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[Alex B]

12.0.474 (4/10/2008)

1. Changed: When expanding thumbnail sizes, the view will center on the selected item if it's visible instead of the center of the viewport.
2. NEW: Clicking the stack icon (when in thumbnail view) will expand or collapse the stack.
3. NEW: Clicking the stack icon column (anywhere in that column) when in details view will expand or collapse the stack.
4. NEW: Can use [Alternate Settings] token in "Customize Display..." of the player text display. ( example: If([Alternate Settings], Alternate, Normal) )
5. Changed: Audio Analyzer will no longer process Audible files.
6. Fixed: Bitstream errors in old APE files (v3.92 or earlier) could cause a crash.
7. Changed: If an input plugin encounters an unhandled error during decoding, the player may be able to catch it and treat it like an end-of-file instead of crashing.
8. NEW: Recommendation page (Services & Plug-ins/Suggestions) now has links to Amazon pages (if they exist) for preview and purchase.
9. Fixed: Jpeg files; keywords didn't get removed from XMP tags (so they reappeared).
10. NEW: Image editor saves changes to the library and doesn't alter the physical disk file.  Open the editor again to undo / redo.  Use "Save File..." to save a physical disk file.
11. NEW: Added USM sharpening to the image editor.
12: NEW: Revised how the image editor toolbox and history is presented.


12.0.475 (4/11/2008)

1. Fixed: Opening the handheld action window, then dropping items on a handheld in the tree would not update the Action Window.
2. Fixed: Wait messages could contain truncated text.
3. NEW: DirectShow video playback properties "Aspect Ratio" and "Zoom level" are saved in database (in "Playback Info" field).
4. Changed: Image editor rotation uses the toolbox like other tools, and adds 3D rotation.
5. NEW: Added white balance system to image editor -- can get white point from image, or be adjusted with parameters. (saved parametrically)
6. Fixed: Thumbnails view was creating (and destroying) stack icons on every draw of every stack thumbnail.
7. Updated: Dcraw updated to 8.85.
8. NEW: Recommendation page now shows cover art and tracks can be double-clicked to directly play 30 second samples from Amazon.
9. Changed: Text stamp tool in image editor is parametric, so that it can be saved in the library more efficiently.


12.0.476 (4/14/2008)

1. Changed: If all files in a view are deleted after entering a search, the search will be cleared.
2. Fixed: When searching at a library root, the list could incorrectly say "no results -- double-click here to search entire library".
3. Changed: In an edit control, a triple-click will select all of the text.
4. Fixed: Internal view state database could work incorrectly in highly-threaded scenarios.
5. Changed: When resizing video window, the video position relative to window (video scrolling) is maintained (instead of being reset to "center").
6. Fixed: The search box could lose focus when a view was updated while typing.
7. Changed: "Cover Art" and "Locate" tools are shown in the main "Tools" menu, instead of only in the right-click menu.
8. Changed: Background auto-import will more slowly gather missing cover art to reduce system load.
9. Changed: Revised how "Your Library" is displayed in the cover art dialog to be more clear when art is in your library and on the server.
10. Fixed: The tab / arrow order on confirmation popups was reversed.
11. Fixed: Closing the image editor could shift the focus to a different program.
12. NEW: For DX video playback, "Crop Edges" option and video center offset (scroll position) are saved in the database.
13. NEW: "Crop Edges" option for DX video playback is now available on right-click menu.
14. Changed: Change of options that are saved in the database is no longer saved in registry when they are changed by means of right-click menu or OSD menu. Changes carried out on Options window are saved in the registry and become the default settings for all files that do not have individual settings.


12.0.477 (4/15/2008)

1. Changed: Stack right click menu reworked.
2. NEW: Error Check and Correct stack function added to right click menu.
3. NEW: DX Video player saves stream selection (audio, video and subtitle) in database.
4. Changed: Added monitor aspect ratios (5x4, 16x9, 16x10) to image editor crop tool. (useful for making wallpaper)
5. NEW: Image editor uses more advanced levelling tool.  Provides exposure compensation, contrast adjustment, and saturation adjustment.
6. Changed: Slight improvement to how cover art voting is managed when using the cover art dialog.
7. NEW: Image editor provides more advanced sharpening interface, and adds wide-band USM "clarity" as well.
8. Fixed: Artist info links would not work properly when launched from the toolbar.


12.0.478 (4/16/2008)

1. Fixed: Paging down on a scrollbar with subsequent fast clicks would only accept every other click.
2. Optimized: Improved off-screen buffer management for all windows to provide faster rendering during scrolls or other animations.
3. Optimized: Thumbnail list drawing is up to twice as fast.
4. Fixed: A tooltip could appear, and then reappear slightly shifted if the mouse was moved in a certain way.
5. Fixed: The 'Home' key works more logically in grouped list controls.
6. Fixed: Missed an error count in the stack checker.
7. Fixed: Autoimport wasn't fixing the stacks after removing files from DB.
8. NEW: The stack icon column in details view is now sortable.  (Sorta.)
9. Fixed: "Check for Updates" would show the "No updates available" dialog behind the program.
10. Fixed: Image editor resizing wouldn't properly round when maintaining aspect ratio.
11. Changed: Some formatting changes to the Tag Action Window. (name & date are not treated specially, <varies> is now Artist Varies, etc.)
12. Fixed: The image editor would switch the toolbar text mode of the main program.
13. NEW: Added the ability to transfer files from iPod's (and any other device that is assigned a drive-letter) to the PC.


