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[JimH]

This is the latest version of MC 18.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download: http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v18/latest/MediaCenter180187.exe

History: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=74442.0

18.0.187 (5/16/2013)

1. NEW: The 'Output Format' settings are honored in DSP Studio when doing a handheld conversion (allows resampling (by each input sample rate), and channel up/down mixing).
2. Changed: When converting a file with a bitdepth greater than 24, the engine will convert to 24-bit (with dither) to feed the encoder (since few encoders support more than 24-bit files).
3. NEW: DSD files support conversion to a handheld (requires enabling DSP Studio for the conversion and picking a sample rate that will work like 44,100 or 48,000 Hz).
4. NEW: DSP Studio can be enabled during audio conversion (Library Tools > Convert Format), allowing resampling, channel mixing, convolution, etc.
5. NEW: When converting videos, a checkbox 'Convert video to audio' is provided so that you can extract the audio out of any videos and optionally apply any DSP (thanks to jmone for the inspiration).
6. Changed: When returning to Theater View, the file list will be refreshed instead of showing the last shown set of files (which could be stale in some cases).
7. Fixed: A rare crash when parsing certain MP4 audio files.
8. Fixed: Some clear QAM channels would not play.
9. Changed: Revamped ClearQAM tuner support.
10. Fixed: WMV encoding synchronization. Fixes Xbox 360 video playback when converting.
11. Changed: Better WMV High video encoding preset
12. New: Updated libav components.
13. Fixed: In video conversion, minor sync issues in formats other than WMV.

18.0.186 (5/16/2013)

1. Fixed: WASAPI was not working in non-exclusive mode in certain cases.
2. Changed: Revised the error messaging system for output plugins so that they never show their own errors but errors they raise can be shown by the framework (previously the error messages could cause a hang during video playback).
3. Changed: Removed the ASIO option to 'Display diagnostics when starting ASIO' because all diagnostics are written to the log file (Help > Logging).
4. NEW: Theater View television guide hides channels marked as hidden and adds a 'Favorite' view for favorite channels (requires resetting Theater View views in Options > Theater View > Reset!...).
5. Fixed: CableCARD tuners were inadvertently included in the list of analog devices during analog or STB channel scanning.
6. Changed: Updated Chinese language text file to reflect recent changes (thanks kelijun).
7. Fixed: The phrase "JRSS Subwoofer (x Hz lowpass)" in Output Format configuration could not be translated.
8. Changed: Hidden channels (hidden in Options > Television) are no longer shown in Standard View > Television or on dialogs that ask for channel selections.
9. Changed: Hidden channels won't have EPG data loaded for them so you will need to manually reload the EPG if you reshow a hidden channel (done for efficiency).

18.0.185 (5/15/2013)

1. Fixed: Video conversion could crash in some cases.
2. NEW: When scanning for CableCARD and set top box channels, the easier automatic EPG option will be offered.
3. Changed: The guide settings used in channel scanning and EPG loading will be shared.
4. Changed: TV channel scanning uses radio buttons to pick a scan type (digital, analog, CableCARD, etc.) and only does one type of scan each run.  Run the scanner multiple times if you need to do more than one type.
5. Changed: When loading a television program guide, the question to 'keep' vs 'overwrite' guide identifiers will only be shown if auto-matching would actually overwrite something (normally it wouldn't, so the question was meaningless).
6. Changed: Simplified the wording on the scan for channels dialog.
7. NEW: When picking a television guide program in Theater View, the option 'Tag Channel' is offered.  It allows making the channel a favorite, hiding the channel, or custom keyword tagging.
8. Changed: Switch Options > Television to use an options tree (allows scrolling with large fonts, supports search, allows nesting advanced, etc.).
9. Changed: Moved all TV tools that were under the 'TV Options...' button in Standard View > Television into Options > Television.  'TV Options...' now just shows Options > Television.
10. Changed: Added the ability to pick favorite and hidden channels in Options > Television.

18.0.184 (5/14/2013)

1. Fixed: AC3 encoding of output was not working nicely with video playback.
2. Changed: Audio Path will better show when a padded bitdepth (like 24-bit inside a 32-bit container) is in use.
3. Fixed: Bitstreaming of audio during video playback was not working in some cases.

18.0.183 (5/13/2013)

1. Fixed: Audio Path was not correctly reporting the output bitdepth in some cases due to the new audio bitdepth system.
2. Changed: Removed WaveOut output plugin (it was a legacy mode only needed on (very) old versions of Windows that are no longer supported).
3. Changed: Merged 'WASAPI - Event Style' and 'WASAPI' into a single output plugin.  If you required 'WASAPI', you may need to reconfigure your audio output settings.
4. Changed: ASIO supports encoding the output as AC3 using DSP Studio > Output Format (requires downstream AC3 decoder or you will hear white noise).
5. Fixed: When scanning for Set Top Box channels, cable channels 3 and 4 were not presented as possible channels on which the set top box fed signal to capture device.

