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Title: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Nikolay on February 28, 2003, 10:08:01 am
Media Center 9.0.123 beta is available.  
 
Many things will crash and not work.  If that worries you, please wait for a couple of weeks.

ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter90123.exe

1. Fixed: Thumbnails would fail to be created for images on a CD.
2. Changed: "Date Created" (and "Year") will be filled from JPG EXIF information when possible.
3. Fixed: Sticky Views were not working for playlists.
4. NEW: Added "Make All Views Like Current" to right click of column header.
5. Fixed: Sorting would be silly after reordering columns.
6. Fixed: After failing to load a library, MC would not properly revert to the previous library.
7. Fixed: Playing Now would select both the playing file and the last selected files when switching to it.
8. Fixed: YADB track lookup would display a message box with a long number in it. (GUID)
9. Fixed: Inserting a data CD would cause a meaningless dialog box to pop up.
10. Fixed: Internet code should work better.
11. Fixed: Advanced ripping options weren't getting saved.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: michel on February 28, 2003, 10:31:12 am
Cancel buttom has no effect importing a (large) MPL file (even clicking many times and waiting a long time). CPU is almost 100%.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Joe Karnes on February 28, 2003, 10:36:03 am
John T., I just installed the latest MC Ver and the mjextman.exe file in windows system 32 is still "ver 1.0.17.0, 2-6-03, 9:17 PM 204 KB".  Thank you,
Joe Karnes


Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium II 448 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 392 MB, Free - 149 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive D: HP       CD-Writer+ 9700k   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:6  MaxSpeed:16  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: smackbadger on February 28, 2003, 11:03:30 am
BUG: Still problems with failing to connect to media servers and falling back to previous libraries.  Try the following:
1) Search for local mediaservers.  None available, so it falls back to previous default library.
2) Library Manager.  Add a new mediaserver that's not available and exit.
3) Switch to the unavailable media server.  It fails and trys to fall back to searching for local media servers instead of the default library.  That also fails and you get the old, "Can't open a library.  This is bad.  I must die" message.

-smackbadger
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: michel on February 28, 2003, 11:11:25 am
40 minutes importing image files through a MPL file and MC hasn't taken in account my 'cancel' yet. Moreover it does'nt display any information in order to know if it is importing or if it is in loop. It only displays "importing: M:\photo\album.mpl"...
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Nilsi on February 28, 2003, 11:36:25 am
Don't know exactly when ist started, but in .119 it worked. Missed .120. In .121 and .123 *.VOB-file playback is dead  :'(. Get a message like "select a file to play". Reinstalled .119 now. Work again. By the way, chapter support (skip is already an improvement, but displaying it was better).
In generall MC seems to have problems with the audio part of a DVD. Discs with only (?) multi channel tracks are played back with some kind of a weird pitch shifting combined with a kind of swelling up and down of gain (strange ?). Would be great if you could fix it and put some more effort into DVD/VOB/IFO support.

Regards... Nilsi

Media Center Registered 9.0.119 -- C:\Programme\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1  (Build 2600)
Intel Unknown 996 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 293 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpclient.010817-1148) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000 (xpclient.010817-1148) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive G:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive I:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   C:\WINDOWS\Media\tada.wav

Burning /  Drive H: MATSHITA UJDA330            Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:8  MaxSpeed:8  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Drive I: YAMAHA   CRW3200E           Addr: 2:0:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: JNKH on February 28, 2003, 11:53:04 am
Hi Matt,

Still having trouble with Volume control.  I have Aureon (Terratec) and Extigy (Creative) sound cards on my Win XP (HP Pavilion)

The volume bar respond to changes to Master Volume if I change my master volume in other applications or from the control panel.  However, I can't slide the volume control in Music Center.

I uninstalled my sound card drivers, my Music Center, then reinstalled by Aureon, and then Music Center.  I still face the same problem.

Do you what I can check to provide more information to you?
?



Media Center Registered 9.0.122 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1296 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 654 MB, Free - 307 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: PHILIPS  CDD4851 CD-R/RW    Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:12  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Drive F: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W4012A   Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: IanH on February 28, 2003, 12:18:19 pm
Still having problems on my Win98SE machine.  Jukebox responds sluggishly, and my mouse stutters when I move it around the screen.  I have the latest mjextman.exe file and have turned "associate with audio CD's" off.  Version .120 works perfectly no sluggishness.

Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- E:\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium III 699 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 329 MB
Resource Info: System - 35 %, GDI - 72 %, User - 35 %

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600
wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping /   Drive J:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive K:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive K: SONY     CD-RW  CRX100E     Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: JimH on February 28, 2003, 12:56:18 pm
Try turning off skins as a test.  Turn off anything else you can think of.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Jaguu on February 28, 2003, 01:29:55 pm
1) When using media server to play images, get for some image directories the following error:

"Media Center encountered errors while trying toplay the last several files.
Please make sure that the path in MJ library points to the right location."

The files in the directories that do not work have very long filenames compared to those that work! Could be a reason! Is there a file length limitation with Media Server?

Did you know that you cannot only listen to music, but also display slide shows with media server? Works very well with the exception above!

2) Sticky views are not preserved across media server!
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Rands on February 28, 2003, 02:52:43 pm
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: MachineHead on February 28, 2003, 03:06:38 pm
Visual Bug still present:

Column tabs are not aligned with gridlines.

Listening to: 'Seamless' from 'The War Of Art' by 'American Head Charge' on Media Center 9.0



Question about 'Make All Views Like Current'. If you have different view schemes will it affect all, or just the view selected at the moment?

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: matshif on February 28, 2003, 03:17:40 pm
Hi
In build .123 this was fixed: Skinned scrolling would have problems in lists on non XP systems.
Can anyone explain what's skinned scrolling.

Mats
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: KeystoneCop on February 28, 2003, 03:41:07 pm
Sorting..  I can sort by Track #, But if you sort, buy track number, then by album, it does not sort to track number within album..  

This may be a timing thing.. If I wait a minute, then it seems to work some times.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: MachineHead on February 28, 2003, 03:47:16 pm
Sorting is a nightmare compared to the old way. Nothing is remaining sticky to the overall view scheme. PLEASE bring back the original option for sorting.

Or make it an advanced option that will let me choose what way I want things to be displayed: sticky vs. my way. I do not want go back to v8 because of ridiculous sorting logic. Sure it will be fixed, someday.

The view scheme should hold true for all files placed under that particular scheme, should it not? I have files that are now track# jumbled, year whacked and probably a few I have not yet discovered.

Can you tell I do not like this? Am I the only idiot that doesn't think this feature is necessary. Sorting worked exceptionally well before this came along.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: KeystoneCop on February 28, 2003, 03:51:16 pm
Sorting is a timing thing..  count to ten, then click the next field.  I don't like it either..
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: JimH on February 28, 2003, 04:38:17 pm
Patience, please.  We're still working it out.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Charlemagne 8 on February 28, 2003, 04:51:21 pm
I CAN FINALLY DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL PLUG-INS!!!
All including WMA downloaded and installed. However, I couldn't get them through the automatic selection routine, i.e., select MP3 Encoder and the download process starts : "Do you want to download...", etc. That failed. But I was able to download and install from the web page.
Ripping didn't work until I changed to APE but I also turned off "Analyze Replay Gain while ripping" at the same time so that could have been it, also. I'll try that later.

I loaded and ripped a CD that was unknown to YADB and the track numbers came in weird: 10,6,3,4,5,2,7,8,9,1. I resorted them after ripping, named them and sent them to YADB.

We are making progress. Thanks for keeping at it.

CVIII
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: nila on February 28, 2003, 04:53:14 pm
Hmm,
Dunno if I was just lucky but sorting worked fine for me and really easily.

Just spend a minute playing with it and I think you'll all find it's not too complex.

I just kind of clicked away till it looked how I wanted it and it does it fine now with no problems. Works like a charm.



One request!
Thanks for adding: Make all views like current.
Could this be extended with a sub menu that has:
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: cct1 on February 28, 2003, 05:20:29 pm
Amazing--all the problems that came up with 121 and 122 are gone--specifically:

MC9 didn't destroy my library when I uploaded 123.

The sticky view thingy is working now.

