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Title: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Matt on February 03, 2003, 01:55:23 pm

Media Center 9.0.106 beta is available.
   
Many things will crash and not work.  If that worries you, please wait for a couple of weeks.

We just made major DB changes -- backup your library before installing

   
[This build was pulled because it creates problems when the previous build is uninstalled first -- see below for details.  There should be another build this afternoon.
   
Changes    
     
1. Fixed: When installing an expired MJ or MC license, a numerical error code was displayed instead of informative text.
2. Fixed: Media Center was reporting that it is Media Jukebox in System Info.
3. Fixed: In some cases following a CD burning operation, the CD was not accessible until MC was restarted.
4. Fixed: Obscure file ordering issue with data CD burns. Some players would play the last file first, then the rest in order.
5. Fixed: Data CD burn would fail if user played tracks at the same time as they were being burned.
6. Fixed: CD burner wasn't verifying that "decode direct" setting was compatible with other audio CD options.
7. Fixed: Download Manager would not work with FTP links.
8. Fixed: Internet connections were not timing out in case of failure.
9. Fixed: Library Manager was displaying remote libraries in "Clone from" combobox.
10. NEW: Restructured DB core.
11. NEW: Added zone setting command to mjextman.exe. (example: "mjextman.exe /Command SetZone 2")
12. Changed: Several DB related UI changes. (Library Manager, menus, etc.)
13. NEW: Various HairStyle improvements.
 
We're still getting more bugs reported than we can fix each build. Please keep a list of bugs you find, and re-report anything that doesn't get fixed each build.    
     
Thanks for your help and support.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: TURBO on February 03, 2003, 02:06:58 pm

My dear Matt. This build is dangerous. My library doesnt even opens. Says that this is Media Center failed to load the specified library. It will revert to the default library. Then after that says Media Center failed to load any library. This is a critical error.  :-[

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: JimH on February 03, 2003, 02:13:15 pm

Turbo,
Mine opened fine.  I just installed this build over the previous build without doing anything else.

Jim

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: TURBO on February 03, 2003, 02:18:40 pm

Yes, I installed in another pc and it opened fine. But before I cleared the library and unnistalled the mpc plugin. So, maybe that have to do with that error. Jimh, where is the location of the library, to delete it. Thanks. ;D

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: KingSparta on February 03, 2003, 02:21:50 pm

Quote

My library doesn't even open.

Mine Works


'There'll Be Some Changes Made' Charted At 07 In 1941

Listening to: 'There'll Be Some Changes Made' from 'The Best Of Benny Goodman And His Orchestra' by 'Benny Goodman And His Orchestra' on Media Center 9.0

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: JimH on February 03, 2003, 02:23:51 pm

It's usually here:
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\Data

It could be here:
C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\Data

or another place you've set.

It includes all the jmd files.  Copy them first to a folder.

You can also just clear the library from MC under File.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: matthewmattical on February 03, 2003, 02:28:01 pm

I get the error: "Media Center could not find any full screen skins. Please reinstall the latest version of Media Jukebox." (strange combo of MC-MJ referrals) when entering fullscreen mode. It enters fullscreen mode after clicking okay, but it will not switch to hairstyle.

Oh, and my library is no longer sorted by filename as it has been set to do in the "tree & view settings". It appears to be sorted pretty randomly and resets itself to that every time I leave and come back to the library.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Matthias on February 03, 2003, 02:30:36 pm

I uninstalled all previous versions, rebooted, then installed this build to my g drive.  On starting the program, it informed me that it couldn't find the specified library, and that it could not contine (I got two messages to this effect, then it shut down).  I checked, and there was no library in the Data folder, where one should be, so I copied over my "old" one from v8, and it worked fine after updating it (took a hellishly long time...not sure what all it's doing, but it seems to be actually verifying each file or something).

~Matthias

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: KingSparta on February 03, 2003, 02:37:44 pm

>> Oh, and my library is no longer sorted by filename
Yes Sorting seems to be broken

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: TURBO on February 03, 2003, 02:40:52 pm

I did a full unnistall and still no luck. Doesnt want to open, I even brought a voodoo guy, you know to do some cleaning in my pc and nothing. Doesnt want to open the library and there is nothing there. Maybe that's the problem.  ?

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: JimH on February 03, 2003, 02:53:54 pm

Turbo,
It's extreme and you'll lose any data stored in the library, but not in the files.

