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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 30 for Windows => Topic started by: park on July 30, 2022, 02:46:20 am
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Amazon video integration sounds exciting. I dont see any public api docs so i guess its not possible, but if you were able to somehow import our purchased titles and make them look like regular video library items so we could tag them in our own way, that would be amazing.
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I'm guessing it'd be like the Netflix integration, relying on the embedded web browser (Edge) to display video content from Amazon.
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Google Home?
This. :)
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I remove my feature request for an Intercom feature :( The Kids have moved out!
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30 is a big number, how about a UX request: Unified views? I spend a lot of time trying to keep my Standard View, Theater View, Media Network, and DLNA views in sync. Sometimes I will add a new view in Standard View and then realize later that it's not available on my remote devices because I forgot to add it to Theater View and/or the Media Network view. It's really annoying!
I can imagine a few different ways to accomplish this (checkbox trees), if there is interest I can (poorly) mock something up.
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Customisable "Recently Imported" view. I use "Recently Import" all the time to do some taging.... but I change it to a List, add some columns then tag it up. These changes seem to stick for a couple of days then revert back to the default (which is irritating).
Thanks
Nathan
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Hybrid smartlists. I'd like to be able to drag 'n drop or "send to" single tracks to some smartlists. To keep a smartlist a smartlist perhaps MC could append an OR and very specific filter rule (primary key?, filename?) pertaining to the track to the smartlist rules. I'm imagining an "Enable hybrid mode" option under "Expand links" in the smartlist title window so that this behaviour can be left disabled by default but enabled by the user for certain smartlists.
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Duplicate Smartlist Selection
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Please provide a skinnable color for text in detailed lists to enable us to distinguish between overridden values and expression values for expression fields with the override flag set.
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In the Podcast Feed Properties, Podcast Tag and File Renaming Rules dialog, could we get an entry for KEYWORDS? I have several podcasts that love to add tons of random topics, guest hosts, dates, etc., as keywords and they end up drowning out my libraries and other better managed podcast's keywords. Would love to be able to set these specific offenders to something simple or nothing at all to override their keyword smorgasbords. Thanks for the consideration. :)
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Split a Linux post.
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I remove my feature request for an Intercom feature :( The Kids have moved out!
Ok, this got me and made me laugh out loud. ;D
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How about a black bar detection so I don’t have to switch the screen ratio every time. Very annoying on the imax movies like maverick or Batman.
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How about a black bar detection so I don’t have to switch the screen ratio every time. Very annoying on the imax movies like maverick or Batman.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133812.0.html
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I know, several times it has been asked and several times it has been said that it is not possible, but I want to request it once again: the only feature that would make MC truly complete, as far as I'm concerned, is the frame interpolation
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- JPEG XL (*.jxl) file support
- Ability to view and browse cbz (and maybe cbr) files like photo/image albums
- Slow, but steady integration of imperative/procedural features into the expression language like multiple statements, local variables and loops
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I would like the 'share' functionality that was initiated a while ago to get some attention. It feels like this was a great thought that was never finished:
- I need to be able to dictate http/https
- I need to be able to dictate the FQDN that is supplied, vs an IP address
- I need to be able to dictate the external port
- Mainly: I want it to load Panel. Not produce an MPL file.
All of these mean that I can't use it at all. MC is not aware of my FQDN, nor is it aware of the external port that I have configured on my network.
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FULL FEL Dolby Vision support!!
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ability to add/change album art when connected to a remote library with credentials would be warmly welcome
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ability to add/change album art when connected to a remote library with credentials would be warmly welcome
Can't you do that now if you use authentication on the server?
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First thing, I happily upgraded as I do every year because this project will always mean a lot to me.
My request would be to add smooth scrolling because when Scrolling through my library, it is not smooth, and it uses up to 25% of my Nvidia RTX 3080Ti and up to 20% of my Intel Core i9 9900k.Theater view scrolling is fantastic, however Standard view doesn't have to be so immersive, just smooth motion when scrolling. I would not mind using so much of my GPU and CPU if everything scrolled smoothly.
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An easy way to add collections (movies) to the database (e.g. Harry Potter 1-7).
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Hello, please add a field (Will play at) to the playlist (play now) for the start time of the next track.
The time of the next track was shown.
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If it is interest from others, I would like to suggest better integration with SONOS move speakers. These are portables that turn on and off (battery powered) and obriously disconnect from time to time. Get them connected again can be a challenge. I have no problems with any other SONOS spearker.
The main issues with them (or at least I have never been able to solve)
1. Even when paired on the SONOS app, they show up individually (all other paired SONOS show up as one speaker)
2. They sometimes don't connect well to play (after they have been disconnected). They are both listed but one of them usually can't be played from
When they do connect by finding the one that works or restarting MC again, - they do play stereo together and everything is fine.
It would just be nice of the SONOS MOVE speakers were just a bit friendlier when working with MC.
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Detachable and stand-alone tag window :-*
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Please add support for playing (object based) Atmos/DTS:X content through the audio renderer, using such formats as .MKA
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Can't you do that now if you use authentication on the server?
When I paste art it blinks but nothing happens, tried reloading/syncing but it's never being saved.
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Please consider the possibility to customize a different file info panel for a client pc.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,124483.msg861846.html#msg861846 (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,124483.msg861846.html#msg861846)
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Refine the logic used to trigger a view refresh so that when selecting a tab a refresh is only done when required. This would significantly improve perceived performance.
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In JRVR OSD. Is it possible to get more info like how good the rendering is. In Madvr OSD displays two things I also like to have on JRVR since Madvr is dead now. Deviation and "framerepeat every ....."(should be at all times over 10 hours like amd manage). Deviation..lower the better.
Is this possible?
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Inside DSP studio's Parametric Equalizer, PLEASE, please add the ability to import REW generated "generic" peak filters from the exported EQ text file by simply right clicking on any row in the editable window section or by inserting the option in the "Add..." button.
Afterwards, an option window to select which specific channel(s) (e.g. Left, Right, Center, Sub) should also pop up.
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Of course, I could manually enter each PEQ entry per channel myself. But, if you have like 8 channels' worth of PEQs to enter by hand, it gets exhaustingly old pretty quick.
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Of course, I could manually enter each PEQ entry per channel myself. But, if you have like 8 channels' worth of PEQs to enter by hand, it gets exhaustingly old pretty quick.
Fwiw you can do this, and more, using https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,129609.0.html
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Split two topics:
Google Home (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133861.0.html)
More Robustness (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133860.0.html)
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Will MC30 be able to sync the iTunes library instead of only import it?
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Same request as always :
Ability in Theaterview to open the jump to pop-up dialogue in Theaterview sized font and ... let's be crazy also with a keyboard shortcut
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Please could you add the ability to bitstream Dolby Atmos AUDIO ONLY files. This is the biggest thing out there in audio right now and JRiver will not play (bitstream) Atmos audio files.
You can only bitstream Atmos Video content.
No need for decoding, or talk of decoding just simply to bitstream Atmos audio files. These are usually .mka or .m4a.
I mentioned this in a thread from last year...
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,132052.0/topicseen.html
And also in this post from 2021 which said Hendrik implementing bitstreaming audio files was somewhere near the top of the to do list.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,128668.msg893149.html#msg893149
Would be an instant buy with many many people if MC30 would have this feature.
Thanks
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Please consider removing unnecessary media file access check. Especially with current energy prices I like to keep my main video server hibernating when not watching anything and it can take more than minute to get MC responding to anything when it probably tries to access file which is not currently available.
MC might hang for example when entering search box or when entering filter in the options or switching tab (probably refresh).
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It was interesting to consider the possibility of streaming to Squeezebox or similar devices, such as piCorePlayer's Squeezelite player.
As is done for DLNA devices.
Thanks
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Audio DSP improvements to help make JRiver a unique high end option for active x over applications:
Please integrate a UI for the DSP into JRiver; BEQ designer noted and appreciated but this feels like a config utility as it is.
Rework limiter to allow more universal use cases - active x over driver protection - with adjustable threshold relative to 0dbfs. metering relative to limiter threshold per channel
the AV centric output channel fixed naming scheme can be frustrating and confusing for active audio applications - channel number and or assignable name would be good and flexible.
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Please integrate a UI for the DSP into JRiver; BEQ designer noted and appreciated but this feels like a config utility as it is.
what's the difference? just that it's a 3rd party app, hence not built in, or some other difference in functionality?
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Not a new function, but I appreciate if the "Lookup Lyrics" function could also lookup sites like "Opera-Arias.com" or "aria-database.com." I mostly listen to classical music and it would be nice to be able to see quickly the lyrics for some popular opera arias.
Thanks for all the works.
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what's the difference? just that it's a 3rd party app, hence not built in, or some other difference in functionality?
as you say just that its a 3rd party app - requiring download, and install of another program - functionality wise no real difference. BEQ designer is great and appreciated!
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I imagine this is both a Media Center and a JRemote ask:
Ability, using JRemote on, e.g., iPhone, to Divert current playback from a Media Center 'server' on a DLNA 'renderer' (Id Pi) to 'This Device' (the same handheld running JRemote) -- using JRemote on the same iPhone to do this.
In other words, Divert 'server' playback from rendering on an Id Pi (a configured Zone visible on the same 'server') to 'This Device' (the iPhone's JRemote, which is NOT* a configured Zone visible on the 'server') -- using JRemote on the same iPhone to do this.
*-Please correct me if I'm wrong, if there is a way to do this already.
Thanks!
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When MC 29 is used as the default player for Windows (10), file explorer displays the file type as "media center file" for both file types. This makes it impossible to sort by file type in File Explorer which my work flow requires. If I use window media player as the default, the file types are correctly displayed. Effectively, this prevents me from using MC as the default player. If this is something that can be addressed in MC 30, that would be nice
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Try setting which player owns the filetypes. You may have to set it MC, WMP, and Windows.
Why not just use MC?
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Play DVD Audio format
Hello, maybe this time it's possible for MC30 to add the following audio format (LPCM, MLP) used to play DVD-Audio. When playing a special DVD-Audio, you can then switch between normal DVD mode and DVD-Audio mode. Another thing that wouldn't be bad, like with the Super Audio CD, is that you can play a DVD-Audio ISO.
If this were possible and there was no copyright or special cost involved, it would be a great new feature in MC30.
Sry for my English come from Germany
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Audio DSP improvements to help make JRiver a unique high end option for active x over applications:
Please integrate a UI for the DSP into JRiver; BEQ designer noted and appreciated but this feels like a config utility as it is.
Rework limiter to allow more universal use cases - active x over driver protection - with adjustable threshold relative to 0dbfs. metering relative to limiter threshold per channel
the AV centric output channel fixed naming scheme can be frustrating and confusing for active audio applications - channel number and or assignable name would be good and flexible.
+1
As much as I appreciate @MattKhans work on BEQdesigner it still feels a bit like an interim stage until JRiver itself can display visually what has been entered into the PEQ. I have three pairs of active speakers, being able to quickly see the x-over/eq graphs when the filters are loaded would be a real improvement, not to mention a bit of a safety net.
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I'd love to see a yearly subscription model that automatically renews and charges my card once a year that would get me all the upgrades of that year and that would also move me over to each major update each year. That way I wouldn't have to think about downloading the next version, having to log back in and enter all my card info and then finally the new license if I want to purchase a new major update.
Also, a family subscription would be nice. My wife and I both use JRiver and we both have multiple machines on which we run it. Sometimes I realize she gets behind by a year or more on updates. She doesn't need to update as frequently as I do but maybe a family discount of some sort would be helpful while allowing her to stay more up to date.