18.0.182 (5/10/2013)

1. Fixed: ASIO playback of PCM was not working in build 181.

18.0.181 (5/10/2013)

1. NEW: Revised audio bitdepth system.  Details and discussion
2. Fixed: The playerbar in Display View would not reliably reappear after hiding unless the display was clicked.
3. Fixed: Some m4a and alac files would not import or play because of a mismatched sample count in the mp4 STTS header.  We now ignore this error since it shouldn't impact playback performance.
4. NEW: DLNA image slideshow when pushing an image playlist to a renderer. Follows slideshow logic that MC uses including the image duration in Options->Images->Slide Show Duration.

18.0.180 (5/8/2013)

1. Fixed: Theater View remote focus could shift incorrectly when using the on screen keyboard.
2. Changed: Switched YouTube's view order in Theater View so that 'Search' is on the left so it's a single arrow away instead of at the end of the roller.
3. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar).
4. Changed: Updated Polish translation (thanks Janusz Grzybek).
5. Changed: Czech language translation updated (thanks Johnny B).
6. Fixed: Digital television channel scanning was broken in the last few builds.
7. Changed: The font picker dialog in Media Center now filters out fonts that support vertical text placement (like vertically aligned Japanese characters) since MC doesn't support drawing those.
8. Changed: Made some tweaks in CableCARD television support.

18.0.179 (5/7/2013)

1. Fixed: Some animated areas of the program like 2D visualizations were not redrawing properly in build 178.
2. Fixed: The mouse controls could become unavailable with certain types of displays in Display View with build 178.
3. Fixed: Using the popup expression editor from an in-place expression editor in options could lead to a crash.
4. Fixed: When deleting an image from the library, the tooltip for the image could obscure the delete confirmation dialog.
5. Changed: 3GA files are treated like AAC / MP4 audio files, so they can import, play, and tag.
6. Changed: Updated Chinese language files (tranditional and simplified) (thanks kelijun).
7. Fixed: If a large Photoshop image failed to load, it could cause a crash.
8. Faster: Decoding a PSD image saved as RGB (8-bit or 16-bit color) is much faster.

18.0.178 (5/6/2013)

1. Fixed: MC would crash recording television in TS format in the last couple of builds.
2. Changed: Updated Korean language file (thanks to Junghwan).
3. Changed: Revised the window transparency system used by the player bar in Display View to help performance and fix a bug where it could get stuck redrawing and not hide.

18.0.177 (5/1/2013)

1. NEW: Added Theater View support for SHOUTcast (add using Options > Theater View > Add...) (it's recommended that you reset file info templates for the best experience using Options > Theater View > Customize file info panel... > Manage... > Reset All Templates To Default).
2. Fixed: Focus could shift unexpectedly to the list when navigating some rollers in Theater View with build 176.
3. Changed: Added a new stock field 'Popularity' (string that supports flexible values; web radio uses it to put something like '3123 listeners' in).
4. Fixed: The Theater View file info template option to 'Hide when empty' was not working for some fields like number of plays that showed 'never played' when empty.
5. Changed: Theater View's Playing Now shows artist backdrops when playing web radio stations that contain ICY metadata.
6. Fixed: PNG images that used 1-bit or 4-bit palettes were not loading properly.
7. Fixed: Launching a video from Explorer when MC was not running could crash.
8. NEW: Added a Polish translation (thanks to Janusz Grzybek)
9. Changed: Updated all language files to have the latest strings from the source code.
10. Fixed: Netflix movies were getting cut off on the right side.
11. Fixed: VCD video would not play.

18.0.176 (4/29/2013)

1. Changed: When there's a 3d drawing error, the error text will not appear for a little while so that coming out of madVR exclusive, which could require a reload of a 3d device, will look cleaner.
2. Changed: If Theater View fails to load and reloads, it will stop trying to reload after 3 reloads in 30 seconds (to avoid looping forever if something isn't working).
3. Changed: Red October will use DXVA Copy Back with nVidia hardware when possible instead of CUVID when using madVR ( http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=80258.0 ).
4. Fixed: When returning to Theater View, sometimes the input focus could be unexpectedly shifted from the list to the roller.
5. Fixed: Digital television could crash on stopping.
6. Fixed: Ceton (and other CableCARD) television tuners did not have color controls.
7. Fixed: CD Labeler was crashing.

