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JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« on: October 03, 2013, 10:21:37 am »

This is the latest version of MC19.  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/v19/latest/MediaCenter190050.exe

Please use the Problems and Questions thread if you need help.

19.0.50 (10/2/2013)

1. NEW: Added View > Size option to resize Standard View (only works well with some skins; Noire recommended).
2. Changed: Memory playback automatically disengages when using Audio Calibration for Tools > Advanced Tools (since audio calibration clips will play forever until stopped).
3. Changed: Audio Calibration clips always use gapless track transitions (instead of possibly gapping or fading based on user options).
4. SDK: Skin items can specify a Scale attribute so that high resolution images can be used (ie. Scale="2.0" for a double resolution image).
5. Fixed: When watching an on-going television recording in transport stream (.ts) format, not all of the already recorded portion was shown, if the portion was longer than the pre-set time-shifting window.
6. Fixed: ATI HDTVWonder tuner would not record in transport stream format.
7. Changed: DSD encoding targets a slightly more conservative volume level (by about 1.6dB) so that it works better with Sabre-based DACs (and possibly others).
8. Fixed: Clicking 'Exit' in Theater View with the mouse would not show the dialog with the last couple builds.

19.0.49 (9/30/2013)

1. Fixed: Theater View could be slow to show in some cases with the last few builds.
2. Faster: Netflix in Theater View does all loading of episodes on demand, so displaying the queue is much faster.
3. Fixed: Some YouTube music videos would not play from Theater View.
4. Changed: Startup and between track silence is -96dBFS narrow band pink noise instead of pure silence so that it works better with hardware that ignores pure silence ( http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=83964.0 ).
5. Changed: Video files with TrueHD audio tracks will say 'Dolby TrueHD' in the compression field instead of 'unknown codec'.
6. Changed: Tooltips are now allowed to show in the Smartlist editor (and other places) when an edit or combobox is focused.
7. Changed: Added a help button on the popup expression editor that links to the expression language wiki: http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Expression_Language (thanks MrC).
8. New: Added an option for ignoring specified IP interfaces for DLNA.

19.0.48 (9/27/2013)

1. Changed: When recording television programs in transport stream format, MC will insert PAT and PMT packets if it does not detect such packets in the stream.
2. Fixed: Double-clicking the right edge of a list header column to auto-size was not working.
3. Faster: Additional tuning of SSE code used for 16-bit PCM input data handling to make it another 20% faster.
4. Fixed: When the detached display was Aero snapped, it would not always be positioned correctly when reattaching.
5. Changed: Volume Leveling will disable (instead of using the default -10dB for unanalyzed audio files) when playing test clips (Tools > Advanced Tools > Audio Calibration).
6. Changed: The JRiver ASIO driver doesn't load Media Center until it's actually started for playback (instead of when the host creates buffers).
7. Fixed: Drag-n-drop reording in a list manager was not working (like DSP Studio plugins, etc.).
8. Fixed: Playback stats for images were not always updating for the last image viewed.

19.0.47 (9/26/2013)

1. Fixed: During conversion or audio analysis, the process could slow down unexpectedly if the input thread was running much faster than the output thread.
2. Faster: Core audio engine bitdepth handling code is faster when dealing with 16-bit integer input on SSE enabled CPUs (common on CD rips with lossless formats).
3. Faster: Final audio engine stage that handles clipping is about 2x faster.

19.0.46 (9/25/2013)

1. Changed: Carnac better deals with TV show filenames that use the full episode name (including season and series) as their folder name instead of using a series folder.
2. Fixed: In some cases, VOB subtitle would draw with the red and blue channels flipped (so yellow subtitles appeared blue).
3. Changed: Changed the menu and toolbar text for "Zones" and "Skins" from plural to singular.
4. NEW: Added the ability to add a 'User' toolbar button.
5. Fixed: Visualization Studio could crash in some cases.
6. Faster: More efficient and faster user interface drawing in Standard View.
7. Faster: When burning, converting, analyzing, etc. files they would redraw in lists that didn't show the status column.  Now only the status column redraws (if visible).
8. Faster: Revised list and tree mouse move redrawing system so that mouse movement only redraws the row under the cursor when necessary instead of always.

19.0.45 (9/24/2013)

1. Fixed: mp4/m4a files would not play on LS clients if user chooses "Automatic" or "JRiver audio engine (using input plug-in)" for Playback Type.
2. Changed: Video playback no longer forces the 'Clip protection' overflow handling mode but instead allows flat-lining overflows if so desired.
3. Fixed: Some click handling problems from build 44.
4. Fixed: When MP3 decoding encountered bad frames, audio analysis could slow way down instead of quickly working through the errors.

19.0.44 (9/24/2013)

1. Fixed: Shell extensions were causing problems in build 43.
2. Internal: More work on mouse click and double-click handling to fix some issues with trackpads (please report any issues).