Rip/encode working again--actually working better than ever--I always rip in digital secure, and it is noticeable faster this build  (I even double checked to make sure I was still in the digital secure mode--it was sooo much faster).

If  I click on recently imported, and I haven't imported anything, it still shows all my mp3's--I liked it better when it just came up blank, but it's not a big deal  (The first time I saw this, two builds ago, I made the mistake of clearing it--I thought perhaps it was "leftover" flotsam and jetsam from previous download--it deleted my whole library. But, fortunately, I had backed it up prior to trying this. If I do import something and I click on recently imported, it works appropriately.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: ZRocker on February 28, 2003, 05:48:14 pm
Matt/JimH,

I bet IanH's problem is the same I reported in 9.0.122 thread...NAV 2002 (and greater most likely) and MC don't get along anymore and take your system's CPU to 100% for the live of the MC process.  The looping registry key access problem has got to be fixed or many users will have to just top using any new versions of MC (like me...I'm stuck with MC 9.0.120 until the conflict with NAV is resolved).  I would think there are millions of users using NAV and, thus, should be a high priority bug to get resolved.
Title: Glissando broken with .120-123
Post by: maxd123 on February 28, 2003, 07:08:21 pm
Glissando (a third-party app that communicated with MC over TCP/IP using web_remote.dll) no longer works with the latest release of MJ 9.  I had everything working great up through the .80s, but I recently tried .120 and then .123 and now I get a Visual C++ runtime error whenever I try to change the music with Glissando.

Any other MC9/Glissando .52a users out there?
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: mkutsen on February 28, 2003, 07:56:01 pm
1)Clicking a *.rm link downloads the file instead of streaming it.  If I cut and paste the link in to "Open URL of streaming file" dialog box, the file streams fine.  
 
Clicking on a *.ram link does nothing.  Again, if I cut and paste it into "Open URL of streaming file" dialog box, the file streams fine.  
 
BOTH file types are registered under MC9 in IE Folder options.  
     
2)Direct Sound only outputs to the front two channels bypassing the Audigy Surround Sound and digital effects software.  If I attempt to use the MC9 DSP effects and JRSS, it does map to all of my 4 channels, but sounds like crap -- lots of crackling.      
     
3)ASIO crashes about a minute into an internet audio stream (MP3 web radio), or if you click on another link while playing a stream.  
 
Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\      
     
Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)      
Intel Pentium 4 2782 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 303 MB      
     
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)      
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer      
     
Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max      
 Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max      
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767      
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   C:\WINDOWS\Media\notify.wav      
     
Burning /  Drive D: SONY     DVD+RW  DRU-120A   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:12  Use MJ Engine:Yes      
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes      
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: eodinye on February 28, 2003, 08:33:29 pm
Cannot Create Plug-In "Windows Media." Error 80040154

That was the error message I got when I tried to convert some mp3 files to Windows Media format in build 123 I just upgraded to. I tried to install the Windows Media encoder plug-in but I got the wrong package error message.

Could you please look into this and advise on what may be the cause.

eO
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: smackbadger on February 28, 2003, 09:02:57 pm
I decided to submit the track info to YADB for the songs (MPC) I was currently playing in Playing Now.  The audio freaked out and I got a couple of dialog boxes saying broken frames had been encountered.  After clicking those away, MC decided to update the tags on ALL the audio files in my library!  I don't think it actually changed anything, but there was no way to cancel out of it.

-smackbadger

System Info:
Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1737 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 490 MB, Free - 235 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive Y:   Copy mode:ModeSynch   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive Z:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive Y: LITE-ON  LTR-24102B         Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: michel on February 28, 2003, 10:19:22 pm
It seems that if you try to cancel an import of MPL file MC never return the control.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Matt on March 01, 2003, 07:04:29 am
Quote
Sorting


You can make all views like your current by right clicking the column header and picking "Make all views like current"

Also, don't think in reverse anymore.  To sort by album, then track #, click in that order.  As someone mentioned, it's a timer thing.

Also, as Jim mentioned, we're still working on this.  Please be patient.

Quote
Conflict with NAV


We don't know what this is.  It could be a NAV bug.  Any more details would help.