12.0.479 (4/17/2008)

1. Optimized: Thumbnails are pre-buffered to make viewing and scrolling in thumbnail lists smoother. (all cache memory is released when switching views or minimizing the program)
2. NEW: Video conversion (to WMV) will honor user's choice of streams.
3. Changed: Stack tooltips slightly more informative.
4. Fixed: Stack issue where the stack engine was storing 0xffffffff when it should have been storing -1.
5. Fixed: Get Cover Art dialog better sizes to large font settings.
6. Changed: Revised how "Choose best result" works so that it won't replace local art not on the server with smaller server art.
7. Changed: Get Cover Art uses a smaller item in the art list for items with no art.


12.0.480

For internal testing only


12.0.481 (4/18/2008)

1. NEW: When moving the thumbnail slider to the biggest setting, the list enters a special mode that always keeps exactly one item visible and doesn't allow partial, messy looking scrolling.
2. Fixed: During YADB Track Info lookup, a bad server result could cause a crash.
3. Fixed: HH Conversion Cache would not save a file unless one had an insane amount of disk space left.
4. Changed: Added more logging to playback startup to help trouble-shoot playback issues.
5. Fixed: Sometimes a popup confirmation could stay on the screen while running a tool until the tool finished.
6. NEW: Image Editor remembers its last window position between uses.
7. Fixed: When enlarging thumbnails, the selected thumbnail would not be centered if the scroll was at the top position in the list.
8. Fixed: Right click stack menu commands should show up in the MRU.  (Not just search.)
9. Fixed: Set Stack Top not an option for a file that is already the stack top.
10. Changed: Stack icon column removed as default from some views.
11. NEW: An iPhone/iPod Touch can now be ejected.
11. Fixed: Disconnecting or reconnecting an iPhone/iPod Touch could crash the program. (Disconnecting during a transfer may still cause a crash.)
12. Changed: Some views allowed stack actions when it wasn't appropriate.  Right click menus and stack icon clicks are vetted at the view.
13. Changed: Some stack commands added to the mccommands list.  (Expand, collapse, etc.)
14. Fixed: Click-n-drag to select text in the search box or other custom edit control would not work properly.


12.0.482 (4/21/2008)

1. Fixed: Replay Gain values could get truncated to the nearest integer during analysis.
2. Fixed: Arrow up and down didn't work nicely when the thumbnail slider was locked to one image per view.
3. Fixed: Ripped file names always had ".wav" in them (e.g. SongName.wav.mp3).
4. Fixed: Get Cover Art dialog could truncate the text on the result items.
5. Fixed: Clicking "Browse..." in the Rename Files From Properties dialog wouldn't update the base path until the mouse passed over the base path.
6. Fixed: Sometimes etched divider lines on dialogs would not draw properly.
7. Fixed: Stack information added to non grouped tooltips.
8. Fixed: When adding a watch folder in Options > Library & Folders, other settings changes made on the dialog would be discarded.
9. Changed: The mode picker below My Computer views better honors skin effects.
10. Changed: Removed threading from tooltip window to fix possible hangs / crashes (to return at a later date).
11. Changed: Selection position for right click menus is now the item that was right clicked on.
12. NEW: When creating a stack via the right click menu it will use the file that was clicked as the top.  (See item 10.)
13. NEW: Pane positioning (top, left, right) is stored on a per view scheme basis.


12.0.483 (4/22/2008)

1. Changed: When a truncation tooltip is showing, it no longer blocks a regular tooltip from showing.
2. Fixed: Importing Action Window progress could truncate the "Searching: [path]" text.
3. Fixed: Multi-threaded text drawing (thumbnail lists, etc.) could have drawing artifacts.
4. Fixed: When Stack is called from the MRU list the current right click item is set.


12.0.484 (4/22/2008)

1. Fixed: Ape encoder registration could fail.
2. Changed: Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR) is used (when available) for WinTV PVR and other hardware-encoding MPEG-2 TV devices. Experimental.
3. Changed: Web home page added for media 'Suggestions' under Services & Plugins. Also some enhancements to the list view.
4. Fixed: TV time-shifting would not work for WinTV PVR 150 if JRiver Video Codec was selected for software compression on Vista.
5. NEW: After Autostack the user is asked if they would like to type in a filetype to use to select the top file.


12.0.485 (4/23/2008)

1. Fixed: If a message box was shown before the skinning engine was loaded it could crash (like after the crash recovery).
2. Changed: When scrolling a list showing only one thumbnail, it will always select (only) the visible item, so that delete, tag, etc. work on the visible file.
3. Fixed: Recommendation engine was ignoring the enable/disable option setting in some cases.


12.0.486 (4/23/2008)

1. Fixed: Standard controls like edits would not work properly on certain dialogs.
2. Changed: Italian translation updated (thanks, Massimo).
3. Updated: Start page.

[Alex B]

12.0.487 (4/24/2008)

1. NEW: Added revised red eye removal tool to the image editor.
2. Fixed: Possible crash when viewing a file list.
3. Optimized: Checking for file existence in a list is done in a low priority background thread, so that unavailable network drives, etc. can not lag the program.
4. Fixed: After drawing a red file missing X on a file, the program wouldn't detect when the file was no longer missing.
5. Changed: Alexicons show special status images for file missing, playback error, and playing instead of showing the cover art.
6. Changed: Improved image editor text stamping tool.
7. Optimized: View schemes that included a grouped field (i.e. A-C, D-F, etc.) will load much faster.
8. Optimized: Album grouping (for album thumbnails lists, etc.) is faster.


