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Media Center 12.0.465
« on: March 27, 2008, 09:02:55 am »

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.

This latest build (usually safe*) of MC12.0 is here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/MC12/MediaCenter120465.exe

* Note that this build fixes some older problems with stacks, audio analysys, iPod sync, but it also has a minor text drawing problem that won't print characters like & correctly.

12.0.465 (3/26/2008)

1. NEW: The 64-character limit on filenames when playing in Quicktime engine is eliminated. You need to update to the latest Quicktime.
2. Fixed: Cover Art lookup was stripping characters in parenthesis in the album title.
3. Fixed: Pressing Ctrl+A while the tree was focused with a playlist selected would select all.
4. Fixed: System list controls could paint black during a scroll.
5. Fixed: Text drawing of multiline fields in the Tag Action Window was not working correctly.
6. Fixed: Stack save bug.
7. NEW: If using stacked files for handheld conversions the app will search the stack location for a likely match and add it to the stack rather than converting a new one.
8. Fixed: In some cases a file could be marked as part of a stack even though the stack was gone.
9. Fixed: Audio analyzer could use incorrect amount of precision when storing results (only applies to 463 and 464).
10. Fixed: Some analyzed files would be queued for audio analysis over and over.
11. Fixed: Stack save bug.
12. NEW: If using stacked files for HH conversions the app will search the stack location for a likely match and add it to the stack rather than converting a new one.
13. Fixed: iPhones and iPod Touch not displaying correct (total or available) disk space.
14. Fixed: Possible crash from threading in tooltip system.
15. Fixed: Auto stack by name was failing to create the stack.
16. Fixed: Wait popup dialogs could fail to show or cause unnecessary 2.5 second delays in some cases.

12.0.464 (3/25/2008)

1. Fixed: List printing was not rendering text properly.
2. Fixed: Image playback of images that failed to load could loop forever.
3. Fixed: Some JPEG files could fail to load.
4. Fixed: System list controls could flicker black behind items during a paint.
5. Fixed: Installer metadata text needed an extra line-break.
6. Fixed: Mini skins would not update correctly after stopping playback.
7. Changed: Revised how grouped library views and searches interact.
8. Changed: The player will attempt to switch the HH cache settings to HH stack.  (If those settings were not already removed.)
9. Changed: HH conversion stacking will stop when there is just 1 GB remaining.
10. Fixed: Song ratings upload was not working correctly in most cases.
11. NEW: Some random tracks are now shown under 'Services & Plug-ins' / 'Music Suggestions'. These will actually become useful recommendations as we get more uploaded preference data.

12.0.463 (3/24/2008)

1. Changed: Revised the type in the Rename Files From Properties dialog to clarify that renaming and moving are the same.
2. Fixed: Multiline thumbnail text would not always draw properly.
3. Fixed: Starting a drag of a non-selected item from the panes would not work correctly.
4. Fixed: The tray icon tooltip would not always contain the correct duration for the playing file.
5. Fixed: During a custom install, ticking the "submit to online recommendation system" option caused a crash.
6. Fixed: iPods not transferring photos correctly.
7. Changed: Audio analysis done by auto-import no longer saves the results to the file tags. (manual changes later will cause the new data to get saved to the tags)
8. Fixed: Playing Now list would not update correctly on zone change.
9. Changed: In the panes, picking something like "Rock", then "Aerosmith", and then editing or playing "Rock" will only operate on Aerosmith files instead of all Rock files.

12.0.462 (3/21/2008)

1. Fixed: Stack engine would do too much logging, possibly causing slowdowns.
2. Fixed: Wait messages with only a single line of text would not properly vertically center the text.
3. Fixed: Output plugin configuration dialogs would not render properly.
4. Fixed: Stack engine wasn't cleaning illegal characters from the file path when stacking converted files.
5. Changed: CD playback plugin is smaller and more efficient.

