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Networks and Remotes => Remotes => Topic started by: bob on February 16, 2021, 05:15:09 pm
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JRemote (iOS) 3.35 has been released.
Changes in this build:
Built with a launch storyboard.
Local video playback to the iPhone/iPad implements the new Media Center 27 video playback method.
Fixed the info line spacing for iPhones with a notch.
Fixed the spacing of the settings gear for iPhones with a notch.
Fixed the search bar spacing for iPhones with a notch.
Fixed the floating search bar spacing for iPhones with a notch.
Starting to work on theme setting for Dark mode.
Theme will now switch automatically to light or dark depending on iOS setting.
Crashes on iOS versions below 11 fixed.
Spacing for devices without a home button in the Playing Now Metadata and Playlist screen fixed.
Top spacing for Title/Track on devices with a notch tweaked.
Issues still to be addressed:
Quick jump on lists when article sorting is enabled.
Rotation of the playing now screen on 4.7" iPhones (where rotation is supposed to be disabled).
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JRemote (iOS) 3.35 has been released.
... for iPhones with a notch.
Thank you. It's great to have the display back to normal.
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Since I don't see it listed above under issues still to be addressed, just a reminder about the problem with hidden zones, so it doesn't drop off the list.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,128419.0.html
Originally reported about 10 months ago.
Thank you.
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I really appreciate the changes. Especially adjusting the screen to easily click on buttons at top and bottom.
One thing.... I select dark mode and it will revert back to Light mode by default. Dark doesn’t stick. Every time it closes i must reconnect Dark Theme.
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I'm happy to report that JRemote looks wonderful once again on my iPhone XR. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
- Josh
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Upgrades to ios JRemote are much appreciated. However, I use an iPad and noticed that after 3.35, with Playing Now Metadata open, when I touch one of the little "i"s next to a selection on the playlist it invokes that selection to play immediately. Before 3.35, touching an "i" would invoke the Metadata list for that selection but wouldn't play it; unless you actually touch the selection name left of the "i". I found the ability to look ahead at upcoming metadata very useful and if the 3.35 change wasn't intentional I hope that feature can be restored. I hope that's all clear.
Thanks
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Similar problem. With version 34 pressing an “i” in now playing would show the metadata for that item. Now with the update 35 for me pressing the “i” beside a track on the now playing list list is non-responsive, on my iPad.
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Upgrades to ios JRemote are much appreciated. However, I use an iPad and noticed that after 3.35, with Playing Now Metadata open, when I touch one of the little "i"s next to a selection on the playlist it invokes that selection to play immediately. Before 3.35, touching an "i" would invoke the Metadata list for that selection but wouldn't play it; unless you actually touch the selection name left of the "i". I found the ability to look ahead at upcoming metadata very useful and if the 3.35 change wasn't intentional I hope that feature can be restored. I hope that's all clear.
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Ditto. Last 3.35 beta version where this isn't a problem is 3.35 (396)
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I'm happy to report that JRemote looks wonderful once again on my iPhone XR. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
+1 Really appreciate the update, guys!
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Upgrades to ios JRemote are much appreciated. However, I use an iPad and noticed that after 3.35, with Playing Now Metadata open, when I touch one of the little "i"s next to a selection on the playlist it invokes that selection to play immediately. Before 3.35, touching an "i" would invoke the Metadata list for that selection but wouldn't play it; unless you actually touch the selection name left of the "i". I found the ability to look ahead at upcoming metadata very useful and if the 3.35 change wasn't intentional I hope that feature can be restored. I hope that's all clear.
Thanks
Same for me. I use that ability to see what the episode or film is and the count so note where I am in the series. It’s completely broken now. Please go back to the previous version as this is a significant affect on the functionality of the remote. Great if it looks nice but it’s use is compromised for anyone with an iPad I suspect.
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Upgrades to ios JRemote are much appreciated. However, I use an iPad and noticed that after 3.35, with Playing Now Metadata open, when I touch one of the little "i"s next to a selection on the playlist it invokes that selection to play immediately. Before 3.35, touching an "i" would invoke the Metadata list for that selection but wouldn't play it; unless you actually touch the selection name left of the "i". I found the ability to look ahead at upcoming metadata very useful and if the 3.35 change wasn't intentional I hope that feature can be restored. I hope that's all clear.
Thanks
I have the same problem pressing i starts the related video.
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I also have the problem with the info button.
