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Deivit:
I'm using MC.12 exclusively (MC.11 got uninstalled) and it seems to work fine here with my 300,000+ mp3 library. The video playback issue was solved by Yaobing a few builds ago and is now performing well, as it did in MC 11.1.

However, as others have said, I still haven't find any "major" advantage over MC 11.1, maybe because those "major" advantages may have been put in areas out of my regular use.

In my opinion and for my regular use, there are two major issues that could cause a bad impression to the new beta testers:

1.- The new "tag info" system in the action window. It may look nicer than it was in MC 11.1 but I still do not find it more useful. It was more flexible back in MC 11.1 than it seems to be now. There is a whole thread about this issue so I'm not going to repeat what's said there.

2.- The "rip refresh bug" that I reported in the previous build makes ripping more than one CD with MC 12 impossible. This is in my opinion a major issue since ripping a CD is a basic task, not an advanced one, and it should work flawlesly from the beginning. This may cause a new user to say, "... c'mon!, this thing cannot even rip a CD!"

Being said that, I think it could be a good idea to widening the beta test to other points of view. May I suggest that you could ask for volunteers in the main forum based on their "using profiles", i.e. heavy handhelders, heavy MC-serverers, heavy theater-viewers, etc. This way you would have a more representative point of view to tweak the areas that most interest you.

May also take this opportunity to thank you again for giving me the chance to become a member of the team. I know that my skills are in no way comparable to the ones of the rest of the team, so I can only help as a plain-user with a large library.

Thank you.

jgreen:
#1.  I think that 12 is a LOT further along in stability than 11.1 was at this point.  In that sense, it is definitely ready for prime time, IMO.

#2.  I think Deivitt's CD rip refresh bug is quite serious, for the reason he cites.  This is where the average user is going to get frustrated.

#3.  I think the new tagging scheme has a lot going for it vs 11.1.  However, I also feel it could use more development.

Overall, 12 is faster, sleeker to navigate and the Noire skin is cool.  It is much more stable than all but the later builds of 11.1, and Otto turned out to be surprisingly well-behaved.  In terms of new features, 11.1 was the stealth rocket, starting out modest and then piling on a lot of stuff.  So I think of 11.1 as 12, and this as 12.1, so far.

Echoing others, I think you're leaving important features on the table in terms of Otto.  He should be able to Otto-convert and Otto-rename and Otto a whole lot of stuff.

Doof:
I think it's important to note that Jim merely asked if 12 was ready for "wider testing". In the beginning of this he said we would be the first 20, and then they'd open it up a little bit, then a little bit more, etc. I don't think he's asking if it's ready to go public, just ready to invite a few more users into the fold.

jgreen:
Quoting JimH:

"It would be nice to hear your opinion.  How is MC12 so far for you?  Compared to 11.1?"

Mr ChriZ:
What I've seen so far I like.  I think if the beta is to be
extended however it should be still to people that can handle things
going wrong.

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