Delete this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JRiver\Media Jukebox

You may also need to delete this one:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JRiver\Media Jukebox

Jim

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: tdrozdowski on February 03, 2003, 03:04:26 pm

I did an install of 106 over 105 and everything works just fine.  However, upon starting 105 for the first time, I lost my library and had to start over.

Now - I notice that I have duplicates of my cdrw/dvdrw in media jukebox - that is, two entries for my D and E drive.  Ripping seems to work out just fine.  Just kind of odd.

Plus - playback on some mp3 files still skips - tried Wave Out and DirectSound.  Affected files play fine in WinAmp - they only skip in Media Center 9, as of build 103.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: sdgrizdan on February 03, 2003, 03:05:55 pm

Library works fine on mine.

Bugs:
1. volume slider still missing  :-/
2. mpeg video sorted under audio
<Minor:>
3. If you select 'backup library' then click cancel, a window pops up saying 'Library backup successful'

Media Center Registered 9.0.106 -- d:\Program Files\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium II 450 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 57 MB
Resource Info: System - 55 %, GDI - 72 %, User - 55 %

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600
wnaspi32.dll: 4.57 (1014) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1998 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping /   Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive G:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: No /  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 F: HP       CD-Writer+ 9600    Addr: 0:6:0  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 9.0.106 beta
Post by: TURBO on February 03, 2003, 03:07:58 pm

This is something really weird. Jim I did that, I even delete everything from the registry (all traces with a registry cleaner) and still. But then I got a weird idea. I copied the Data folder from the pc that works and voila, is fine now. So the problem recides in the data folder. The only problem was that I had to use one of my restores, Grrrr..... :'(

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: TURBO on February 03, 2003, 03:16:30 pm

WAO. I still have some mp3. This player really sounds good.. Specially with ASIO and the Revolution 7.1. I think unnistalling everything does good, specially with all this changes. I can tell you something. This build sounds better than the previous. I dont know what you did Matt but the asio works great. Jimh Thanks. ;D

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Matt on February 03, 2003, 03:21:29 pm

If anybody has (or can create) a set of .jmd files that this new build won't work with, please zip them up and send them to matt @ jriver.com (no spaces)

Thanks!

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: MachineHead on February 03, 2003, 03:23:11 pm

Quote

Yes Sorting seems to be broken

How do you have sorting set up in the Tree and View settings? Mine is working like a charm.

Listening to: 'Here We Go Again' from 'Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How To Smile' by 'Everclear' on Media Center 9.0

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: matshif on February 03, 2003, 03:25:44 pm

Quote

Turbo,
Mine opened fine.  I just installed this build over the previous build without doing anything else.

Jim

Hi
So you didn't remove 0.105 before you installed 0.106?
Mats

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: MachineHead on February 03, 2003, 03:30:39 pm

Quote

So you didn't remove 0.105 before you installed 0.106?

I did the same. Just install over the older build and all seems happy in the MC Universe.

Listening to: 'Back In The Saddle' from 'O Yeah!, Ultimate Aerosmith Hits (disc 1)' by 'Aerosmith' on Media Center 9.0

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Shelly on February 03, 2003, 03:46:41 pm

Bugs

• Library backup still not working.  Fixed
  
• Unable to import .mpc files - MC crashes when getting decoder. Still present
  
• CD Labeler is not recognizing internal artwork.Still present
  
• Options - File Associations: Settings are not sticking when MC is closed and reopened if all files are selected and or unselected.Still present

Continuing Request

• Change closing of CD Labeler from automatic to manual.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: JaredH on February 03, 2003, 03:46:43 pm

was the CD-Text "per-track" labeling fixed in this build?

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: JaredH on February 03, 2003, 03:52:46 pm

BUG: Library sorting commands are not working in this build

Media Center Registered 9.0.106 -- C:\Program Files\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2486 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 775 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
 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 F: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8160B    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:16  MaxSpeed:16  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 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Matthias on February 03, 2003, 05:00:02 pm

BUG: When using ASIO (the main reason I switched to v9), and I go to the Options window, audio stops completely, and acts as though I pressed pause...except it will not start again unless I press stop, then play again.

I have a Delta 1010-LT, using the latest non-beta drivers, on XP Home.

~Matthias

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: kentschu on February 03, 2003, 05:09:35 pm

Well, after posting problems with UNC (Universal Naming Convention) paths many, many times over the past 50 or 60 releases, I must ask the basic question:

Is there any intention to fix UNC capabilities in MC?