Quote
I decided to submit the track info to YADB for the songs (MPC) I was currently playing in Playing Now.  The audio freaked out and I got a couple of dialog boxes saying broken frames had been encountered.


It's not safe to run multiple MPC decoders at once -- it's a limitation of the current MPC source code. (it's not well encapsulated)  Other formats are fine. (MP3, WMA, APE, etc.)  Talking to Andre or Frank might help -- I'm not sure.

Thanks everyone.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: MachineHead on March 01, 2003, 07:35:05 am
Quote
You can make all views like your current by right clicking the column header and picking "Make all views like current"

I was afraid of that, I'll figure something out.

Quote
Also, don't think in reverse anymore.

Argh! Maybe this is why everything went wacko lastnight. A note in the release would have been helpful here. Left my allseeingallknowing hat at work...
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: KingSparta on March 01, 2003, 08:15:33 am
I noticed In Recent Builds When You Save Info To "Lyrics" From The SDK MC9 Now Saves The Info Into The "Notes" Field.

As my Plug-In Chart And Lyrics Finder Tries To Save Lyrics To The Lyrics Field.

I think this started about the same time When In MC9 Copy Fields Was Added.

I don't think It Should Do That.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: daerob on March 01, 2003, 08:19:03 am
Sorry if I'm a little (lot) late to the party.  Does anyone else have a problem with the Replay Gain settings not working properly.  I have to disable/enable often.  Seems to work OK in version 8X but not 9X.

Also, I know I missed this one--what's the story with CDDB.  It's in version 8X but not 9X?

David ?
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Xstatic on March 01, 2003, 08:44:28 am
Bug:

after a rip, I see the rip report, I select one of the rereads to listen to the section. MC does play the section, but when selecting another section to play, MC freezes and I have to ctrl-alt-delete it away.

Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Programmer\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1808 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 303 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   chord.wav

Burning /  Drive F: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W2410A   Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: No /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: KingSparta on March 01, 2003, 09:20:25 am
Quote
what's the story with CDDB.  It's in version 8X but not 9X?


It is not in the latest builds of MJ8

MC9 Uses YADB now
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: IanH on March 01, 2003, 10:15:01 am
Quote
Matt/JimH,

I bet IanH's problem is the same I reported in 9.0.122 thread...NAV 2002 (and greater most likely) and MC don't get along anymore and take your system's CPU to 100% for the live of the MC process.  The looping registry key access problem has got to be fixed or many users will have to just top using any new versions of MC (like me...I'm stuck with MC 9.0.120 until the conflict with NAV is resolved).  I would think there are millions of users using NAV and, thus, should be a high priority bug to get resolved.


Nav doesn't seem to be a problem with my system.  My CPU usage seems to level out at 30-50% with MC running (and NAV 2003) Disable NAV 2003 (and everything else except explorer and systray) problem still there. However I cannot see which registry key is looping (not smart enough!).  As with ZRocker, I'm stuck with .120 until problem is resolved.  I have no skinning running an went back and turned off all options I thought could be causing the problem.  Still have "sticky mouse" on ver .121 to .123.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: KingSparta on March 01, 2003, 12:10:10 pm
MJ9 Still seems to crash on on the last track when ripping on some Audio CD's

I just found another one.

And they all seem to rip fine on other Rippers.

Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1799 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 522 MB, Free - 172 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   C:\WINNT\Media\Windows XP Hardware Remove.wav

Burning /  Drive D: LITE-ON  LTR-40125S         Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: canaro99 on March 01, 2003, 06:24:59 pm
Sorting Playlist Columns has become a problem for me also.

Multiple column sorts do not give consistent results.

Also, Iwhile sorting one playlist, the sequence column "disappeared" and I could not find it anywhere. I finally had to rebuild a new playlist and then delete the bad one.

Thanks.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Phydeaux on March 02, 2003, 12:01:02 am
Notes: The version in italics was the version being used when the bug was discovered. If it has been reported fixed, it will be struck out (thus) until confirmed at which time it will be removed. If the bug is noticed in a successive build, the version number will be updated accordingly.

