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More => Old Versions => Media Center 16 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: JimH on February 16, 2011, 10:34:42 am
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This is the latest beta version of MC 16. Please post bugs here. Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion. Non-bug posts will be deleted or moved.
http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/MediaCenter160032.exe Requires an MC16 license -- currently $16.98 to upgrade
If you purchased after January 1, 2011, you should have received an MC16 license.
Some of the new features in MC16.
16.0.32 (2/15/2011)
1. NEW: Simplified 'Media Network' options page.
2. Changed: Media Center 16 no longer works with a Media Center 15 license.
3. Fixed: When starting video playback, JRWorker.exe could be unnecessarily invoked to grab a thumbnail.
4. Fixed: When resuming from standby, auto-import folder watching could swamp the CPU.
5. Changed: The system to load an image to display while loading a file (or playing audio with no visualizations) is more efficient.
6. Fixed: Channel name edited in "Edit Channel" window did not stick.
16.0.31 (2/14/2011)
1. NEW: Added an "Edit Channel" button on Edit Channel List window to allow editing of existing television channels.
2. Fixed: Audio protect mode could engage incorrectly in some cases causing silence to be played.
3. Fixed: Play Doctor playback when nothing was provided as a seed was not working properly.
16.0.30 (2/14/2011)
Testing build not released to the public
16.0.29 (2/11/2011)
1. Changed: Reworked how playback statistics are incremented when playing from a server (Gizmo, DLNA device etc.) so that devices that request the same file multiple times during playback won't cause multiple play counts and Scrobbles.
2. Fixed: madVR could hang with build 28 (hopefully fixed, please let us know).
3. Fixed: Video playback could leave some filters loaded after playback was stopped.
16.0.28 (2/10/2011)
1. Changed: madVR display window is bound to the main user interface thread instead of the playback graph thread (should fix sluggishness issues).
2. Changed: Gizmo multiple Scrobbles for a single playback hopefully fixed (please let us know).
3. NEW: Added Protect Mode to audio engine that engages if a huge spike (due to a corrupt file, misbehaved DSP, etc.) comes through the audio chain and switches to silence for a few seconds (part of 'Clip protection' mode selected at bottom of DSP Studio window).
4. NEW: Reworked how internal volume mode is applied so that it's safer when used with a power amplifier (a DSP is not allowed to apply a gain that overrides the internal volume).
5. Fixed: The auto-upgrade from v15 to v16 would not work properly if v15 was installed to a directory with a custom name.
6. Fixed: Channel details for STB channels were not properly displayed on "Edit Channel List" window.
16.0.27 (2/9/2011)
1. NEW: MC supports Set Top Box television channels.
2. NEW: New latency system for 'ASIO' and 'WASAPI - Event Style' audio outputs that makes VideoClock require fewer and smaller audio rate adjustments (audio and video sync is typically maintained within 2 milliseconds, with about 0.0001 audio rate variation once sync is established).
3. NEW: MC supports Camera type "television channel". A user can manually add a "channel" that corresponds to a webcam device.
4. Fixed: Typing in other programs (and maybe other operations) while madVR was in use could be sluggish.
5. Fixed: The low-pass and high-pass filters in the 'Parametric Equalizer' could fail to work properly in some cases.
16.0.26 (2/8/2011)
1. Changed: During image playback, the image edges have a subtle fade-out to make a smoother looking Pan & Zoom effect, and also to remove edge sparkle that can occur with some video drivers.
2. Changed: When grabbing the volume or position slider on the player at the top of fullscreen Display View, the player will not be hidden when the mouse leaves the window until the grab is released.
3. Changed: Renamed video smoothing feature in Options > Video to 'VideoClock (smooths video by adjusting audio)'.
4. Changed: Improvements to VideoClock so that it requires fewer and smaller audio rate changes.
16.0.25 (2/7/2011)
1. Changed: When restoring a library backup, a backup of the current library is not created before the restore when the current library is empty.
