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[bob]

http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v20/latest/MediaCenter-20.0.93.deb

1. Changed: alsacap utility displays individual supported sample rates instead of a range.
2. Changed: Main window startup code to eliminate some glitches.
3. Changed: In /mediaserver mode, the main window is minimized after startup.

20.0.88 (3/30/2015)

1. Fixed: Build 84 broke transcoding to mp3 (as well as ogg and mpc) which would show up in a variety of places including playback to Gizmo and JRemote.

20.0.84 (3/17/2015)

1. Fixed: Multi-threaded video encoding is properly supported.
2. Fixed: When receiving a HUP signal MC was waiting on a event to process resulting in an unnecessary delay in shutdown.
3. Fixed: Multichannel DSD wrapped by DoPE was overflowing the buffer resulting in noise or crashes.
4. Fixed: If an event is received for a window which has been destroyed, don't act on the event.

20.0.80 (3/2/2015)

1. Changed: Updated the FFmpeg version used for file analysis, transcoding and video playback.
2. Changed: Many internal changes. Look for regressions. This will also be available in the "latest" apt repository.

20.0.74 (2/20/2015)

1. Changed: A massive number of internal changes. If you want to help with debugging it'd be nice to try this (we are looking for regressions). Otherwise stick with build 70 for now.  This is also available in the "latest" apt repository.

20.0.70 (2/13/2015)

1. Fixed: Aspect Ratio was not correct when transcoding video.
2. Fixed: When syncing files to a mass storage based handheld device forward slashes within artist or album names would cause the destination path to be wrong.

20.0.66 (2/6/2015)

1. Fixed: Playing AC3/CUE files could cause the player to hang on track switch.
2. Fixed: Video files with a single-quote in their name could not be imported properly.
3. NEW: Video Transcoding in MC and through MCWS/DLNA.

20.0.64 (1/29/2015)

1. Fixed: Crashing on the second open of the audio device settings. The change to fix this is likely to eliminate other mysterious crashes and the intermittent segfault on exit.
2. Fixed: SACD iso playback broken in 20.0.57.
3. Fixed: Avoid importing images.

20.0.63 (1/27/2015)

1. Changed: When both a Linux and a Master license are installed, Media Center now shows the installed license type as Master.
2. Fixed: Point to Point network interfaces (i.e. vpn) caused a crash.
3. Changed: Main screen, more linux like mouse cursors.
4. Fixed: For opening hypertext menu links, require at least one of the desktop specific Open Desktop Standard utilities to be present in the package dependencies.

20.0.61 (1/22/2015)

1. Fixed: When spectrum analyzer stopped it was still redrawing on the screen causing unnecessary cpu usage.
2. Fixed: Master license details.

20.0.58 (1/20/2015)

1. NEW: Selecting audio streams in Video files.
2. NEW: Chapter selection in the OSD and context menus for videos.
3. Fixed: Freezing at the end of .ac3 audio tracks.
4. NEW: Accepts Master license.

20.0.57 (1/16/2015)

1. Fixed: DSP Studio presets could not be saved/loaded/deleted.
2. Changed: Internal coding changes to satisfy GCC. Ideally this will do away with some difficult to reproduce bugs.
3. Changed: Desktop file. On Unity systems this will make all of MC's windows to show up at the same Icon in the bar.

20.0.54 (1/8/2015)

1. Changed: Newly created windows should always be in the foreground now.
2. Changes from the mainstream. Note that if you are using client side volume leveling over DLNA and are using MC on multiple platforms, all builds need to be >=20.0.52 for this to continue to work.

20.0.50 (12/19/2014)

1. Fixed: Mouse pointer changes on hover over actions work now (like resize, change split, etc).

20.0.49 (12/16/2014)

1. Changed: Upgraded to cURL library 7.39
2. Fixed: Numeric keypad characters that were being ignored.
3. Fixed: GUI, disabling input in background windows.
4. Changed: GUI, greatly increased speed in operations inside of MC's windows. Fixes playlist lists, reduces CPU usage.
5. Fixed: Convert format when changing the destination path.

20.0.46 (12/05/2014) (Changes from the main branch)

20.0.43 (11/25/2014) (Changes from the main branch)

1. Fixed: Clearing "Now playing" from a remote will not pop up a confirmation box now.

20.0.42 (11/21/2014) (Changes from the main branch)

1. Fixed: DLNA: MC as renderer, when receiving a SetNextAVtransportURI, MC was allowing the playlist to grow beyond 2 items which is incorrect. This caused playlist sync issues.
2. Fixed: DLNA: MC as controller, fix bug in event send when changing playlist position 1.
3. Fixed: DLNA: MC as controller timing issue, make sure the first track is playing (for at least 5 seconds) before doing the SetNextAVTransportURI function.
4. Fixed: DLNA: MC as controller, when playlist position current +1 changes send a new SetNextAVTransportURI to devices that support it.
5. Fixed: The change from 20.0.31 (Back out library server hiding when the library is empty introduced in 19.0.71) missed the library server visibility (it was showing the DLNA servers).