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When MC 29 is used as the default player for Windows (10), file explorer displays the file type as "media center file" for both file types. This makes it impossible to sort by file type in File Explorer which my work flow requires. If I use window media player as the default, the file types are correctly displayed. Effectively, this prevents me from using MC as the default player. If this is something that can be addressed in MC 30, that would be nice
I'd really LOVE to see this implemented too. When Media Center is allowed to become the default for video, audio and/or jpg it doesn't distinguish between these different file types. This takeover affects makes those file types all take on the same icon and look the same when browsing and working inside Windows File Explorer. This lack of discernment makes it really confusing sometimes.
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Also, a family subscription would be nice. My wife and I both use JRiver and we both have multiple machines on which we run it. Sometimes I realize she gets behind by a year or more on updates. She doesn't need to update as frequently as I do but maybe a family discount of some sort would be helpful while allowing her to stay more up to date.
It it's family and you're under one roof, one license can be shared.
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Any chance the ability to hide the file explorer pane/Action window in Standard View might come with Version 30? It is one feature I wish Media center had. Music Bee has this feature and I love it (the feature, not the app) and I wish Media Center would implement it. Allowing the end user a little control over standard view layout couldn't hurt could it? :)
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Click the little arrows.
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I look back on all the features implemented since I started with version 9, and it's hard to imagine what could be added at this point. I recall when multichannel WMA audio was first introduced and at that point I was like, "OK, I'm good!"
Here's a niggling one though: I'd like to be able to define a character that identifies the end of a movie/TV title and the start of any in-name metadata, so that media lookup works better for me. I name my titles "This Movie (UHD HDR ATMOS)" for example. I would like MC to understand that the actual name of the movie stops at the first open parenthesis. I think it may do that with square brackets...?...but I don't want to go through a mass renaming as I have tens of thousands of files that would be renamed and screw up my backups.
I would get rid of madVR altogether if JRVR could do all the things it can do with 3D movies. But I'm happy I can use Zones to switch renderers based on metadata...
I would like the tool tray server icon to come back after a Windows Explorer crash. And I would like changes to the remote server settings to take effect immediately without having to restart the app.
I would love if all the incredible features of EventGhost could be rolled into MC including plug-in compatibility, but I doubt that will ever be a thing. :D Today I use EG plugins for JRiver and Philips Hue to automate my room lighting when I pause/play/stop. As with madVR, what does exist works fine with some tweaking so I can't complain...
I would like an overhaul of the visualizations to make them more...polished? The scripting is powerful but the output quality just seems dated. I think it'd be cool to have a visualization that combines aspects of the theater view imagine slideshow with the lyrics and spotlight views in some way.
Thanks for listening!
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I have already payed for the pre-release of MC30 as I did for the last 15 years or so. Yet there is still an irritation for as long as i am using mc on my phone. Synchronizing is not as robust as it should be. I have about 7,500 songs on my Samsung S20 FE (MicroSD) 80% Flacs and 20% MP3. Every third or fourth time of sync. something goes wrong. MC doesn't see my tracks anymore and wants to copy all my tracks again which will lead to overcapacity. Instead of a new feature, why not concentrate on fixing this problem once and for all. And if you want to have a new feature, why not include wifi sync.
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We fixed a similar problem in MC 30. You could try it when it's released.
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Is it possible to add grouping and newlines to the Artist view, as requested in this 2018 question?
Library view Album by Artist, new line for each Artist
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=115023.0 (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=115023.0)
I think the second screenshot in that thread -- showing the Album by Artist view from Windows Media Player -- is a nice one.
I could envision doing something similar for, say, Genre. One could have a given Genre, all the albums that fit that Genre label, then a newline (or some other visual separation) prior to the next Genre, and so on.
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Not sure if this was discussed in the past, but I would like to suggest that instead of going to a zone/dlna device in 'playing now' and having to manually add songs to a DLNA device (or drag them to the device), you can just select the zone/device and then select and play music from your library as when playing from the PC locally.
Similar to what you do (functionally wise) with JRemote.
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Not sure if this was discussed in the past, but I would like to suggest that instead of going to a zone/dlna device in 'playing now' and having to manually add songs to a DLNA device (or drag them to the device), you can just select the zone/device and then select and play music from your library as when playing from the PC locally.
Similar to what you do (functionally wise) with JRemote.
You can do that now by just clicking on the renderer in Playing Now.
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The "media network" view is useful in that it shows the various http requests made live but the grid has no filter capabilities which makes it hard to search for something and the timestamps don't show milliseconds which makes it harder to match particular requests. Adding both features would be useful.
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You can do that now by just clicking on the renderer in Playing Now.
And so we learn. that indeed works great.
On the danger that this might be in MC29, might I then suggest a minor tweak;
When selecting the desired renderer it is made darker, but when going back to the audio section for selecting music, the selected renderer is not highlighted anymore (alle are the same except for a zone that is already playing music; which has the green play icon)
My suggestion would be to make the last selected renderer/player remain highbright (or darker) in contrast to the other players, so that it is obvious to which one you will stream the next selected file.
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It's in the display at the top. You can customize that by right clicking.
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Add/Update Tree icons:
- Currently MC has no category icons - Add monochromatic SVG style font icons to all primary tree categories (Audio, Video, Images, Playlists, Drives and Devices, Cloud Play, Streaming, etc.)
- Remove icons for the expanded list below the category item. List items use the exact same icon for a given category, so repeating it does not offer much value
- If SVG style font icons are not compatible with MC, then at least have the icons behave like they do in the toolbars (icon is semi-transparent to blend seamlessly with the skin, but fills with color when you hover over it).
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And then there is the wonderful reward of building something lasting, something of quality.
This. Yes. Thank you for all that you and your team do. It is (to me at least) staggering how you guys manage to keep just about everyone happy. A lot of us have been JRiver customers for very many years, and your team together for many more than that. This speaks volumes. Keep on keeping on, because, if it's keeping the lights on, you're doing it right and you should all be extremely proud of this thing that you created.
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1. Video slow motion usage - add slow motion to the OSD up/down buttons with IR remotes, and prevent the DSP Tempo dialog from popping up on the screen, and create a MC Core Command + hotkey for slow motion.
2. Client Cover Art - currently when a NEW tv show gets cover art on the Server, I have to restart MC on all my Clients to get that cover art to show up. And if I change the tv show cover art on the Server, I have to close MC on all my Clients and manually delete the thumbnail folders in windows explorer and then restart MC on all the clients to get the change to show up, then rebuild all thumbnails of course.
3. USERS - method for opening MC clients and remotes (like Panel) as a different "User", other than the user that the Server is currently logged in as. Example: MC running on the Server as View>User>Living Room. I want to open Panel as View>User>Administrator, but it will only open as user "Living Room", no way to choose a different User.
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Thanks, Mark.
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30 is a big number, how about a UX request: Unified views? I spend a lot of time trying to keep my Standard View, Theater View, Media Network, and DLNA views in sync. Sometimes I will add a new view in Standard View and then realize later that it's not available on my remote devices because I forgot to add it to Theater View and/or the Media Network view. It's really annoying!
I can imagine a few different ways to accomplish this (checkbox trees), if there is interest I can (poorly) mock something up.
Some sort of unified views or at least enhancements that allow for easier ways to copy/paste views when a new view that is similar to an existing view is desired would be fantastic. The catch with unified views is that one might reasonably want Standard, Theater, JRemote, Panel, etc. views to be different to reflect the different use cases and screen sizes / aspect ratios. But the ability to easily copy/paste among them and designate any given view as available in each of the different areas (that may be where you're going with checkbox trees?) would be great.
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More TV capability in JRemote, including a TV Guide and the ability to create / edit Scheduled Recordings is something I've been hoping to see for a long time.
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Please add a new MCC command where the parameter is the TheaterView tree path you want to jump to. This would be similar to the existing MCC_THEATER_VIEW command, but with the ability to specify any tree path instead of just a few hard coded paths that will break if the user changes their TheaterView layout.
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Allow the user to specify a path to which the log is written (when logging is enabled)
This seems a simple change that offers a useful benefit to those running multiple MC instances, it means I can centralise logging and make it easily accessible from another host
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Lyrics lookup could use some improvement. It can fail to find lyrics if the song title contains symbols such as ! or ( ).
Example from Def Leppard Pyromania, "01 - Rock Rock ('Til You Drop)" and "09 - Action! Not Words".
If it behaved like Get Movie & TV Info when looking up a single track things would be easier by allowing us to modify the search parameter first. Or maybe the lyrics lookup could do a second lookup if the first one fails, but stripping symbols.
Also, some feedback when performing a lyrics lookup would be helpful, such as which tracks failed/succeeded.
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My number one request would be a first class touch experience in standard view. Perhaps take advantage of the new winui frameworks ability to be applied wo win32 apps: winUI (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjCtJy7xIz6AhVlpFYBHbVVAysQFnoECCEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmicrosoft.github.io%2Fmicrosoft-ui-xaml%2Fabout.html&usg=AOvVaw3x0cGM0BeBR-5P5PaVr8q6)
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My number one request would be a first class touch experience in standard view. Perhaps take advantage of the new winui frameworks ability to be applied wo win32 apps: winUI (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjCtJy7xIz6AhVlpFYBHbVVAysQFnoECCEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmicrosoft.github.io%2Fmicrosoft-ui-xaml%2Fabout.html&usg=AOvVaw3x0cGM0BeBR-5P5PaVr8q6)
I think it would be very difficult to fully support touch in Standard View. Panel or Theater View with the touchscreen skin would be a better choice.
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Short cuts
It would be nice to be able to create shorts to artists, albums, playlists or Smartlists at the top of the tree. I import a lot of CDs and it would be great to just click on a short cut to the Smartlist “Audio – Imported – Imported today” instead of having to drill down the folder hierarchy every time I import a new CD. I am sure there are others who would like a short to their favorite Album or play list.
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Hi,
I have a minor request. In theater view, the back button is part of the menu options. Can you make it so that when you press back, it immediately goes one step back, instead of first having it selected and then have to press back again to actually go back.
thanks
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I was tempted by MC when the development of the JRVR video renderer was announced, and started using it after purchasing MC 28.
I am using MC exclusively as a video player since then, and the presence of the JRVR and its ability to play BluRays with menu support are the single reasons I use it. This is because I find using MC even just for this too cumbersome and plagued with issues.
I am not interested in it as a music player. Foobar2000 is easier to use, just drag and drop files to its playlist (or select them from the Add files dialog), press play and that's it. ASIO support is the only other thing I want from an audio player, and foobar has that too. While once upon a time I was into organizing stuff into collections and categories, now I just despise myself for the large amount of time wasted on that, as I looked back at one point and asked myself what was the point of it, and I will never be tempted in doing that again.
Unfortunately, the "library manager first, media player second" user interface is also impacting the experience of using MC as a video player in a negative way:
- you double-click a video file in Windows Explorer and want to launch it in MC; great, it works, but when you attempt to close the video player by pressing ESC or Alt+F4 like in any other video player, MC goes to "Standard View" mode instead of closing the video player, so now you have to press Alt+F4 once more;
- you want to easily see what are the files you opened last night so you play some other file in the same folder today: tough luck if you made the mistake to launch MC while the network drive where the files were located is disconnected - MC forgets what files you previously played when you launch it in such a case; while a simple player like MPC keeps all the previous entries visible in the history of its File open dialog no matter whether they are still available on the network or not, a complex player like MC doesn't;
- you want to prevent subtitles from destroying night scenes in movies, especially in HDR where their luminosity is too great, so you go to change the alpha blending value to blend them into the background and make them less visible - there is no such option of changing the alpha blending in MC; unfortunately this is another case where a simple player like MPC can do something which MC can't;
- you want to play m2ts files from inside a BluRay BDMV folder from inside MC - can't do that, MC doesn't even show them; you have to double-click on the m2ts file in Windows Explorer instead;
- you want to use your remote control from the sofa, with MC in the Theater View mode and use the Explorer gadget to browse to a location on your disks where video files are located, and play them:
-- first of all, you notice it takes a long amount of time to enter a folder which has many video files, especially when that folder is on a network location
-- then the folder is entered, and you notice that instead of the file names, you are presented with the "title" metadata of the video files;
So, not only a "File Explorer" interface does not display the file names, but you also pay for all the time needed to parse the files themselves for the title metadata that is shown in the Explorer view, and that's why you're waiting when entering a folder with many video files.