2. Faster: Loading of EPG / XMLTV data is around ten times faster.
3. Fixed: A typo in (television) Edit Channel List window.
4. Fixed: Hulu playback would show a solid black screen.
5. Changed: Tuned the width of the Theater View file info panel, especially for wide displays.
6. Fixed: Allow playback of 32 bit or greater integer formatted wavpack files.
16.0.24 (2/4/2011)
1. Fixed: MC2XML country code for United Kingdom was wrong.
2. NEW: Added 'Parametric Equalizer' DSP plugin.
16.0.23 (2/3/2011)
1. NEW: The browsing tree exposed to Gizmo or a DLNA device will update when the library changes (previously a restart of the server was required to see new or changed content).
2. Changed: When Play Doctor includes Last.fm tracks, it will put placeholder items in the list that will get substituted at playback time (because Last.fm tracks expire).
3. NEW: Netflix thumbnail and list views in Theater View now report whether titles have been "instant viewed" before and detail view shows the date and percentage of last viewing if file info panel is reset.
4. Fixed: Video conversion setting under Library Server did not "stick".
5. Changed: If a user customizes the temporary folder in Options > File Location, it will use that folder for all temporary files (previously the customized folder was only used in a few specific areas of the program).
6. NEW: Playback from Gizmo will update playback statistics and Scrobbles (requires updated Gizmo).
7. NEW: Playback on a DLNA device like the JRiver Id, PS3, etc. will Scrobble the play when Last.fm Scrobbling is enabled on the server.
8. SDK: Updated SDK MJPlaybackAutomation object to better support DLNA or Library Server zones.
9. NEW: Add DLNA version 2 support. Check for problems with version 1.x devices (most devices).
10. Fixed: Remove extra nulls from POST body in DLNA control.
16.0.22 (2/2/2011)
1. Changed: Refined how some Quicktime file types are routed to different playback engines. Fixes mixed m4a, mp3 playback issues.
2. Changed: Reduced to one the number of UAC prompts that pop up when video conversion is performed for the first time.
3. Fixed: There was no progress message when downloading and installing DirectShow filters for m4a files.
4. NEW: DSP plugins can report their internal latency, providing better audio quality when doing audio rate adjustment during video playback.
5. NEW: Last.fm submitter maintains a queue of submissions instead of a single submission so when there's no internet or Last.fm is having problems, there is no performance impact on the program and Scrobbles don't get dropped.
6. Changed: When auto-import folder watching encounters problems, it tries to reopen watches a few times and then gives up if there are continued errors (hopefully fixes issue when resuming from standby while watching certain network shares).
16.0.21 (2/1/2011)
1. Fixed: The alphabet at the top of a view would not work in category views.
2. NEW: Revised clocking used when 'Adjust audio rate to maintain video sync' is enabled (thanks to madshi for all his help).
3. Changed: Improved YouTube support to understand the latest formats (including 4K HD MP4).
4. Changed: Improved performance when starting a YouTube video.
5. NEW: Added Options > Services > YouTube > Playback bitrate for selecting bitrate / quality used when playing from YouTube (downloads still always use the highest quality avaialble).
6. NEW: Added Options > Video > Synchronize playback clock with video hardware.
7. Fixed: When the volume Id for a CD disc was not available, an incorrect database entry could get created and ripping could commence with the wrong track data.
8. Fixed: When switching playback engines (from a natively supported audio file like an MP3 to a Quicktime file like an M4P) could block waiting for the first file to finish.
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Play Doctor includes duplicates, many of them.
For example, out of 100 files Play Doctor chose, after using "Remove Duplicates from Playing Now" there are 46 tracks left in the list.
Regardless of how I set up the filters to eliminate duplicates, Play Doctor continues to add duplicates to the playing now list.