When trying to use a UNC path when ripping a CD to disk, MC crashes.  When using a standard path (drive letter), it works fine.  

But I've been posting this issue for so long that if there is no plan to fix it, I won't bother reporting it and I'll just use WMP or something to rip my CDs.

I don't mean to sound like a complainer, but I'm surprised that this hasn't been fixed yet.

Kent

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: JaredH on February 03, 2003, 05:14:11 pm

TURBO:

I got the same error message and heres what i did to fix it. I unzipped my MC9 library backup and just copied the files into the data folder in my Media Center directory. MC9 then proceeded to load up just fine.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: cct1 on February 03, 2003, 05:39:55 pm

Media Center Registered 9.0.106 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows Me
Intel Pentium III 929 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 392 MB, Free - 172 MB
Resource Info: System - 32 %, GDI - 73 %, User - 32 %

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 5.50.4134.100
wnaspi32.dll: 2, 0, 0, 0 , ASPI for WIN32 DLL, Copyright © Adaptec 1995 / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   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: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive F: YAMAHA   CRW2200E           Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:20  MaxSpeed:20  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None


First of all, thanks for adding/fixing the ipod mini-me skin--forgot to add this to my previous post.

I have had no problems with my library  (I installed 106 "over the top" of 105--but I appreciate the reminder to backup up my library, I would've forgotten otherwise..)


Bugs:

1. My CD Burner shows up twice...I was hoping that a kindly elf or gnome had installed a second drive for me, but sadly, this is not the case...

2.  This is probably related to #1--I can't queue anything up on my burner  (I was going to try and burn a data cd again)--it's listed as "na", although it is correctly labeled at the top of the menu I get when I click on "send to".

3. Customize toolbar is still a mess.  (It's ok on my 'puter with windows NT).  Not a major issue.

4. Tekno skin is still cut off at the top  (very minor bug).

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: dragyn on February 03, 2003, 06:11:34 pm

This build seems faster at displaying the info. With skins on, it's a little bit slower but still faster for both anyway.

Media Center Registered 9.0.106 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 805 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 196 MB, Free - 70 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:ModeSecure   CD Type:IDE   Read speed:Max
 Drive F:   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 E: TEAC     CD-W54E            Addr: 1:0:0  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: Yes /  Normalization: None

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: drosoph on February 03, 2003, 07:05:55 pm

Analyze Audio is still kicking out 100% Peak Level for all songs analyzed.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Joe Karnes on February 03, 2003, 07:24:56 pm

I have attempted to backup my library in MC by clicking file, library, library manager, Media libraries, Default library and backup, save in a folder on my C drive and also on my F drive and each time I get a pop-up message "Failed to backup info".  Can anyone tell me what I need to do to backup my library before installing MC 9.0.106.  Thank you, Joe Karnes.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.105 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium II 449 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 392 MB, Free - 117 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:8  MaxSpeed:16  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: ZRocker on February 03, 2003, 07:36:29 pm

Bugs:
1. Can't burn CDs...MC shows CD-RW drive twice but will never show a burn list.

2. Sorting is broken when clicking on high-level nodes like Media Library...can't tell what order MC is sorting by.

3. Video playback still does not adjust output image when switching to a new video (after finishing playback of another video)...MC shows the new video in it's actual size in the upper-lefthand corner of the viewing window.

4. Portable Device support is broken still...crashes MC if you attempt to use it (with a USB-connected CF-Reader)...I don't know, maybe support for Portable Devices are being dropped in MC 9?

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: tdrozdowski on February 03, 2003, 08:20:52 pm

Quote

I did an install of 106 over 105 and everything works just fine.  However, upon starting 105 for the first time, I lost my library and had to start over.

Ack - now after an upgrade from DX 8.1 to DX 9 (trying to find out why some mp3s skp for me) and a reboot, I get the library not found issue.  I check my folder for the mediafiles.jmd file and find a 6k file instead of the 6mb file that should be there.  Even after expanding the backup I did previous to the directory and a restart - no luck.  I'm reverting back to 105 until this is sorted out.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: WolfWalker on February 04, 2003, 02:24:36 am

Sorting is broken
cd-burner is reading twice shoes up twice.

