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The problem with the EF is that it's pretty much unreadable at 16x16 and maybe also at 32x32. Not sure what's the scale on the top toolbar icons. Also, EF is possibly meaningless to many non-english users.

For 1920x1200 Dell 2412M (24" diagonal) monitor and Windows Display Scale = 100%, the Custom Toolbar icon sizes (derived from counting pixels in screenshots) are:

MC Size 100% ==> 16x16 pixels
MC Size 125% ==> 20x20 pixels
MC Size 150% ==> 24x24 pixels
etc.

At MC Size 100%, text in the previous icons (except for ErrorFree2) is too small to read.
At 150% everything works.

ErrorFree7.png (attached) with English text has Seqoe UI 36 point font and is readable at 100%, both greyed out and bright.  Bright yellow FF0000 field indicates a warning without constricting text size, while "E F" text makes the warning explicit in English.

My current personal preference is ErrorFree6a.png (or the first posted ErrorFree.png) with the red X over a "conventional" yellow triangle intended to indicate there are no warning messages in this mode.  If not 100% clear at first glance, I think the message is relatively easy to learn and remember (even though MC's actual popup messages seem to use a circled question mark on blue gradient).   ErrorFree9.png (attached) is still another variation.  I have tooltips turned on, which as you say also helps.

The attached "mode switch" button has a clear image at small scale but with a distinguishing yellow gradient field instead of the orange field used elsewhere in MC.  Personally, I find the symbol too ambiguous here - it really leans on the tooltip.

Enhancement Request (again):  Add adjustable icon size for the Custom Toolbar buttons, independent of View > Size.  For example, add a "Size" text box to the Customize Toolbar... buttons menu.   No idea if toolbar button size is currently skinnable in MC.  Note:  Other modern programs where toolbars play an important role, such as Inkscape and Gimp, allow toolbar icon sizes to be adjusted by the user in the UI preferences.

4/26/2024:  Multiple clarifications.  Add ErrorFree9.png and ErrorFree-ModeSwitch.png.
4/28/2024:  FYI, I have 19 toolbar buttons with settings:  Options > Tree & View > List > Show tooltips: Yes | Customize Toolbar > Text Options: No Text Labels

Hi, is it possible to implement the slide out feature from the Now Playing screen?  It's already available for any other screen, except for the Now Playing screen which can only be exited by hitting the "X" button on the top left.  Thanks for the consideration! 

In the next build the MCC commands can be called without JRVR playing, but Output profile changes will apply to the primary screen in that case. When done during playback, nothing changes, the current display is still used.

That sounds good.

We don't support aspect ratio changes for theater view, but it wouldn't be impossible to support. However, I assume you would also want it to change with MCC and all that, which adds a lot of complexity...

Its not the end of the world if theatre view doesnt change with stretch as I can easily change back to 16.9 for the menu, but I would say for those that leave the anamorphic inplace all the time (this is most people) it would be a problem.

However subtitles without stretch for me are the biggest problem as we watch alot of festival "art house" films.

The music files are all in the original locations. They neither moved nor were deleted. When upgraded from 26 to 32 on computer #1, I didn't export or anything else. Only upgraded on the same computer and the songs didn't show up though the playlist names did show on 32 and 26. The playlists also remained without songs when I opened 26 on computer #1. So, the only way I have the playlists showing which songs are on them is on computer #2 which hasn't yet upgraded to 26.

Attached file shows the playlists which I exported from computer #2 in an attempt to import them into #1.

I'd argue that your last icon also says "no something"

All of them are two-state icons; colored when active, grey when inactive. So they all mean "something" or "not something"; unless they explicitly say EF as in your other examples, they're quite equivalent and require the user to know what they mean. An explicit tooltip will help.

The problem with the EF is that it's pretty much unreadable at 16x16 and maybe also at 32x32. Not sure what's the scale on the top toolbar icons. Also, EF is possibly meaningless to many non-english users.

For me, the problem is to come up with a button that messages "Warning:  No warnings or messages", i.e. you are in Error Free Mode.

@zybex:  The traffic signs are nice and simple, but I don't care for their messaging:
The leftmost red says "No [something]", such as no parking (a Regulatory Sign)
The rightmost red says "Do not enter" (a Regulatory Sign)
The center yellow triangle says "Warning" in a general sense, without identifying the danger.  I agree this is the best of the three, but it does not really evoke the lack of messaging which is the hallmark of EFM.

I've thrown out a few more candidates in the attachments, which to me at least, send the desired message.  I haven't had the time yet to see which work well at very small scale.  They use Segoe UI font for clarity on screen, and color "Safety Yellow" RGB=FFE100.  Background white squares are 70% opaque.

The "diamond" yellow square is the standard shape for the majority of roadside Warning Signs in the US.  A yellow triangle is the equivalent in some other parts of the world, and also appears in a lot of software warning messages.

Edit:  Improved ErrorFree3 -->ErrorFree3a; ErrorFree6 -->ErrorFree6a.  For clarity at small scale and when greyed out:  Yellow FFE100 --> FF0000, Background --> 50% gray opaque square.

Split Subtitle Position with madVR

Heads up, if anyone is updating to or using the newest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS that was just released, do know that MC32 is not currently installable due to the libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 dependency not being able to be met. It doesn't work with the script with the --compat switch either, probably gotta wait for a MC32 update to workaround it.

Heads up, there is a problem if you try to install MC32 in the newly released Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...

mediacenter32 : Depends: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 but it is not installable
Unfortunately it looks like it ships with a newer libwebkit2gtk dependency. This may be able to be worked around using installJRMC with the --compat switch in the meantime, haven't checked yet.

That was it!! Somehow the Override Output or whatever it is in DSP had the box checked and was set to play everything at 44.1.

You have given me some piece of mind. This is greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
It would be great if they removed that "feature."

The way it usually works is that when JRiver tries to play and can't at a certain sample rate it pops up a box that says "Playback could not be started using such and so settings do you want to try settings that might work?"  If you click "yes" on that box it does the thing where it sets DSP studio output format to fix the issue.  It's a feature that helps people setting up their systems for the first time or trying out new hardware, otherwise they'd just get a "this doesn't work, too bad!" error. 

But it is very easy to click through that box and not realize that it will stay configured that way indefinitely!  Glad you got it fixed :-)