BUGS


REQUESTED FEATURES


VERSION INFORMATION

Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Duron 807 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 96 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive G:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive F: SONY     CD-RW  CRX120E     Addr: 2:1:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Phydeaux on March 02, 2003, 12:10:27 am
One thing: since we no longer get WM as our default encoder, is it not possible to at least include the MP3 encoder with the defaul install. It is only about 300K big... Thanks!

P.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Phydeaux on March 02, 2003, 12:12:58 am
A last thing: I'm busy installing plug ins for encoding. MC reports the plugin as successful (and double checking it, it seems that it is right). However, it crashes immediately after installing a plugin with an error.

P.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Doof on March 02, 2003, 07:28:57 am
Bugs for Media Center ver. 9.0.123 beta

Part 1

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Doof on March 02, 2003, 07:31:03 am
Bugs for Media Center ver. 9.0.123 beta

Part 2

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System Info

Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1668 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 288 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive F: SAMSUNG  CD-R/RW SW-240B    Addr: 3:0:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: No /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Doof on March 02, 2003, 07:33:27 am
Requests

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: iCamp on March 02, 2003, 10:15:17 am
Quote
Intensity Levels: Almost all of my classical music fits into Intensity 1 or at a push at intensity 2. Is it not possible to add a few more intensity levels "below" 1? Perhaps shift everything up by 5 to make the range 1 through 10. Or add decimal points?


Yes please!
I second that request.  Great idea.  
I use the "intensity" settings instead of having to use "moods".  A 1 to 10 scale would help a lot.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: KingSparta on March 02, 2003, 11:47:01 am
(http://home.nc.rr.com/mycddblookup/YADB-Bug1.jpg)

The Disk I Incerted Is None Of The 3 Listed Above, I Select Cancel.

(http://home.nc.rr.com/mycddblookup/YADB-Bug2.jpg)

MC Selects The Last CD On The List Anyway, When I Selected Cancel.

I Should See On The MC CD List "Track 1"
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: ZRocker on March 02, 2003, 04:58:44 pm
Matt said:
Quote
We don't know what this is.  It could be a NAV bug.  Any more details would help.

I gave details (more than once already)...fix the looping registry key access (for key noted earlier) and that should fix the problem.  It all started with the 9.0.121 release (exactly when the bugged/flawed looping registry access logic was added).  I think NAV thinks you are a virus when you try to access that registry Class key a zillions times a second...and it doesn't help MC's performance either...check it out.

(from 9.0.122 beta thread)
Quote
Bugs:
1. Norton Anti-Virus 2002 (or 8.0) and MC 9.0 are fighting each other...it seems.  Immediately after starting MC 9.0.122, the NAV Auto-Protect service (NAVAPSVC.EXE) goes to 75% to 100% cpu usage (forever)...so between MC and NAV, the system is 100% all the time.  If you stop MC, usually NAVAPSVC.EXE goes back down to 0% usage (in about 1 minute).  I tried starting zillions of other apps and this never happened...only when MC was started.  So, there's something incompatible between the two programs...I have a hunch it's the looping registry key accesses MC is 'bugged' with these days (like on HKCR\AudioCD\shell).

Update:
I just went back to 9.0.120 and the conflict with NAV went away!!!  This is the version prior to the looping bug on registry key access of HKCR\AudioCD\Shell...I guess that bug is brutal.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: mkutsen on March 02, 2003, 07:18:25 pm
This is something I have noticed in the last few builds:
When playing large playlists MC9 randomly changes the play speed (songs start playing either too fast or too slow).  I usually have to restart MC9 to resume playback at normal rate.

Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2782 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 272 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   C:\WINDOWS\Media\notify.wav

Burning /  Drive D: SONY     DVD+RW  DRU-120A   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:12  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Marko on March 02, 2003, 09:11:48 pm
MC cannot play this radio station.....

http://www.realradiofm.com/audio.cfm?location_id=164044

Windows media player 8 can.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Jonas on March 03, 2003, 05:07:02 am
I'm just upgrading from Media Jukebox to the latest Media Center.

As my library is being upgraded, I occasionally get a popup window complaining that "Windows Media v9 is not installed on the system" and asking me whether I want to download and install it now.

