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Hi Max,
I'm having an odd issue with my docker instance not saving customisations. Each time I upgrade the container to a new MC32 version the customisations disappear (I've noticed it with the file info panel in Theater View, but it may be happening elsewhere). Everything else is fine. Config and library are mounted from local folders that are mapped to the container.
If you have any thoughts that would be greatly appreciated.
thanks again for your work - the container solution works fabulously on the QNAP.
Stuart

Hello Everyone.
I'm a newbie and in the trial of JRiver media, love it, but and there's always a but right . I am having an issue now with streaming internet radio stations to a Yamaha Musiccast 20 speaker.

They are DLNA or UPNP whatever you like to use. The files from my server play, no worries, and i am sure i was playing internet stations the other day ok. Now i find  the list of them that i saved, but they just continue to scroll through without playing, stop for moment and move to the next. What's going on there?

Must of changed something on my end, but i can't solve it. I did a reset of the speaker and went to radio paradise and it worked just fine, but when i tried the urls i added the same thing happened, and then radio paradise wouldn' t play.

Any ideas i should add all works beautifully with my wired DAC.  It's a DLNA or some network drama but files on the server play fine.

cheers

Dennis

What MC settings should I use to mimic VLC?

You already identified the setting, didn't you?
Turn off frame rate changing if you don't want its behavior, and it would match VLC behavior, which also doesn't change refresh rate.

You can delete or rename your current 'Main Library' and then Rename the other one to 'Main Library'. This keeps it in the current folder.
You can delete or rename your current 'Main Library' and then Clone the other one to 'Main Library'. This copies it to a new folder.

Not sure if you can Backup library A and then Restore over library B.

Hello Bob,
thanks.

Logs sent.

Regards,
Stefano

Let's start with the basics, just in case.

In an ideal world, your display refresh rate is exactly equal to your media framerate. For example, 25 frames per second (fps) would match a display refresh rate of 25 Hertz (Hz).

In a less-than-ideal world, your display refresh rate is a multiple of your media framerate. For instance, if your media's framerate is 25 fps, and your display's refresh rate is 50 Hz, the player or renderer can simply display each frame twice. This approach works, but it's not always ideal, especially if you want to use motion interpolation on your display.

In a less desirable scenario, your display refresh rate and your media framerate don't match at all. For example, a framerate of 23.976 fps doesn't translate well to a 60 Hz display, which means that some frames will have to be displayed more times than others. This discrepancy can result in stuttering, juddering, or choppy motion. However, you can mitigate these issues using techniques like frame blending.

When you start a video, JRVR attempts to match the framerate and refresh rate, which may cause a brief blanking effect. This blanking is just your display switching to the new frequency, and it's a minor inconvenience, in my opinion.

If you don't want this behavior and prefer to have choppy motion (I honestly can't understand why anyone would want that, but to each their own), you can simply untick the option "Enable Automatic Display Settings changing" under "Display settings" (Tools > Options > Video > Display Settings).

Thanks.

When I'm not using MC I use VLC for playing video.

VLC has no frame rate settings that I aware of my monitor never blanks with it.

What MC settings should I use to mimic VLC?

You can set it to one frame rate you prefer under custom but its pretty horrible as some rates will stutter or jump frames. Setting to auto is the correct way to always match frame rates of the source but it takes time for the display to change.

My monitor goes black for about 1.5 seconds (I think) whenever the frame rate changes.

Of late, every time I start or stop a video with MC my monitor goes black for 1.5 seconds. I want this to stop.

I've been fiddling with MC video settings in an area I do not understand and have found that if I set "Display Settings automatic change mode" to Off then this irritating monitor blanking stops.

Would someone who understands this area please tell me what settings I should use for these requirements:

1) I have a large collection of video encoded to various resolutions, quality, and frame rates.
2) I have a fast computer with a decent video card and a good 4K monitor.
3) My eyes are not super fussy.  I'd like video to play without my monitor blanking and I'd like to know I'm getting good enough quality given my hardware.

Thanks for your help.

When I make the change 'Update Tags (from library)' does MC add the album cover image to the album file?

Yes, if the file format allows it, and if you select Options > File Location > Cover Art > [x ] Also store image in the file's tag.

What MC reveals depends on where you look (which fields and tags), which app added the image(s) to the file, and the various music file formats.  To see what tags MC reads from the file (as opposed to fields only in the library), look at MC's "Tag Dump" listing in the Tag Tree.

For flac files, MC's Tag Dump lists stored images above the Vorbis comment block.  The actual binary image(s) are indeed stored in the file header, preceding the music section.  Here is an example of what to expect:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,138600.msg961307.html#msg961307

You can check yourself for the various cases you raise.  MC does not write multiple images to a music file, and ignores multiple images if present (though it lists them in Tag Dump) aside from the last one labeled as a cover.  Mp3tag is a reliable independent check of what is in the file, and it writes, reads, and displays multiple images per flac file.

For even more detail, use a text editor (for example Notepad++) or something like Beyond Compare to examine the bytes as text, which would show tags and image headers.