12.0.461 (3/20/2008)

1. Fixed: Import would expand collapsed stacks.
2. Fixed: "Rename Files From Properties" better adjusts to large fonts / large translations.
3. Fixed: MC wants to re-sync tracks on iPod due to a difference in Date Modified caused by DST.
4. Changed: wma media type is removed from the list of types played in DirectShow.
5. Fixed: DRM'd wma could not play in build 459 and 460.
6. Changed: Revised wording of online metadata options to be more clear.
7. Optimized: Improved performance of loading or showing a list / tree.
8. Fixed: Handheld playlist sync could hang in some cases (only applies to last two builds).
9. Fixed: Hauppauge WinTV PVR 150 TV device (maybe other MPEG-2 compression TV devices) lost sound during recording.
10. Changed: Changed the way analog video preview graph is built for WinTV 1600 TV device.
11. NEW: Added option for users to upload song ratings to recommendation system.
12. NEW: Added the ability to update iPod firmware within the player.
13. Fixed: Theater View would not update Playing Now properly when playing in Radio mode.

12.0.460 (3/19/2008)

1. NEW: Added 1, 2, and 3 minutes to the Preview Mode for playback.
2. NEW: Added "Find & Replace" to the Rename Files From Properties to make things like switching drives easier.
3. NEW: Added mode to Rename Files From Properties: "Update database to point to new location (no file move or copy)".
4. Changed: Hidden stack files could confuse handheld transfers and some other areas of the program.
6. Fixed: HH conversion could cause orphaned files to appear.
7. Fixed: Audio analysis, burning, conversion, etc. could show a popup error when trying to decode a file with no filters instead of silently handling the error.
8. Changed: If auto-import fails to analyze audio for a file, it will not try again for 30 days.
9. Changed: When doing a quick search (Ctrl+Q or alphabet) the found item will be placed at the top of the screen.

12.0.459 (3/18/2008)

1. NEW: Added option not to play DirectShow audio types in JRiver Audio renderer (MJ WaveBin Filter).
2. Fixed: In rare cases, two threaded imports working on the same folder could create database duplicates.
3. Fixed: With auto-install after 30 seconds enabled, the scroll position of the EULA could get reset.
4. Changed: During a "Custom" install, online metadata options can be configured.
5. Changed: It's possible to get online metadata without allowing the program to contribute corrections.
6. Changed: Getting cover art and analyzing audio are enabled by default in auto-import options.
7. Changed: Added manual cover art submission back to the "Cover Art" submenu.
8. Fixed: When playing audio in DX player engine, the "Aspect Ratio" submenu was still displayed.
9. Fixed: For some audio types the user's choice to play the types in DirectShow was not honored when MC found an installed output plug-in for the types.
10. NEW: Reads and writes track replay gain and peak values to MP3 id3 tags that is compatible with several other players.
11. Changed: "MJ WaveBin Filter" is renamed "JRiver Audio Renderer".
12. Fixed: Tooltips inside webpages could get incorrectly skinned.
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2008, 03:49:54 pm »

1)- MC's Artist Info has been an issue for me:

When used from the upper toolbar, AMG brings up 'garbage' apparently due to syntax non-interoperability:

results in a search for:  GRATEFUL DEAD-AD-ALBUM=AMERICAN BEAUTY-AD-TITLE=BOX OF RAIN

which does not bring up the Artist at AMG, but rather brings up the following:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&sql=Grateful|Dead-AD-Album=American|Beauty-AD-Title=Box|Of|Rain&opt1=1

in this example the Artist happens to show in the first few listed results, but most often this is not the case.

2)- Using Smartist set to [Name] contains  -
(space dash space)
MC keeps reverting it to
[Name] IS  -
which does not perform the same function.

3)- My customized display string on the top toolbar is a bit long, but it only scrolls when I hover my mouse over it. Is there any way you can add an 'always scroll' option to the other Display options?
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2008, 06:18:39 pm »

installer text looks just a bit off
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2008, 06:37:34 pm »

installer text looks just a bit off
Thanks.  Matt is overhauling the text handling.  From above:
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Note that this build fixes some older problems with stacks, audio analysys, iPod sync, but it also has a minor text drawing problem that won't print characters like & correctly.