First, does upgrading my library really require downloading a new Windows Media player?  I don't know exactly what you're doing during the upgrade so it may in fact be necessary, but if not, it would be nice if this question was delayed until I actually tried to play one of those files.  Since upgrading my 20000 files on the old 333 MHz computer I use to play music on takes quite a while I was going to leave it unattended, but fortunately I noticed nothing was happening after a little while.

Second, I initially said "no" because I didn't want to install Windows Media 9.  Half a minute later I got the next dialog asking me whether I wanted to install it... and the next one, and yet another one.  Maybe MC should remember what I told it the first time.

Third, when I gave up and said "yes", Mozilla popped up and asked me what it should do about the .mjp file it is asked to download.  If I choose "open using application" I have to manually choose an application.  This might be Mozilla's fault, just thought I should mention it.  I have to open IE manually and paste the URL to get it to install.

(Seems it doesn't actually need Windows Media v9 to upgrade my library since when I said "yes" it immediately continued upgrading files without waiting for the download and installation to complete.)

Fourth, after successfully installing Windows Media v9 through IE in parallel with the library upgrade, MC continues popping up dialogs asking me whether I want to install Windows Media v9.  Maybe the instance of MC which is upgrading my library already "knows" there is no such encoder installed because there wasn't one when it started.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: JohnT on March 03, 2003, 06:20:39 am
Quote
Still having problems on my Win98SE machine.  Jukebox responds sluggishly, and my mouse stutters when I move it around the screen.  I have the latest mjextman.exe file and have turned "associate with audio CD's" off.  Version .120 works perfectly no sluggishness.
Please try the next build (9.0.124) and go into the Devices settings and set the actions for both audio CD's and DVD's to "Nothing". Then see if you still have the performance problem.

Alternatively, a solution that would work with 9.0.123 is to go into the Norton anti-virus program Auto-Protect/Advanced options and disable the "Scan all removable media for boot viruses every time it is mounted" option.

Thanks,
John T.
JRiver, Inc.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: JohnT on March 03, 2003, 06:44:38 am
Quote
I gave details (more than once already)...fix the looping registry key access (for key noted earlier) and that should fix the problem.  It all started with the 9.0.121 release (exactly when the bugged/flawed looping registry access logic was added).  I think NAV thinks you are a virus when you try to access that registry Class key a zillions times a second...and it doesn't help MC's performance either...check it out.

(from 9.0.122 beta thread)
The problem is, we're not looping and reading a registry key like you're describing, so it's difficult to track down what's going on. We can't reproduce the problem on any machine here. I'll try installing NAV and investigate the behavior with that.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: bspachman on March 03, 2003, 06:50:10 am
I'm starting to move from MJ8 to MC9. Here are some things I've noticed in 123 (in no particular order):

KUDOS:
I love the revised Album Artist behavior.

I still love ASIO playback!

BUGS:
- Some DTS APL files fail to play
- Hiccups in playback with Hairstyle mouseovers on DTS APLs
(see http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=beta;action=display;num=1046707603 for more info)

- Doesn't detect DVD-CDRW (Toshiba drive)

- Confusing import process
This could be an artifact of user error, but I chose to reimport all my files instead of upgrading the MJ8 library. Some of the file information was lost, but not consistently--some of the custom field info I had in MJ8 made it, but other did not, even with the same field.

- Lost remote control plugins:
The Girder remote control plugin isn't available for download, nor does copying the old version allow you to install it

- Annoying sound effects when navigating in Hairstyle
It's nice to have navigation feedback, but can the mouseover sounds be turned off?

- Can't multi-select in tree pane of mega-me
This may be a windows limitation. I know you couldn't do it in MJ8.

- Scroll bar display problems 640x480 resolution (Z-megame)

- Some interface options only available on toolbar (thumbnail view, etc.)
This was a real problem for me, since I don't usually have the toolbar turned on. I couldn't discover how to get the "album view" back while in Mega-me. Toolbar commands should always be accessible in the menu/options structure.

- Long hierarchial menus don't scroll in Mega-Me (filters list, show only, hide, etc.)

- Naming a playlist, group, smarlist, etc. yields redraw artifacts (the default name is not erased while typing over)

REQUESTS:
- Would be better to have cascading menus for filters, show only, hide, etc.