12.0.488 (4/25/2008)

1. Optimized: Improved performance of core string system, helping performance everywhere.
2. Optimized: Panes in library views require less memory.
3. Optimized: The Podcasting engine could update the UI more than necessary.
4. Fixed: Files from a portable install using (Install Drive):\ filenames would not update from external changes properly with auto-import.
5. Fixed: Image editor toolbar would draw incorrectly with some skins.
6. Fixed: TV Time-shifting with WinTV PVR 150 device using "Hardware Encoding" profile did not work on Vista (EC_ERRORABORT message flashes on screen, and MC reverts to no time-shifting).
7. Changed: Time-shifting media data files have changed. This should be internal change that should be transparent to users.


12.0.489 (4/29/2008)

1. Changed: Audio file types that are played in DirectShow are not analyzed during Auto-import.
2. Changed: Audio file types that are playable in native playback engine only via DirectShow are analyzed (in Audio Analyze tool) only if the user chooses to play the types in DirectShow (for example if you do not choose to play m4a files in DirectShow, they will not be analyzed).
3. Changed: Print Wizard uses updated user interface system. (should be internal change only)
4. Changed: Print Wizard is sizable.
5. NEW: "Haali Video Renderer" is included in the video renderer list for DVD and DirectShow Video playback.
6. Changed: Narrower space between pictures when printing pictures in "Passport Photo (2x2) Mode".
7. Changed: "Divx Subtitle Source" filter is excluded from the "Source Filters" list because it pops up "Open File" dialog window when loaded.
8. Changed: Revised internal workings of image code, launcher, and setup finalizer (should be internal change only).
9. Changed: Renamed "Rename Files From Properties" to "Rename, Move, & Copy Files".
10. Changed: Removed redundant tools "Move Disk Files" and "Copy Disk Files". (use Rename, Move, & Copy Files tool)
11. NEW: Added Greek translation (thanks, Apostolos [sorry this took so long]).
12. NEW: Added Albanian translation (thanks, Bestar).
13. Changed: DirectShow filters that do not have one of the key words "Source", "File", "Splitter", "read", "pump", "parser" are no longer tested for inclusion in the "Source Filters" list. This will make MC less likely to crash due to bad filters, but may accidentally exclude some true source filters. Let us know if you know a source filter that you would like to use but it does not appear in the list.
14. Changed: Library Tool > Find & Replace defaults to no selected fields instead of all fields selected.
15. Changed: Added "Edit View Scheme..." to the bottom of the View Settings menu in the header of all library views.
16. Optimized: Improved the drawing speed of grouped details views.
17. Changed: Theater View Videos view has "All Files (by date)" and "All Files (by name)" in the Views menu.


12.0.490 (4/30/2008)

1. Fixed: UNC path browsing in Disk Location view schemes did not work properly in the tree.
2. Fixed: Pasting strings with unsupported characters (tabs, non-printables, etc.) into the search box would do nothing.
3. Fixed: Cleaned up some wording with Rename, Move, & Copy Files tool.
4. Fixed: Possible crash while analyzing audio using the popup dialog.
5. NEW: Audio Analyzer dialog is sizable, remembers last position, and doesn't disable the list during processing.
6. NEW: Audio Analyzer dialog can run multiple analyze processes at once. (defaults to 2)
7. Fixed: Holding shift while drawing a right-click lasso in a list wouldn't do additive selection.
8. Changed: Dropping files to transfer on a handheld while it's gathering the files already on the device will show a wait message (with cancel) instead of doing nothing.
9. Optimized: Generic storage card devices or user-created virtual devices gather files the first time the handheld is used, instead of at startup. (so missing network drives, mapping a huge drive, etc. won't cause performance issues)
10. Optimized: Improved performance of list rendering when viewing handheld transfer progress.
11. Fixed: When adding a file that's already in Playing Now to the end of Playing Now, playback would begin with the first instance of the file.
12. Changed: The default restored size of the main application is 80% of the screen instead of a hard-coded value in the skin. (program starts maximized by default)
13. Changed: Revised how list style (details, thumbnails, etc.) is saved so that if it is changed to the default mode for a view, the list style will automatically adapt to the media types in the list.
14. Changed: Track Info visualizations create the generated HTML file in the temporary folder instead of the Program Files folder (to avoid permissions issues).


12.0.491 (5/2/2008)

1. NEW: New internal database format used to store filenames, reducing total memory footprint of the database by over 50% in many cases.
2. Fixed: When filling cover art from a URL, the image could be unnecessarily reencoded as a new JPEG. (non-JPEG images are intentionally converted to JPEG)
3. Optimized: Removing files from a large Playing Now or large playlist is much faster.
4. Fixed: Printer configuration button in Print Wizard would not show the printer properties.
5. Optimized: Improved performance of database saving.
6. Fixed: Recommendation engine could stall MC's shutdown process.
7. Changed: DVD player now can handle aspect ratio correctly even if the video is resized by a post-processing filter (e.g. FFDShow).
8. Changed: Changed how analog TV channels are played with Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600 device. Experimental.
9. Fixed: Rip filenames with dots in them were not working.
10. Fixed: Library Server could crash on starting/stopping, after an unsuccessful startup.
11. Fixed: Crash while clicking around the podcasts fixed.
12. Changed: Some code changes in DVD playback, to head off potential crashes due to bad DirectShow system or filters. Also added more logging.


