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[Matt]

This is the latest version of MC 12.0.  Any MC12.0 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. 

If you're new to MC, please use MC11.1 from our download page here:
http://www.jrmediacenter.com/download.html

This latest build (usually safe) of MC12.0 is here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/MC12/MediaCenter120091.exe

History

12.0.91 (10/12/06)

1. Fixed: Library Server would only serve a partial library. (introduced in build 90)
2. Changed: Added a couple of tooltips over the TV channels list on "TV Channels" property page.
3. NEW: Options dialog uses faded images for unselected items.
4. Changed: Tuned the coloring used by Noire for Options page selection.
5. Fixed: If "Name" was listed twice in the tag window, editing either would always edit the second one.
6. Fixed: Auto-library upgrade from Media Center 11 was not working properly. (didn't find MC 11 libraries)
7. NEW: Windows Media (wma) streaming buffered for seeking.
8. NEW: User can choose whether to use "Video Mixing Renderer 9" or "Overlay Mixer" to play video.
9. Fixed: In some cases the aspect ratio setting did not take effect.
10. NEW: Added an "Edit Playlist" menu item for playlist right-click to open in the Action Window.
11. NEW: Added an "Edit" button to the top of a playlist view.
12. Fixed: Library backups could fail. (introduced with build 90)
13. NEW: Added the ability to change the Audible download path (right-click on service in tree).
14. Fixed: Visual Basic interface plugin controls could use skin coloring, even with skinning disabled.
15. Fixed: Theater View textures (buttons, text, etc.) could look torn through the middle.

12.0.90 (10/11/06)

1. Changed: When picking auto-import with no folders configured, a message will be shown.
2. Changed: Removed "run now" from auto-import options. (since it's in the main menu / toolbar)
3. Changed: Direct3D views (Theater View / 3D visualizations) target the video card where the window first appears. (old video cards may render slowly when switching monitors after this)
4. Fixed: TV recording by Scheduler would fail if the user is currently using TV engine.
5. NEW: If Media Scheduler starts a TV recording task while the user is using TV engine in any zone, MC will ask user to confirm interrupting current activity and starting recording scheduled program.
6. Changed: Installer, uninstaller, package installer, and Media Center ask to be a trusted program when running on Vista.
7. Changed: Removed beta timeout.
8. Fixed: Mouse tracking / highlighting of list controls could get stuck on in some cases.
9. Fixed: List control mouse tracking would still operate even if a window was over the top of the list.
10. Changed: In Theater View root configuration, the full row is selectable for an item instead of only the text.
11. Changed: Removed a level of nesting in Options > Playback > Audio.
12. Changed: "Image File" field is now available (and used) for videos as well as audio.
13. NEW: More updated art.
14. NEW: When opening a Media Center library that's already in use by another computer, a read-only version will be opened. (each user computer will have its own thumbnail cache, like with Library Server)
15. NEW: Improved "Party Mode" so that the library lives in its own sandbox -- making it impossible for changes to leak back to the main database.

12.0.89 (10/10/06)

1. NEW: TV user can configure how much video to retain during time-shifting. The default has been increased from 1.5 hour to 5 hours.
2. NEW: Added two options to cache RAW file output as Jpegs.  (This takes the cached file size down from (in the case of a Canon 20D) 25MB's to under 1MB.)
3. NEW: RAW files now provide their ISO, FL, Shutter, Aperature and Camera.
4. NEW: Added grid-lines to Tag window.
5. NEW: Read-only fields show as grey in the Tag window.
6. NEW: MP3 Streams with song titles in the metadata stream: Clicking the >> & << buttons will advance to next or previous title in stream.
7. New: RAW File cache can now be cleared from options.  Code added to invalidate cache files.
8. Fixed: Double-clicking in the tree to play images would not properly give the full-screen display the focus.
9. Fixed: Theater View and 3D visualization textures could look garbled on some systems.
10. Fixed: Media Center would close even though Media Server mode was on.
11. NEW: Added ability to add "Check Watch Folders Now" to the toolbars.
12. NEW: Put "Check Watch Folders Now" in the Tools menu.
13. Changed: Reworked Options > Library > Watch Folders layout.
14. NEW: Interface plugins can set a registry DWORD "Skin" and set it to 0 to disable skinning for the plugin and any child windows. (for parentless popups, use pMJ->SkinWindow(m_hWnd, FALSE))
15. Changed: Renamed add folder to library to use "Import" and "Auto-Import" naming.
16. Changed: Removed tree gridlines that appeared with some skins.
17. Changed: Changed how toolbar buttons look when they're disabled. (use only text color instead of grayscaling)

12.0.87 (10/5/06)

