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Title: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: Matt on January 09, 2003, 12:59:59 pm
Media Center 9.0.93 beta is available.  

Many things will crash and not work.  If that worries you, please wait for a couple of weeks.

[pulled for stability reasons.  soon...very soon]

Changes    
     
1. Fixed: MP3 tag reading / writing was not working.
2. NEW: OGG tagging fully supports unicode / international characters.
3. Fixed: Installer would fail to create quick launch icons.
4. Fixed: Drag-n-drop to external programs was not working.
5. Fixed: Copy-n-paste wasn't working inside of Media Jukebox.
6. Fixed: Shell extensions were not working.
7. Fixed: "mjextman" wasn't handling all commands correctly.
8. Fixed: Firewire drives should now work with MJ's CD burner (only tested with Audigy firewire port).
9. Changed: "Audio Analyzer" changed to use new player core for decoding. (let us know if leaks are still present)

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 9.0.93 beta
Post by: equalizer on January 09, 2003, 01:02:10 pm
hello build 93 how are you.

(crickets)



i hope this one won't need to be pulled  :-/
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: DocLotus on January 09, 2003, 01:03:36 pm
I'll try it.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: TURBO on January 09, 2003, 01:13:43 pm
Hey Matt, this build dont even open. As soon as you double click the icon opens and closes immediately. I cant even open it to post my system info, but Is XP with pentium 4 2.53ghz with 200 gb. Dont worry, just fix mpc.  :-[
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: sstrick on January 09, 2003, 01:16:27 pm
very bad  :'( . After install media core crashes. Here's what I get.

AppName: media jukebox.exe       AppVer: 9.0.93.0       ModName: cdwriter.ocx
ModVer: 1.0.0.42       Offset: 0003ee37

winxp sp1 - amd 1600+ 769mb ddr ram

Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: NoCodeUK on January 09, 2003, 01:23:32 pm
Me too.  Well at least I'm in good company :)  I was beginning to think my computer was cursed never to run MJ again.  BTW I get the XP crash message but until I click close the program I can still play things in the background...  Failed to import my complete library though

Adam
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: sstrick on January 09, 2003, 01:24:27 pm
put CDWriter.ocx from previos version in. It now starts :D
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: equalizer on January 09, 2003, 01:24:53 pm
hmm, either i jinxed it or something.

yes it right away crashes, when you start the program after installation.  :'(

it's ok matt.

this ones for you anyway ;)
(passes over a hiene)
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: sstrick on January 09, 2003, 01:30:29 pm
Crashes when tring to import media folders with .m3u or .pls file. I exclude those from being imported, all better.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: KingSparta on January 09, 2003, 01:31:17 pm
it may crash but you can use MC just don't close out the Error Dialog Box
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: NoCodeUK on January 09, 2003, 01:32:06 pm
Crashes when initiating a CD Rip.  I would try adding the previous cdwriter.ocx in but have no idea how...

Adam
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: equalizer on January 09, 2003, 01:33:35 pm
Quote
Crashes when tring to import media folders with .m3u or .pls file. I exclude those from being imported, all better.



atleast you got it to work, i still can't get passed the main screen.

1) splash screen
2) importmedia window
3) crash...

maybe 94 is a good luck number. tomorrow maybe a great day  :D


::UPDATE::

figured i'd just add this instead of adding a new reply.

when uninstalling the start menu folder of JRiver Media Center remains. maybe forgot to switch ot over from mediajukebox 8.

i've been meaning to mention this, but i thought it maybe looked over on purpose.


Taken earlier from build 88 build 93 should have the same settings as i installed over it.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.88 -- D:\-=Software=-\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1798 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 324 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 / 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
 Drive J:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive K:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive L:   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 H: TDK CDRW241040X   Addr: 0:1:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  Lib:2  GHS:1  Use MJ Engine:No
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Two second gap: No /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: NoCodeUK on January 09, 2003, 01:45:39 pm
You never know it may even be later today.  The night is still young :)

Adam
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: sstrick on January 09, 2003, 01:50:05 pm
I used winrar to extract the CDWriter.ocx. Import media still crashing. It is unpredicable though, it will crash then I will try to import again and it goes farther.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: sstrick on January 09, 2003, 02:10:52 pm
pink floyd dom mp3 album won't import
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: sstrick on January 09, 2003, 02:16:33 pm
multiple mj icons in quick launch bar come and go
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: equalizer on January 09, 2003, 02:18:07 pm
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multiple mj icons in quick launch bar come and go

thats a WinXP glich.  let me tell you i beta tested that darn OS and all be monkey's uncle if they ever fix it.