12.0.492 (5/2/2008)

1. Optimized: Panes fill and refresh faster.


12.0.493 (5/6/2008)

1. Fixed: TWAIN scanning was not working properly.
2. Optimized: Panes with many items fill and refresh much faster.
3. Fixed: Edit Image changes were not being applied to pix01 galleries.
4. Fixed: (Hopefully fixed) When switching digital TV channel immediately after starting another channel, MC would sometimes behave strangely.
5. Changed: On the right click menu.  Play and Add to Playing Now will not honor position.  Creating a stack will honor the position.
6. NEW: Added option to ignore (and not ignore) leading articles (a, an & the) in artist names when transferred to an iPod.
7. Fixed: Tab controls could obscure internal controls.
8. Fixed: Thumbnails could be erroneously reset during thumbnail database compacting.
9. Fixed: Using the /SilentImport command when the program was not running could cause a crash.
10. Changed: When drawing multiline text, if all the lines can't be rendered, a ... will be added to the end of the last line.
11. Fixed: Some Action Window text would not truncate properly when the window was too small to display it all.


12.0.494 (5/7/2008)

1. Fixed: Theater View weather was not working.
2. Changed: Theater View weather shows external links at the bottom of the forecast list. (required by Weather.com license)
3. Fixed: Videos not getting imported (acquired) from some cameras.
4. Optimized: Picking a pane value no longer updates panes to the left. (only applies when bidirectional filtering is disabled)
5. Optimized: Improved how panes query the database to reduce the number of searches run.
6. Optimized: Panes use less memory.
7. Fixed: Smartlist editor would not work nicely with fields that had more than 100,000 choices.
8. Optimized: Grouping library fields (panes, tile views, etc.) is faster.


12.0.495 (5/8/2008)

1. Optimized: Grouping library fields for panes, tile views, etc. is faster.
2. Optimized: Sorting library field groupings uses multiple threads, improving performance on multi-core systems.
3. Fixed: Default list values weren't working correctly in Smartlists.
4. Changed: Added 8x10, 11x14, and 12x18 printing formats to the print wizard. (large formats only show up for large format printers)


12.0.496 (5/9/2008)

1. Changed: Theater View list navigation using number keys (1: home; 0: end; 2...9: SMS letters) supports the number pad.
2. Fixed: When calculating a handheld sync, smartlists will always be reevaluated instead of using the last evaluation to ensure they are current.
3. NEW: Theater View SMS-style searching allows searching on any number of characters. (0 to 2 seconds: roll last character; 3 to 5 seconds: add new character; over 5 seconds starts a new search) (press 1 to quickly clear the search)
4. Fixed: Unable to convert CUE file tracks to another format.
5. NEW: Added option to not show scrollbars in Theater View. (Options > Theater View > Advanced)
6. Changed: On Vista with UAC enabled, the screensaver would not be disabled when a detached display was fullscreen.
7. Changed: Added Options > General > Jump on play > Display View (if has display, even in Playing Now) that jumps to display view, even when viewing Playing Now.
8. Changed: File right-click playback options like "Play (shuffled)" are less buried.


12.0.497 (5/12/2008)

1. Fixed: Doing audio analysis on multiple files at once could cause a deadlock.
2. Changed: The default check for updates frequency is daily instead of bi-weekly. (configurable in Options)
3. Fixed: Playback from the right-click menu would start on the selected file instead of the first file. (only applies to 496)
4. Fixed: Playing images while playing Radio would disengage Radio mode.
5. Changed: 'Delete from handheld any files not in sync list' no longer deletes files other than those found in sub-folders of the base media paths.
6. Changed: The Sort=Random Smartlist modifier has replaced with the Shuffle modifier in the Smartlist editor.
7. Changed: French translation updated (thanks Guillaume & Jean-Guy).
8. Fixed: Assorted Thumbnail database fields now tagged as file specific fields.  (IE stacks will not copy changes to all stack files.)


12.0.498 (5/13/2008)

1. Changed: Greek translation updated (thanks, Apostolos).
2. Fixed: Doing a permanent file delete in a thumbnail list could hang when asking about removing empty folders.
3. Fixed: Grouped file lists at the bottom of a library view could draw incorrect art.
4. Fixed: Playback from the right-click menu using the MRU choices would start on the selected file instead of the first file.
5. Changed: Slight tweaking to how the cover art download dialog picks between using the same local image and a new server image.
6. Changed: Internal changes to how some user interface is created (should be internal change only).

[Alex B]

12.0.499 (5/14/2008)

1. Fixed: The skinning engine no longer skins TWAIN scanning dialogs when invoked from the right-click menu Cover Art > Get From Scanner.
2. NEW: Right-clicking on the thumbnail size slider (at the top right of thumbnail views) will toggle between full size and the last thumbnail size.
3. Fixed: When moving the thumbnail size slider, the slider position could lag behind the list size change.
4. Fixed: When showing a view that fills in a background thread (smartlist, My Computer, etc.) the thumbnail slider would not always properly appear.
5. NEW: When typing in an expression editing control, function names and field names will auto-complete. (i.e. type "[Ar" and "tist]" will fill in)
6. Changed: Switched the auto-complete combobox used for in-place or Tag window editing to a JRiver control -- providing better performance, skinning, and flexibility.
7. Fixed: The smartlist editor could (sort of) incorrectly allow vertical sizing if grabbing the border at just the right point.
8. NEW: A crude version of Video Mixing Renderer 9 Renderless mode in Video file and DVD playback. Think of this as a teaser. There are quite some problems to be solved.
9. Fixed: Ctrl+U to roll through list styles could get stuck on details.