This should be fixed or nearly so in the next public build.
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2008, 07:07:47 pm »

7. Changed: Revised how grouped library views and searches interact.
Is this why searching within Artist or Album view now expands to full artist/album?  Is it meant to do this?

also, the problem below from a few builds back (which was fixed) is back:

Quote from: eba
Also, problem with the search box.  As soon as the view refreshes to show what's being searched for, the search box loses focus - i.e. you're in the middle of typing something, it does a search for what you've typed so far, and doesn't let you finish.


EDIT: doesn't happen on Playing Now, only in Audio/Image/Video
EDIT2: doesn't happen in Panes View


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2. Fixed: Multiline thumbnail text would not always draw properly.
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4. Fixed: The tray icon tooltip would not always contain the correct duration for the playing file.
Cheers for these two speedy fixes :)

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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2008, 09:35:22 pm »

Latest update is hanging constantly. Never had this problem before, have not changed anything. I have no idea what is wrong, but it seems any action I perform hangs the prog. I am using Vista updated to March 24. Help !!!!
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2008, 09:47:25 pm »

Here is what windows tells me :
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Description:
  A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   AppHangB1
  Application Name:   Media Center 12.exe
  Application Version:   12.0.451.0
  Application Timestamp:   47cc83d4
  Hang Signature:   0b02
  Hang Type:   0
  OS Version:   6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.3
  Locale ID:   4105
  Additional Hang Signature 1:   a84df142271cf349b0d2d611a6194682
  Additional Hang Signature 2:   05aa
  Additional Hang Signature 3:   fca1a2fcaa2a685001ea51c86d65a4ca
  Additional Hang Signature 4:   0b02
  Additional Hang Signature 5:   a84df142271cf349b0d2d611a6194682
  Additional Hang Signature 6:   05aa
  Additional Hang Signature 7:   fca1a2fcaa2a685001ea51c86d65a4ca

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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2008, 03:33:04 am »

sync with Archos 605..

after a complete sync (took more then 3 hours).. pressing "Recheck Sync" again and MC465 want to delete and resync ALL mp3 files (no problems with video)

same as with MC462..

also the program hang my vista few times.. need a restart to close MC.
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2008, 10:56:09 am »

I am using the PixOs skin with a Negative Effect.
When i go to Drives & Devices and select a drive the files a shown.
At the bottom there will be a box with different selection possibilities: 'single folder', 'recursive' and 2 more.
In this version of MC that box is totally white (white font on white background). Only after selecting the box the options get visible.

The same for the area on the right of the options for the Last FM plugin. It shows up white, but should be dark.
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2008, 10:01:19 pm »

This is happening to me too. I'm on XP. I'm reverting to .462 now to see if that solves the problem.

Latest update is hanging constantly. Never had this problem before, have not changed anything. I have no idea what is wrong, but it seems any action I perform hangs the prog. I am using Vista updated to March 24. Help !!!!
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2008, 03:14:50 am »

Thx for Build 463 item 9.

Other (minor) issue:
My Lib currently has 180 Gig size. So searching (by searching I mean typing the letter L, Y and A) in the artist pane for e.g. Lyambiko jumps to Lyambiko - OK.
In a smartlist I created (where everything works slower) MC jumps back to A (forgets about L and Y) - I cannot type that fast to get it work.

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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2008, 04:09:44 am »

Add Build 463 Item 9:

There is still a thing:
The problem was related only that if I didnt select any files from the list. In the current implementation it doesn't take my selection into account any more.

To clear things out:
If I do not select any files it should be: what I see is what I get i.e. all files in the list.
If I select some files: tag only those.