(I was uncertain of whether to post this here or to the long Play Doctor thread)
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How are you starting Play Doctor playback? What have you selected for the amount of variety?
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bug in ctrl+f behaviour. (MC15 also.) If I'm only one node down from root the search is limited to node currently selected.
AUDIO
-RECENTLY IMPORTED <== ctrl+f here and it will search from recently imported
-ALBUM/ARTIST <== ctrl+f here and MC will search from album/artist
-- album name <== ctrl+f here and MC will search from AUDIO as expected
-- album name <== ctrl+f here and MC will search from AUDIO as expected
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bug in ctrl+f behaviour. (MC15 also.) If I'm only one node down from root the search is limited to node currently selected.
AUDIO
-RECENTLY IMPORTED <== ctrl+f here and it will search from recently imported
-ALBUM/ARTIST <== ctrl+f here and MC will search from album/artist
-- album name <== ctrl+f here and MC will search from AUDIO as expected
-- album name <== ctrl+f here and MC will search from AUDIO as expected
This is by design.
If you're in a library view, Ctrl+F searches in that library view.
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This is by design.
If you're in a library view, Ctrl+F searches in that library view.
Did you try it? Maybe my example wasn't clear enough. Current behaviour doesn't seem logical.
root node (for example AUDIO)
- child node (ctrl+f stays here, i think it should go to root node)
- child node (ctrl+f stays here, i think it should go to root node)
-- child nodes child (ctrl+f goes to root node as it should)
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Have not upgraded to .32 yet, so this is based on .31, but when i try to play a .mp4 (or similar) file i get the message that Quicktime is not installed when it is installed and to the latest version from apple.
EDIT - just upgraded and bought the upgrade license and this problem is still occurring. tried a repair on the quicktime install but still will not play these files. .mp3 work fine
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How are you starting Play Doctor playback? What have you selected for the amount of variety?
Hi Matt,
I have tried using a single word, tried sending a song as a seed, and then tried sending an album as a seed. Have tried changing the Variety, also tried editing the Rules in several ways to eliminate dupes (which has worked in Smartlists in the past). None of these have eliminated the dupes.
After using "Remove Duplicates from Playing Now" there are always somewhere between 40 - 60 of the original 100 left.
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Dr is dupes all over.. i said it before.. simply typing test gives me some songs 4 times. just using the standard settings.. a little. still not sure how this makes things easier.
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Requires an MC16 license -- currently $16.98 to upgrade
Considering upgrading... will you possibly do something about netflix Canada?
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Considering upgrading... will you possibly do something about netflix Canada?
Not at the moment. Sorry. It would be difficult without a connection to test with.
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I have been getting this from around beta 22-26. When I clicked on Wiki on the links bar, it would crash MC. I just upgraded my licence to MC16 and beta 32. Let it launch MC after the licence installed. Shut down & restarted MC which opened to playing now (my default start location) and then clicked Wiki in the links bar and it crashed. Attached is the "Previous Log" file from that session that crashed once I restarted. I then clicked Amazon and it crashed again. This time it brought up the improper shutdown dialog. I unchecked the three default actions to take and clicked o.k. I clicked Google and it loaded the Google search results. I clicked amazon and it loaded properly. I clicked Wiki and it loaded correctly also. I shut down and restarted MC and then clicked Google again and it crashed. I restarted and crashed MC by clicking different links two more times until the Incomplete shutdown dialog appeared again and I cleared the three boxes and clicked o.k. When I click any of the links after the incomplete dialog comes up, in that session the links bar works. Once I shutdown MC and restart, it will continue to crash until the Incomplete shutdown dialog appears, and then in the next session it works again. I confirmed this three additional times. Hope this makes sense. I'll try to remember to try this at home tonight. Thanks and congrats on the release of the MC16 license!