20.0.33 (11/10/2014)

1. NEW: Support for thumbnail grabbing from video files.
2. Changed: Matrix height correction when using gnu unifont (it's got a bug in it's size specification).
3. Changed: For SSL network operations, use TLSv1 instead of SSLv3.
4. NEW: Support for Shorten and Opus audio playback using the new JR playback engine (using FFmpeg).

20.0.31-1 (11/1/2014)

1. There was something off about that last upload build (version number was wrong for one). Replaced with 20.0.31-1

20.0.31 (10/31/2014)

1. Happy Halloween   Just changes from the main branch.

20.0.27 (10/24/2014)

1. Fixed: Filesystem character problems in Rename, Move and Copy files.
2. Changed: Added hinting to window creation to try to get the window manager to move and resize windows in larger increments.
3. Fixed: CPU usage, especially during the drawing of the Spectrum Analyzer during playback, bug introduced in 20.0.22

20.0.25 (10/16/2014)

1. Changed: More UI changes. Extra desktop hinting on window, title bar and icon creation. Suspend desktop hinting when moving or resizing the root window. Attempt to fix initial window placement issue. Needs testing.

20.0.23 (10/13/2014)

1. Changed: More UI changes. Needs testing.

20.0.22 (10/9/2014)

1. Fixed: Video Playback crashed on stop when playing from a library server.
2. NEW: If using the system volume control and there is no mixer for the PCM device, we'll fall back to using the Master mixer for the device.
3. Changed: UI fixes. Startup position and position of popup windows should be stable now. This includes the controls in fullscreen video mode.

20.0.20 (10/2/2014)

1. Fixed: https protocol broken in 20.0.18
2. Changed: Switched to gnutls from openssl for https support because of a bug in the openssl static libs that prevented some websites certificates from being verified (i.e. twitter)

20.0.18 (9/26/2014)

1. Fixed: JRWorker segfaulting occasionally prevented some file types from being recognized.
2. Fixed: MediaCenter also occasionally segfaulted on exit.

20.0.17 (9/19/2014)

1. NEW: Implemented the file "locate" function.
2. Fixed: Menu items that open a URL in a browser.
3. Fixed: Disabled menu items unsupported on linux.
4. Fixed: Default for managing links changed to external browser.
5. Changed: possibly more ability to play Internet streams. Needs testing.

20.0.16 (9/16/2014)

1. Fixed: Series and Season cover art downloaded to the wrong folders.
2. NEW: Video playback supports playing from a library server.
3. Fixed: Last.fm scrobbling.

20.0.15 (9/12/2014)

1. Fixed: Fullscreen video playback is functional.
2. Changed: The video renderer uses VSYNC if available in the graphics driver.

20.0.13 (9/8/2014)

1. Fixed: Corrected the latency calculation for the ALSA output.
2. NEW: Video support.

[Awesome Donkey]

The AMD64 build working fine here.

The *only* thing I've noticed (both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds checked) is there's a momentary lag/UI lockup when import summary pops up after running auto-import. It seems to lag when drawing the close button.

[JimCo06]

Just an FYI.

I just updated to 20.0.93 and now every time I start MC it opens in a small window in the upper left part of the screen.  I do have the Start-up set to "last location".  If I maximize MC to full screen then close MC, when I re-start MC, it again opens in a small window in the upper left part of the screen. I have a dual boot computer using both Ubuntu 14.04 and Mint 17 and it is happening in both.  If I roll back to 20.0.88, MC opens correctly in the position it was in when it was closed, in both distros.

[Awesome Donkey]

I just updated to 20.0.93 and now every time I start MC it opens in a small window in the upper left part of the screen.  I do have the Start-up set to "last location".  If I maximize MC to full screen then close MC, when I re-start MC, it again opens in a small window in the upper left part of the screen. I have a dual boot computer using both Ubuntu 14.04 and Mint 17 and it is happening in both.  If I roll back to 20.0.88, MC opens correctly in the position it was in when it was closed, in both distros.

Same here, but the last location setting has nothing to do with this 'issue'.

[bob]

Can't repo this.
You aren't starting in maximize mode are you?

[Awesome Donkey]

Nope, in fact I'm finding the maximize state isn't being saved.