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My iPhone and iPad updated JRemote last night.
I found a bug with the theme setting though. I always use the "dark" theme and the new app defaulted to "light". I changed it to dark and all was OK until I relaunched JRemote today on my iPhone and it is back to light again. I have tried multiple times and it keeps resetting back to light on my iPhone.
My iPad is keeping the dark setting after multiple JRemote restarts.
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Found another bug this evening. Star ratings are not saving when selecting from the JRemote now playing screen. I was always able to do this before. Still works properly from my handheld remote control so nothing has changed on my server settings.
I tested from iPhone and iPad and star ratings don’t work on either device.
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Found another bug this evening. Star ratings are not saving when selecting from the JRemote now playing screen. I was always able to do this before. Still works properly from my handheld remote control so nothing has changed on my server settings.
I tested from iPhone and iPad and star ratings don’t work on either device.
You may need to turn on Authentication on the server.
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I did already have authentication on but I will reconnect again to make sure the password is working properly.
My bad. Somehow authentication was unchecked on my server. Rechecked it and ratings are working fine now.
Any idea on the light theme issue?
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Upgrades to ios JRemote are much appreciated. However, I use an iPad and noticed that after 3.35, with Playing Now Metadata open, when I touch one of the little "i"s next to a selection on the playlist it invokes that selection to play immediately. Before 3.35, touching an "i" would invoke the Metadata list for that selection but wouldn't play it; unless you actually touch the selection name left of the "i". I found the ability to look ahead at upcoming metadata very useful and if the 3.35 change wasn't intentional I hope that feature can be restored. I hope that's all clear.
Thanks
Yes, PLEASE fix!
Can I go back to previous version in the meantime??
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In version 3.35, the Play Now screen of my iPhone XS Plus and iPhone 6 Plus shows song name as the top line, but the artist/album on the second line is only about 1/3 visible and unreadable. It seems to have a spacing problem. Please see screenshot attached.
Please fix it. Meanwhile, kindly restore version 3.34 for our use. Many thanks.
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I had that obscured artist/album issue and it was to do with font size. Here’s the relevant part of the thread:
Even though I have “Larger Text” set to off, if the font size slider at the bottom of the option screen is set to one of the 2 largest sizes, the problem occurs. Any size smaller it is fine. I had it set on the second largest size, I didn’t realize it did anything when the option was not enabled.
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I had that obscured artist/album issue and it was to do with font size. Here’s the relevant part of the thread:
Even though I have “Larger Text” set to off, if the font size slider at the bottom of the option screen is set to one of the 2 largest sizes, the problem occurs. Any size smaller it is fine. I had it set on the second largest size, I didn’t realize it did anything when the option was not enabled.
Can you please clarify which "Option" screen you are referring to? Many thanks.
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Yes sorry, I'm talking about the iPhone Text size settings.
On your iPhone: Settings -> Display & Brightness -> Text Size
There is a slider on the bottom of the Text Size settings screen.
I found that using either the largest or second largest setting resulted in what you are seeing. All others were ok.
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Ah, thanks Scobie, I was looking in MC and couldn't find it. I don't think I ever changed this setting and it is right in the middle, so I have never had the described issue. Cool you found this out.
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Yeah it caught me by surprise as I never thought I had changed that setting.
Will be worth checking other font or zoom settings though.
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Will be worth checking other font or zoom settings though.
Indeed, I'll play around with it. At home, I use mainly the iPad version, while in the car it's the iPhone, of course.
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I have tried multiple times and it keeps resetting back to light on my iPhone.
Dark mode is not "sticking" for me on my iPad (iPadOS 14.4). Once selected, a currently-running JRemote holds the Dark theme, but anytime the app is restarted, it is defaulting back to Light.
Also, pulling up track info (just from browsing, not the Playing Now screen) and hitting any of the small circled "i" instances to advance displayed info to that track also serves to start playback of that track.
Other than those two items, the latest release is working fine for me. Continued thanks for showing JRemote on iOS some love!
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Little surprised I’m the first to report this. Imagine I already have music queued up. I want to add an entire album to the end of the queue. I highlight the first track (long press), select “All Tracks” from the pop-up menu, and the existing queue is now instantly replaced with the new album. I don’t have a choice to select “Add to Now Playing.” This changes the way I listen and, in this little world of ours, is a big deal for me. Thanks!
iPhone 8 (iOS 14.4) and latest stable version of MC on Win 10.