19.0.43 (9/23/2013)

1. Fixed: A couple click / mouse issues due to the internal click handling changes.
2. Changed: Analyze Audio allows analyzing up to 8 files at a time instead of 4.
3. Fixed: Memory playback could engage when analyzing audio or converting and impact the memory usage and performance of the operation.
4. Faster: Improved thread parallelism when analyzing audio (and to a lesser extent regular playback).
5. SDK: The HTML engine supports .Rating and .RatingStars variables on any file object (can be used by WebGizmo, etc.).
6. Fixed: If a video file issued a finished event before ever starting, it could cause the audio analyzer to hang on the file.
7. Fixed: Thai text (and possibly others) could draw with incorrect character spacing.
8. Fixed: ASIO Line-in playback was not working properly.
9. Fixed: A corrupt MP3 file could cause a crash when decoding in rare cases.
10. Changed: Edit control scrollbars are indented one pixel so that they're inside the edit border with most skins.
11. Fixed: The Trunc(...) math expression function could show incorrect results in some cases.

19.0.42 (9/19/2013)

1. Fixed: Theater View could crash in rare cases.
2. Changed: The installer checks for SSE2 and shows an error if it's not found instead of refusing to run (we have no way to test this, so confirmation would be appreciated).
3. Changed: Revised the check for operating system support for AVX CPU instructions to hopefully fix an issue on XP running in Parallels (testing appreciated).
4. Fixed: When a client request a television channel that the server is already running (either recording or serving other clients), a black rectangle is drawn on the upper lefter corner of the server.

19.0.41 (9/18/2013)

1. Changed: Added support for SSA/ASS subtitle custom margins in the styles block.
2. NEW: Convert Format allows optionally specifying an audio output bitdepth.
3. Fixed: A corrupted APE file could cause decoding to stall in rare cases.
4. Fixed: Television tuner specific configuration dialog was not displayed.
5. Fixed: MadVR fell out of exclusive mode on OSD with TV playback.

19.0.40 (9/17/2013)

1. Changed: A processor that supports SSE2 is now required (added in 2001 to Intel, 2003 to AMD).
2. NEW: Added a 6 dB/octave mode for high and low pass filters in Parametric Equalizer.
3. Changed: The import summary is presented as an Action Window and only shows a popup and switches to 'Recently Imported' if a user clicks 'Details' on the summary.
4. Fixed: The new JRTelevision Dll did not work.
5. Internal: Revised left mouse click handling so that single, double, and triple clicks are generated by JRiver's framework instead of the operating system (should be internal change, but please report any mouse related issues).
6. Fixed: The installer could incorrectly want to reboot when it couldn't install the shell extensions.

19.0.39 (9/16/2013)

1. Fixed: Some handheld devices would not appear in the last few builds (due to the internal COM changes).
2. Faster: When loading Theater View backdrops from multiple sources, all sources are loaded at once instead of loading one at a time.
3. SDK: MCWS/v1/File/GetFile allows specifying a custom mime type for the response (to deal with carriers or ISPs that may block or throttle MP3 data).
4. Faster: Netflix queue is downloaded 2 to 3 times faster due to using parallel threading. Cancel works better.
5. Fixed: A few rare MP3 files could get slow to play or analyze.
6. Fixed: The brightness / contrast skin effect could overflow and look bad when using SSE acceleration.
7. Fixed: The removed FTP upload tool could incorrectly appear in the send to menu ( removed when MFC was removed: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=75971.0 ).
8. Changed: The JRiver ASIO driver allows the host to configure the driver buffer size instead of keying off Options > Audio > Live playback latency (this way programs that query for the buffer size of all ASIO drivers on startup won't cause MC to start).
9. Changed: Socket buffer size to 32k.
10. Changed: Allow re-use of the base socket listener for library server (non-windows versions).
11. Changed: Adaptive Volume in 'Peak Level Normalize' mode would not use a fixed gain in some cases where it should have.
12. Internal: Switched television engine from an MFC COM control (MJTVControl.dll) to a regular DLL (JRTelevision.dll).
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2013, 12:09:32 pm »

1. NEW: Added View > Size option to resize Standard View (only works well with some skins; Noire recommended).


Standard View can now be displayed in Large Print.   Excellent for couch viewing and/or older eyes!  125% seems about right on my system. THANKS


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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2013, 12:44:59 pm »

I had a series of lockups and/or crashes (some of each) with this build this morning, and now I cannot play audio at all.  The player starts, and the track appears to proceed normally, audio chain looks generally normal, but no sound is audible.  I tried creating a new zone, but no luck.  