[mwillems]

I'm seeing the same thing (MC resets size to small window in ther upper left corner), although I should clarify that the "small window" I'm seeing is still usable (it's not the return of the weird unusable sliver from many builds ago).

FWIW The maximize state has never saved for me; MC never remembers that it was maximized (on both Arch/Gnome and Debian Jessie/XFCE machines). 

Curiously, if MC was not maximized, it usually seemed to remember where it was and what size it was (although it "forgets" periodically, maybe linked to updates?).  So I wind up resizing the window so that it's basically maximized on the correct screen, and then it remembers (until it forgets).

[bob]

Remember MC doesn't support multiple monitors at this time.
Do you have the same issue if you start and save MC on the primary monitor?

[Awesome Donkey]

Happens on a single monitor here.

[mwillems]

Remember MC doesn't support multiple monitors at this time.
Do you have the same issue if you start and save MC on the primary monitor?

Yes it's the same on a single screen, I was testing on an Arch/Gnome laptop last night when I posted.  

My observations above about maximized state and recollection of window size/position have been consistently the same on single monitors, laptop screens, double monitors, and even on virtual displays generated by VNC servers, admittedly with unsupported distributions.

[bob]

I know there is an issue with the saving of the maximize state. The one I cannot reproduce is the tiny box on startup.

[mwillems]

I know there is an issue with the saving of the maximize state. The one I cannot reproduce is the tiny box on startup.

The small(ish) window in the upper right corner appears for me on single screens as well.  In my testing last night, I found one thing that might help repro:  I found that if I closed MC and then reopened it again immediately it seemed to remember the last position.  If I reboot in between (or even wait a while), I'm back to the small window.

[Awesome Donkey]

Typically when closing MC maximized and reopening it, it reopens it windowed but it's been saved to the max height and width like it were minimized. Currently if I resize the window and close MC, it doesn't save the window size - it reopens it in the top left corner as a 'small' window (small for me on a 1440p screen). Would uploading a library backup help reproduce this?

EDIT: Also starting to notice that the MC launcher randomly appears multiple times when running in the Unity dash again. Looks like the launcher in /usr/share/applications is named mediacenter20.desktop again instead of media-center-20.desktop which fixed this before. I fixed this on my side.

EDIT 2: Library/settings backup: https://www.mediafire.com/?a3qx2mqywb0eoon

[bob]

Typically when closing MC maximized and reopening it, it reopens it windowed but it's been saved to the max height and width like it were minimized. Currently if I resize the window and close MC, it doesn't save the window size - it reopens it in the top left corner as a 'small' window (small for me on a 1440p screen). Would uploading a library backup help reproduce this?

EDIT: Also starting to notice that the MC launcher randomly appears multiple times when running in the Unity dash again. Looks like the launcher in /usr/share/applications is named mediacenter20.desktop again instead of media-center-20.desktop which fixed this before. I fixed this on my side.

EDIT 2: Library/settings backup: https://www.mediafire.com/?a3qx2mqywb0eoon

I think I just fixed the maximize on start.
I'll try to reproduce the small box but perhaps it was a side effect of the maximize not working?
I didn't change anything in desktop settings, are you using i386 or AMD64 builds? Perhaps you switched and that is when it changed?

[Awesome Donkey]

I think I just fixed the maximize on start.
I'll try to reproduce the small box but perhaps it was a side effect of the maximize not working?

Perhaps, I'll have check it once the next build is out unless you can reproduce it.

I didn't change anything in desktop settings, are you using i386 or AMD64 builds? Perhaps you switched and that is when it changed?

It's strange, I've tried both the i386 and AMD64 builds the launcher seems to be named mediacenter20.desktop instead of media-center-20.desktop like it was previously when this happened. Once I renamed it back to media-center-20.desktop it seems to work as intended again without the multiple launcher icons in the dash. I'm pretty sure I can reproduce this in Linux Mint Cinnamon too once I get my virtual machines back up and running. I would try Debian too, but I'm waiting until later in the month once Jessie is *hopefully* released as stable.

I might of found two more, but related issues. The first happens when using the default Noire skin - if you close the tree while music is playing (music with embedded album art so it appears in the display view) the album art from the display view gets 'stuck' on the bottom left corner. I should be able to post a screenshot of this here in the next hour or so.

The second issue is related. If I use the Modern Cards: Duo (Ubuntu) skin and repeat the above, instead of the album art display getting stuck down on the bottom left, MC will instantly segfault crash. I'll get the dbg segfault details for this too when taking the screenshot.