-- still in the file "Explorer" widget of Theater View, you want to see the individual m2ts files inside a BluRay BDMV folder and play them, but you can't as MC hides everything inside the BDMV folder;
-- you want to have an ISO of a BluRay or DVD mounted and play it while resting on your sofa in Theater Mode: the ISO it is mounted, but it's mounted twice, in two different disc drives; every new ISO you try, two more disc drives are created on your Windows OS filled with images; when you are done with MC, you have to manually eject by yourself the countless disc drives created from Windows Explorer; that doesn't make for a great Theater View experience;
Many of these I have already reported in various threads on MC28 and MC29 but there was no interest in doing something about them. Here's hoping that making MC30 easier to use as a video player will be given some effort. Simple operations like these, many for which a simple player like MPC has no issue with, should not be problems for a MC user. The performance as a video player is exceptional, but I find the user experience quite bad.
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Ability to output to multiple audio devices / DACs as well as fully supporting Airplay 2 as an output so I can stream audio to my homepods in multiple rooms all together with the same audio playing out my desktop DAC in sync.
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I use vst3 plugins (e.g. FabFilter ProQ3, FabFilter ProL2 and FabFilter ProC2) and would like to see the DSP studio presets remember the vst plugin settings. Currently the plugin settings can be loaded from the plugin window but they don't seem to work with the DSP presets. This woudl further enhance the usefulness of the track specific DSP feature.
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I was tempted by MC when the development of the JRVR video renderer was announced, and started using it after purchasing MC 28.
I am using MC exclusively as a video player since then, and the presence of the JRVR and its ability to play BluRays with menu support are the single reasons I use it. This is because I find using MC even just for this too cumbersome and plagued with issues.
I am not interested in it as a music player. Foobar2000 is easier to use, just drag and drop files to its playlist (or select them from the Add files dialog), press play and that's it. ASIO support is the only other thing I want from an audio player, and foobar has that too. While once upon a time I was into organizing stuff into collections and categories, now I just despise myself for the large amount of time wasted on that, as I looked back at one point and asked myself what was the point of it, and I will never be tempted in doing that again.
Unfortunately, the "library manager first, media player second" user interface is also impacting the experience of using MC as a video player in a negative way:
- you double-click a video file in Windows Explorer and want to launch it in MC; great, it works, but when you attempt to close the video player by pressing ESC or Alt+F4 like in any other video player, MC goes to "Standard View" mode instead of closing the video player, so now you have to press Alt+F4 once more;
- you want to easily see what are the files you opened last night so you play some other file in the same folder today: tough luck if you made the mistake to launch MC while the network drive where the files were located is disconnected - MC forgets what files you previously played when you launch it in such a case; while a simple player like MPC keeps all the previous entries visible in the history of its File open dialog no matter whether they are still available on the network or not, a complex player like MC doesn't;
- you want to prevent subtitles from destroying night scenes in movies, especially in HDR where their luminosity is too great, so you go to change the alpha blending value to blend them into the background and make them less visible - there is no such option of changing the alpha blending in MC; unfortunately this is another case where a simple player like MPC can do something which MC can't;
- you want to play m2ts files from inside a BluRay BDMV folder from inside MC - can't do that, MC doesn't even show them; you have to double-click on the m2ts file in Windows Explorer instead;
- you want to use your remote control from the sofa, with MC in the Theater View mode and use the Explorer gadget to browse to a location on your disks where video files are located, and play them:
-- first of all, you notice it takes a long amount of time to enter a folder which has many video files, especially when that folder is on a network location
-- then the folder is entered, and you notice that instead of the file names, you are presented with the "title" metadata of the video files;
So, not only a "File Explorer" interface does not display the file names, but you also pay for all the time needed to parse the files themselves for the title metadata that is shown in the Explorer view, and that's why you're waiting when entering a folder with many video files.
-- still in the file "Explorer" widget of Theater View, you want to see the individual m2ts files inside a BluRay BDMV folder and play them, but you can't as MC hides everything inside the BDMV folder;
-- you want to have an ISO of a BluRay or DVD mounted and play it while resting on your sofa in Theater Mode: the ISO it is mounted, but it's mounted twice, in two different disc drives; every new ISO you try, two more disc drives are created on your Windows OS filled with images; when you are done with MC, you have to manually eject by yourself the countless disc drives created from Windows Explorer; that doesn't make for a great Theater View experience;
Many of these I have already reported in various threads on MC28 and MC29 but there was no interest in doing something about them. Here's hoping that making MC30 easier to use as a video player will be given some effort. Simple operations like these, many for which a simple player like MPC has no issue with, should not be problems for a MC user. The performance as a video player is exceptional, but I find the user experience quite bad.
As I suspect has been pointed out the other times you have made feature requests, you're using JRiver Media Center in a way that it really wasn't designed / intended and you're really requesting an entirely different product rather than making a feature request. You really need to either embrace using the media library functionality or look into a different tool for the job as the JRiver folks aren't going to make what would amount to sweeping changes to their product to satisfy your use case as they have a TON of time and effort invested in the product as it is.
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Add to the context menu "More Play Options" a new entry called "Play highly rated". This would then play only the tracks with ratings equal to 5 stars
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As I suspect has been pointed out the other times you have made feature requests, you're using JRiver Media Center in a way that it really wasn't designed / intended and you're really requesting an entirely different product rather than making a feature request. You really need to either embrace using the media library functionality or look into a different tool for the job as the JRiver folks aren't going to make what would amount to sweeping changes to their product to satisfy your use case as they have a TON of time and effort invested in the product as it is.
Can you point out what are the issues (besides the bugs) that I raised that are making you add this comment?
Given that you are saying I have to "embrace using the media library functionality", I imagine this is what you took offense at.
Well, both Standard View and Theater View have the file Explorer feature, it's a feature that already exists alongside the media library, does not require the presence of a media library in any way, it already exists so I'm not requiring "sweeping changes to their product to satisfy my use case". This feature has issues, and I raised them.
Using MC as a video player - I would not qualify that as some sort of esoteric use case of mine either. Why does MC have the ability of video playback if it's not supposed to be used as a video player?
Finally, I have an issue with the high ground you are taking here: "look into a different tool for the job". That's very enticing for new users, to see they are treated like what they want doesn't matter. You're going to get lots of new customers this way, I'm sure.
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A robust "data scraper" tool for audio files, with options to associate scraped data to specific MC fields.
Tagging audio files takes a lot of my spare time and while I enjoy it, an automatic scrapper tool would improve my workflow SO much :)
FYI, I mainly use Rateyourmusic and Discogs DB to tag my files.
And: I would gladly pay an extra annual fee to have this tool enabled in MC :)
(I understand this might be a lot of work to implement and that most people don't bother tagging files nowadays with streaming and alll...)
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Check out MCUtils (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/r7hojfp0k8s6c2f/AAC9PJOsT5xHza55VM26Zh25a?dl=0), it's not native to JRiver and is command line driven but is by far the most robust and comprehensive tagger for audio and video files. "Mr C", the designer is also very collaborative towards providing solutions to whatever tagging issues you might have. His email is located in the software docs.
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Check out MCUtils (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/r7hojfp0k8s6c2f/AAC9PJOsT5xHza55VM26Zh25a?dl=0), it's not native to JRiver and is command line driven but is by far the most robust and comprehensive tagger for audio and video files. "Mr C", the designer is also very collaborative towards providing solutions to whatever tagging issues you might have. His email is located in the software docs.
I will check this out!
Gracias!
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Not sure if this already exist but could you add diversion to MCC commands
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Will MC 30 have new "Audio" features? It seems like most of the new features will be "Video" features. The reason I purchased JRVR in the first place, was for it's "Audio Capabilities", and since new "Audio" features are slim to none, that's why I haven't upgraded my JRVR software in several years.
Thank you!
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Can you point out what are the issues (besides the bugs) that I raised that are making you add this comment?
Given that you are saying I have to "embrace using the media library functionality", I imagine this is what you took offense at.
Well, both Standard View and Theater View have the file Explorer feature, it's a feature that already exists alongside the media library, does not require the presence of a media library in any way, it already exists so I'm not requiring "sweeping changes to their product to satisfy my use case". This feature has issues, and I raised them.
Using MC as a video player - I would not qualify that as some sort of esoteric use case of mine either. Why does MC have the ability of video playback if it's not supposed to be used as a video player?
Finally, I have an issue with the high ground you are taking here: "look into a different tool for the job". That's very enticing for new users, to see they are treated like what they want doesn't matter. You're going to get lots of new customers this way, I'm sure.
First of all, I am not a JRiver employee, so my comments shouldn't be interpreted as anything along the lines of official direction. Second, I certainly didn't take offense to anything you were asking about. I was just providing what I believe to be a realistic response to your request. File browser functionality and using the product in the way you seem to desire just isn't their focus. If the way that portion of the product currently works doesn't satisfy your requirements, I just honestly don't see them changing it to satisfy your use case. Hence the comment about looking into a different tool as I just don't think you're ever going to be happy with this product. No hostility or malice was intended and sorry if you took my response that way.
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Customisable "Recently Imported" view. I use "Recently Import" all the time to do some taging.... but I change it to a List, add some columns then tag it up. These changes seem to stick for a couple of days then revert back to the default (which is irritating).
Thanks
Nathan
Turn off clear Recently Imported on exit (under General) and always leave at least one file in Recently Imported. It only resets the columns when you empty it.
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I imagine this is both a Media Center and a JRemote ask:
Ability, using JRemote on, e.g., iPhone, to Divert current playback from a Media Center 'server' on a DLNA 'renderer' (Id Pi) to 'This Device' (the same handheld running JRemote) -- using JRemote on the same iPhone to do this.
In other words, Divert 'server' playback from rendering on an Id Pi (a configured Zone visible on the same 'server') to 'This Device' (the iPhone's JRemote, which is NOT* a configured Zone visible on the 'server') {snipped}
You can do this in JRemote already, though it's a bit hidden.
- swipe left to go to settings. At the bottom left of the settings screen, you'll see the MCs zones. By default, that's the server name /Player
- click on the zone on the bottom left (I know--it doesn't look like a button) and it will display the full list of defined zones, as well as a "this device" zone
- click the "this device" text and you will route the output from the server to your iPhone
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This is a long shot as I'm sure it would be too messy to implement, but I'll try:
An integrated Volume viewer, much like Virtual Volume View http://vvvapp.sourceforge.net/ (http://vvvapp.sourceforge.net/)
Meaning a way to show offline media with the associated volume where the media is stored, which will play when the user inserts the associated disc/drive.
Imagine for example I have ripped my DVDs on one external drive with volume name A and my Blu-rays on another drive with volume name B.
The software would remember all my rips in a single list with metadata with the associated volume name, and when the user chooses to play a Blu-ray from the list, the software would ask the user to insert volume B and then play the rip.
