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[Matt]

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ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter120053.exe

12.0.53 (8/10/06)

1. NEW: Mouse wheel zooms video in and out.
2. Fixed: Bursts of sound during video thumbnailing on some computers.
3. Fixed: Video thumbnailing could hang the thumbnailing thread if FFDShow MPEG-4 Vidoe decoder filter is used for some DivX5.0 formatted videos.
4. Changed: Non-critical failures (mixer configuration) of Video Mixing Renderer 9 are ingored so VMR9 can continue to be used in video playback.
5. Fixed: Playback with a display could fail in some cases. (introduced in build 52)
6. Changed: Added a November 1, 2006 timeout for the beta.
7. Fixed: Editing a list-type field in the action window would make in-place list editing fail to work.
8. Fixed: With split views, the tree would not update its selection when switching focus between the views.
9. Fixed: Setting list-type fields in the tag window for multiple files at a time didn't always work properly.
10. Changed: Added a "Cancel" button to the Add Tag dialog.
11. Fixed: List tile links would fade in and out even if Media Center wasn't the focused application.
12. Fixed: Switching away from a 3D visualization using the right-click menu could stall for several seconds.
13. Changed: Caption is no longer a list-style field.
14. Changed: Switched default auto import behavior to not remove missing files from network or removable drives. (only applies to fresh installs)
15. Changed: Video zooming will cause black strips (top, bottom, or left, right) to be reduced or eliminated.
16. NEW: When doing a lossless rotation of an image, the EXIF orientation flag and database field for rotation is cleared.

12.0.52 (8/9/06)

1. Fixed: Some older iPods (firewire mini, etc.) would show a "failed to recognize iPod" error.
2. Changed: The tree and Action Windows renegotiate for available space after a tree item is expanded or collapsed.
3. Fixed: A few tree icons had gray borders on their sides.
4. Fixed: Theater View "Controls" button was not working properly.
5. Changed: Improved interaction of using multiple zones or detached displays along with custom screen resolutions.
6. NEW: Added "Nearest Monitor" as a target for Fullscreen Display and detached display. (this setting is the default)
7. Changed: Navigational favorites return.
8. Fixed: Advanced library functions like fill tags from file name not working in foreign languages.
9. NEW: IPTC written out even if it didn't already exist.
10. NEW: IPTC info added to Image format info.
11. Fixed: iPods with databases written with an older version of MC (or iTunes) would not be properly handled. (introduced in build 51)
12. Fixed: Clicking "Add New Tag" could cause a crash with some database fields.
13. Fixed: The visible tags menu in the Action Window would disappear after each click.

12.0.51 (8/8/06)

1. NEW: Theater View skins can support different background images at different locations. (see Noire for an example)
2. Fixed: Scrolling with the mouse wheel in the tag window would be slower than expected.
3. Fixed: Some actions that would update the size of position of windows inside the program could disrupt the focus for the search box and other UI pieces.
4. Changed: Revised how tag window fields are picked.
5. NEW: Some check-style menus can stay visible while items are checked instead of disappearing after each tick. (see Tag window for example)
6. Fixed: Image playback statistics were not being collected properly.
7. Changed: Seeking forward no longer allows seeks past the end of the file.
8. NEW: Caption field for Images.
9. NEW: Media Center writes pre-sort indexes to iPod database to improve navigation speed.
10. Changed: Several iPod compatibility tweaks.

12.0.50 (8/7/06)

1. Changed: Action Windows don't have minimize and close buttons. (one or the other)
2. Fixed: When using small thumbnails in lists with many images, scrolling fast could cause a crash.
3. Fixed: If auto-import was removing a missing file that was also in Playing Now, it could cause a dead-lock.
4. Optimized: Building stacks for thumbnails views operates up to four times faster.
5. Fixed: Some existing IPTC tags (ones not recognized by MC) did not get saved when IPTC tags got written out.
6. Changed: Some tag window tweaks.

12.0.48 (8/4/06)

1. Changed: For DirectShow video thumbnailing, Sample Grabber method is no longer used when DirectVobSub filter is involved.
2. Changed: For DirectShow video thumbnailing, Sample Grabber method is no longer used for DVR-MS file type.
3. NEW: Skins support specifying an alpha for menu translucancy. (see Noire for an example)
4. NEW: Tooltips do a quick fade in when displaying.
5. Changed: Removed thumbnail list scroll animation -- made program feel slower instead of smoother.
6. Changed: Disabled Source Filter selection for Windows Media Video (wmv etc.) playback.

12.0.47 (8/3/06)

1. NEW: Added thumbnail list animation to smooth scrolling, thumb sizing, and view changes.
2. Optimized: File arrays (used everywhere -- database, lists, searches, etc.) use 1/2 the memory and operate faster.
3. Optimized: Improved loading speed of and memory usage for databases with many large playlists.
4. Changed: Search friendly style tokens are displayed using translated field display names instead of internal field names.
5. Changed: Search box menu now displays field names as translated display names. (instead of translated internal names)
6. Fixed: Sort cache could require more sorts than expected before a search would load out of cache.
7. Fixed: The search box menu would not be clickable when a friendly token was scrolled over it.
8. Changed: When changing thumbnail sizes, the view does a better job of staying centered on the same images.
9. Fixed: IE7b3 no longer causes connectivity problems.
10. NEW: Added IPTC image tag writing for JPEG images.