1. Changed: Got rid of the mode skipping while stopped when pressing F11.
2. Changed: Tag Action Window doesn't show "Track #" on the first line any longer.
3. Changed: Tag window no longer uses new line during editing a field.
4. Fixed: Using the Tag window with panes visible could be overly slow.
5. NEW: Tag window uses new (more powerful) visible field selection mechanism.
6. Fixed: Tag window would use inconsistent colors for the text in the header area.
7. Changed: Image in Tag window now has an instructional tooltip.
8. Changed: Reduced the font size of the labels in the Tag window.
9. Fixed: The play link on a grouping tile wouldn't work properly.
10. Changed: For digital TV, changes in video mixing mode can take place immediately even if TV is in time-shifting mode (unless the user choose to delay it until next time TV a channel is played).
11. NEW: User can specify whether to use, and for how long, an automatic cut-off time limit for TV recording (in case you forget to stop recording manually).
Scheduled recording is not affected by this. Previously there has been a 3 hour time limit. The new default is 12 hours.
12. Fixed: 3D Pong did not render properly.
13. Fixed: 3D Pong had too much drag on the ball, causing dead balls, after extended play.
14. Changed: 3D Theater View and 3D Visualizations use a more accurate clock system for moving the world and handling physics.
15. Changed: Theater View "into" animation fades out as it zooms.
16. Fixed: In Theater View, into animations would not play when using the right-arrow in details mode to enter an item.
17. NEW: Added some more art updates.
18. Fixed: Should be the right DCRaw.exe file this time.
19. New: Raw decode quality settings available in playback->Image options.
20. New: Raw decode cache settings available in playback->image options.  Cache directory setting there.
21. Fixed: Importing iTunes 7 playlists (saved as a txt file) not working.

[KingSparta]

14. Fixed: Visual Basic interface plugin controls could use skin coloring, even with skinning disabled.

Excellent

Thank You....

[glynor]

If you're new to MC, please use MC11.1 from our download page here:
http://www.jrmediacenter.com/download.html

This latest build (usually safe) of MC12.0 is here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/MC12/MediaCenter120091.exe

Almost tricked me into downloading MC11.1 again.  Sneaky monkey. 

[Griff]

15. Fixed: Theater View textures (buttons, text, etc.) could look torn through the middle

Fixed here.

Thanks

[Griff]

Woops

Spoke to soon,

Menus and fonts are ok,

but Thumbs (in theater mode) still have the split at bottom left.

[RobOK]

In 12.0.90, having frozen MC.  Had just turned Auto stuff back on .

In task list, two items show up and disappear every 30 seconds.

JRthumb.exe with a small footprint and

DCraw.exe with 50K or more memory used and over 50% CPU on that one task.

I have a bunch of NEF files, I might guess the raw program is having trouble with them.

[dcwebman]

5. Fixed: If "Name" was listed twice in the tag window, editing either would always edit the second one.

Thanks!

[lalittle]

5. Fixed: If "Name" was listed twice in the tag window, editing either would always edit the second one.

This is fixed for "date" as well.

Thanks,

Larry

[RobOK]

Thumbnails are being rebuilt from scratch it seems with this build.  Maybe?  It seems I suddenly have a lot of thumbnailing going on.

Under C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\J River\Media Center 12\Thumbnails

I have two folders for thumbnails, one is 160 MB and one is 320 MB.  Can I delete the older one?   Would it be normal to have multiple folders.... ah, I just thought of it, is it one per Library?

[raym]

15. Fixed: Theater View textures (buttons, text, etc.) could look torn through the middle.

This is substantially better than in previous builds - Thankyou!! I'm not seeing the "tear" in the main menu anymore and MOST fonts are ok EXCEPT I'm still seeing the same font distortion for:-

a) fonts appearing underneath Thumbs AND
b) fonts appearing in the final level of a list hierarchy.

Looks like we're getting closer now... Thanks again.

[lalittle]

There is still a problem where pre-defined Tag choices (as defined by the "Values" entered in the "Configure Library Field" window) do NOT show up until they've already been used once.  I outlined the steps to point out this issue in the previous build thread, but I'll repeat them below.  Note that this was not a problem with earlier versions of MC12, nor is it a problem with MC11, where if you define specific "Values" in the "Configure Library Field" box, they ALWAYS show up as choices when editing this field.  With MC12, you have NO idea what your choices are unless these values have already been used on at least one file, and this is necessary for EVERY file type in your library.

This is a fairly main issue to me since the whole point of defining "Values" for the field is so that I can easily select them from a list even if NO file is currently tagged with any given value.

Thanks,

Larry

Here are the steps to reproduce this issue:

Create a new library field.  Call it "Test Field," and change the "Data Type" to "List (semicolon delimited)."  In the "Values" box type "XXX;YYY;ZZZ" and make the Edit Type" "Standard."  Hit okay.

Now go to the TW and in the "Also Show" list put a check next to "Test Field" so that this field will show up in the TW.  Highlight a track and click on the "Test Field" tag in the TW.  Notice that even though you defined three specific possible values for this field, you are given NO checkboxes from which to select "XXX, YYY, or ZZZ."  You are instead given an empty window.  If you did not already know what the possible choices were, you would have no idea how to use this field.

