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[bob]

This is the latest build of MC26 for Linux.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

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amd64      https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v26/latest/MediaCenter-26.0.103-amd64.deb
i386      https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v26/latest/MediaCenter-26.0.103.deb
armhf     https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v26/latest/MediaCenter-26.0.103-armhf.deb

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26.0.103 (7/24/2020)

1. Changed: Internal build changes.
2. Fixed: The Portable Library feature would match case when replacing paths (so miss a lot of them).

26.0.101 (7/21/2020)

1. Changed: The tooltip for the enviro expression function was not correct.
2. Fixed: The example for the RatingStars10 function incorrectly had brackets.
3. Fixed: When exporting all playlists, cancelling on the format dialog would just pick the M3U format.
4. Fixed: Media Center would crash when trying to remove a non-existing column from sorting in file views.
5. Fixed: Setting television channel logos was not working.
6. Fixed: "mov" video files would get imported as mp4, instead of properly remaining mov.
7. Fixed: The second parameter of the IsDigit expression function would not be used.
8. Changed: The "Add to Playing Now" toolbar button just adds instead of adds and plays.
9. Changed: Updated Modern Cards Dark standard view skin (thanks marko).
10. Fixed: Using the Range() expression with a negative count could result in an infinite loop.
11. Fixed: The NoArticles expression function had a bad example.
12. Changed: The StackCount(...) expression returns one greater.
13. Changed: Audio Analysis no longer puts a leading zero in front of the Waveform data items.
14. Changed: Trying to fully disable and re-enable hot keys if the option "Translate hot keys when running as Media Server" is not set.
15. Fixed: Adaptive volume was not part of a DSP preset.
16. Changed: Updated Italian translation (thanks matteo e massimo).
17. Fixed: FLAC-in-Ogg radio streams did not play.
18. Fixed: Loading a preset in the conversion window could crash.
19. Fixed: The Playback/Zones MCWS call won't return a hidden zone as the current zone if hidden zones are not asked for (just returns the zero index zone).
20. Changed: Added the option to draw lyrics for every 50 lines.
21. Fixed: A possible fix of the issue of DVB subtitle showing up one word a time.
22. Fixed: When the scrollbar expanded and shrunk again, it could scroll this list.
23. NEW: Added the ability to create an expression based calculated field to Library/CreateField.

26.0.94 (6/18/2020)