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+1 on this one - be able to import REW filters into PEQ, I have been waiting for that for ages
Inside DSP studio's Parametric Equalizer, PLEASE, please add the ability to import REW generated "generic" peak filters from the exported EQ text file by simply right clicking on any row in the editable window section or by inserting the option in the "Add..." button.
Afterwards, an option window to select which specific channel(s) (e.g. Left, Right, Center, Sub) should also pop up.
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Of course, I could manually enter each PEQ entry per channel myself. But, if you have like 8 channels' worth of PEQs to enter by hand, it gets exhaustingly old pretty quick.
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+1 on being able to route channels to different audio devices
i.e. fronts to device 1 and rears to device 2
Ability to output to multiple audio devices / DACs as well as fully supporting Airplay 2 as an output so I can stream audio to my homepods in multiple rooms all together with the same audio playing out my desktop DAC in sync.
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This is a long shot as I'm sure it would be too messy to implement, but I'll try:
An integrated Volume viewer, much like Virtual Volume View http://vvvapp.sourceforge.net/ (http://vvvapp.sourceforge.net/)
Meaning a way to show offline media with the associated volume where the media is stored, which will play when the user inserts the associated disc/drive.
Imagine for example I have ripped my DVDs on one external drive with volume name A and my Blu-rays on another drive with volume name B.
The software would remember all my rips in a single list with metadata with the associated volume name, and when the user chooses to play a Blu-ray from the list, the software would ask the user to insert volume B and then play the rip.
This sort of sounds like an extension of the option that can be turned on/off for each configured file import location that gives the ability to have Media Center automatically remove missing files from the database, but obviously only for when the feature is turned off. So they presumably have some of the framework for what you're requesting in place already.
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First, not being an advanced user, these features may be there already. So, forgive me if they are.
1) The ability to FIND within a FIND - in other words to Drill Down in a search. So, let's say I find all my 1960's albums and now I want to find the version of a song done in the sixties, so the search is restricted to the previous search results.
2) A FIND similar - so if I bring up a find and make a selection, let's say an artist, I could do a FIND for similar artists based upon the original search.
3) ANALYZE DATABASE - and recommend other artists from the web, music services, etc. In other words, determine my musical taste from my collection and make recommendations.
4) The ability to SORT based on a FIND. So, for example FIND all the albums by Pink Floyd and now sort them by Name, Date, Etc, - AFTER THE FIND. This should be easy from a UI standpoint.
5) Possibly a Separate Product - a REPORT GENERATOR. I would love to be able to run and print reports from my collection. There used to be a GREAT application called MY MOVIES which had one of the best built-in report generators. I would print out a report of all of my films and put them in a binder so guests could easily browse and pick out what they wanted to see. Saved a lot of time.
That's it. I hope you find this at all helpful.
Thanks for the AMAZING PROGRAM. You have a customer for LIFE!
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This sort of sounds like an extension of the option that can be turned on/off for each configured file import location that gives the ability to have Media Center automatically remove missing files from the database, but obviously only for when the feature is turned off. So they presumably have some of the framework for what you're requesting in place already.
Yes, there's something similar already in place. What I'm asking for is for the library to record the volume name of a disk, recognizing it when plugged in and to automatically assign the (inevitably) new drive letter.
I'm sure I'm not alone in having the same setup: physical media takes a lot of space and you'll quickly run out of space on a NAS if you rip an extensive Blu-ray/UHD collection. USB storage is the most convenient option, I just wish I didn't have to use Virtual Volume View every time I need to know which file is on which disk.
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Yes, there's something similar already in place. What I'm asking for is for the library to record the volume name of a disk, recognizing it when plugged in and to automatically assign the (inevitably) new drive letter.
I'm sure I'm not alone in having the same setup: physical media takes a lot of space and you'll quickly run out of space on a NAS if you rip an extensive Blu-ray/UHD collection. USB storage is the most convenient option, I just wish I didn't have to use Virtual Volume View every time I need to know which file is on which disk.
Yeah, what you're asking for is sort of the opposite of what they already have in place :). But that means that some of the framework for what you're looking for is already there.
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Click the little arrows.
Thanks. I feel about as foolish as one can get. I've been with JRiver using Media Center since version 20 and I have never noticed those tiny arrows. Thanks again for your helpful response
I'll go back to wearing my Jester's hat now, and play the part of a fool. Albeit, a happy fool who can hide the explorer pane! :)
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If possible, please update jriver's mobile app to adapt to new ios devices. I really hope to use my tablet or mobile phone to reduce the occupancy of jriver's computer screen when listening to music, but none of them can adapt to my device. resolution, such as ipadmini6 and iphone12mini, and the interface of the web version is not so easy to use, 30 is a major version update, hoping to make its experience more perfect.
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Please make the click on the screen to play/pause optional. I sometimes click on screen to give MC focus and it is somewhat annoying that it pauses the video playback.
f.lux integration would also be very useful. For example automatic Movie Mode or disable when playing video.
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Please make the click on the screen to play/pause optional. I sometimes click on screen to give MC focus and it is somewhat annoying that it pauses the video playback.
There is already an option for this check Video -> Advanced
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Thanks, Hendrik! I was looking for it under General - Behaviour, where "Disable skipping with mouse wheel" is. I never thought it could be anywhere else, since those two functions are so closely related.
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Please make the subtitles move up above the OSD when OSD is shown.
A much nicer looking and more customizable OSD would also be great! Now it kinda look like an ancient relic from MS-DOS.
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1. A command to reload remote views without having to restart MC
2. An option to generate remote views automatically from MC views (default set to on/yes/true)
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Android Auto App Please. it would be nice to control JRiver through Android Auto through the car controls instead of having to pick up my cell phone while driving
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I would like to have for playing DSD over UPnP the same functionality as for playing DSD through SPDIF or USB. Restrict use of playing DSD up to DSD64 for example and converting everything else > DSD64 to pcm. (See attached picture)
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First, not being an advanced user, these features may be there already. So, forgive me if they are.
1) The ability to FIND within a FIND - in other words to Drill Down in a search. So, let's say I find all my 1960's albums and now I want to find the version of a song done in the sixties, so the search is restricted to the previous search results.
2) A FIND similar - so if I bring up a find and make a selection, let's say an artist, I could do a FIND for similar artists based upon the original search.
3) ANALYZE DATABASE - and recommend other artists from the web, music services, etc. In other words, determine my musical taste from my collection and make recommendations.
4) The ability to SORT based on a FIND. So, for example FIND all the albums by Pink Floyd and now sort them by Name, Date, Etc, - AFTER THE FIND. This should be easy from a UI standpoint.
I may not have the answers you are looking for, only trying to help. I think that what you are looking to do with searches and sorting might be solved by making a Smartlist instead of doing a search. Or a combination of both. Have your Smartlist "find" all your albums from the 1960's and then search within it.
I haven't used it much but I think #2 is being addressed by the Spotlight feature.
I know this isn't exactly what you are looking for but it may help get where you are trying to go.
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This is a weird one ...but I'll take a shot at it. What about integration with the open-source DD+ Atmos decoder and EQ known as the"Cavern Project" link is provided http://cavern.sbence.hu/cavern/
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+1 on this one - be able to import REW filters into PEQ, I have been waiting for that for ages
Ditto to this one :)
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Customisable Spotlight views, using MC fields and/or web data, for Artists, Albums, Composers, etc..
Let's say you have a Category view showing Artist images. Clicking on any Artist would redirect to the Spotlight view for this particular artist. For this view, user could choose the source (MC field VS web data) for Artist bio, releases presentation (i.e., main albums, EPs, Singles, Compilations, etc.), related artists, etc..
Clicking on any album would redirect to the Spotlight view for this particular album, which would be customisable in the same manner (Album review, Album info, etc.). And so on.
BTW : And having access to these Spotlight views with JRemote or any JRiver sanctionned remote :)
Probably a HUGE amount of work for a few years to come, but worth asking IMO ;)
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* genre specific tags for the remote
Today, when I start playing (any genre) a song the remote (EOS/ Gizmo, what ever) is showing
1st row: song name
2nd row: interpred and album name
what I would like to see in genre classical
1st row: song name
2nd row: composer
3rd. row: orchestra / soloists / conduktor / Chorus
the Tag and there order should be configurable.
As I understand MC it provides the remote (EOS/ Gizmo, what ever) the data to display. So the remote shows what is delivered. Therefore a kind of "debt to be brought forward".
-> Please don't refer to: "server settings under Media Network > Advanced."
It can't do the same
* Offline DB for the remote
sometimes I am surfing the net and some possible new music came across.
because my music server was not up and running ( or not available, offline, what ever) to check if I did not already have the CD I had to let pass the opportunity ( had to park the cd's in the shopping cart, what ever).
That is the reason why I am asking to implement the possibilities for a offline DB on the remote.
* Set spontaneous A - B marker:
MC has a repeating function. so expand it a little bit.:
sometimes I listen to DJ-Sets. They are loooong. Within these sets there are some really great tunes. For example from timecode 15:25 until 18:44.
It would be great if you can set spontaneous A - B marker to repeat these tunes until I have enough ;-)
-> Please don't refer to "Particles"!
It can't do the same and is not as easy and spontaneous for the user to use.
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Is there maybe a way to implement a feature where i could choose for example madvr for UHD tonemapping and for upscaling 1080P content to 4k JRiver renderer?
- Madvr used for native 4K content (i would say madvr has a better tonemapping function
- Upscale a Bluray to 4K using the internal JRiver renderer with FSRCNNX16 and Jinc because in my opinion it does a better job than Madvr
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Particles.
Speaking of particles... Storing the information for particles in the main media item's sidecar file or as separate sidecar files for each particle would be a really nice enhancement/feature. I know several of us have had a file share disappear briefly such that our media needed to be re-imported and when that happens any associated particles are lost.
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I love MC29. It is literally the Swiss Army knife of media centers and I use it for my big music and movie/tv library.
Here's something I'd like to see:
Creative Labs has the SXFI program for PCs and phones that interfaces with their little headphone DAC/Amps. It was my first foray into headphone DACs and amps. In the program is a simulator for 5.1 and 7.1 in addition to the standard downmixed stereo output. It added a depth to the movie or TV program that downmixed stereo just couldn't do.
I'd like a DSP page that gives us a simulation of multichannel 5.1 and 7.1 (maybe 5.1.2 and 7.1.2?) using DSP algorithms to the headphones. The source would be like a multichannel MKV and JRiver would mix the surround channels, with appropriate crossfeed, to the L and R headphone channels. The DSP math would have provisions for speaker placement and amount of crossfeed from the other channels.
I hope that makes sense. If I'm missing how this works, please let me know. I just want to learn peacefully.
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Creative Labs has the SXFI program for PCs and phones that interfaces with their little headphone DAC/Amps. It was my first foray into headphone DACs and amps. In the program is a simulator for 5.1 and 7.1 in addition to the standard downmixed stereo output. It added a depth to the movie or TV program that downmixed stereo just couldn't do.
DSP Studio > Output Format
The wiki has a topic on Surround Sound.
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Overall:
- Ability to hide a Library View.
- Add 'Select All' to the right-click menu.
- Ability to manually order Library Views & Playlists by drag&drop. Maybe have an option in the settings to turn this feature on and off for those who don't want the tree changed from alphabetical listings, accidentally or otherwise.
Audio:
- Ability to type paragraphs and multiple lines in Comments field instead of everything needing to be in one continuous line.