12.0.46 (8/1/06)

1. Fixed: DirectShow video player could not handle Windows Media security upgrade when playing licensed WM video.
2. Optimized: Starting playback of a large slideshow of images is many times faster.
3. Optimized: Drag-n-drop of large numbers of files into a playlist is many times faster.
4. Optimized: Doing actions that caused a refresh while large numbers of files were selected is now many times faster.
5. Optimized: Deleting large numbers of files from a playlist can be several times faster.
6. Optimized: When many files were selected in a list, switching focus to and from the list is now faster.
7. Optimized: "Automatic" list style is faster at choosing details vs thumbnnails for large lists.
8. Optimized: Playing large lists of images while audio is playing uses far less memory and starts much faster.
9. Optimized: Improved the performance of switching views.
10. Fixed: 2D visualization selection wasn't working for languages other that english.
11. Changed: CDLabeler is now skinned and translated.

[Doof]

Even though I have a licensed version of MC12, this build informs me that this build will expire in November. Just wondering if that's expected, and we won't be able to use this beta later than that, or if it's not supposed to tell us this? Just curious...

Also, just a thought on the "Add Tag" thing. Would it help smooth out the process if the add new tag box was somehow integrated into the action window? It's a little jarring to be working down in the corner and then suddenly have to jump to the middle of the screen and then back again.

[JimH]

Even though I have a licensed version of MC12, this build informs me that this build will expire in November. Just wondering if that's expected, and we won't be able to use this beta later than that, or if it's not supposed to tell us this? Just curious...

That's correct, but all you'll need to do is download and install the final version.  We just don't want half baked software floating around.

[marko]

Also, just a thought on the "Add Tag" thing. Would it help smooth out the process if the add new tag box was somehow integrated into the action window? It's a little jarring to be working down in the corner and then suddenly have to jump to the middle of the screen and then back again.

Interesting. I made a similar comment a while back. I still feel the same. nice to know I'm not alone.

As the AW is being pushed as MC's nerve center, the other thing I can't get my head around recently, is why the 'convert format' and 'analyse audio' progress boxes are not placed in the AW too? It sure feels like that's where they ought to be, you know?

-marko.

[marko]

That's correct, but all you'll need to do is download and install the final version.  We just don't want half baked software floating around.

v12 goes gold by November then?
(at least, according to the best laid plans, and all that)

[datdude]

CRASH!

If you hit the play button on  tile in library view, MC instantly crashes.  If you play from one of the files at bottom, or right click the tile and click play fro mthe menu, it plays fine.

[park]

Bugs:
The viewschemes have arrows like they are expandable but then when you click on them they disapear.

MC has crashed 3 times on me so far. First when importing. Next when doing a library restore (of a MC11.1 library), and finally when doing nothing at all. I think that this last time might be related to drawing thumbnails. I'm not in the video section, but MC the ogg directshow icon is showing down in the taskbar, so i guess MC is drawing thumbnails.

Thoughts:
I was kind of hoping that there would be an "add tag" button down in the tag section of the action window. That would be a perfectly logical place to put it.

At the moment, there is no hint that it is possible to put buttons in the top toolbar. It's be good if it were populated with a couple (ie. Tagging Mode, and Navigation) just to show new users that it is customizable.

It would be great if the podcasts section had a "Add new feed" like the smartlists have a "Add new smartlist" button.

Finally, can I suggest a couple of the default options be changed?
Double click : would be better as "Replace playing now [single]"
I imagine it would get really confusing for new users if they double clicked on one album while their whole library is visible and then suddenly seeing the playing now totally full up.
Play button: "Play playing now"
For the same reason.

[park]

Display views:

Start in standard view (not maximised). Go to mini view. Go to Display view. Display view plays at the size of standard view unmaximised (I like it). Go to Standard view. It resizes to a really strange size (Bad).

Start in standard view (not maximised). Go to display view. It goes to full screen display view mode. This is different to when you click on Display view when in mini mode. I kind of like seeing the display at the same size as the player.
It's worth noting that this is possible using the restore button, once in full screen mode though.

[park]

No video files play at all on my system. Including divX, videos taken on my camera, mpeg etc.

Also, building video thumbnails is freezing MC for extended periods of time.

[park]

I have just done a "update from tags" on all of my images, so that MC will read their orientation correctly.

Now none of my camera raw files play at all, or generate thumbnails. I'm pretty sure they all played fine in MC11.

[park]

Fill in the rotation tag, and the file plays showing the orientation you set, but the thumbnail doesnt update. It stays looking unrotated.

[jgreen]

Regarding trouble playing DVD's in detached display in a second monitor, WMP has a simialr problem, although it eventually recovers.  MC doesn't recover when I move a playing dtached display over to the second monitor.  When I try starting DVD playback from the second monitor, MC freezes.

[zxsix]

Right clicked IPOD Nano in the drives and devices tree.
chose Initialize Ipod.
Device is now empty.
Right clicked device again and chose Sync Portable.

Get error message stating that you have attempted to transfer more media than can fit
on the device.

Have to eject and re-connect the nano before it will sync correctly after the initialize.

[park]

Click on details for the bottom view in tile view and you cant see anything. Select another tile and then click back on the previous one and then you can see the list properly.

From this list, click on Album thumbnails, and it shows thumbnails instead. Again, click on another tile and then back, and it shows the album thumbnail correctly.