1. Changed: Automatically update the Playing Now toolbar button (instead of requiring a re-add).
2. Changed: MC will be more tolerating to badly written "Year" tag by other programs.
3. Fixed: The Add to Playing Now toolbar button would not work in the expected way.
4. Fixed: Checking the box in options to submit to Last.fm was not working.
5. Fixed: WAV streams without a content length did not play.
6. Fixed: Audio stream selection in videos did not always work properly if no language was specified.
7. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
8. Fixed: Accents in values for GroupCountQuery did not work properly.
9. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
10. Changed: Searching list fields also searches with and without accents now instead of only without.
11. Fixed: MC could get wrong date from ID3 tags in some mp3 files.
12. NEW: Added the ListFormat(...) expression function.
13. Fixed: Media Center only sends sidecar subtitles for the current file to the client, instead of all found in the current directory tree.
14. Fixed: ListGrep was not honoring the mode switch for case sensitivity.
15. Fixed: The example for ListFind had the wrong function name.
16. Fixed: The number function did not pull negative numbers.
17. NEW: Added a ListRemove expression.
18. NEW: Added modes 3 (remove empty strings) and 4 (trim strings) to the ListClean(...) expression function.
19. Fixed: Right-click the Tag window "Customize This Field" would not scroll to the new field if the display name was different than the name.
20. NEW: The author field is filled from OPF sidecars.
21. Fixed: List fields with multiple values did not work properly with the GroupCountQuery function.
22. NEW: Added OPF file tagging for e-books (requires data be on for the sidecar setting).
23. Fixed: The number function searches for actual numbers after a dot so something like (. 1) won't get read as just a dot.
24. Fixed: Loading DSP presets would have the current equalizer settings overwrite the new preset settings.
25. Fixed: The on / off state of plugins would not refresh right away when loading a DSP preset.
26. Fixed: When changing Audio Program using right-click menu for live TV playback, the new audio type and language were not properly configured.
27. Changed: When renaming files, a message will be shown if there are collisions telling that the files will be renamed.  You can continue or cancel.
28. Fixed: FLAC streams without a content length did not play.
29. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
30. Fixed: Commas in the ListMix(...) function would not get handled properly.
31. Fixed: Editing list fields in the tag window would delimit the list with "; " instead of just ";".
32. NEW: Sidecars for epub books will look for any OPF in the same folder instead of only the same filename.
33. Changed: The -2 parameter for RegEx in the expression language will output all matches now.
34. Fixed: TheMovieDB TV show lookup did not properly use the selected metadata language for all data.
35. Fixed: Playback to MCWS zones could crash when querying about Last.fm.
36. Changed: Made some more replacements of "; " with ";" for list building in tagging.
37. Fixed: Movie lookup on TheMovieDB uses a specified year for more accurate results.
38. Fixed: Looking up TV Shows on TheMovieDB will prefer the previously selected show, as intended.
39. Changed: Added Genre and Access Rating to the TheMovieDB TV series lookup.
40. Changed: The "Get Movie & TV Info" tool allows selecting a desired movie poster or episode thumbnail, instead of only offering up the first one.
41. Changed: Made the option to scrobble zone specific (you'll have to turn it back on for the zones you want).
42. Changed: Last.fm won't ask for a login when the program is in error free mode.
43. Changed: GroupSummaryQuery delimits a list of fields with semi-colons instead of dashes.
44. Changed: When we search for accents, we search for both the accent and the non-accent instead of only the non-accent (makes GroupSummaryQuery work better).

26.0.87 (6/2/2020)

1. Fixed: Possible crash during playback in rare cases.
2. Changed: Manage TV Channels tool will now show channel details (Device name, URL, etc.) of Tuner Stream channels.
3. Changed: When matching TitanTV TV channels with ATSC channels in MC, we use relaxed matching criteria because TitanTV uses outdated physical channel number on some channels.
4. Changed: When viewing an ATSC channel using TitanTV interface, MC will try matching with a Tuner Stream channel if an ATSC channel is not found.
5. Changed: The ListMix expression function escapes parenthesis in the replacements so they won't disrupt the parser and look like functions.
6. NEW: Added the expression Enviro to load a system environment variable.
7. Fixed: The ListMix function included extra information by mistake in the tooltip.
8. NEW: Added a ListGrep expression function to filter a list to a matching string.
9. Fixed: Setting current audio program as default when playing live TV on a client did not work.
10. NEW: Slanted quotes (“”) in titles are replaced with regular quotes (") for lyrics lookup.
11. NEW: Slanted single quotes (‘’) in titles are replaced with regular single quotes (') for lyrics lookup.
12. NEW: Added a mode 5 to the Clean(...) expression function that standardizes quotes.
13. NEW: Revamped Tuner Stream (DMS) TV channel support.  Primarily for Linux and Mac, but will work on Windows.  Tested with HDHomeRun Prime, and HDHomeRun Extend tuners.  Should also work with HDHomeRun Connect.
14. Changed: Media Center now uses TheMovieDB for TV Show metadata lookup, series/season posters and Theater View background art.
15. Changed: The OSD doesn't display when playing an image, then jumping to full screen (before it would show the zoom level).
16. Fixed: Starting an image playing and then jumping to Display View would not make the image fill the view.
17. Fixed: The subtitle engine would select the wrong sidecar subtitle files in some situations.
18. Changed: Disabled event notifications for other applications through global broadcast messages, since they can interfere with smooth operation of other applications.
19. Changed: Standardized on ";" for the list delimiter instead of "; " for all the expressions.
20. Changed: Actors, producers, etc. from TheMovieDB are delimited with ";" instead of "; ".
21. Changed: Memory playback turns off when there's less than 256 MB of memory (previously it would still try to allocate that much).
22. Changed: Memory playback no longer disables for URL playback.
23. Changed: Use higher quality resampling for DSD from PCM playback.
24. Changed: Enter in the search box of Options no longer closes.1. NEW: Added support for the image type webp.
25. Changed: Made the default for WASAPI exclusive off.
26. NEW: The Regex expression function takes a -2 mode that outputs all the captures as a semi-colon delimited list.
27. NEW: Sidecar files of the type OPF are loaded for EPUB books (the sidecar must be the same name as the book in the file system other than the extension).
28. Fixed: Video conversion did not honor user's audio stream selection.
29. Fixed: Fixed a memory leak when playing a video with hardware accelerated video decoding and an NVIDIA graphics card.
30. Changed: The screen will remain on during video playback.

