built before working on underneath images.
6. Changed: Updated the German translation. (thanks bytestar)
7. Changed: Boxes no longer drawn around thumbnails.
8. Fixed: Under very rare circumstances, the media servers would prevent Media Center from shutting down.
9. Fixed: Switching views from the right-click of the library header bar could cause a crash.

11.1.141 (3/8/2006)

1. Fixed: Third party plugins (G-Force, etc.) could fight with cover art loading for the playing file, causing no art to appear.
2. Fixed: Blank lines in customized thumbnail text were not properly supported.
3. Changed: MC TV ignores analog device initialization failures if a digital TV device is present, so the users can continue using the digital device.
4. Changed: When cycling through a stack of tile images, the rotation order would appear strange when the thumbs hadn't been built. (1; 1,2; 1,2,3; 1,2,3,4; etc.)
5. NEW: Library tiles and view header images show many images as a pile of images. (instead of one totally covering the others)
6. Fixed: In some cases, playback would not automatically skip missing files.
7. Fixed: When editing a view scheme, saving "To All Locations" and "To Similar Locations" not working correctly.

New Features in MC 11.1
Podcasting support, with OneClick Podcast subscription
Audible fully supported
Much improved handheld support for iPod, PlayforSure devices, and many others
User-configurable locations for media types on handhelds
iPod Shuffle and Nano support
Photos and album art on iPods that support it
Automatic backup of library
Directshow support for AAC files
Much faster handling of thumbnail images (requires one-time rebuild of thumbnails)
Integrated library and library browser system
Support for Dvico's FusionHDTV 5 USB
Improved translation system and several new languages
Perfectly gapless MP3 playback (when files were encoded with a recent version of LAME)

[kwake]

15. Fixed: JPEG tags would not be properly saved. (use Update Tags (from library) to force save of tags)

Tested and confirmed OK in .146.

Thanks!!!

Best Regards,
Kwake

[kwake]

Hi,

When enabling videos to be transfered to a Handheld (Pocket PC in my case), it is picking up files with a .mid extension as a video format, and deleting these files if not in the current sync playlist - even though I only added .MPG in the 'Supported Types' of the Handheld option dialog.

In my case, the .mid files are GPS map files, and should never be deleted.

Here's a screenshot: http://ken.wakefield.free.fr/Screenshots/GPS_Delete.jpg

Please let me know if you require more information.

Regards,
Kwake

[New Vermaje]

Bonjour à vous !

Little bug

When I use "Check for updates..." => Error "Failed to connect to a server"

Bon courage !

Media Center Registered 11.1.146 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 3197 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 513 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.60 (1021)

Ripping /   Drive E: HP      DVD Writer 640b   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive F: SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616E   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 E: HP       DVD Writer 640b    Addr: 0:0:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

[sdgrizdan]

When I use "Check for updates..." => Error "Failed to connect to a server"

works for me 

[park]

Switching between libraries seems to be knocking out all thumbnails and tile images.

[dcwebman]

1. Changed: The spacing between text and a drop arrow has been reduced.

That looks a little better. I just realized what caused my confusion in the first place though. For example at the top of the Audio list, the selection (Panes, Artists, etc.) and Options have mouseovers which display the menu. The View link in the Genres, Artists, and Albums covers doesn't have the mouseover. That's why it seemed that the down arrow might be another link.

[tcman41]

In this version i am seeing slightly slower thumbnail draws and a few are not even coming up.

When deleting albums the empty folders with cover art are still being left behind, this really screws up things when trying to keep everything even and neat. I have been struggling with this for months and it still isn't working correctly, I put my artist-album.jpg image file in each album folder.

Thanks
TC

[Doof]

5. Changed: The root of playlists now honors Access Filter settings.

This is working as expected now. Thanks!

8. Changed: WIA camera import gets video files off the device as well as images. (WIA doesn't have file extensions -- just WiaItemTypes)

I'm not sure if this was intended to address the issue I reported about MC not aquiring .mov files from my camera, but it has had an effect. MC will now aquire the .mov file and delete it from my camera, but the resulting file is not a .mov file. It's just some weird image file. Unfortunately I can't provide any more details because I stupidly deleted the file that was transfered and now the battery in my camera is dead so I can't try it again. I'll get back to you a little later with more details.

[Alex B]

Warning to FLAC users! Don't use this build until a possible file corruption problem is resolved.

MC 11.1.145 does not have this problem.

[Soul_Rvr911]

I've noticed a bug in media scheduler that's been there for quite some time:

I have classes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (MWF) at 10:30am, so I use MC with the scheduler to wake me up at 9. I also have classes Tuesday and Thursday (TTh) at 8:30, so I use media scheduler to wake me up at 7. Now, this works fine, until Friday - for some reason, on Friday, it goes off at 7! I only have these 2 tasks. I'm looking at media scheduler right now, and it says that the next task is scheduled to go off at 7 in the morning tomorrow (Friday), when it shouldn't have a task until 9! When I disable the TTh task, it reverts to saying that the next task is tomorrow at 9. When I change the day of the TTh task to Saturday, it goes back to saying next task tomorrow at 9 (and ONLY Saturday, every other day it says that the next task is still tomorrow at 7. Also, I can add Saturday to the TTh task and it will also give the correct next task (tomorrow at 9). If I choose anything other than Saturday for this task (and I don't include Saturday), it says next task tomorrow morning at 7. I'm sure anyone who tried this right now could probably replicate - only once a week will you be able to test this bug! (Unless, of course, you change your computer clock  ). Could someone take a look at this for me, as it's highly annoying to be woken up 2 hours before class starts, then I can't fall back to sleep 

[Craig]

Warning to FLAC users! Don't use this build until a possible file corruption problem is resolved.

MC 11.1.145 does not have this problem.

Wish I'd seen that earlier, any flac that I attempt to play is reduced to 0 bytes, luckily I backed them all up yesterday :-)

Craig

[Doof]

Okay, I've got some more information on what's happening with the camera.

For some reason, MC is now importing the .mov file, but it's renaming it based on the Image Name setting I have in the Scanner Options. It's doing something funky to the file as well, because even if I rename it back to a .mov extension, it's unplayable.

Here's a link to the resulting file...

Before I renamed it...
After I renamed it...

[EpF]

I'm having the same problem Sauzee and others had with .cda files showing up in the main library. I first saw it mentioned here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=32528.msg223039#msg223039

I didn't see anything about changes to the library database in the recent change log or build posts since .143, so I'm not sure what the problem is - anyone else seeing this?

[Alex B]

... anyone else seeing this?

I am.

I could exclude the cda file type, but I have not bothered yet.

[EpF]

I could exclude the cda file type, but I have not bothered yet.

I've done it in my base Audio scheme, but as for changing it in all my playlists; not really an option! Seems to me something is amiss...