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Little surprised I’m the first to report this. Imagine I already have music queued up. I want to add an entire album to the end of the queue. I highlight the first track (long press), select “All Tracks” from the pop-up menu, and the existing queue is now instantly replaced with the new album. I don’t have a choice to select “Add to Now Playing.” This changes the way I listen and, in this little world of ours, is a big deal for me. Thanks!
iPhone 8 (iOS 14.4) and latest stable version of MC on Win 10.
Here's another I've been encountering: If I globally search for a track with more than one entry of the same name, and have selected "1+ Add to playing now", as the default tap mode, then if I try to select a particular track, instead of only that track being selected, all tracks found in the search of the same name will be added to playing now.
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Dark mode is not "sticking" for me on my iPad (iPadOS 14.4). Once selected, a currently-running JRemote holds the Dark theme, but anytime the app is restarted, it is defaulting back to Light.
Also, pulling up track info (just from browsing, not the Playing Now screen) and hitting any of the small circled "i" instances to advance displayed info to that track also serves to start playback of that track.
Other than those two items, the latest release is working fine for me. Continued thanks for showing JRemote on iOS some love!
The JRemote 3.35 change log says "Theme will now switch automatically to light or dark depending on iOS setting." Sounds like they wanted JRemote light/dark mode to change according
to IOS versions with the light/dark mode setting. And no way to tell JRemote to ignore the mode
that IOS is using. I personally like JRemote to always use dark mode.
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Unfortunately you may be right. If so, it would make sense to have added Automatic as an option that would follow the ios setting. But even that doesn’t make sense to me. If that is the case why put that Dark/Light option there at all if it doesn’t stick?! I much prefer keeping it dark at all times. I find the light mode very distracting and unnecessary.
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Unfortunately you may be right. If so, it would make sense to have added Automatic as an option that would follow the ios setting. But even that doesn’t make sense to me. If that is the case why put that Dark/Light option there at all if it doesn’t stick?! I much prefer keeping it dark at all times. I find the light mode very distracting and unnecessary.
Light mode on your device isn't distracting?
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Not sure I understand your question.
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Here's another I've been encountering: If I globally search for a track with more than one entry of the same name, and have selected "1+ Add to playing now", as the default tap mode, then if I try to select a particular track, instead of only that track being selected, all tracks found in the search of the same name will be added to playing now.
Similar to this, a long standing bug, never addressed or responded to.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,126599.0.html
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I might be imagining it working before, but did the iOS "now playing" integration ever work for playing to an external zone? The apple widget goes back to not playing as soon as I connect to an MC27 client and I am no longer able to use my watch/iphone to control the playback/volume.
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I am trying to use the JRemote app with JRiver 27.0.62 silicon/Intel Beta for Macintosh.
The app recognizes the system but when I select Remote, a lot of the gestures (e.g. move cursor left or right to select a title) don’t seem to work. I do get responses when I hit Play or Stoo on JRemote.
Is it possible to create two different icons that contain settings for multiple instances of JRiver? I am flipping back and forth between Windows and Mac while I try and see if the Mac version will work for me. It is getting tedious having to keep swapping IP addresses and passwords.
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Is it possible to create two different icons that contain settings for multiple instances of JRiver?
You can use JRemote to connect to different servers and keep those connections stored in JRemote. Just add another server in the JRemote settings. Then you can just choose which one to use later. I have 4 servers running (NAS, RPi4, iMac and MacBookPro) and I made a connection for each in JRemote. Also, I'd recommend updating both Media Center and JRemote to the latest version.
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JRemote (iOS) 3.35 has been released.
Changes in this build:
Built with a launch storyboard.
Local video playback to the iPhone/iPad implements the new Media Center 27 video playback method.
Fixed the info line spacing for iPhones with a notch.
Fixed the spacing of the settings gear for iPhones with a notch.
Fixed the search bar spacing for iPhones with a notch.
Fixed the floating search bar spacing for iPhones with a notch.
Starting to work on theme setting for Dark mode.
Theme will now switch automatically to light or dark depending on iOS setting.
Crashes on iOS versions below 11 fixed.
Spacing for devices without a home button in the Playing Now Metadata and Playlist screen fixed.
Top spacing for Title/Track on devices with a notch tweaked.
Issues still to be addressed:
Quick jump on lists when article sorting is enabled.