- Prevent songs being removed from playlists automatically when the external file is deleted. A placeholder should still exist in the playlist showing the deleted song and simply skip over that song when attempting playback of the list. Useful for maintaining playlist integrity when a song is intentionally deleted without remembering the song was included in a playlist, or when deleting old mp3 versions of files to update with flac, or when a song is on an external drive that is temporarily disconnected.
Video:
- Ability to read coverart embedded in MKV video files.
- Store external video coverart in same file as audio coverart instead of in the folder containing the video file. Or better yet allow user selected option in menu to choose video specific coverart folder like already exists for audio coverart.
- Ability to use IMDB to get video info & coverart.
- Improve metadata info shown when hovering mouse over video in Standard View to better match info & layout shown in Theater View.
- More & better metadata overall for video.
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Thank you, Jim. I appreciate your response and I will carefully RTFM ;D.
Peace!
DSP Studio > Output Format
The wiki has a topic on Surround Sound.
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- Ability to hide a Library View.
- Add 'Select All' to the right-click menu.
I imagine you already know this, but Ctrl+A will "Select All". Just pointing it out on the off chance you were unaware of that keyboard shortcut.
I am unclear what you mean by "hide a Library View"... Do you maybe mean hide a Tab?
- Ability to type paragraphs and multiple lines in Comments field instead of everything needing to be in one continuous line.
There is a "Notes" field that will allow you to do exactly that.
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I imagine you already know this, but Ctrl+A will "Select All". Just pointing it out on the off chance you were unaware of that keyboard shortcut.
I find myself using "Select All" a lot (perhaps I'm in the minority) and having it in the Right-Click menu would streamline things a helluva lot, without having to go up into the toolbar menu or switching over to the keyboard for shortcuts. I've been wishing for this feature since the old MediaJukebox days.
I am unclear what you mean by "hide a Library View"... Do you maybe mean hide a Tab?
(See attached picture)
There is a "Notes" field that will allow you to do exactly that.
Yes but, as far as I know, the "Notes" field isn't a part of the id3 specs so that field might not necessarily show up if the file was played back in a different media player. That's why I've always used "Comments". Problem is that I have files that have multiple paragraphs of comments, that were added back when I used another media player that allowed for multiple line entries, that I now can't edit without MC converting the formatting into one continuous line when re-saving.
Ideally, the behavior for editing the "Comments" field should be identical to what it is when editing the "Notes" field.
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Those are great clarifications… Thank you.
The only one I will follow up on his the "hide library view". So you meant hide it in the Tree… that definitely makes sense when you have a whole bunch of views under one header. How do you envision bringing the hidden views back? My suggestion would be to right-click on the top tree item, and the context menu would include a new entry for "restore hidden views". Thoughts?
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That's pretty much what I was thinking too. A 'Hide Library View' entry in the context menu to hide view. Once views were hidden, then the context menu for the top tree would gain an entry called 'Unhide Library View' that would automatically expand out and show a list of hidden views to choose from.
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Request: Simplify the process of modifying icons.
The MC infrastructure for icons has been in place for well over 10 years, works reliably, but it is somewhat clumsy to install custom icons (particularly for the small Tree icons). Am I naive in thinking it would be relatively simple to display and change the icon assignments in a new form window, with option to drop back to pictured defaults, individually and globally? Or maybe that opens up a legal minefield unless the choices are limited or attributed. Perhaps the form window could accommodate attributions, making them a user responsibility.
Reference MC29 Skin Icon Discussion:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133908.0.html (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133908.0.html)
Update 10/19/2022: Please also consider suggestions for implementing more icon options, as specifically proposed in Post #25 of the MC29 Skin Icon Discussion:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133908.msg929804.html#msg929804 (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133908.msg929804.html#msg929804)
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When watching a BD, which was launched from the BD menus, can a command be issued to toggle the subtitle track without having to bring up the BD pop up menus?
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This is a weird one ...but I'll take a shot at it. What about integration with the open-source DD+ Atmos decoder and EQ known as the"Cavern Project" link is provided http://cavern.sbence.hu/cavern/
No, not weird at all.. :)
And I'm quite sure VoidX would help to integrate the DD+ Atmos decoder into JRiver..
Hendrik and Matt, what do you say..?
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No, not weird at all.. :)
And I'm quite sure VoidX would help to integrate the DD+ Atmos decoder into JRiver..
Hendrik and Matt, what do you say..?
Very interesting. If Cavern is working on lossless Atmos, that would be huge.
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Play DVD Audio format
Hello, maybe this time it's possible for MC30 to add the following audio format (LPCM, MLP) used to play DVD-Audio. When playing a special DVD-Audio, you can then switch between normal DVD mode and DVD-Audio mode. Another thing that wouldn't be bad, like with the Super Audio CD, is that you can play a DVD-Audio ISO.
If this were possible and there was no copyright or special cost involved, it would be a great new feature in MC30.
Sry for my English come from Germany
I like to second this - It's a major miss for me , I end up having to convert just to play my own DVD audio collection
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I would love to see bitstreaming of Dolby Atmos audio files. Currently it does not work on JRiver but does on PlayerFab (the old DVDFab media player)
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There's
two three things I would like to see. They're small conveniences to be sure but would make my life easier.
I'd like to see a "tagging only" tab; one where accidentally double tapping on a file wouldn't play it, thus interrupting the flow of music. The right click play now or sent to now playing would still accomplish playing the file if needed.
I would love to see a drop down menu or some such clean up of the playlist options when modifying a toolbar. As it is, I'm scrolling through many, many playlists when trying to get to the bottom of the list. Actually, I'm not really sure I ever did...
Oh, and a third to go with a tagging only tab: allow the click on the arrow in a field to go to the entire library rather than just the current view in the tab.
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I'd like to see a "tagging only" tab; one where accidentally double tapping on a file wouldn't play it, thus interrupting the flow of music.
It is unlikely a dedicated tab would be created for this purpose. However, if you change the setting noted in the picture below to "File Properties", double-clicking a file will open the tagging panel instead of playing it.
I confess I don't understand your next two requests.
I would love to see a drop down menu or some such clean up of the playlist options when modifying a toolbar. As it is, I'm scrolling through many, many playlists when trying to get to the bottom of the list. Actually, I'm not really sure I ever did...
Oh, and a third to go with a tagging only tab: allow the click on the arrow in a field to go to the entire library rather than just the current view in the tab.
- What toolbar are you modifying? Modifying toolbars is done in the skin XML file, not while you're using MC.
- As noted previously, a dedicated tagging tab is not likely. If by "arrow in a field" you're referring to the arrow that links you to everything associated with that specific field, then again, I don't understand what you're asking for here.
Screenshots are always helpful.
UPDATE regarding the modifying toolbars. You're referring to "customize" toolbars and how it shows every playlist you have in the list of choices to include on the custom toolbar.
Yep… I get that request now :)! Perhaps it could be done with collapsible headers for each playlist grouping? My two cents to the J River team.
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I'd like to see a "tagging only" tab; one where accidentally double tapping on a file wouldn't play it, thus interrupting the flow of music. The right click play now or sent to now playing would still accomplish playing the file if needed.
Honestly I'd actually be down for a hotkey / safety to lock playback to the current state of the play queue. Would be really useful for when I leave JRiver display windowed playing a series / movie as I work on something.
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Honestly I'd actually be down for a hotkey / safety to lock playback to the current state of the play queue. Would be really useful for when I leave JRiver display windowed playing a series / movie as I work on something.
Not sure if this accomplishes exactly what you're looking for, but MC introduced a "Lock Tab" feature about a year ago. It is at the bottom of the tab menu. It adds a lock icon to each tab to which it is applied.
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I would like the ability to define the wait time before chucking an error that a remote library is not available, after the magic packet is sent for WOL.
My server takes too long to wake up and JRriver chucks a wobbly. I just need another 10-20 seconds...please.
7 hard drives takes some time!
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Background: Tree > Playing Now > Playing from... displays the icon resource <Folder>. Playing from... is very important, special, and prominent in the Tree. The overall user interface would benefit by giving Playing from... its own icon, distinct from the icon that represents other folders.
Example: I attach the custom icon which I currently use for <Folder> which appears with Playing from... I would like to use a different icon for folders elsewhere in the Tree, but unfortunately this one shows up, so I need a new resource <PlayingFrom>.
Request:
(1) Please give Tree > Playing Now > Playing from... its own unique icon resource <PlayingFrom> in ...Data/Default Resources/images.xml.
(2) Also allow the default <PlayingFrom> icon to be overridden by its entries in ...Data/Custom Resources/image.xml and ...Data/Custom Artwork/smallIcons.png in the usual way.
MC 30.0.19 Win11 22H2 (64-bit) and Win10 (64-bit)
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I would like a new mode for listcombine(...) function to output only items contained NOT in both lists.
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I'm still hoping for a "colorize playlist bars" function. Like this one (depending on genre):
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Add 'Select All' to the right-click menu.
This is there under "Edit Commands". Once you pick it, it will become the most recent used so be at the top of the menu.
If you want, you can have more most recent commands shown in Options.
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I would like a new mode for listcombine(...) function to output only items contained NOT in both lists.
I'll add this to the next build. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I would love to see a drop down menu or some such clean up of the playlist options when modifying a toolbar. As it is, I'm scrolling through many, many playlists when trying to get to the bottom of the list. Actually, I'm not really sure I ever did...
Coming next build:
Changed: The filter box for toolbars accepts a leading "-" so "-playlist" will hide all the playlists.
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MC is lacking in audio file fixing and populating data fields.
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MC is lacking in audio file fixing and populating data fields.
You need to read the wiki topics on this. Start with tagging and Library Tools.
Please use a new thread for discussion.
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Please make data files play like image files so that when music is playing and a data file is played to read about the music, it does not stop the music from playing.
Data and image files are both static visual information and should behave the same.
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When editing tags, please make Ctrl+Del delete the word to the right as is common practice for many text editors.
https://defkey.com/what-means/ctrl-del
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Add Windows snap functionality so Win + left/right arrows work like virtually every other program available today.
Similar to above make MC honor virtual monitor zones so Theater View can be run in a psuedo-windowed mode or just allow a windowed version of Theater View. This would be great for those of us that are using an ultra wide monitor without dual inputs and prefer using the Theater View interface while multi tasking.
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Add the same option for Tree icons that is available for Toolbar icons - that is, icons remain colorless/transparent until you hover over them, and then they fill with color.
Additionally/alternatively: create a brand-new monochrome icon set without the background "button/plate" similar to what is shown here: https://i.imgur.com/x6qqVHB.png
NOTE: this request was previously posted by me, but since it turned into a discussion within the request thread, it got moved to its own thread on the MC 29 board. Which by the way, has gotten a considerable number of views.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133908.0.html
Clearly there is substantial interest in this topic. I especially want to note the impressive amount of work that user Markf2748 did creating alternate icons - great job Mark!
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Coming next build:
Changed: The filter box for toolbars accepts a leading "-" so "-playlist" will hide all the playlists.
hey Matt, I just noticed this enhancement... Thanks! Hopefully user jkrzok who originally requested it has also seen it!
But since no good deed goes unpunished, any chance the filter can be set so it keeps the last entry (to avoid having to type "-playlists" each time)? Or perhaps add a checkbox that enables users to exclude showing the playlists all the time? It is after all its own special beast with its huge number of entries.
I know… Give them an inch and they ask for mile.
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Background: Tree > Playing Now > Playing from... displays the icon resource <Folder>. Playing from... is very important, special, and prominent in the Tree. The overall user interface would benefit by giving Playing from... its own icon, distinct from the icon that represents other folders.