[Awesome Donkey]

Okay, the new issues - these were all tested with the AMD64 build, will try i386 once the virtual machines are reinstalled and back up;

Here's Noire with the tree open while playing a song: http://i.imgur.com/kQ952OF.jpg

And here's Noire if I close the tree while the song is still playing: http://i.imgur.com/QkzLnxQ.jpg

Finally, the potentially related issue when using the Modern Cards: Duo (Ubuntu) skin. With Noire it doesn't segfault - the above happens. But if I reproduce the above then switch the skin to Modern Cards: Duo (Ubuntu), it'll segfault instantly.

Code: [Select]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff6bd9b41 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
I'll try going through the other MC skins and see if one of the included skins can reproduce this as well.

EDIT: Reproduced it on the first try with an included skin. Switch to Noire Glass after reproducing the first issue and it'll segfault with the same output above.

[Awesome Donkey]

The *only* thing I've noticed (both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds checked) is there's a momentary lag/UI lockup when import summary pops up after running auto-import. It seems to lag when drawing the close button.

I got a screenshot of this as the momentary lag/freeze happens (happens with all skins including Noire and Modern Cards): http://i.imgur.com/cQGNYuh.png

Look at where Import Summary and Action Window areas are - the titles, frames and buttons don't draw during the momentary lag, but do correctly after a few seconds.

[bob]

Okay, the new issues - these were all tested with the AMD64 build, will try i386 once the virtual machines are reinstalled and back up;

Here's Noire with the tree open while playing a song: http://i.imgur.com/kQ952OF.jpg

And here's Noire if I close the tree while the song is still playing: http://i.imgur.com/QkzLnxQ.jpg

Finally, the potentially related issue when using the Modern Cards: Duo (Ubuntu) skin. With Noire it doesn't segfault - the above happens. But if I reproduce the above then switch the skin to Modern Cards: Duo (Ubuntu), it'll segfault instantly.

Code: [Select]

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff6bd9b41 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6
I'll try going through the other MC skins and see if one of the included skins can reproduce this as well.

EDIT: Reproduced it on the first try with an included skin. Switch to Noire Glass after reproducing the first issue and it'll segfault with the same output above.

No idea how you even closed the tree. I've never tried that before.
Noire glass? It's not even in MC20.
Modern card? A ubuntu system skin? Can't see why that would make any difference.

[bob]

Perhaps, I'll have check it once the next build is out unless you can reproduce it.

It's strange, I've tried both the i386 and AMD64 builds the launcher seems to be named mediacenter20.desktop instead of media-center-20.desktop like it was previously when this happened. Once I renamed it back to media-center-20.desktop it seems to work as intended again without the multiple launcher icons in the dash. I'm pretty sure I can reproduce this in Linux Mint Cinnamon too once I get my virtual machines back up and running. I would try Debian too, but I'm waiting until later in the month once Jessie is *hopefully* released as stable.

I just checked and the desktop file was wrong in the amd64 version (it was correct in the i386 version).
I don't use -
I use the space character so it's
media center 20.desktop

[Awesome Donkey]

No idea how you even closed the tree. I've never tried that before.

Clicking where the two horizontal arrows on the middle left side will expand/close the playlists/action window area. That's what I meant (not sure what to call it, actually).

Noire glass? It's not even in MC20.

Strange, I just checked several clean installs of MC20 for Windows, Mac and Linux and Noire Glass is present on all of them.

Modern card? A ubuntu system skin? Can't see why that would make any difference.

Just an example, I'll go through the other skins here in a few minutes to see if any others can reproduce this.

I just checked and the desktop file was wrong in the amd64 version (it was correct in the i386 version).
I don't use -
I use the space character so it's
media center 20.desktop

Ah, makes sense. Yeah, it should work just fine.

EDIT: Okay, found another skin that'll cause the segfault. Reproduce the display album art bug with Noire above, then switch to Purity and it'll segfault.

[bob]

Clicking where the two horizontal arrows on the middle left side will expand/close the playlists/action window area. That's what I meant (not sure what to call it, actually).

Strange, I just checked several clean installs of MC20 for Windows, Mac and Linux and Noire Glass is present on all of them.

I imagine you are referring to amd64 linux again. I suppose the script missed removing that as well.

EDIT: Okay, found another skin that'll cause the segfault. Reproduce the display album art bug with Noire above, then switch to Purity and it'll segfault.

No idea on that one, it crashes in the debugger leaving no stack trace behind. It will be difficult to sort out.

[Awesome Donkey]

I got a video of this showing a) the small window, b) the album art display getting stuck on the screen after collapsing the left panel in Noire and c) switching to the Purity skin and repeating what I did with Noire only to get the segfault in the terminal.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lqijrdioqg4eyue/MC20.mp4?dl=0