Rotation of the playing now screen on 4.7" iPhones (where rotation is supposed to be disabled).
And broken functionality..... please could someone respond to the boggling bug you have introduced so the remote can no longer let you see what media you have played or details using the ‘i’ function. This is NOT a minor cock-up. I have 8tb of media files and watch tv series etc. Losing the ability to check the last episode I have watched is FUNDAMENTAL to being able to use the remote for media files. Breaking the ability to look at an episode, play count and description using the ‘i’ button, as mentioned by many above, is a problem. Could someone acknowledge this and give an estimated fix time please? This is something ANY testing should have found for heavens sake. I’m annoyed because I posted above a while ago with others and had no response or acknowledgement. At least wind back the version please!
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I'm having the same issues with Light/Dark settings, inability to change any metadata using the “i” button for anything other than the first track, and all of the other problematic new issues that have been introduced with 3.35, and wish to high-heaven that I’d never updated from 3.34
I'm running IPadOS 14.4 on a 2018 iPad Pro.
....in addition, even though I’ve run hard-resets on the iPad multiple times, reinstalled the app multiple times, reset the server connections, etc., I'm experiencing frequent application crashes when I open the app (at least half the time the app crashes and restarts from scratch) which do not appear connected to any particular setting, status, or function being used.
This is very frustrating, and I sincerely hope that fixes are underway for these issues. Sadly, the app has gone from one of my most favoured apps to a necessary evil that frustrates me every time I try to use it, for all of the issues enumerated above and in this thread.
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Having problems with constant crashing when starting the app after not having used the app for some time of Version 3.35 and inability to keep dark theme after crash on the latest iPad Pro and iPhone SE2 with iOS 14.4.
Will there be new betas to fix this?
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As long as you keep build 399 of 3.35 alive, there’s at least a workaround avoiding the annoying crashes and light mode while having the cue bar fixed already.
Edit: crashed also appear with 399 but dark mode stays after that.
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Hi,
Since I upgraded to version 3.35, I am unable to rate (star rating) my music files by using the JRemote app. I can only rate the first song of each CD, as soon as I press on the stars of the second song, it will start playing the song instead of rating it.
Kind regards Ilona
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I have JRiver 27 and have had no problems with JRemote for several years. Suddenly, I cannot connect JRemote to JRiver. I have reinstalled JRemote and used the access key and the IP address. Very frustrating. Can someone help me?
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That's usually a network problem. Firewall, for example. Try power cycling everything on the network.
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Also when JRemote can't connect it will print out a log of what it's trying. Can you post that here (take a screen shot)?
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About to purchase IdPI and/or Id Nuc. Would there be any differences on the JRemote display on an iPad? Would the content be the same from the Pi as the Nuc. Would the Nuc have a faster display response time? Thanks.
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About to purchase IdPI and/or Id Nuc. Would there be any differences on the JRemote display on an iPad? Would the content be the same from the Pi as the Nuc. Would the Nuc have a faster display response time? Thanks.
The IdNUC will be faster simply because it's a more powerful platform.
An IdPi will be fine if you store your media on an external USB drive. As for JRemote, you won't see a big difference between the two unless you have a multichannel DSD files in your library.
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That's usually a network problem. Firewall, for example. Try power cycling everything on the network.
What does power cycling everything on the network mean?
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If you have a typical home network, unplug the power cable on your router and the power cable on your main computer. Wait 30 seconds, then plug them in again.
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I have had Windows 10 updates break JRemote access as well and had to re-enable Media Center access through the Windows firewall.
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Video quality is poor on my iPhone 12 mini. I use my notebook as DLNA server and configured it to not transcode audio or video yet Task Manager shows very high CPU usage when I'm pulling videos from it. the iPhone app has a High, Medium and Low video quality selection so it seems to force transcoding always. I've tried a different mobile app and it works as expected, no transcoding occurs and quality is great, what am I doing wrong? I've tested this on MC 25 and a trial version of 27
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I have to ask, will any of these issues be addressed some time soon? Most of the problems and concerns that have been commented on since the update have gone without any response. Is it Unreasonable to expect some sort of update as to what the intentions are regarding these issues and when they will be addressed? It’s been weeks since its release. I really hope it doesn’t tame another 2 out more months as in the past.
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I have to ask, will any of these issues be addressed some time soon? Most of the problems and concerns that have been commented on since the update have gone without any response. Is it Unreasonable to expect some sort of update as to what the intentions are regarding these issues and when they will be addressed? It’s been weeks since its release. I really hope it doesn’t tame another 2 out more months as in the past.