Example: I attach the custom icon which I currently use for <Folder> which appears with Playing from... I would like to use a different icon for folders elsewhere in the Tree, but unfortunately this one shows up, so I need a new resource <PlayingFrom>.
Request:
(1) Please give Tree > Playing Now > Playing from... its own unique icon resource <PlayingFrom> in ...Data/Default Resources/images.xml.
(2) Also allow the default <PlayingFrom> icon to be overridden by its entres in ...Data/Custom Resources/images.xml and ...Data/Custom Artwork/smallIcons.png in the usual way.
Along the same lines...- The icon resources for <Audio> and <Cloudplay> in the Options Tree share the same (i.e. "overloaded") icon, currently a white music note with blue plate. Please give these resources distinct icons in ...Data/Options.png.
- I do not see a resource for <AddToPlayingNow> in images.xml and SmallIcons.png. Its icon appears identical to that for <PlayingNow>. Please add a <AddToPlayingNow> resource and icon so that I can add a unique icon button to the toolbar.
- I need separate resources for <DSPStudio> and the Zone drop down menu, which currently share the overloaded <DSPStudio> icon in SmallIcons.png.
- Custom Art for MC's new icon <ClearPlayingNow> does not get picked up from my ../Data/Custom Art/SmallIcons.png, so my custom icon for <ClearPlayingNow> does not show up in the Custom Toolbars Menu by the usual mechanism. AFAICT this is a MC bug / oversight.
- 10/29/2022: Additional icon resources which I do not know how to access:
Toggle Tool Tips
Toggle Theater View
Toggle Tool Tree
ListStyle: xx - 11/3/2022 Can the built-in playlist "Web Media" (which appears in the tree under both Streaming and Playlists) be assigned a unique small icon? Updated the attached proposed small icon WebMediaPlaylist.png.
- 11/27/2022 Please give the Customize Toolbar "Toggle Tree" button its own unique icon resource. Currently it shares the overloaded resource <ListStyle> with 5 different "List Style: ..." buttons and "Customize View". "Toggle Tree" serves a very different function (show/hide) compared to the other style-change buttons and deserves its own icon.[/l]
I attach six new proposed small icons to cover these cases. I hope flexibility can be expanded without breaking skins.
Note: The above are the most important to me and AFAICT are programmatically out of my control. There are many other icons in the Customize Toolbar which either have similar overload issues or are just in plain need of updating. Some have been discussed previously (including <ClearPlayingNow>) in the MC29 forum thread Skin Icons Discussion https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133908.0.html (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133908.0.html)
which contains approximately 100 updated icons.
Thanks.
Updated 11/3/2022
MC 30.0.19 Win11 22H2 (64-bit) and Win10 (64-bit)
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hey Matt, I just noticed this enhancement... Thanks! Hopefully user jkrzok who originally requested it has also seen it!
But since no good deed goes unpunished, any chance the filter can be set so it keeps the last entry (to avoid having to type "-playlists" each time)? Or perhaps add a checkbox that enables users to exclude showing the playlists all the time? It is after all its own special beast with its huge number of entries.
I know… Give them an inch and they ask for mile.
It's possible the View\User feature, which in my mind I call the "persistent global filter" feature, may do what you want. You can add User as button on the toolbar for quick access.
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It's possible the View\User feature, which in my mind I call the "persistent global filter" feature, may do what you want. You can add User as button on the toolbar for quick access.
I actually already do have the user icon in my top toolbar. I have two user profiles: administrator and standard. I usually leave it set to administrator, but I switched to the standard user just to check... it does not retain the user entered filter value.
I really think a checkbox to disable showing all the playlists choices makes sense. I have only created around a dozen of my own playlists, but when that is combined with all the built-in lists that are part of every MC install (which I definitely want to keep), the number Available Toolbar Buttons just for the playlists comes to 89 for me! I think most users create lots and lots of playlists, so I could see in those situations the playlist count would be a couple hundred maybe.
This just makes for a much longer and cluttered list to scroll through for those of us never put playlist buttons in toolbars. I prefer to use the radio buttons at the bottom of the Playing Now window to launch my custom playlists. To my mind, that is exactly the intended purpose of those radio buttons.
So having a checkbox to enable/disable showing all the playlist buttons would satisfy all users. All that said, hardly a big deal regardless… It would just be a nice to have
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When watching a BD, which was launched from the BD menus, can a command be issued to toggle the subtitle track without having to bring up the BD pop up menus?
Does it not work to issue an MCWS command? Or is it that you're locked out of this, specifically with full disc menu playback?
http://xxxxxx:52199/MCWS/v1/Control/MCC?Command=10052&Parameter=1 toggle on
http://xxxxxx:52199/MCWS/v1/Control/MCC?Command=10052&Parameter=-1 next
http://xxxxxx:52199/MCWS/v1/Control/MCC?Command=10052&Parameter=-2 previous
You can also select a specific subtitle track with this. JRiver doesn't really output all the subtitle tracks in a file (please correct me if im wrong) so to get the list of subtitles and their 'track' in a video, I separately have my mediainfo.xml for the corresponding file parsed and used to get those track titles / languages into whatever control system I'm using. So I ask JRiver for what's playing, get the file's full filename + path, and then I ask the metadata server for a file in a similar directory structure named FILENAME-mediainfo.xml and that's where I parse out the track names. My tracks are named by language but ALSO typically commented since I frequently have multiple audio mixes, various commentaries, subtitles from different releases over the years (lots of foreign films have multiple translations) etc. It's just helpful to actually have that information available elsewhere.
Feature request! MCWS call that can return the audio and subtitle tracks from the currently playing file INCLUDING Title (In mediainfo, it's the field called Title)
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- Ability to use IMDB to get video info & coverart.
- Improve metadata info shown when hovering mouse over video in Standard View to better match info & layout shown in Theater View.
- More & better metadata overall for video.
IMDB metadata is extremely expensive to use in your product. We're talking $150K base not including the API calls themselves IIRC. It's a FANTASTIC resource and you can get API access to use on your own privately but not in a commercial product. It's far more comprehensive than competitors and I really couldn't live without it for my library.
Metadata for film / television could be handled better. Actors with corresponding IDs (and better handling of Actor + Role) would be a nice feature. Grouping multiple files with the same IMDB/TMDB ID similar to how Albums just know how to group themselves couldn't go amiss either.
Cover art? Fanart.TV and TMDB should cover most people's needs, especially for mainstream film and tv. There's lots of resources for extremely high res art but they typically lack API access meaning you're kind of stuck manually adding the art. Cinematerial (paid but decent), WrongSideOfTheArt, Heritage Auctions etc can serve as solid jumping off points if you're itching for something different, high res, or very rare.
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Forgive me if this is already buried somewhere deep in the config, but what about per device dsp settings? For example not all playback devices like/even supports sample rate change and this would be a great quality of life improvement to people like me who uses multiple audio devices depending on usecases
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You can use Zones to do that. Start with the Zones topic on the wiki.
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Forgive me if this is already buried somewhere deep in the config, but what about per device dsp settings? For example not all playback devices like/even supports sample rate change and this would be a great quality of life improvement to people like me who uses multiple audio devices depending on usecases
You can use Zones to do that. Start with the Zones topic on the wiki.
Yep. This is a Zone thing. I have a handful of Zones. Some with the same devices but different settings (say downmix 7.1 to headphones), others for different D/A gear or virtual / audio sink endpoints.
Get familiar with Zones. JRiver makes it incredibly easy to 'move' the currently loaded / playing stuff to a different Zone quite seamlessly, or you can automate the switching based upon conditions.
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When creating or modifying a SmartList the order of any Modifiers can change the results...
In the case below... "Expand To Full Albums" and then "Sort" was not working as I wanted... seems the expand happened first and then the sort, so the displayed track did include the full album, but were not grouped together. (makes sense now... Thanks Marko).
However if I move the "Expand To Full Albums" below the sort it works as I wanted... the tracks are sorted as I want and THEN the "Expand to Full Albums" is done.
Since the order of the SmartList Modifiers order is important, the ability to move them up/down would be helpful.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ugwdvo3s30drom/ExpandToFullAlbums.jpg?dl=0
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I'd like to see a subtitle synchronization function, not for any sort of streaming video, but for videos of which you have the files (and subtitles).
If my subtitles are off by 3 seconds I'd like to be able to enter this value somewhere and MC adjust the subtitles accordingly.
Since VLC has the feature I describe I currently have to use VLC for any video I have where they subtitles are not in sync.
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I'd like to see a subtitle synchronization function, not for any sort of streaming video, but for videos of which you have the files (and subtitles).
If my subtitles are off by 3 seconds I'd like to be able to enter this value somewhere and MC adjust the subtitles accordingly.
e.g. right click on picture ==> subtitles ==> timing, or from OSD settings ==> subtitle timing. Probably there is also keyboard shortcut or if there isn't you can add one to custom resources file
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e.g. right click on picture ==> subtitles ==> timing, or from OSD settings ==> subtitle timing. Probably there is also keyboard shortcut or if there isn't you can add one to custom resources file
Ah, thank you. I searched for "sync" & "subtitles" in all the options & settings and couldn't find it. I was shocked that it wasn't there, but now I see that it is.
After having looked looking at it my feature request becomes:
Feature Request: Arbitrary Values for Subtitle Sync
Currently you're limited to a range of 5 seconds in either direction. Which is usually sufficient, but I have a video where the subtitles are off by nearly a minute. It would be nice if along with the current range offered there would be "custom" available either at the top or bottom of the list
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More can be set using osd. Other option is to add shorcut keys to Resource.xml file ("Data/Custom Resources" folder)
example file contents.
<MJRS version="1.0">
<ACCELERATORS>
<!-- Global shortcut that begins a Play Doctor session -->
<Entry Key="Ctrl;Alt;R" Command="10047:6" Global="1" />
<!-- Go to folder containing selected file (external) -->
<Entry Key="Ctrl;Alt;Shift;D" Command="26004" Param="-2" />
<!-- Go to folder containing selected file (internal)-->
<Entry Key="Ctrl;Alt;D" Command="26004" Param="-1" />
<!-- Toggles the tree pane open and closed -->
<Entry Key="Ctrl;Shift;W" Command="22029" Param="-1" TranslateFlags="23" />
<!-- Increment subtitle delay by 500ms -->
<Entry Key="Ctrl;F1" Command="28037" Param="-500" TranslateFlags="13" />
<Entry Key="Ctrl;F2" Command="28037" Param="500" TranslateFlags="13" />
</ACCELERATORS>
</MJRS>
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Back to topic!
My wish would be more precise play history by design.
Currently it can be achieved by entering some magic to after playback expression but it is a little hacky way and need to be set to all clients manually. Also when using remote that history set in the expression is not triggered at all.
Currently MC just save the play count but I think that saving also play date could open interesting possibilities to create playlists, statistics etc etc.
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Back to topic!
My wish would be more precise play history by design.
Currently it can be achieved by entering some magic to after playback expression but it is a little hacky way and need to be set to all clients manually. Also when using remote that history set in the expression is not triggered at all.
Currently MC just save the play count but I think that saving also play date could open interesting possibilities to create playlists, statistics etc etc.
I feel you. I'd like this as well. I have to poll JRiver for playback state / info currently anyways so I've been pushing the info of played items into a MongoDB instance. I dunno if it's anything particularly useful in the long run but I might as well have it.
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In reply 54 you promised improvement and asked me to tryout in MC30. Nothing changed actually. Problems are still the same.