Media Center Registered 9.0.106 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1  (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1454 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 298 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpclient.010817-1148) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000 (xpclient.010817-1148) / 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: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive F: SONY     CD-RW  CRX195E1    Addr: 2:1:0  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 9.0.106 beta
Post by: orangarot on February 04, 2003, 02:48:38 am

After install mc i get this message after change into fullscreen mode.

(http://mitglied.lycos.de/orangarot/m1.JPG)

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: BCPalmer on February 04, 2003, 03:39:57 am

Hey all,
Media Editor still cannot decode APEs.  Is there an ETA on when this will be fixed or am I doing something wrong?  I usually record from the Record Sound tool in APE format and then use Media Editor to edit the files (was that redundant?).  Anyway, just wanted to find out when this might be fixed.  Thanks for your time.

Brian Palmer

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Mastiff on February 04, 2003, 04:47:23 am

Quote

Media Center 9.0.106 beta is available.
   
11. NEW: Added zone setting command to mjextman.exe. (example: "mjextman.exe /Command SetZone 2")

Yes, yes, yes!!!! Thanks, guys! I declare the Mastiff reliable multi-zone system opened! Or at least under serious beta-testing. Perhaps release candidate 1! (Release to my wife and son, that is!)  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: TimB on February 04, 2003, 05:41:22 am

Currently only playing back but .106 installed to 98SE and XP Pro with no problems.

Nice one.

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: TimB on February 04, 2003, 05:43:57 am

Spoke too soon, default sorting is off.  No always but mostly.

-=Tim=-

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: urlybird on February 04, 2003, 05:59:30 am

I installed 105 on top of 106 without any major problems.

Am I crazy or does my music sound better now ?
The stereo seperation between speakers seems a lot better.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: kentschu on February 04, 2003, 06:03:48 am

106 seemed to working OK (except for UNC issues that continue) but then it blue-screened while I was ripping a CD (on the last track) and now I can't open MC again.  It won't open the existing library or the default library.  I think some other people reported this behavior as well.
Ugh.

Kent

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: kentschu on February 04, 2003, 06:09:49 am

The message I'm getting now says that it failed to load any library and that I should reinstall the program.  Re-running the 106 installation doesn't help, so I'm going to try uninstalling first and then re-installing.  If not, I'll uninstall and re-install .89 (which is one of my more stable versions).

Kent

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: jakobluck on February 04, 2003, 06:26:28 am

BUGS
1. CD-RW shows up in devices twice.
2. MP3 Plugin not allowing me to use the "custom" selection to input a command line when clicking "advanced". Shows the normal selection list instead of the command line input window.
3. Video files (avi and mpg) are being read as type "audio" by MC.
4. If I make a playlist with a few video files and play the first one full-screen, the next video begins to play but in  a tiny-sized window. This is remedied by going back to windowed mode and switching back to full-screen mode.

REQUESTS
1. File recognition support for the OGM avi container format.
2. Customizable list styles for each view scheme, e.g. thumbnails would make more sense for pictures and videos and lists would make more sense for large album collections.
3. Ability to get rid of some (or all) of the auto smartlists, as well as other menu items like Start, Find CD, My Computer, and Web Media.
4. "Combined" view scheme e.g.
-[ARTIST]
-+[YEAR]-[ALBUM]

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: SeanC on February 04, 2003, 06:54:56 am

Cannot install the LowerRight mini-me skin - same error as the last several builds: INSTALLSKIN failed.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: mrwul on February 04, 2003, 08:08:52 am

Matt, When retrieving trackdata through YADB I often get "Action failed. CD not found".
When using another CD-ripper (that uses freedb or cddb) I do get track-info using the same CD. Does YADB make use of the freedb-database? If so, why does MC9 (.105) not retrieve track-data? Apart from this, MC9 is a nice piece of software, but not getting track-info is really.. disappointing. How come?
Am I the only one having this problem?

Another suggestion: I've downloaded the freedb-database (freedb-win-20030101.rar, 138 MB) and extracted that, resulting in a directory of close 800mb).
If/If at all possible..., I really don't know, what about having an option in MC9 to retrieve info from this off-line database?
Thank you.

rgds/Marcel.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: JimH on February 04, 2003, 08:25:50 am

To anyone with a library problem.

Our guess is that this only happens when you uninstall 105 before installing 106.

Then, when installing 106, it assumes that the library should be in the Media Center\data folder and not where it probably still is in Media Jukebox\data.  