26.0.82 (5/19/2020)

1. NEW: Right-click on a tag value in the Tag window will offer the option to "Customize This Field..." which opens the library field dialog.
2. Fixed: When browsing for subs, the selection would not be saved.
3. Fixed: Updated Google date lookup to use the newer page styles of Google.
4. Fixed: The missing file icon was not working.
5. Fixed: GroupCountQuery would not work in Theater View templates (now it uses the full set of library files instead of the files in the working set).
6. Fixed: GroupCount also works on the full set of library files instead of the working set.
7. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
8. NEW: Television option to allow users to pick a specific TV rating system (if available) in XMLTV files.
9. NEW: Added the MCWS function Control/AnalyzeAudio that takes a tree path and analyzes the files.
10. NEW: Added the option to lock and unlock a playlist to the Tag window right-click.
11. Changed: Made album artist a default search field for new libraries.
12. Changed: Trying to drag the window from just to the right of the toolbar didn't work.
13. Changed: TV channels loaded from the DMS (DLNA) are cleared each time before the current list is loaded.
14. Changed: Made analyze audio able to process 16 files at once.
15. Changed: Reverted the ItemCount change from the previous build because it made expressions no longer work.
16. Fixed: Some of the expression tooltips could get incorrectly combined.
17. Fixed: Audio Path could display incorrectly when running a translation.
18. Changed: Made the clean expression function when in filename mode allow backslashes to go through in a new mode 4 of cleaning (since they could be part of a path).
19. Changed: When loading EPG from XMLTV files with multiple access rating systems, MC will try to use user's country setting to determine which system to use automatically.
20. NEW: Support for playing TAK audio files (using the DirectShow playback engine).
21. Changed: Updated Czech translation (thanks Jan Boháč!).
22. NEW: The Customize View dialog is sizable and it opens at the last size and position.
23. Changed: Now allow up to 16 concurrent conversions (was capped at 8 previously).
24. Changed: Updated Chinese (Simplified) translation (thanks kelijun!).
25. Changed: Added an option for the Mini View close mode to Options > General > Behavior.
26. Changed: Changed country name "Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)" to "North Macedonia".
27. Fixed: Adding a list field to the tag window would not make the size grow properly.
28. Changed: The list of folders in the import dialog is sorted.
29. Fixed: The ItemCount expression could be slow if something that wasn't a field name was entered.
30. Fixed: Some DLNA TV DLNA servers weren't loading channels.
31. Changed: TV channels loaded from the DMS (DLNA) are cleared each time before the current list is loaded.
32. Changed: Video output has updated driver code.

26.0.80 (5/11/2020)

1. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
2. Changed: MC will show a message when adding or removing from a locked playlist in the Tag window and not make any changes.
3. NEW: Secure HLS URL's will play now.
4. Fixed: Putting a zero in the FormatRange expression could lead to a crash.
5. Fixed: Lyrics lookup would lookup all files instead of only music files.
6. Changed: Improved performance of ASS/SSA subtitles by using multiple threads for image blending.
7. Fixed: Playing Now could be auto-expanded on program launch even if it wasn't open during the last run.
8. Fixed: DSD playback would report a low-pass in Audio Path when bitstreaming.
9. Changed: The tree no longer expands to show when devices come and go.
10. Changed: Removed the +6 dB shift we were applying to HDCD decoding.
11. Changed: A shift of 6 dB is still applied to volume leveling so it should match between HDCD and regular files.
12. NEW: Full support for ASS/SSA Anime subtitles.
13. Changed: Updated all language files to have the latest strings from the source code.
14. Fixed: A possible deadlock could occur in times of heavy use.
15. Changed: Lists could build and scroll to show the center item in some cases instead of the top item.
16. NEW: MC can use TitanTV's web interface to start playing TV.
17. Changed: Corrected permissions in the .deb package file.