Re: MC 30 Feature Requests
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I have already payed for the pre-release of MC30 as I did for the last 15 years or so. Yet there is still an irritation for as long as i am using mc on my phone. Synchronizing is not as robust as it should be. I have about 7,500 songs on my Samsung S20 FE (MicroSD) 80% Flacs and 20% MP3. Every third or fourth time of sync. something goes wrong. MC doesn't see my tracks anymore and wants to copy all my tracks again which will lead to overcapacity. Instead of a new feature, why not concentrate on fixing this problem once and for all. And if you want to have a new feature, why not include wifi sync.
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Small feature request:
I *really* appreciate 'view extras', it's alright for extras (all my extras for each film are in /Film (Year)/extras/) but where I've found it useful is selecting 'versions' of a movie, or even more useful, opening the next episode in my television folders. Since JRiver is clearly keeping track of what else is in the folder of a playing item already, would it be possible to implement an MCC / MCWS command that would allow a 'play next in folder' type functionality? Ideally with the ability to only select video files, and not image files that are stored in the same folder but I don't mind hitting sending the command twice.
I can probably just script something to do this outside of JRiver by looking at the path of the currently playing item but it would be nice to have.
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My request: add to the command line ( https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/The_Command_Line ) the ability to initiate a backup of the MC library, i.e., the Ctrl-Shift-B functionality., with a parameter to save or not save thumbnails. At this point, using the configured backup destination is fine by me., just like the Ctrl-Shift-B functionality.
Use case: Each evening when I shut down my main PC, I have a script that runs, and various important items are backed up via that script to my backup/archive system. I would like to add the backing up of the current MC library to that script.
The reason this request rose to the surface for me is that I had made a couple of changes to things in the library. I had made those changes after the routine backup that MC had done. The result was that I had to revert to an older version of the library when I had a [self-inflicted] issue.
And yes, I know about doing backups before I play, but sometimes I'm so involved in the tunes that good IT hygiene falls to the wayside. :)
So, I'm asking for a command line option that echoes the Ctrl-Shift-B behavior.
thx.
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My request: add to the command line ( https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/The_Command_Line ) the ability to initiate a backup of the MC library, i.e., the Ctrl-Shift-B functionality., with a parameter to save or not save thumbnails. At this point, using the configured backup destination is fine by me., just like the Ctrl-Shift-B functionality.
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_Core_Commands
20011 MCC_BACKUP_LIBRARY int nMode (0: normal, 1: silent automatic backup)
*AFAIK this command does not have any option to save thumbnails
I use a window task to do this twice a day, and another to delete files older than ten days in the directory. Then I use backup software every 24hrs (to a different drive) for the MC install directory, cover art directory, and library backup directory. Keeping the six most recent of these.
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this command does not have any option to save thumbnails
Please tell me what is the benefit of save thumbnails ?
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Thumbnails will be included in the backup, so they don't need to be rebuilt after a restore.
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https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Center_Core_Commands
20011 MCC_BACKUP_LIBRARY int nMode (0: normal, 1: silent automatic backup)
*AFAIK this command does not have any option to save thumbnails
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Yes, that looks like it may do what I need. I'll give it a try when I get a chance and report back here.
thx.
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Thumbnails will be included in the backup, so they don't need to be rebuilt after a restore.
That's my preference, i.e., that thumbnails are included in the backup, so it's all good.
thx.
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Yes, that looks like it may do what I need. I'll give it a try when I get a chance and report back here.
thx.
OK, here's the command I used (specific to my PC)...
"C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 29\MC29.exe" /MCC 20011,1
That works, creating a backup of the Library in the backup folder I specified in Tools>Options>File Location> Library backups
Many thx.
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That's my preference, i.e., that thumbnails are included in the backup ...
thx.
Now that I'm paying closer attention, I see the following...
Without thumbnails, the Library backup file is around 20MB in size.
With thumbnails, around 100MB.
With that in mind, the automatic routine backup that MC performs does not seem to save thumbnails in the backups. The thumbnails only seem to be saved when I manually select File>Library>Back Up Library from the menu and answer yes to the prompt for thumbnails.
Also, thumbnails are not saved when I run the command from the command line, above.
Am I missing a Tools>Options setting that enables Thumbnail saves with each Library save? I tried searching options, but came up empty.
While my preference is to save thumbnails with the backups, not saving them is not a big thing for me, as they are recreated if needed.
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Now that I'm paying closer attention, I see the following...
Without thumbnails, the Library backup file is around 20MB in size.
With thumbnails, around 100MB.
With that in mind, the automatic routine backup that MC performs does not seem to save thumbnails in the backups. The thumbnails only seem to be saved when I manually select File>Library>Back Up Library from the menu and answer yes to the prompt for thumbnails.
Also, thumbnails are not saved when I run the command from the command line, above.
Am I missing a Tools>Options setting that enables Thumbnail saves with each Library save? I tried searching options, but came up empty.
While my preference is to save thumbnails with the backups, not saving them is not a big thing for me, as they are recreated if needed.
There is an option under Library & Folders => Behavior => Thumbnails in library backups
Maybe this is what you are looking for?
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Could we get an option to export the Analyze Audio data to a text file in the audio folder? Similar to the foo_dr.txt file...
Also maybe a feature to generate and save an MD5 checksum file in the folder?
Thanks..
atreides
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There is an option under Library & Folders => Behavior => Thumbnails in library backups
Maybe this is what you are looking for?
That would be what I'm looking for, but I don't see it. I looked in Tools>Options>Library & Folders
I'm still on MC29 running on Windows, if that is a difference.
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I'm still on MC29 running on Windows, if that is a difference.
You nailed it!
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You nailed it!
Ahhh, thanks.
Apologies for the "one version behind" noise.
In any case, the command-line backup works well for me, and I'll wait for MC30 for the thumbnail option.
Thanks again to all that assisted.
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Ahhh, thanks.
Apologies for the "one version behind" noise.
In any case, the command-line backup works well for me, and I'll wait for MC30 for the thumbnail option.
Thanks again to all that assisted.
This conversation taught me that there are no options in the dialogues to customize how often the library is backed up. I was surprised by this.
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Ability to add zones that are copies of DLNA devices. For example, I would like to have a Mu-so zone and a "Mu-so with volume leveling" zone. I can do that now for local playback devices, but not for DLNA devices. I can create two different DLNA Servers, one with volume leveling and one without, but I need to use MC on the server to change the DLNA Server associated with the device. If I could create two DLNA zones for the same device that would allow me to select the desired playback style with a remote on my phone.
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Remember the last used setting for "decrypt video files" when using makemkv backup (or any other way to let me default this to checked)
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I got no replies to my standalone post, so I'll try it as a feature request.
Please consider making Analyze Audio multi-threaded, with a UI to select how many threads to use. This would be very useful when building a new video library from scratch.
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I got no replies to my standalone post, so I'll try it as a feature request.
Please consider making Analyze Audio multi-threaded, with a UI to select how many threads to use. This would be very useful when building a new video library from scratch.
Analyze Audio uses one thread per file, and already has an option to select how many files to run in parallel.
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Remember the last used setting for "decrypt video files" when using makemkv backup (or any other way to let me default this to checked)
Added to build 30.0.29
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Does it not work to issue an MCWS command? Or is it that you're locked out of this, specifically with full disc menu playback?
http://xxxxxx:52199/MCWS/v1/Control/MCC?Command=10052&Parameter=1 toggle on
http://xxxxxx:52199/MCWS/v1/Control/MCC?Command=10052&Parameter=-1 next
http://xxxxxx:52199/MCWS/v1/Control/MCC?Command=10052&Parameter=-2 previous
You can also select a specific subtitle track with this. JRiver doesn't really output all the subtitle tracks in a file (please correct me if im wrong) so to get the list of subtitles and their 'track' in a video, I separately have my mediainfo.xml for the corresponding file parsed and used to get those track titles / languages into whatever control system I'm using. So I ask JRiver for what's playing, get the file's full filename + path, and then I ask the metadata server for a file in a similar directory structure named FILENAME-mediainfo.xml and that's where I parse out the track names. My tracks are named by language but ALSO typically commented since I frequently have multiple audio mixes, various commentaries, subtitles from different releases over the years (lots of foreign films have multiple translations) etc. It's just helpful to actually have that information available elsewhere.
Feature request! MCWS call that can return the audio and subtitle tracks from the currently playing file INCLUDING Title (In mediainfo, it's the field called Title)
Right, these MCC commands for subtitles do not work when viewing the Blu Ray using "Menu Mode". I choose to use "Menu" rather than "Title" because this is the only way to seemingly get reliable "forced subtitles" to appear.
Is there something about menu playback that prevents MC from toggling subtitles directly?
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Right, these MCC commands for subtitles do not work when viewing the Blu Ray using "Menu Mode". I choose to use "Menu" rather than "Title" because this is the only way to seemingly get reliable "forced subtitles" to appear.
Is there something about menu playback that prevents MC from toggling subtitles directly?
In Menu Mode, the menu controls stream selection, not MC.
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Added to build 30.0.29
Thanks!
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Analyze Audio uses one thread per file, and already has an option to select how many files to run in parallel.
I know. What I'd like is one thread per file, if that's doable without too much work.
EDIT: This is really only an issue for video files. Audio files are fast enough with a single thread.
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I know. What I'd like is one thread per file, if that's doable without too much work.
But one thread per file is exactly what this option does, up to the maximum of X that you configured.
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Please make it possible for Skin Creators to be able to use Modified Versions of the 15 ViewHeaderxxxxx.png and Zone.png 256x56 Icons on a skin-by-skin basis by holding them in the Skin Folder in the same way we can with the smaller (64x64) icon sets.
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But one thread per file is exactly what this option does, up to the maximum of X that you configured.
Sorry I misread your reply. I don't see the extra threads in Process Monitor, so I'll try a different tool.
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Tree > Services & Plug-ins > Media Network > Server Activity Log window
Identify the server associated with each Port in your static Ports: list (since Port Numbers are displayed in the activity lines).
This would be especially useful when viewing "Summary (all servers)" to get a better overview of the activity.
Update: Actually, I see port number listed for each individual server when it is selected, so above is not really necessary. Sorry for the noise.
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+1 on this one - be able to import REW filters into PEQ, I have been waiting for that for ages
Is there any chance please that this will be considered for version 30?
Thank you
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The ability to select individual items from the listitem function. See this thread (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,121770.0/nowap.html) for details.
Bring back video backgrounds in Theater View. It's been years since you removed them and I still miss them greatly.
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Request: Simplify copying field values between databases, for example copying an audio field to an image field, by adding an optional database specifier prefix to entries in Tools > Library Tools ... > Move / Copy Fields.
Example: See attachment. Prefixes must be either omitted (current behavior) or else specified in pairs as shown. The source and destination field names need not be the same, but they must be type-compatible.
Note: This copy task can currently be accomplished with the FieldQuery() function. However that is somewhat tedious and not at all obvious to the casual user. Furthermore, it sometimes requires copying to and from a temporary intermediate field. The Request would greatly simplify the process and is a clear logical extension of Move / Copy Fields.
Further extension: Allow this syntax directly in Tree field entry boxes. Even better, make it a general feature of the Expression Language which can be used in searches, etc.
UPDATE 11/23/2022: Upon further thought, this suggestion makes no sense in its current form. In general you really need the full power of the FieldQuery() function to uniquely identify a Source field in another database. That would require all of its function parameters be included in an "advanced" Move / Copy menu that works between databases.
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I would like the possibility to manually resize the width of panes columns.
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Is anyone other than I interested in a folder view?
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Recursive delete would simplify removing TV Shows and music boxsets.
I am in the midst of clearing some space on my NAS and don't look relish removing several TV Shows with 5+ seasons of episodes.