If you select "Add New Tag" from the bottom of the "Test Field" Tag Window and manually type in "XXX," you will NOW have an "XXX" checkbox on any of the files you select.  You will still NOT see, however, the "YYY" or "ZZZ" choices that you set up this field to have.  Also, if you click on a different file type (like a video file) you will once again be offered NO checkboxes at all.

When defining specific "Values" for a library field, you should always have ALL the checkboxes available regardless of whether or not they have been used in the library yet.  This is how MC12 used to work, and it's how MC11 still works.  If you to through the same steps in MC11, you will be offered the three choices you definined -- XXX, YYY, and ZZZ (as well as the "blank" value) -- whenever you edit the field.

Thanks again.

[dcwebman]

I'm not sure Otto is working. I have "Run auto-import in background" checked (I assume that was the option as before). I copied some files into my music folders and started version 91. It's been 30 minutes and the files have not been imported yet.

I ran Auto-import Now and the files were imported.

[KeystoneCop]

this is still a BUG





when you click to edit the name field........




It would be NICE to see the whole name.



While your at it.. PLEASE add the drop down of all SELECTED NAMES.

Thanks.

added this does the same thing

[dcwebman]

12. Fixed: Library backups could fail. (introduced with build 90)

And they still do. At least I get a message that says "Library backup failed" but the backup looks like it got created. Backing up to a network drive if that matters.

[lalittle]

And they still do. At least I get a message that says "Library backup failed" but the backup looks like it got created. Backing up to a network drive if that matters.

I'm still seeing this as well.  I'm not backing up to a network drive, so apparently that isn't the issue.

Larry

[sithlord0338]

i'm still seeing a "library backup failed" message even though the backup is created.

[4BYE]

Hello,

Font look better but in text under thumbs I get still some distorted fonts.

Backup made but says "FAILED".
Can't make backups when in AUDIO etc. only in START menu

[park]

Playing podcasts (streamed): The file ends waaay before the actual file should end and jumps to the next track. I've checked that "play entire file" is checked to make sure that it wasnt playing in preview mode.

[raym]

An asthetic observation...

When navigating in theater view, the list items or thumbnails are animated from top to bottom as you drill down into a view hierachy. If you go back and then return into the same view level, the list/thumbs are animated in a random order. The top down approach looks better to me.

Thanks.

[4BYE]

Hello,

Just checked Library Server but still the same, does load but then there's nothing in the library!
I renamed my library.

[rpalmer68]

Hello,

Just checked Library Server but still the same, does load but then there's nothing in the library!

1) Same problem here, Library loads normally but there's nothing there and MC prompts to import.

2) I have lost my Auto Import Folders that I had defined locally on the client machine to import my recorded video files.  If I define them again they work until I load the library from the server then they vanish again.

Richard

[mobyfrag]

this is still a BUG

when you click to edit the name field........


It would be NICE to see the whole name.
While your at it.. PLEASE add the drop down of all SELECTED NAMES.

Thanks.

added this does the same thing

Yes, I find also that very awkward. 

10. NEW: Added an "Edit Playlist" menu item for playlist right-click to open in the Action Window.
11. NEW: Added an "Edit" button to the top of a playlist view.

Thank you very very much!! 

Nice day

[dcwebman]

Since all the icons are being re-worked for MC 12, is it possible to get a different icon for the Recent Imported playlist than the Scheduler? Right now they're identical.

Speaking of icons, the Startup icon in the Options menu is a white flag. In my NASCAR experience, a white flag is one more lap to go until the finish. It should be a green flag there.

[Dutch Peter]

Reported earlier:

In theater view I have tried to search 'U2' but numbers or not an option.
There is U, and then U_ (space), UA, AB, etc .....

[ChrisRainman]

When using MC in other languages than english I cannot use rules anymore. They fail due to the automatic field translations.

Example:

Rename file from properties:

EN: If(ISEQUAL([Album],Unknown 04 Album),[Artist] - [Name],[Track #] - [Artist] - [Name])
GE: If(ISEQUAL([Album],Unknown 04 Album),[Interpret] - [Name],[Track #] - [Interpret] - [Name])

=> the field [Interpret] doesn't exist so the rule fails!

Field names should never be translated! Now that MC is international it should allow to use rules also for other languages.

[GHammer]

Go to Audio Artist/Album
Backup the library from File Library Backup library
MC is non-responsive and must be terminated from task manager.

I've waited as long as 30 minutes in case, as suggested before, some thumbnail building was taking place.

[StFeder]

When moving the mouse round the filelist (Playing now, Library etc.) the seeking bar, time display and the spectrum analyzer hangs and sometimes, cannot reproduce it for sure, it starts to skip playback.

[raym]

14. NEW: When opening a Media Center library that's already in use by another computer, a read-only version will be opened. (each user computer will have its own thumbnail cache, like with Library Server)

The warning message which appears when the library is in use gets hidden by the splash screen.