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One of the major strengths of MC is that it has an enormous huge range of options, which gives it the ability to handle almost anything in the AV world. However, that range of options can also be quite bewildering - and not just for new users.

Is it possible to create a listing of all the current settings for a specified zone? I would find it useful to be able to add notes to such a listing to remind me why I chose those settings.

The order of my zones listed under Playing Now in MC32 appears quite random and it doesn't appear to be possible to drag them into a more logical order.

What is it that controls the order of those zones?

What happened to timestamps in Theater View?

That'll be fixed in the next build, sorry about that.

Hello!

I version .47 the "Zone Switch" option is broken. I can only switch zones under the "Playing now" tab, but I used to switch it from the toolbar->Zones way as I have placed the Zones menu in there. But switching from there doesn't work, the playback always starts in the zone that is first in the list.

Example zones:
1. Sound Card - Direct Sound
2. Sound Card - WASAPI
3. Sound Card ASIO

No matter which one I have selected from the list, when I start the playback it always sets the zone back to 1. Sound Card - Direct Sound.

And switching Zones automatically in under the Playing Now tab doesn't work either if playback is in progress. I have set for each zone to stop playback if another is selected and playback is started from there, but it doesn't stop and switch, it just continues the playback in the current zone. I have to manually stop the playback, switch to the other zone tab and start playback from there.

Please fix thix bug, thank you!

The fix works great, thanks!

What happened to timestamps in Theater View?

32.0.47


32.0.49

In my reply above, I guess I should have noted that this is a feature request that I have been planning to put in for some time now. The OP's question and my reply to it just happen to align.

So little more information. Manually showing the album cover as I described in my prior post does not tell the whole story - it is actually far more powerful. This approach will show the file image of the item currently selected. It is not limited to the Playing Now item only. And you don't need a Playing Now tab to display an image.

This is especially useful as you can browse Movies, images, and other items in the playing now queue - the image at the bottom of the tree updates to reflect whatever you've selected. All the while, the primary Playing Now window still shows the cover art (or visualization) of the currently playing item.

This truly would be a very nice enhancement if Matt were to consider it. 

Sorry to the OP for hijacking the thread, but the answers provided by both haggis and myself should resolve the initial question.

There is a way to force the album art to be displayed in the lower left manually. Go to the Legacy tag window and select the small thumbnail in the upper left - that will also place the cover art at the bottom of the tree (close the tag window to see). Then go back to the Legacy tag window settings to revert to the Modern tag window - the album cover will still be there when you close the tag window. Unfortunately, this is not remembered between MC restarts, so you have to go through this multiple step procedure to manually show the album cover each time. 

If your reading this Matt, any chance it is easy to make that something MC remembers between sessions?  It is definitely something I always want to have turned on, but every time I restart MC I have to do the tag window dance all over again. Another approach might be to add it as one of the action window menu choices: Rip Disc, Burn Disc, Sync Handheld, Camera, Build Playlist, Tag, and now... File Image

If the issue is not what haggis has correctly described, then...

An album cover for the currently playing item is automagically displayed in the lower left only if you do not have a Playing Now tab opened. As soon as you open a Playing Now tab, the album cover disappears at the lower left and the action window is shown.

The album cover appears in the Display window. If you are not seeing this image, then perhaps the Display window is collapsed - in which case, you can expand it by clicking on the little upward-pointing arrow on the right.