EDIT:  It appears to be convolution related.  If I leave convolution off, everything works normally, but any enabled convolution filter gives me no output and the weird empty analyzer with the strange headers depicted below.  Also rolling back to version .45 fixes it.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2013, 01:25:21 pm »

I had a series of lockups and/or crashes (some of each) with this build this morning, and now I cannot play audio at all.  The player starts, and the track appears to proceed normally, audio chain looks generally normal, but no sound is audible.  I tried creating a new zone, but no luck.  

EDIT:  It appears to be convolution related.  If I leave convolution off, everything works normally, but any enabled convolution filter gives me no output and the weird empty analyzer with the strange headers depicted below.  Also rolling back to version .45 fixes it.


Convolution seems to be working here.

Could you try a redownload and install?  What's your CPU?  What's displayed on the Convolution DSP page?

Thanks.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2013, 01:30:17 pm »

Convolution seems to be working here.

Could you try a redownload and install?  What's your CPU?  What's displayed on the Convolution DSP page?

Thanks.

I just tried reinstalling with no luck after downgrading to .45.  I'll try again though.  Do you recommend uninstalling first?

Convolution shows that it's processing and doing its normal thing, there's just no sound and the weird analyzer.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2013, 01:34:08 pm »

Do you recommend uninstalling first?

No.


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Convolution shows that it's processing and doing its normal thing, there's just no sound and the weird analyzer.

What's your CPU?

Could any other Convolution users test?
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2013, 01:36:39 pm »

What's your CPU?

Ok, tried reinstalling, no change.  My CPU is an i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2013, 02:57:54 pm »

On the customise toolbar window there is still an option for the now defunct skin manager
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2013, 04:31:27 pm »

Hulu seems to be broken in Theater View in the last few builds, maybe they changed the Hulu site again.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2013, 05:35:55 pm »

Hulu seems to be broken in Theater View in the last few builds, maybe they changed the Hulu site again.

I've also noticed that Hulu has not been functioning in the last several builds of MC.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2013, 12:42:19 pm »

Had read that MC19 had the capability of upsampling formats to DSD.  Not sure whether its me (probably) or the jargon, but do not see reference to this capability in the list of version modifications.

Lost track of my post on this topic since apparently it never got a response, etc., but has anyone played with upsampling PCM to DSD with MC to improve sound quality.  Not sure this makes sense to me...as one reviewer has suggested: "You can't polish a turd", figuratively speaking of course and no denigration of the PCM format intended.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2013, 12:56:30 pm »

Had read that MC19 had the capability of upsampling formats to DSD.  Not sure whether its me (probably) or the jargon, but do not see reference to this capability in the list of version modifications.

Lost track of my post on this topic since apparently it never got a response, etc., but has anyone played with upsampling PCM to DSD with MC to improve sound quality.  Not sure this makes sense to me...as one reviewer has suggested: "You can't polish a turd", figuratively speaking of course and no denigration of the PCM format intended.
Use search to search titles in this sub-Forum for "DSD".

Upsampling does not improve sound quality (for exactly the reason you stated).

The use of PCM->DSD was for people who want to use only their DSD-to-Analog converter all the time, for convenience.

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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2013, 01:01:49 pm »

Use search to search titles in this sub-Forum for "DSD".

Upsampling does not improve sound quality (for exactly the reason you stated).

The use of PCM->DSD was for people who want to use only their DSD-to-Analog converter all the time, for convenience.

Thanks, kstuart.  Interesting...

Will do the DSD search.  Probably more to read than I have time for like most topics but would be nice!
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2013, 08:49:01 am »

I've install the last 19.0.50. I detect a bug.

In podcast view ("downloaded podcast") I can see any videos of my video library. Not all videos are showed only any videos. So in the podcast view I can see the podcast files and also some videos (not all videos of my library).

This videos are porn and the curious George can see it!!! I use the function for "access rating" and I protect it by password user and in spite of that ALL porn videos are showed in the "downloaded podcast" view!!!

Please, fix it!  :D :P

I wait for the next release


PS: media subtype tag of the videos showed in "downloaded podcast" is: "other". Is NOT podcast.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2013, 08:52:53 am »

I edit my last comment now.
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2013, 11:25:37 am »

Something's happened to the scrollbars on the playing now window
When the display looks like a listview in details mode, moving the scroll bars with a mouse also does the 'lasso' selection of files
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Re: JRiver Media Center 19.0.50 -- Available Here
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2013, 01:35:18 pm »

I've detected another bug in this version.

When you use the option of "user" with password you can edit the configuration of conditions of the current profile WITHOUT put the password of the profile! it is illogical because if you only have 2 profiles anyone can change the conditions for show without put the password of the CURRENT profile!

For example, I you have a condition for don't show videos with tag "Adult" for one profile (and you are using this profile) you only need to edit this configuration and delete this condition for show ALL videos!!! Password is not asked for this!

Please, solve it this now! curious George is very clever!  :D
 
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