12.0.500 (5/15/2008)

1. Fixed: The large thumbnail column could show the wrong image when clicking between albums in panes.
2. Fixed: MC hid behind another application when displaying "DVD Playback Settings" dialog or "Select Filters" dialog.
3. Fixed: VMR9 Renderless mode color problem.
4. Fixed: Reduced the number of 'Duplicate' files reported in the device transfer queue.
5. Fixed: Creating a stack would use an existing stack top even if it wasn't in the selection which would break the existing stack.
6. NEW: Add file to stack.  Select one stack (or part of ONE stack) and any number of unstacked files and this will add them to that stack.
7. Fixed: User options not getting saved (broken in 12.0.498).


12.0.501 (5/16/2008)

1. Fixed: Video size was wrong in VMR9 Renderless Mode.
2. Fixed: Video "Crop Edges" option did not work in VMR9 Renderless Mode.
3. Fixed: The build hand held cache function was leaving orphaned temp files in the DB.
4. Fixed: The build hand held cache function was not copying DB fields to cache files.


12.0.502 (5/19/2008)

1. Fixed: The build hand held cache function was not dealing with .'s in file names appropriately.
2. Fixed: Smartlists containing the special value <empty> weren't working.


12.0.503 (5/20/2008)

1. Fixed: Handheld conversion was creating files in the form of xxx.ape.mp3.
2. NEW: Logging added to handheld cache builder.


12.0.504 (5/20/2008)

1. Fixed: The enter key was not properly supported in some large edit controls.
2. Fixed: Vertical scrolling was not possible in some large edit controls.
3. Changed: Tweaked how large edit values like notes, lyrics, etc. are displayed in the Tag Action Window.
4. Fixed: Auto-truncation tooltips could be shifted slightly upwards in file lists.
5. Changed: Tooltips better handle long strings.
6. Changed: Translation files updated.
7. Fixed: Handheld cache builder wasn't writing tags to the files.


12.0.505 (5/23/2008)

1. Fixed: Some read-only edit controls in the Smartlist editor would allow typing.
2. Changed: Thunbnail read-ahead caching will never use more than 1/8 of available physical memory. (again, all memory is released on view switch or minimize of the program)
3. NEW: Xvid file type is added to File Associations and DX playback types.
4. Fixed: Smartlist editor not handling the Keywords, People, Places and Events fields correctly.
5. Fixed(?): Handheld cache builder was confused tagwise.
6. Changed: Internal changes to JRReader (should be internal change only).
7. Fixed: Popup dialogs could appear at the top left corner of the screen in some cases.
8. Fixed: Slow-double click in the tree would allow renaming items that couldn't be renamed.
9. Fixed: Podcasting could stop downloading if a network error occurred.
10. Fixed: When viewing a grouped details view, the thumbnail image could fill in row-by-row instead of all at once.
11. Optimized: Revised how thumbnails are queued in details lists to help performance.


12.0.506 (5/27/2008)

1. Fixed: Shift+Up/Down would not work as expected in some multi-line edit boxes.
2. Fixed: Theater View thumbnail views could scroll slowly.
3. Fixed: File lists in Theater View could display with overlapping borders and text.
4. Fixed: The Theater View weather configuration dialog was not working properly.
5. Fixed: Showing full page thumbnails, then switching to Details would show an incorrect view.
6. Changed: Pane auto-sizing more elegantly handles outliers.
7. Fixed: Grayed checkboxes weren't drawing properly in Action Window > Tag lists.
8. Changed: When opening a list-type field in the Tag Action Window, the keyboard focus will be in the value list instead of the edit.
9. Fixed: The option to delete files not in sync was not working properly for iPods.
10. Fixed: Smartlist durations like hours, minutes, seconds would not work properly when using a non-English language.
11. Optimized: Improved performance of starting large tagging jobs.
12. Fixed: Some commands like toggling pane tagging would route to the first view in a split view instead of the active view.
13. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar & Daniel2k).
14. Fixed: List-type fields that used a comma were being incorrectly parsed.
15. Fixed: Podcasting would sometimes incorrectly display "No Internet connection"
16. Fixed: In-place editing of list-type fields could cause a crash.
17. Changed: Several usability enhancements to in-place list field editing.
18. Changed: Revised the tooltip timings to be less aggressive.


12.0.507 (5/28/2008)

1. NEW: Added new Panes mode "Panes On Top (thin)" available in the View header > Options menu for any library view.
2. Fixed: Copying out of some multi-line edits and pasting into an external program would not preserve line breaks.
3. Fixed: Searching for image file is "Inside File" didn't work.
4. Fixed: FLV splitter installer was looking for previously installed file in wrong folder.
5. Fixed: Multi-channel files could fail to play on some Vista sound devices when using Direct Sound playback.
6. Fixed: Podcasting engine was not updating the user interface properly after some changes.
7. Changed: Internal changes to JRReader, and components that use it, removed obsolete interface (IGeneralReader). (Should be internal change only.)
8. Fixed: Podcasting engine would sometime underestimate disc space available.
9. Changed: DirectShow source filter enumeration is now done in a JRWorker process.
10. Fixed: Logging bug in JRWorker.
11. NEW: When using "Panes On Top (thin)" an alphabet is presented in the drop list if there are more than 100 items.