You can probably fix this by copying the jmd files from one directory to the other.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: drosoph on February 04, 2003, 09:21:20 am

Ok, Library Backup is naming th files with a weird date format (2-3-2003) is now ( - 2-3-2003) ...

Can I rant about YABD Track Lookup ?
Can people stop putting songs(tracks) into YADB where the Album is set to "The Best Of .... " (I guess from ChartFinder).  I did a lookup of 6000 songs, just to see ... and it came back with 1500 matches and over 50% of those were THE BEST OF album names.  And, Im betting that most of those weren't really the BEST OF albums!

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: mrwul on February 04, 2003, 09:57:18 am

YADB, further to my previous message

When re-installing MJ8, noticed that MJ8 does get track-info from the very same CD where MJ9 doesn't..:-(  My guess is that something is wrong with MJ9 YADB query... Is there any developer reading this area???

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: JimH on February 04, 2003, 10:09:51 am

Yes.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: mrwul on February 04, 2003, 10:17:41 am

Waow, maybe my YADB problem will be looked at...

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: KingSparta on February 04, 2003, 10:29:21 am

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Waow, maybe my YADB problem will be looked at...

He said he read it, he did not say he was going to fix it

Gateley Might However, and i think he said he was trying to work out something for a better match.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: mrwul on February 04, 2003, 10:44:03 am

That's why I said 'maybe'... I am comparing over a dozen of CD-rippers/organizers and must confess that MC9 outranks them all. Frankly this YADB-thing is the only major problem I am encountering. A lot of cheaper or free stuff outranks MC9 on this one (only). As said, MJ8 gets the track data, MC9 not -same CD-. Why not forget about YADB and get freedb or CDDB instead or a plug-in that allows freedb requests.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: KingSparta on February 04, 2003, 11:04:19 am

>> Why not forget about YADB
Not going to happen

>> and get freedb
No Control Over Program Data And How It Works, I played with the DLL's and it is a bit lacking

>> Or CDDB
MJ Had CDDB, Most Major Jukeboxes have droping CDDB due to the Cost that went up from $10,000 To $60,000. i have a license to use the CDDB DLL's and they could be better along with the dirty database that needs alot of work. so it is really not worth the money.

YADB will get better Gateley works on it almost daily trying to work out any bugs and adding enhancements.

if you feel a need to talk about this YADB you should start a thread, and we can leave this one for bugs.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: mrwul on February 04, 2003, 11:22:39 am

Yes, you are right. Meanwhile, I started a thread
days back ago - see in the other forum. Seems I am not
the only one... Well, anyway really!! hope it will be solved soon. thank you.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: jakobluck on February 04, 2003, 11:23:01 am

BUG
When ripping a multiple artists album, tracks are ripped to different artists' folders instead of a Multiple Artists directory.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Marty3d on February 04, 2003, 01:17:14 pm

MC 9.0.106
*NEW
- Warning during install "Low system resources. Please close all running applications". Resources are NOT low
*OLD
- Auto Smartlist "Top Hits -- haven't heard for over a year" doesn't order by numberplays, so it really doesn't show any "Top Hits". Same issue for "Top Hits -- listened to today" UPDATE: Now the "Number Plays" keyword isn't included at all!
- View Scheme doesn't work with Date Imported. Shows the different date in  the tree, but nothing under each item (search panel shows: [Date Imported]=[16 days, 10 hours ago]...perhaps it should convert to a date?)
- Auto Smartlist "Recently Imported -- last 100 tracks" sets a time limit of 10080. Perhaps there should be no time limit at all since you want to see the last 100 items?
- The slider in File Properties (state docked or not, doesn't matter) flickers between skinned and windows standard when dragged or clicked
- Can't copy/paste correctly in Search panel
- Search panel wizard flukey. Doesn't work nicely with Replay Gain, lists a thousand different values and trying to get 0 OR ? files is impossible, wants to show all 0 AND empty. By the way, the wizards   <empty> doesn't work. IMHO it should be totally re-written/designed.
- Analyzing audio sets RG to '?'
- Undo doesn't work when pasting from one search panel to another (not tried this build, but not reported as fixed)
- Installer doesn't remove old install entries in add/remove programs. (Media jukebox entry)
- Media Center is named Media Jukebox in Task Manager - Processes
- Shift-Deleting a file in Playing Now reorders the list after the current sorting order
 Before:
 9 Delerium Enchanted
 5 Delerium Silence
 1 Depeche Mode Somebody
 After:
 1 Delerium Enchanted
 2 Delerium Silence
 3 Depeche Mode Somebody
- Shift-Deleting (delete from hd checked) bugged. The player pane shows Media Center 9.0 and "buffering..." It seems that MC loses focus on which file is currently playing and especially which song comes next. The sound hangs in the end of currently playing track. The "Please select file to play" dialog   is now missing (9.0.105:If you stop and play again, you get the "Please select file to play" dialog)
- Wheel-scrolling in any list doesn't use system settings. Instead it always scroll 1 line at a time (my system setting is 3 lines to speed things up), causing scrolling through long lists a minor pain