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I have been getting this from around beta 22-26. When I clicked on Wiki on the links bar, it would crash MC. I just upgraded my licence to MC16 and beta 32. Let it launch MC after the licence installed. Shut down & restarted MC which opened to playing now (my default start location) and then clicked Wiki in the links bar and it crashed. Attached is the "Previous Log" file from that session that crashed once I restarted. I then clicked Amazon and it crashed again. This time it brought up the improper shutdown dialog. I unchecked the three default actions to take and clicked o.k. I clicked Google and it loaded the Google search results. I clicked amazon and it loaded properly. I clicked Wiki and it loaded correctly also. I shut down and restarted MC and then clicked Google again and it crashed. I restarted and crashed MC by clicking different links two more times until the Incomplete shutdown dialog appeared again and I cleared the three boxes and clicked o.k. When I click any of the links after the incomplete dialog comes up, in that session the links bar works. Once I shutdown MC and restart, it will continue to crash until the Incomplete shutdown dialog appears, and then in the next session it works again. I confirmed this three additional times. Hope this makes sense. I'll try to remember to try this at home tonight. Thanks and congrats on the release of the MC16 license!
Could this explain it:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=62332.0
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Thanks guy's,
Just done my little bit and bought my upgrade.
Keep up the good work.
John
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When viewing images and clicking next MC crashes using 32
Thanks
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I just (accidentally) upgraded Gizmo to .36, and it doesn't see to want to connect to the server. Should it connect, or should I wait for the next version to be released?
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Try this one:
http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/MediaCenter160036.exe
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Hi Guys,
I tried 36 and I am now getting a critical error,
The following module has failed to load JR tools.dll
Cheers
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Hi Guys,
I tried 36 and I am now getting a critical error,
The following module has failed to load JR tools.dll
Cheers
Maid,
Try going into Tools/Options/General and disable Enable Shell Integration and see if that helps.
John
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Seems like something is faulty with the view configurator for webremote/gizmo. No changes are reflected on the device/web page.
EDIT: Actually, a restart of MC fixes it. I suppose that is not by design?
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Could this explain it:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=62332.0
The IE9 RC caused a number of issues where clicking on various parts of the interface would crash the program. Rolling back to IE8 solved things.
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Enable shell integration is not enabled, so does not help. went back to 32 but this one crasshes when double clicking an image to veiw.
Cheers
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Not sure where to put this, but I am running on 16.0.36 version, and the latest published gizmo, and trying to initiate a video makes Library Server crash. Music and images work fine. After a stop/start of MC, things start to work again. I also get a JRWORKER.exe error several times when rebooting my computer at this stage.
Anything else to do than waiting for next version?
Thanks.
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"Use gapless for sequential album tracks" doesn't work. Only if Switch tracks option set to Gapless then MC works as expected.
Album name - "The Dark Side of the Moon [4.1]", file format - dts.
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Anything else to do than waiting for next version?
I could send you the log files etc. if you'd be interested...? Or do you want me to test more in some way?
Also; Could you consider to implement music pause when unplugging headset, as the regular music player on android does? I have the habbit of just pulling the cable when I want to put aside my phone, but Gizmo then plays over speaker.
(if so, there is a bug in Android causing it not to pause if you pull the cable during a conversation. If you fix that as well, you're ahead of Google ;) )
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Not sure where to put this, but I am running on 16.0.36 version, and the latest published gizmo, and trying to initiate a video makes Library Server crash. Music and images work fine. After a stop/start of MC, things start to work again. I also get a JRWORKER.exe error several times when rebooting my computer at this stage.
Anything else to do than waiting for next version?
We're working on video conversion now. Give us a week, and if it still doesn't work after that, please start a thread and we'll dig deeper.
Thanks.
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Could this explain it:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=62332.0
Yup using IE9 RC at work where it crashes and IE8 at home with no issues. I'll keep this in mind goin forward and try to get a report to MS also. Thanks Matt.
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Can I still use my MC16 Licence??
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Selecting Tools => Advanced Tools => Media Server does nothing.