12.0.508 (5/30/2008)

1. NEW: Panes On Top (thin) alphabet is replaced by a search box. (alphabet still available from search box drop menu)
2. Optimized: Panes On Top (thin) fill on-demand so they take no measurable overhead in a view until used.
3. Changed: Tuned how searching works when there is a pane selection.
4. Fixed: Setting cover art on a collapsed stack would fail if cover art was set to be saved in the same folder as the file.
5. Optimized: Loading and unloading a large database is faster.
6. Fixed: If convert if necessary was set the build cache function would create the cache file even if it wasn't needed.


12.0.509 (5/30/2008)

1. Fixed: Shell extensions could crash.


12.0.510 (6/2/2008)

1. Fixed: Tree skinning would not properly support a background image (only applies to last build).
2. Fixed: Panes on the sides of a view would not show all headers (only applies to last build).
3. Fixed: Stability / thumbnail problem affecting build 509.


12.0.511 (6/5/2008)

1. NEW: In DVD playback with "VMR9 Renderlesss Mode", the renderer switches to fullscreen exclusive mode when MC's display window is maximized.
2. Changed: dts and ac3 files are imported as audio with bare minimum fields if importing using DirectShow fails.
3. Fixed: Popup dialogs could show behind the program if Media Center wasn't focused when they were shown.
4. Changed: Revised how DirectSound routes audio in multi-channel systems.
5. NEW: Added "All Channels" option to DirectSound configuration that may be necessary on some systems to get cloning of stereo to more speakers.
6. Fixed: Foreign comment tags could be unnecessarily removed from the ID3v2 tag during tag saving.
7. Fixed: With Mini View at the corner of the screen, popup dialogs could appear partially off the screen.
8. Fixed: Moving a folder under My Computer in the tree would break the library links.
9. Fixed: "Reset Selection" would always show for panes that performed a filter even with nothing selected. (like Disk Location with a base path, etc.)
10. Fixed: Smartlist Editor was not working properly with list-type fields.


12.0.512 (6/5/2008)

1. Fixed: Track Info pages that linked to other pages wouldn't work properly.
2. Optimized: Core database file access is faster.


12.0.513 (6/9/2008)

1. NEW: In DX video playback with "VMR9 Renderlesss Mode", the renderer switches to fullscreen exclusive mode when MC's display window is maximized.
2. Optimized: Panes On Top (thin) views are faster.
3. Changed: Improved keyboard navigation when searching inside Panes On Top (thin). (up / down / enter / escape)
4. Changed: Revised how the alphabet for Panes On Top (thin) works so it only enters a single letter.
5. Changed: The search box with Panes On Top (thin) treats a single letter as a "begins with" search instead of a search anywhere rule.
6. Changed: Panes On Top (thin) searching only searches from the start of words, so "loy" won't return "pink floyd" but will return "lester loyd".
7. Changed: Cross-fade (aggressive) does not fade down the end of a song when mixing with a new song. (but still fades the old song when manually switching tracks before the end)
8. Fixed: From the main search box, picking "Wizard...", then entering a rule, wouldn't leave the search box in wizard mode.
9. Changed: Grouping headers in file lists are less prominent.
10. Fixed: Gridlines were not drawing properly in the panes.
11. Changed: When converting audio for playback on Tivo or UPnP devices, the format will be changed to 44.1 KHz stereo.
12. Fixed: Some Audible files would not play properly on UPnP devices.
13. Optimized: Improved performance of panes with bi-directional filtering enabled.
14. Changed: With bi-directional pane filtering enabled, panes later in the filter order are reset to "All" when changing a pane earlier in the filter order. (use Reset Selection to start over and define a new filter order)
15. Optimized: Significantly shortened the time it takes for "Choose DirectShow Filters" dialog to initialize and appear.
16. Fixed: Sorting presets saved in Customize Current View would not be preserved.
17. NEW: Delete Confirmation dialog offers the option to delete stack files. (Defaults to checked if all stacks are collapsed. If checked will delete all stack files even for expanded stacks.)

[Alex B]

12.0.514 (6/12/2008)

1. Changed: More logging in VMR9 Renderless Mode.
2. Changed: In VMR9 Renderless mode, if we fail to create a fullscreen exclusive rendering device, we retry by creating a windowed device.
3. Optimized: Resizing pieces of the interface using a view splitter updates faster.
4. Changed: Reversed a previous change on how analog TV channels are played with Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1600 device.
5. Fixed: Tabbing through Panes On Top (thin) was not possible.
6. Fixed: With bidirectional panes, selecting a middle pane value and then selecting "All" in the same pane would not update all the panes.
7. Fixed: Importing iTunes playlists wasn't parsing dates correctly.
8. Fixed: TV Channels backup and restore did not work on Vista.
9. Changed: TV Channels backup format is changed from Microsoft registry backup to xml.
10. NEW: Added Denon to the list of UPnP devices autodetected.