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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2008, 07:35:32 am »

Crash DVD Plaxback: (full log is available if you like)

5435265: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Finish (0 ms)
5436765: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Start
5436765: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Accum audio bytes 0, video bytes 0, time period 1496.724584 ms
5436765: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Bitrate for current period: 0, audio: 0, video 0
5436765: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Finish (0 ms)
5438187: 1684: SDK: CMJCurPlaylistAutomation::CMJCurPlaylistAutomation: Global Count: 1
5438187: 1684: SDK: CMJCurPlaylistAutomation::OnFinalRelease: All objects released
5438187: 1684: SDK: CMJCurPlaylistAutomation::~CMJCurPlaylistAutomation: Global Count: 0
5438187: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Show: Start
5438187: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Show: Playing Now
DVD3 (1 of 1), -1, 1
5438187: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Show: Creating OSD window
5438187: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::UpdatePosition: Start
5438203: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Draw: Start
5438203: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Draw: Finish (0 ms)
5438203: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::UpdatePosition: Finish (16 ms)
5438203: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Show: Finish (16 ms)
5438265: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Start
5438265: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Accum audio bytes 0, video bytes 0, time period 1494.569002 ms
5438265: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Bitrate for current period: 0, audio: 0, video 0
5438265: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Finish (0 ms)
5438797: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Show: Start
5438797: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Show: Position
0:00 / 0:00, -1, 1
5438797: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::UpdatePosition: Start
5438797: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Draw: Start
5438797: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Draw: Finish (0 ms)
5438812: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::UpdatePosition: Finish (15 ms)
5438812: 1684: Playback: COSDWindow::Show: Finish (15 ms)
5439765: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Start
5439765: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Accum audio bytes 0, video bytes 0, time period 1497.064292 ms
5439765: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Bitrate for current period: 0, audio: 0, video 0
5439765: 1684: Playback: CBitrateMonitor::UpdateBitrate: Finish (0 ms)
5440047: 1684: Playback: CDVDInterface::SetCurrentPos: Start
5440047: 1684: Playback: CDVDInterface::SetCurrentPos: Position: 0
5445453: 1684: Playback: CDVDInterface::SetCurrentPos: Finish (5406 ms)
5447031: 1684: General: TopLevelExceptionFilter: Unhandled exception -- program crashing
5447031: 1684: General: TopLevelExceptionFilter: Message: 275, wParam: 25220, lParam: 17574176, Window class:
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2008, 08:04:13 am »

Crash DVD Plaxback: (full log is available if you like)
Please check the Wiki (link above) and the entry for DVD playback on the Topic Index.  Start a new thread if necessary.
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2008, 01:11:09 pm »

MC stopped responding while I was syncing my iPhone for the first time.  I left MC open all last night but it still had not cleared up the 'Not Responding' status by this morning.  I used 'End Task to close MC. 
Now there is a 2.7GB data chunk of data that is unaccessible and unavailable on the iPhone.  When I look with iTunes the data chunk is just listed as "Other".  I suspect this is the data from my first sync attempt.  I have tried checking the "Delete items on device not on sync list" but MC seems unable to access this chunk of data either.  Not certain if this is a variant of the issue where MC was not reporting the right amount of disc space on iPhones.
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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2008, 05:47:50 pm »

Slightly odd behavior:

Installed 12.0.465 on top of 12.0.456. Restarted MC. It goes directly to this dialog:
"Please select tracks you want to convert."

The only option is "OK"; clicking it closes the dialog and nothing else seems to happen.

Convert to what?

When .456 was closed to do the update, it was just sitting on a view, not doing anything. This behavior seems harmless and might not happen again, but I'm curious, what mode/action did .465 pursue, and why?



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Re: Media Center 12.0.465
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2008, 11:16:21 am »

If one attaches cover art to a flac file while MC is in the process of updating the tags for those same files, MC can cause corruption of the file.

One must use caution to allow tag updates to complete before adding cover art, or for the cover art to be fully attached and the tags completely updated prior to making another tag change or using "Update tags from Library".

This is not limited to cover art but other tag changes as well, however I have not seen this ocur with other file types.
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