Are you testing beta releases? Any fixes appear there first.
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No, I don’t have the Beta. Now that you mention it, i do remember reading about the beta but i always thought betas were only for a select test group. I’m not sure I’m a good candidate for beta as I’m so heavily dependent on the app for music and video through out my entire home. And office actually. But that is great to know it’s being worked on. My frustration got the better of me not knowing it was being worked on. Thank s for your response.
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I’d be happy to help out as a Beta tester!
Please let me know.
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Same problem with 'i' for anything below the first track. We had just bought a new iPad, (OS 14) on the old ipad (6 years old) no problem.. I wonder if it a compatibility issue with newer devices.
Still loving JRiver after 8 years.
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If I choose and album and try starting to play from a track in the middle of the list, I used to be able to press and hold that track until the option to play just the "Selection" or "All tracks" came up. Now it is impossible to move away from the default "Selection" option; doing so results in the track you want to play playing immediately and stopping playback when done.
I tried this on two different installations of JRemote and MC in two different countries. Same result.
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As I just mentioned to Bob in a separate message, using the beta of 3.36 over the past day has addressed the “i” tagging, application crashes, and theme issues that I’d had with 3.35
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Unless I hear reports in the next few hours about regressions from the Beta testers, I'm going to promote 3.36 to release.
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Installed 3.36 just minutes ago. The issue I reported on earlier regarding "All Tracks, Add to "Now Playing"" appears to be fixed. Yay. I was concerned since the issue didn't appear in the release notes. Thanks! Glad to have the function back.
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I just applied version 3.36 also. The “i” function now appears to be working as it did before and I’m a happy camper. Thanks to everyone who did the fix and the testing. It’s very much appreciated.
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Running 3.36. The problems with "i" button are fixed. Thanks!
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Minor issue but seems like something that should be fixed. It’s been this way as long as I can remember. Long press the first song in an album, select all tracks and then select add to “Now Playing.” The newly added tracks don’t show up in the queue right away. Once the next song plays, the queue properly updates. Also, if you unload JRemote and reload, the queue properly populates.
Edit: everything is fine if the queue is already empty. The above issue only occurs if there are already songs in the queue.
2nd Edit: three times in-a-row it’s worked perfect since I’ve posted. Go figure.
3rd Edit: the issue occurs when I go from playing FLAC files to adding DSF files. Doesn’t happen when I add FLAC files to an already populated list of FLAC files.
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In version 3.35, the Play Now screen of my iPhone XS Plus and iPhone 6 Plus shows song name as the top line, but the artist/album on the second line is only about 1/3 visible and unreadable. It seems to have a spacing problem. Please see screenshot attached.
Please fix it. Meanwhile, kindly restore version 3.34 for our use. Many thanks.
I have the same issue. My eyes need the large fonts to even see text. This issue showed in this 3.36 version. Any work around???
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Video quality is poor on my iPhone 12 mini. I use my notebook as DLNA server and configured it to not transcode audio or video yet Task Manager shows very high CPU usage when I'm pulling videos from it. the iPhone app has a High, Medium and Low video quality selection so it seems to force transcoding always. I've tried a different mobile app and it works as expected, no transcoding occurs and quality is great, what am I doing wrong? I've tested this on MC 25 and a trial version of 27
Any feedback on this? How do I disable transcoding?
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I believe video is always transcoded unless it is a native iphone type, eg mp4 or m4v. All other video is transcoded. I think...
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I have the same issue. My eyes need the large fonts to even see text. This issue showed in this 3.36 version. Any work around???
I have discovered that if you set the font size in the IOS display settings to at least 3 ticks down from the largest an then open JRemote the issues is not there however the text is smaller and hard to read but the second line is not cut off. You can then go to your IOS settings and turn the font size all the way up so all other apps are easy to read. As long as you do not close jriver the text cutoff is not an issue (though hard to read because it's too small). By closing I mean remove from background memory by swiping it off the screen.
This makes me believe that the text size in jriver is set only when it is first opened. It looks like there needs to be more room made for the text as it just gets cut off if the font size is set over the 3rd tick mark from the largest. This was not an issue in 3.34. iPhone XR.
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I believe video is always transcoded unless it is a native iphone type, eg mp4 or m4v. All other video is transcoded. I think...
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