12.0.515 (6/17/2008)

1. NEW: Right-click menu option (and MCCommand) for zooming to preset sizes (fit to window, 100%, 200%) in DX video playback.
2. Fixed: Auto-play entries could show the wrong icon for the program if the program was installed with the /NoAssociations switch.
3. Changed: UPnP defaults for Denon changed (allow international characters and only stream audio).
4. Fixed: Some devices are listed twice in the camera selection choices.
5. Fixed: Empty memory bays were being listed as cameras in the camera selection choices.
6. Fixed: Some popup dialogs would pop under the program.
7. Fixed: When a worker thread showed a popup dialog, it could dead-lock the program.
8. Changed: Changed how non-video area is painted in VMR9 Renderless Mode.
9. Fixed: Audible downloads not honoring download path set in options.
10. Optimized: Media Server uses less memory.
11. Changed: Using the Media Center shortcut to show an existing Media Center would change the cursor to an hourglass for several seconds.
12. Fixed: The Tag Action Window could open with an incorrect size.
13. Changed: Clicking and dragging horizontally will begin a drag when leaving the clicked list column instead of when leaving the list.


12.0.516 (6/18/2008)

1. Fixed: The aperture value from a camera could have unnecessary trailing 0's. (use Update Library (from tags) to correct)
2. Fixed: ASIO playback on a multi-soundcard system does a better job of keeping the volume control slaved to the playback card of the current zone.
3. NEW: Vista allows "Application Volume", "Internal Volume" or "System Volume" control. (Menu > Player > Volume)
4. Fixed: Asf audio streaming hang.
5. Fixed: Cache files not getting created for file converted during handheld transfer.
6. Fixed: Fixes to the 'Delete on Sync' functionality on iPods.


12.0.517 (6/18/2008)

1. Fixed: Some streams (with ICY metadata) played with regular "hiccups"
2. NEW: Right-click menu for DX video playback to change display settings (display resolution, bit depth, frequency). The settings are saved in database and automatically applied next time the file is played. Experimental, may be removed if it proves to be more trouble than beneficial.
3. Fixed: Added several safeguards to correct problems when filling an iPod to capacity.
4. Fixed: Typed navigation using non-English characters did not work properly in lists, the tree, or drop lists.
5. Changed: Panes On Top (thin) draw flat until mouse-over.


12.0.518 (6/26/2008)

1. Fixed: Problem in DVB-T TV playback in recent builds.
2. Changed: Video zooming allows zooming out to much smaller size.
3. Changed: Switching to a stopped zone while in Display View will no longer switch to Standard View.
4. Changed: Various tag values dispaly like [Varies] instead of Artist Varies.
5. Fixed: When emailing an image, EXIF rotation was not applied to rotated images.
6. Optimized: Database uses less memory.
7. Fixed: FormatBoolean(...) information tooltip had a typo.
8. Fixed: Files with artists that have the articles "a" and "an" at the end (i.e. "Perfect Circle, A") always want to resync to iPods.
9. Changed: Reversed a previous change in VMR9 Renderless Mode.
10. Fixed: MC crashed with "buffer overrun" error when user right-clicked video window on Vista. Build 12.0.517 only.
11. Changed: Update library from file tags checks if the internal image could actually be loaded.
12. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar & Daniel2k).
13. Changed: Added Import/Export functionality to the search wizard dialog.
14. Fixed: In DX video playback, "Playback Info" entries (Zooming, Aspect Ratio etc.) were not properly saved to database unless Stop command was issued.
15. NEW: Added right-click "Zoom" submenu and MCCommand for zooming to preset levels in DVD and TV (not saved in database yet).
16. Changed: Renamed "Panes On Top (thin)" to "Dropdown Panes".
17. NEW: Dropdown Panes are integrated into the tab / view header.
18. Changed: File associations page of installer is shown on a fresh install, even when "Express install" is selected.
19. Fixed: Clearing the search box with multiple tabs open would not always update the view properly.
20. Changed: When acquiring images from a camera, images previously transferred are skipped.


12.0.519 (6/27/2008)

1. Changed: In a view scheme, 'Album Artist (auto)' will display as simply 'Artist'.
2. Changed: Dropdown Panes bold selected items.
3. NEW: Tabs and non-tab view headers use the same text sizes and weights.
4. Changed: Tabs and list groupings better adjust to larger fonts.
5. Fixed: When tagging an MP3, an empty replay gain value would get saved to the tag as +6.0 dB.
6. Changed: The Photo Printing Wizard always lists large print sizes in the available layouts, and shows a warning when selected if they don't fit on the paper in the printer.
7. Fixed: iPod Photos are scrambled when showing them on a TV.
8. Changed: Acquiring images from cameras via WIA now imports more media types including RAW images.
9. NEW: Added experimental library browsing system that merges Dropdown Panes and the existing tile browsing. (not expected to stay in version 12 -- will return in version 13)


12.0.520 (7/2/2008)

1. NEW: "Play stack" option added to stack menu. (Will play all files in a stack. Only appears on a single selected file.)
2. NEW: UPnP Search For Servers will respond to UDN/UUID requests.
3. Changed: Updated Dutch language file (thanks Daan Smit).
4. Fixed: Database could lose field data during a period of very high database activity. (only applies to build 518)
5. Fixed: MC icon in Windows Vista volume mixer was too wee.
6. Fixed: Unable to transfer files to iPhone and iPod Touch (introduced in 12.0.517).


12.0.521 (7/3/2008)

For internal testing only


12.0.522 (7/9/2008)

1. Changed: The quick search dialog would not select the previous search when opening, making it difficult to start a new search.
2. Fixed: iTunes playlist importing could fail on some playlists.
3. Fixed: iTunes playlist importing didn't properly support Asian characters.
4. Fixed: iPods could scramble art on the second sync. (not able to reproduce so fix may not solve the issue -- any feedback appreciated)
5. Fixed: Crash on right-click in a file list in rare cases.