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I use a custom Tooltips extensively for audio, music video's (concerts) and movies.
When playing a video in full screen, I would like to see the ability to see the Tooltip information by hovering over the top center JRiver display data or by selecting a "icon" in the display area in order to show the tooltip data for the file that is playing.
See attached sample as an example.
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When applying tags in the Media Import function, I am cleaning up the letter case with the FixCase function. On list fields like Artist and Genre, the FixCase doesn't work.
Can you change the code to also handle case conversion in import on list fields, just like it works in the Clean Tags function?
Thank you from Norway!
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Recursive delete would simplify removing TV Shows and music boxsets.
I am in the midst of clearing some space on my NAS and don't look relish removing several TV Shows with 5+ seasons of episodes.
Just rm -r in a terminal or use a file manager?
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When applying tags in the Media Import function, I am cleaning up the letter case with the FixCase function. On list fields like Artist and Genre, the FixCase doesn't work.
Can you change the code to also handle case conversion in import on list fields, just like it works in the Clean Tags function?
Thank you from Norway!
With no reply from the JRiver guys, I repeat my request :)
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With no reply from the JRiver guys, I repeat my request :)
Will you start a thread and show some examples of what you're trying to fix the case on and what you're getting?
I tried on list type fields and it was working for me.
Thanks.
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He talked to me over email and it will be fixed next build. We were applying tag on import rules to list fields as append, but I'm going to switch to replace. Please let us know in another thread if that causes any issues.
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My request is the support of the AV1 Image File Format (AVIF).
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Merry Christmas to all.
Any chance we can get better Chapter navigation as discussed here -
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,120543.msg833397.html#msg833397
Cheers,
Peter
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In short - Remember the initial setting for "Channels:" in DSP Studios Output Format.
It would be really good if DSP Studios Output Format always used the initial setting, for example "source number of channels", if that have been selected and not change that settings when a 2 channel source is used.
See my request on the MC 29 forum
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133924.0.html (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133924.0.html)
Best regards,
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Every now and then I try again, with the hope of seeing my request granted sooner or later ;D : is it possible to view a film in 2 zones at the same time?
In the past I was told that it is only possible for audio and very difficult for video too https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,132024.msg915126.html#msg915126
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You could probably start the same video in two locations by using Library Server.
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I don't have the faintest idea how it works :-[
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You could probably start the same video in two locations by using Library Server.
This is closer to an answer than other options possibly.
Are your two zones connected to audio hardware on the same machine or are the two target zones on different machines?
There *are* ways to output real time audio over network to other devices that have low enough latency for video.
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I created 2 zones in the same htpc: the first has the sound card as its output, and the second the bluetooth connected to my hearing aids.
If I connect the 2 zones during playback, with great difficulty, sometimes it works, but not always.
Thank you
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I'd like to see when doing the F6 command (Rename, Move, Copy) if it encounters files such that I get the message (to paraphrase) "Some of the selected files will replace a file that already exists on the system" can it please LIST THE FILES that are in conflict? Or at least copy the list of files to the clipboard? Thanks :)
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I'd like the option to replace text for links management with icons
I'd like to have the ability to assign different icons to "Albums, Artists, Files, Genres" etc. at the top level of the tree
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When watching a movie, scroll with arrow keys to an info field that states what Zone and how many channels being used.
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One of the thing's I love about MC is the fact that nearly all of the available skins have individual personalities, especially with regards to Background and Text Colours.
Unfortunately there is one View that does not allow that individuality to be displayed because, regardless of which skin you use, when the user switches to Display View it displays White Text on a Black Background.
Whilst extending my range of TrackInfo Plugins I could not find any Skin that used the White Text on a Black Background combination.
Therefore, what I would like to see is that Display View uses the Background and Text Colours specified in the skin.xml file, something that happens with every other View.
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Split Movie Series Inside Genres (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,135006.0.html)
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Some things:
1. A expression for Movie collections like MovieInfo(CollectionDisplay) as used in: TVInfo(SeriesDisplay). So that we see in a Genre for Example "Comediy" all "single" Movies and also "MovieCollections" together under the same Genre. The TVInfoDisplay requires seasons and episodes, which we don't have with a movie collection.
2. To expand meta data and that we can select witch field should be updated.
3. Rename the German translation for Tag Line -> Schlagzeile. (If I translate the German Tag Line back to English would be Day Line)
4. To see checkboxes in the Tag-Editor for select/unselect. I only see the checkbox during input the value and than it disappear and you see the 0 or 1. Let the ckekbox remain there visible with the right selection.
5. A menu point where you can call external programs (and the whole thing editable), so that you can call external programs from MC.
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Regarding 5 - you can use the Links bar (top right) to open sites and folders. You can also use MC's task scheduler to run periodic apps.
To run any app from a button on the Links bar I wrote this small app:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133431.msg924311.html#msg924311
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Regarding 5 - you can use the Links bar (top right) to open sites and folders. You can also use MC's task scheduler to run periodic apps.
To run any app from a button on the Links bar I wrote this small app:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,133431.msg924311.html#msg924311
We added "Program" to the web links dialog a while ago. I have it set to open an image editor for images.
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Ah nice, I missed that (or forgot).
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Expression function request: an extra mode to ConvertDate() that takes a knows date format, independent from the user's system format.
ConvertDate(datetime_string, mode=0) - current behaviour, default mode 0
ConvertDate(ISO8601_date, mode=1) - new mode, string as known date format with optional time:
YYYY-MM-dd
YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm
YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
(4 digits for year, 1 or 2 digits for others, 24h clock)
Not exactly ISO8601, but easy. This allows writing code what works regardless of the user's location.
Alternatively: ConvertDate(year, month, day, hour, min, sec)
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Alternatively: ConvertDate(year, month, day, hour, min, sec)
ConvertDate already takes open formats, so how about ConvertDateBroken? I can add that today.
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ConvertDate() is ambiguous, we don't know how 04/05/2023 will be interpreted for another user. Is that dd/mm or mm/dd?
I think it's better to add a mode instead of a new function. It doesn't break any existing code (default=0) and just adds a flag saying to interpret the value as a known format. Also, converDateBroken doesn't inspire much confidence :)
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Sounds good.
Next build:
NEW: Added a the ability to pass a year, month, day, hour, minute, and second to the ConvertDate expression function.
Cheers.
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Great, thanks :) Please make the time optional (last 3 args), or default to zero.
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Alternatively: ConvertDate(year, month, day, hour, min, sec)
ConvertDate already takes open formats, so how about ConvertDateBroken? I can add that today.
I just noticed you were referring to this form as a new function. In that case I agree you can add a new function name if you prefer. ConvertSplitDate()?
Anyway it's fine with the overload to ConvertDate() as well.
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I just noticed you were referring to this form as a new function. In that case I agree you can add a new function name if you prefer. ConvertSplitDate()?
Anyway it's fine with the overload to ConvertDate() as well.
I'm just making ConvertDate take a different number of parameters. It makes describing it in the tooltip a little less clean, but I like only having one function. Thanks again.
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We added "Program" to the web links dialog a while ago. I have it set to open an image editor for images.
Thanks Matt, I didn't saw this possibility :)
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Until now, I can only change "audio", "subtitle" etc. after I started a movie. But starting movie-playback, then stopping to make selections is simply not the elegant way...
I'd like to select these options before starting movie-playback. (But I don't want to enter the Blu-ray-menu to do so)
Kind regards
CompEx
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Please add a new MCC command where the parameter is the TheaterView tree path you want to jump to. This would be similar to the existing MCC_THEATER_VIEW command, but with the ability to specify any tree path instead of just a few hard coded paths that will break if the user changes their TheaterView layout.
Bumping this. There's also a thread in the MC29 forum with some more background and discussion of this that got somewhat derailed initially over opinions of how the top level categories should be configured. But simply localizing the label of the default TheaterView layout for one's native language (so changing Guide to Guía for Spanish) would break the existing functionality.
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,132527.0.html
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Bumping this. There's also a thread in the MC29 forum with some more background and discussion of this that got somewhat derailed initially over opinions of how the top level categories should be configured. But simply localizing the label of the default TheaterView layout for one's native language (so changing Guide to Guía for Spanish) would break the existing functionality.
I'll try to make this possible in a coming build.
Here's the history:
NEW: Running MCC commands from the launcher can take a string by surrounding with single quotes (example: MC30.exe /MCC 22043,'Video\YouTube').
NEW: Added MCC MCC_THEATER_VIEW_PATH (22043) to allow selecting a path in Theater View.
Testing appreciated once it's out. Thanks.
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I'll try to make this possible in a coming build.
Here's the history:
NEW: Running MCC commands from the launcher can take a string by surrounding with single quotes (example: MC30.exe /MCC 22043,'Video\YouTube').
NEW: Added MCC MCC_THEATER_VIEW_PATH (22043) to allow selecting a path in Theater View.
Testing appreciated once it's out. Thanks.
Thanks! This will encourage me to finally get around to upgrading to MC30 :). I'll keep an eye out for it and report back on how it works.
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Ahhh, thanks.
Apologies for the "one version behind" noise.
In any case, the command-line backup works well for me, and I'll wait for MC30 for the thumbnail option.
Thanks again to all that assisted.
I am using MC 30 and have thumbnails backup ticked but the schedule is not backing up the thumbnails
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Inside DSP studio's Parametric Equalizer, PLEASE, please add the ability to import REW generated "generic" peak filters from the exported EQ text file by simply right clicking on any row in the editable window section or by inserting the option in the "Add..." button.
Afterwards, an option window to select which specific channel(s) (e.g. Left, Right, Center, Sub) should also pop up.
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I second this
Of course, I could manually enter each PEQ entry per channel myself. But, if you have like 8 channels' worth of PEQs to enter by hand, it gets exhaustingly old pretty quick.
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Import REW filters.....by channel and or designate biquad filters by channel for multi channel systems.
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OK, I'm listening to an audio playlist in Theater View on the PC in my entertainment center. As usual, all is wonderful.
But then I wander away from the screen showing the "slide show" for the song currently being played.
(I know.. "wander" = random) :)
So I wind up in a Theater View screen that shows me, among other options, "More Play Options."
My request....
Please, please please, add "Playing Now" to that "More Play Options" menu, allowing me to return to a known place from my wanderings.
(and, yes, I do know, and I have navigated to, places where the "Playing Now" option was presented. I am just asking that it would be helpful, oh so helpful, if that option were more prevalent in the menus.)
:)
As always, many thanks.
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antenna,
Try F11 a couple of times on a keyboard, or Green Button on an MC Remote. Backspace or Back may also work.
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Try F11 a couple of times on a keyboard, or Green Button on an MC Remote. Backspace or Back may also work.
Thanks for the quick reply...
The following uses MC (current stable version) running on the desktop PC that also functions as the MC Server here.
To start...
I go into theater mode and select an Audio Playlist and Play All.
From "Playing Now"
Select Info
Select Artist
Select a song
OK, now go back to Playing Now...
F11 doesn't do it (I wind up in the lyrics for the playing now song, then the Main Menu for Theater View, then what looks like an artist page. Then I circle through those selections if I keep pressing F11.)
Using the LeftArrow key to select Back on the menu multiple times does eventually get me back to a menu where I can select Playing Now. So that works.
If I could alter my request. Your F11 comment got me a-thinking (I know, dangerous). :)
Maybe something like Ctrl-F11 (or whatever) always returns to Playing Now no matter where you may be in MC?
I could then program a button on my Inteset remote to trigger Ctrl-11 (or whatever).
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Split Jack Welch (https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,137286.msg927589.html#msg927589)