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I dont know whats happened to my stretch (profile) for my Anamorphic lens, it no longer stretches on 70mm films which also have black bars. They were working fine but for some unknown reason every 70mm film I have will no longer stretch for my "A" lens when I engage it. You can see in the image, stretch is on for "55 Days at Peking" (70mm) with black bars but the film is not getting the stretch from JRVR. Its now the same on all 70mm films but they all used to work, what on earth has happened?

Thanks in advance....

The problems may be different, but the solutions may be relevant.

All four test files at the link above play fine for me in MC32 at their native bit-depths and sample rates. Here's a screenshot of the audio path when playing back the 32-bit/352.8 kHz WAV file in MC32...

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation of Windows Media Player 11.2403.5.0 and the professional tips of MC32! I have been using Windows Media Player to listen MP3/FLAC/WAV audio files for a very long time because it is the most convenient software to me (with no soundbar or external DAC).

Thanks again for testing those 4 FREE audio files of "Funeral March Of A Marionette" and telling me the unrevealed audio resampling of Windows Media Player. Hopefully I can find a discount coupon of MC32 before the end of its free trial period...

OK, sorry, I misunderstood.

The other threads about pauses I see there are:

• "Dropped Frames (pauses) with Video"

I don't use JRiver for video.

• "Arcam renderer pauses at end of track"

I'm not using any Arcam anything.

• "Pauses in Video"

See above.

• "Playback Pauses
  A new drive solved it"

My drive is fast and healthy.

And I'm not about to reinstall my entire OS just to see if that gets rid of this. I'm really hoping this is addressed in the next update.

To get another view of what is going on:
Do a binary side-by-side comparison of the contents of the two files.  For example, the program Beyond Compare can easily do this.  BC shows a line-by-line view using its intelligent alignment algorithms which are pretty effective at detecting gaps or large sections of differences.

The file compare allows you to see if file differences are restricted to the header section, the music section, or appear in both.

I sometimes find that two flac files for the same track are different, but the files are the same size!  In my cases, it is always due to a re-writing of the file header with some tags in different positions within the header, while the music sections are binary identical.  Header buffering keeps the file sizes the same.

So not exactly your problem, but you might learn something.  Since you say the audio CRC's are the same, it could be something in the headers like extra buffering, which you raised.  That would be immediately obvious in an intelligent side-by-side comparison.  On the other hand, if it is a bit rate effect, that might show up as differences in the music section.

Not what I meant to convey. The DLNA client, for instance my TV, shows a list of Playlists. I want to filter what Playlists are shown. Right now, it shows all the Playlists that are configured on the Server. The ones I want to show are only in one of the Playlists folders.

Why will the playlist not play? Can you convert the tracks that do not play to another sample rate/format just for just that DLNA zone? You can associate that zone with a specific server that does the dsp changes.

One notable difference between ET Easy Grey and Easy Grey (1.6) is the contrast between text and background when mouse hovers over an unselected tab.  In both skins the tab changes to whitish text with "light tan" background color.  For ET Easy Grey I find the contrast is very low and the text is barely readable.  Adjusting MC's Skin Effects does not help matters.  The contrast is higher in Easy Grey (1.6) and the background color choice is a little more consistent with the theme.

No criticism, just pointing it out.  Personally I currently use a horizontally striped dual grey-tone scheme for the tab mouseover, and a light grey underline for the selected tab (screenshot attached).  Aside: A low blue dot indicates the tab is locked.  An "i" prefix in the tab name indicates an Image View of the album artwork which is stored in the audio album folders as sidecar files.  I have 5 such Image Views defined in the Tree, each synced (i.e. same sort order) to its corresponding Audio View.

BTW, thanks to all for the discussion and sharing of your history and expertise with this challenging corner of MC.  I must confess to borrowing a couple of ideas. 


5/12/2024:  Updated second paragraph.

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