18.0.175 (4/26/2013)

1. NEW: ASIO output supports DSD bitstreaming using DoP.
2. Fixed: Some videos during conversion would not detect the end of stream properly, so could stop a few seconds early.
3. Changed: Removed the safety valve in the video converter that would stop a conversion if it stalled for too long (Red October should make it unnecessary, and it's possible the valve triggered in cases where it shouldn't).
3. Changed: When multiple optical media disks are present, Theater View now shows the first one available rather than none.
4. Fixed: Queued files for a data disc burn could not be seen because "Show files in subfolders" button was not available.
5. NEW: Media network, add album art for xbox 360 videos.
6. Changed: Media network, fix xbox 360 conversion crashes.
7. Fixed: Crash could occur when clicking the "Rip Tracks" button in the CD header view.
8. Changed: When ripping audio from multiple drives, the 'Details' button in the Action Window jumps to the first drive instead of showing an overview view for all drives (which didn't have the same functionality so could be a little confusing).

[mwillems]

Are there specific conditions required for this option to be available? Just tried converting an MKV file and I don't see the option anywhere.

It appears in the little conversion window in the lower left hand corner by the format pull down.  I just tried it with an IFO file with a DTS audio track, and it appears to start the conversion but stalls at 0% (about 15 minutes with no movement).

[RedJ]

I made a change to an expression column (both the name and the expression) and it was operating normally for hours.  I then clicked to install an available update and when MC came back up, the expression had reverted to the previous name and values.  I haven't confirmed yet (have to wait for next update) but am guessing that one has to manually exit out of MC for changes to the expression column to be made permanent.  I wonder if any other changes are similarly lost when allowing the update process to close out MC (BTW- a settings change I had made under Tools->Options did survive the update).

[andrewberg]

Some display window related issues (anyone feel free to add more ;-):

• Track info text in Player bar not scrolling anymore in v.18 (also see this thread);
• Rigt click menu won't appear in video fullscreen playback unless you left click the screen first;

[Yaobing]

8. Fixed: Some clear QAM channels would not play.
9. Changed: Revamped ClearQAM tuner support.

You need to rescan your QAM channels.

[6233638]

If you are using a skin which has the repeat & shuffle options available, using those menus causes the background to disappear when you are in fullscreen mode. (this was during video playback)


This was also the case in 184 - I just didn't get to report it before 187 was posted.

[J-a-k-e]

Following one of the recently released builds .184 or thereabouts, occasionally selections/interactions can be delayed or leave the program interface temporarily unresponsive for about 10 seconds.

Also has anyone else had the problems with theater view recently? Switching to theater view for the first time within a program instance, instead creates a graphical mess in the top left corner of the screen about the area of 200 x 150 pixels usually just pressing ctrl + 1 then ctrl + 4 to switch to normal view then back to theater view fixes the problem until I next load media center. However if the wrong theme such as "Metro x - Grey vines" is loaded when loading theater view for the first time, media center will just crash and sometimes the program will lock up regardless of the theme when I first switch to theater view.

[miksi]

Hello,
After latest update, media center always crashes down after display detach to TV. I'm on Win 7 64 bit, AMD 6950 with 790GX GA-MA790GP-DS4H mb. Didn't have problems before. I'll try to reinstall.

[StuckMojo]

And again..... Huh

Black on Black Skin-> Windows 7 Aero enabled:

DSP Studio,Analyze Audio don't pop up.The Window stays as a Black Window in the Background.No Options,only an empty Window.

Changed Skin to Thunderstorm->working normal.

Seems to be a MC 18 vs Windows 7 Aero problem again.

Bug from 18.0.177

Now that i played around with DSP settings a bit more and longer, i found that this bug is still there.
Not exactly like it was in Build 177, but still an Aero problem.

DSP settings pop up nice, no problem at this point. Changed some settings, suddenly the DSP windows disappears and the Main Converter Menu is on top???
But at this point, you cannot do anything with MC. I had to kill the process and start mc again. It didn't freeze, but no response when i try to click on any point in mc.
Next time i tried to click on various points on MC, nothing happens until found the right point......
Suddenly a dropdown setting window appears on top of MC. It was from DSP settings window. But the window itself was invisible. So i had to terminate MC process again and restart.

It seems that the window is still there, but invisible.And you can't do anything in mc because this "invisible" DSP settings menu stays on top of mc.
I think this problem could affect all popup windows/settings of MC, after a period of time.

[Nyquist]

I just loaded new .187 version and was met with the following error:

Pop up window titled:  Playback Problem

Message text:  Something went wrong with playback.

I get this in several views whether Theater, or the Audio File view.

I restarted the app,  restarted my computer, and even went and re-installed jriver.   Met with this error every time.  I can't play anything.

i7 chip, Windows7 64bit version.   I've had no recent OS updates or other changes between this and the last jriver update from a couple weeks ago.

[JimH]

I just loaded new .187 version and was met with the following error:

Pop up window titled:  Playback Problem

Message text:  Something went wrong with playback.

Just set up your audio again.  It's because of this change:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=80614.0