- Multiple filters
It would be killer to be able to apply multiple filters. I realize you can setup a smartlist to filter all kinds of things, but I would like to play from the media library--then say "Don't play Christmas music and Only play Rock tracks with Ratings of 4 or higher". Right now, I have to create a single smartlist to do this. It would be great to just apply existing Smartlists as filters (no Xmas music smartlist, yes Rock genre smartlist, yes Favorites smartlist).

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Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows 2000  Workstation 5.0 Service Pack 3 (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium 4 1788 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 387 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.6144 / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer
Ripping /   Drive Z:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:ASPI   Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  
Burning /  No burners found.
Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: ZRocker on March 03, 2003, 07:21:59 am
JohnT,

I beg to differ...MC is looping on registry key accesses from what I see here.

Here's the MC access to the registry for just one second (this stuff occurs continually while MC is running).

Code: [Select]

..Time         Process        Request     Path
---------- ----------------- ---------- ----------------------------
4.68854533 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
4.68859925 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
4.68871351 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
4.68876715 Media Jukebox.exe QueryValue HKCR\AudioCD\shell\(Default)
4.68881939 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
4.72590986 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
4.72596405 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
4.72606016 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
4.72611687 Media Jukebox.exe QueryValue HKCR\AudioCD\shell\(Default)
4.72622554 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.23212168 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.23217588 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.23227114 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.23232562 Media Jukebox.exe QueryValue HKCR\AudioCD\shell\(Default)
5.23237730 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.26897860 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.26903168 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.26912638 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.26917499 Media Jukebox.exe QueryValue HKCR\AudioCD\shell\(Default)
5.26922751 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.77549912 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.77555276 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.77564858 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.77570334 Media Jukebox.exe QueryValue HKCR\AudioCD\shell\(Default)
5.77575558 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.81424036 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.81430405 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.81440071 Media Jukebox.exe OpenKey    HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
5.81445491 Media Jukebox.exe QueryValue HKCR\AudioCD\shell\(Default)
5.81450715 Media Jukebox.exe CloseKey   HKCR\AudioCD\shell          
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Cmagic on March 03, 2003, 08:03:11 am
Hi,

I've just noticed that when "Analysing audio during ripping"  option is on, the 'Peak Level' value is always set to 0.0. Other fields seems to be Ok.


Using MC9.0.123 under WXP or W2K -> same result.

Ciao,

Christian
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: JollyJim on March 03, 2003, 08:33:20 am

EDIT
- Works ok when editing a single file (not via properties)  
-     Painfully (and I really mean PAINFULLY) slow if I    edit  through properties although it seems to be only on some fields, namely the 'Name' field

OPTIONS  
- Device Settings/Type is greyed out. Only 'Auto Config' is available

NOTES/LYRICS  
- Notes and Lyrics seem to be crossing over  

ENCODING
- Converting from WAV to another format does'nt delete the original WAV file even though the appropriate checkbox is checked

CD LABELLER
- Rotates the image by 180 degrees
does'nt print the image

BURNING
-     Keeps locking  up during the burining process. Also, it sometimes ejects the CDRW during the burn. Sometimes freezes and needs a reboot

Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium III 599 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 130 MB, Free - 15 MB
Resource Info: System - 39 %, GDI - 65 %, User - 39 %

Internet Explorer: 5.50.4522.1800 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 5.50.4522.1800
Shell32.dll: 4.72.3612.1700
wnaspi32.dll: 2, 0, 0, 0 , ASPI for WIN32 DLL, Copyright © Adaptec 1995 / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: PHILIPS  PCRW804  Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:8  MaxSpeed:8  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Xstatic on March 03, 2003, 10:32:27 am
I can't rip anything with 123.
Tried with both digital large buffer and digital secure.
It starts to rip but stops about two thirds in the song, and then MC freezes and I have to ctrl-alt-delete it away.

Media Center Registered 9.0.123 -- C:\Programmer\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1808 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 309 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   chord.wav

Burning /  Drive F: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W2410A   Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.123 beta
Post by: Xstatic on March 03, 2003, 10:45:35 am
Bug in ripping dialoque in advanced ripping settings:
After selecting ripping method and hitting ok, the cd rip dialoque minimizes down to the status line, instead of coming back into focus.