*QUESTIONS
- What does the checkbox "Next time, use autoinstall after 30 sec timeout" mean? Express install or automatically custom install?



Media Center Registered 9.0.106 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1007 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 49 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 G:   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 F: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W1210A   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: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: sstrick on February 04, 2003, 01:46:41 pm

media server problem:

When I try to use a client connected to media server, I cannot stop,pause,ff,rewind, go to next track. The problem is new to .106.

Media Center Registered 9.0.106 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1400 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 785 MB, Free - 337 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: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive L:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive M:   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 M: 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: No /  Normalization: None

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Rands on February 04, 2003, 02:31:21 pm

It seems that MC is not only not keeping its file associations (even with the Scheduler active), it's losing them ALL.  I consistently find that all the file types I had checked in MC have lost all their checks.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Shelly on February 04, 2003, 03:35:51 pm

Cerebus,

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It seems that MC is not only not keeping its file associations (even with the Scheduler active), it's losing them ALL.  I consistently find that all the file types I had checked in MC have lost all their checks.

I've reported the same bug the last couple of builds.  The problem appears to occur when you use the "select all" or "unselect all" buttons or manally select all of the file types.  I've found that my selections are saved if I manually select not more than half of the file types.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: tuxster on February 04, 2003, 05:12:27 pm

Speaking of file associations:

REQUEST:
Group file associations by file type (Mp3, windows media, realmedia, quicktime, image file, video file, etc.). That way, if a user wants to use Media Center for audio, but not for video and images, they have an easy way of checking and unchecking the various associations.

For example, I do a lot of picture editing and have no interest in associating Media Jukebox with images. So every time I install, I have to go through the long list of extensions and figure out which are image extensions and uncheck them one by one.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: tuxster on February 04, 2003, 05:33:24 pm

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To anyone with a library problem.

Our guess is that this only happens when you uninstall 105 before installing 106.

Then, when installing 106, it assumes that the library should be in the Media Center\data folder and not where it probably still is in Media Jukebox\data.  

You can probably fix this by copying the jmd files from one directory to the other.

My installation to my laptop (Win2000 Professional) over the previous beta worked fine

However, when I tried to install it on my home computer (Win98 SE) which never had Media Center installed, I got the same "failed to load the specified library" - "failed to load any library." critical error. Since I don't have an old library on this computer, I can't get it to work at all (I'll try to copy the library on my laptop tomorrow).

In addition, even though the installation completed successfully without any errors, it failed to create the Start Menu and Desktop icons.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Rands on February 05, 2003, 07:04:35 am

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I've reported the same bug the last couple of builds.  The problem appears to occur when you use the "select all" or "unselect all" buttons or manally select all of the file types.  I've found that my selections are saved if I manually select not more than half of the file types.

Usually what I do is hit Select All the deselect the ones I don't want (which are just GIF and the JPGs).  I also discovered this morning that, no matter what I do, MC refuses to keep the RealMedia formats and even when they are checked, RealAudio still pops up to play them.

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: aussie1 on February 05, 2003, 07:45:44 am

New Bugs

1. Clearing a library deletes all view schemes and view groups

2.  Unable to create new libraries: I created a new library. When I tried to load it, I received the message, &#8220;Media Center failed to load the specified library. It will revert to the default library.&#8221;



Media Center Registered 9.0.106 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 2000 5.0 Service Pack 2 (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium III 996 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 272 MB

Internet Explorer: 5.50.4807.2300 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 5.50.4807.2300
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.4718 / 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  

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.106 beta
Post by: Matt on February 05, 2003, 08:53:59 am

1. Clearing a library deletes all view schemes and view groups

They're part of your library.

To delete all files, search for ~d=a, select all, and delete.