The beta manager stated all small and none meaningless bug where not going to be fixed.

easy fix, right-click the bar, goto toolbars deselect quicklaunch, then reset it up. and bingo  ;)
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: Joe Karnes on January 09, 2003, 02:21:30 pm
Like King said MC continues to play mp3 files as long as you do not close the MS "Sorry for the Inconvience"  pop-up screen.  All of my files were imported.  I am not going to even try CD burn since on the last several versions of MC even though I have test mode selected, the CD is stamped and closed after the unsuccessful attempts to burn a playlist.  It is not a big loss but on at least a dozen attempts the blank media has been messed up.  Thank you, Joe Karnes


Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.93 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium II 448 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 392 MB, Free - 192 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:16  MaxSpeed:16  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: Yes /  Eject after writing: No /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: sstrick on January 09, 2003, 02:26:18 pm
media core crash in ntdll.dll when tries to rip cd. Looks like another pulled build  :-X
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: sstrick on January 09, 2003, 02:29:09 pm
Quote

thats a WinXP glich.  let me tell you i beta tested that darn OS and all be monkey's uncle if they ever fix it.

The beta manager stated all small and none meaningless bug where not going to be fixed.

easy fix, right-click the bar, goto toolbars deselect quicklaunch, then reset it up. and bingo  ;)


hmmn never happened before this build for me.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: sstrick on January 09, 2003, 02:31:03 pm
Quote

thats a WinXP glich.  let me tell you i beta tested that darn OS and all be monkey's uncle if they ever fix it.

The beta manager stated all small and none meaningless bug where not going to be fixed.

easy fix, right-click the bar, goto toolbars deselect quicklaunch, then reset it up. and bingo  ;)


But it works. Thanks
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: equalizer on January 09, 2003, 02:34:31 pm
Quote

hmmn never happened before this build for me.


because he just fixed the quicklaunch installation path. before this build it would send it to C:\Documents and Settings\Jason\Application DataMicrosoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch.

The real location was at C:\Documents and Settings\Jason\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch.

So maybe your just getting 2 because they are both named different


::UPDATE::

ok, ^^ could have been another cause. but, i missunderstood yoru above message.

aslong as it worked
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: equalizer on January 09, 2003, 02:42:09 pm
one last thing, i did notice that the right-click feature doesn't use that .dll anymore. so it must all go through mjextman now.  this is kinda better, since now windows doesn't need to repositor another dll.

increases speed to.

no more having to logoff/logon after uninstallation to unmemory the dll w00t  :).
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: JimH on January 09, 2003, 04:28:15 pm
If you downloaded and installed 9.0.93, it's possible to make it work by downloading this file:

ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/CDWriter.ocx

and putting it in the program directory.

Sorry for the let-down.  Tomorrow.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: KingSparta on January 09, 2003, 04:36:15 pm
that worked.

Import Is Still Crashing.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: JimH on January 09, 2003, 04:40:14 pm
I got a crash, too, but at the end, and import worked.  You have more files than I do.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: ashawley on January 09, 2003, 07:24:29 pm
Didn't get to try version .93 but something I haven't seen yet.

Have you been able to replicate the problem where MC9 loses focus when navigating throughout the system?  I see it a lot when expanding/collapsing tree items.  It loses focus and the MC9 Logo on the menu bar changes to a standard windows, um...window.  And my HDD just churns and churns for 10-20 seconds until focus is returned.

Tied to the memory leak issue maybe?

Adam(S)
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: equalizer on January 09, 2003, 07:30:58 pm
Quote
Sorry for the let-down.  Tomorrow.


hey hey, it's no let down. It's a beta build, and rest assured. stuff happens.

Can't make a god in one day, and even when god is created, he/she can't make anything in 1 day either.

so lets all have a round, and just see what happens

cheers,
equalizer
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: Faruz on January 09, 2003, 10:29:29 pm
When creating new View schemes, what's the difference between Album Artist and Album Artist (Auto).  
One would guess the auto thingy will do something like that:  
if Album_artist is null then  
  return Artist  
else  
  return Album_artist  
 
Well, it doesn't do that , although I would love if if it could.  
 
Another function missing concernig album artist.  
When looking for data in YADB or looking for cover art, the engine searches for the artist name and not the album artist.  
In that way, song 2 from the greatest album of all times - Dire Straits/Brothers in Arms (the song is Money For Nothing Featuring Sting), will not be found. (It's looking for the album: Dire straits & Sting / Money For Nothing).  
 
 
One more thing I asked for a long time ago, if it's possible to attach an explanation of the new audio fields (BPM, mood, intensity etc.).  
 
Thanks.  
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: equalizer on January 10, 2003, 01:55:09 am
Thanks JimH for the OCX file, i got it all working. but i'm not even going try the ripping features, i'll wait till the next build.

cheers,
equalizer

::UPDATE::

either a bug or request, the continuous play option when turned on, it resets when MC is closed, then you have to turn it back on upon opening MC.
Title: Re: Media Center 9.0.93 beta
Post by: Joe Karnes on January 10, 2003, 07:36:00 am
After an overnight scheduled scan of my system by Norton Utilities, I have the following error message.


Details-Invalid Active X

Missing or Invalid Key:

"CLSID\{51CD2AOE-D225-493C-A989-72DO38BD97B6}\InprocServer32"

The Key refers to a missing file "C:\Program Files\JRiver\M

Thank you, Joe Karnes

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.93 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium II 448 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 392 MB, Free - 153 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:16  MaxSpeed:16  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: Yes /  Eject after writing: No /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None