12.0.523 (7/11/2008)

1. Changed: When loading an iPod, if the device does not provide device information, it will fail to load. (instead of using hard-coded device information that could be outdated)
2. Changed: MC icon in Windows Tray was pixelated.  Tray icon returned to previous implementation.


12.0.524 (7/14/2008)

1. Changed: Doing an initialize on an iPod ejects it afterwards so the device has a chance to reset itself.
2. Fixed: Doing Shift+Arrow in an edit box wouldn't work properly in some cases.
3. Fixed: In rare cases, changing a file tag could also incorrectly change the associated filename in the database.
4. Changed: Placing the focus in the search control will select all of the text in the box.
5. Changed: Photo Print Wizard will center page filling prints (or nearly page filling prints) on the paper instead of putting them at the top left of the page.
6. Changed: Improved Photo Print Wizard handling of printers with uneven margins so that centered page filling prints (see above) get perfectly centered on the paper.


12.0.525 (7/16/2008)

1. Fixed: Loading JPEGs encoded with 411 sampling at a small size could look incorrect.
2. Fixed: Changing tags and a filename while a file was playing could cause one of the changes to not get applied.
3. Fixed: APE decoder could error in rare cases.


12.0.526 (7/22/2008)

1. Fixed: Green Eyes skin didn't render edit controls properly.
2. Optimized: Edit control for notes, comments, and other large fields could be sluggish.
3. Fixed: Space bar wouldn't toggle checkboxes as expected in some lists.
4. Changed: Update Czech translation (thanks JohnnyB).
5. Fixed: CD / DVD files would not be properly excluded from tagging, and so could show an error.
6. Fixed: Converting a CUE file with a semi-colon in the name field could create an invalid file.
7. Changed: iPhone 3G devices are ignored (for now). (if your iPhone 3G still shows up, please contribute here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=36033.0)


12.0.527 (7/24/2008)

1. Fixed: Toolbar buttons wouldn't highlight as expected if the mouse left the window and returned to the same button.
2. NEW: When picking an external cover art name, video and document types use "[Media Type] - [Name]" instead of "[Artist] - [Album]".
3. Fixed: When hiding the tree in a library view, the view settings drop menu would not work.
4. Fixed: Some keys like up and down were not working properly in all lists.
5. Fixed: In place edit controls could run off the edge of the list in certain cases.


12.0.528 (7/29/2008)

1. Fixed: Values with quotes in them could cause problems during pane multi-select.
2. Fixed: Trying to decode a JMX file without a JMX input plugin loaded could cause a dead-lock.
3. Fixed: Tagging a CUE file database entry could cause the source file to get renamed.
4. Changed: Upgraded iPod database writing to match iTunes 7.7.
5. Fixed: The last played date of "never played" was not supported properly on the iPod.
6. Changed: Revised number handling so that a numeric field that evaluates to zero will show the field's empty display value.
7. Changed: Retry limit for podcasts increased to 1000.
8. Fixed: Pasting in the image editor when a portion of the paste was outside the image could crash.
9. Fixed: "Play in Media Center" from Explorer could drop files if multiple files were selected with Media Center not running.
10. Fixed: Invalid JPEG files that contained multiple images encoded into one file without proper end markers could cause a crash.


12.0.529 (8/1/2008)

1. NEW: Discount price for upgrade to Media Center 12 from a purchased Media Jukebox 12's MP3 encoder addition.
2. Fixed: Multi-line edit controls could insert extra carriage-return characters.


12.0.530 (8/8/2008)

1. Fixed: Pasting using right-click menu > Edit > Paste would not honor the right-click position.
2. Fixed: Pressing 'Enter' in a list could fire two times, causing possible strange behavior.
3. Fixed: Clicking in a thumbnail view could fail to do range selection properly if the stack icon was the first column in details view.
4. Fixed: If the main JRiver tools library was reused by a program without being completely unloaded it could crash. (could cause shell extension crashes)
5. Fixed: Editing the last renamed / created file could unintentionally change the filename in rare cases.
6. Fixed: Nested keywords that reused the same base-path could confuse Theater View.

[Alex B]

12.0.531 (8/18/2008)

1. NEW: Added DirectSound channel modes "Hardware Direct (sound card chooses)" and "Do Not Specify Channels" to help with surround sound routing on some hardware.
2. Fixed: In rare cases, quickly switching tracks could cause a dead-lock.


12.0.532 (8/25/2008)

1. Changed: Tuned Radio playback algorithm to be less likely to focus in on a certain artist or genre during playback with little user input via skips.
2. Fixed: The license needed dialog could report that a trial had expired when there was still a valid trial period.
3. Fixed: The trial period could affect MC13 use as well.


12.0.533 (8/29/2008)

1. Fixed: Library Sync could crash in some cases.
2. Fixed: Pane tagging could crash in some cases.
3. Fixed: "AverTV Combo PCIe M780 tuner ATSC" TV device did not work.
4. Changed: Digital TV retry loading the generic Microsoft Network Provider if the Network-specific provider fails to connect.


12.0.534 (9/18/2008)

1. Fixed: The cache building thread didn't clean up nicely if there was nothing to do.
2. Changed: Finnish and French DVB-T frequency tables are included in the DVB-T frequency file.
3. Fixed: Media Center could fail to detect an iPod in some cases.