26.0.73 (5/5/2020)

1. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Stefan).
2. Fixed: The MP4 plugin would not open streams with the user agent properly.
3. NEW: Made the shortcut Alt+I run auto-import.
4. Fixed: Files that had been removed could get brought back in by an import.
5. Changed: The low-pass filter applied to PCM conversion of DSD playback is reported in Audio Path.
6. Fixed: Fix SetNextAVTransportURI which was broken by displaying the audio path on transcoded streams sent to DLNA renderers.
7. NEW: Added the library tool "Lookup Date From Google".
8. NEW: Added a way to insert a clip of silence into the current playlist in the volume menu.
9. Changed: Made sure some TV code (in particular DNLA TV device discovery) is not executed if TV feature is not enabled.
10. Changed: Made the GroupCountQuery function a little faster.
11. Fixed: A main thread crash that could occur when opening audio options and perhaps elsewhere.
22. Fixed: Exif/XMP Metadata from HEIF/HEIC images is read properly.
13. Fixed: Some web streams wouldn't work with the default Mac User Agent.
14. Changed: Added caching for images embedded into text in tooltips or Theater View, for better performance.
15. NEW: Added a "valign" property to text <img> tokens to position the image vertically (possible values: top, middle, bottom).
16. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 5.38.
17. NEW: Added the IfCase(...) expression function ( details here: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,124543.msg866100.html#msg866100 ).
18. Changed: Updated Chinese language file (thanks kelijun).
19. NEW: Made HDCD decoding use 24-bits as the "Automatic" bitdepth instead of 16.
20. Changed: The "More Play Options" Theater View roller item will now contain "Play All" when selecting a single file.
21. NEW: Made mouse wheel volume over the player optional. (Search for mouse in Options).
22. NEW: Added a Stop After X choice that asks for the number of tracks to stop after.
23. Changed: Removed the legacy mapped data for visualizations because none we could find are using it (please report any issues).
24. Fixed: Default TV folder path had backslashes mixed with slashes.
25. Changed: "Manage Devices..." tool is enabled for television.  This currently only serves the purpose of showing users that expected tuner devices (i.e. HDHomeRun Prime) is available in MC.
26. Fixed: When scanning for Tuner Stream type of TV channels without EGP loading, the "Next>" button on the scan wizard was not enabled at the end of scan.
27. Changed: Reverted a previous change that blocked Standard View EPG from updating program list while guide was being loaded in the background.

[Rizlaw]

Options > tree & view >Select font

When I try to select a font smaller than the default shown (Ubuntu 15), and click OK, the smaller font selected is not set. When I go back, I see the same font size that was there previously (by default?). If I select a much smaller size (for example 8 point) I get 10. If I select 10 or 12, I get 15 again.

[max096]

9. Changed: Updated Modern Cards Dark standard view skin (thanks marko).

That skin does not have any Window decorations it sems like. Iīve looked into the openbox config of my docker container and contrary to what I believed I didnīt actually leave the part in that turned off the decor (it didnīt work with jriver anyways but my first thought was that i left it in and it now works for new skins). I then tried on Fedora with gnome. Same thing no window decoration (close, minimize, maximize buttons are gone).

If I change the skin to modern cards light the buttons are visible again. And itīs not about that they are invisible because of color there actually is nothing there you can click on.

I would not mind if there was a way for your DE to turn off Window decorations from JRiver and force maximize the Window. This seems like an oversight though and not like an attemt to achieve that.

[Hendrik]

That skin does not have any Window decorations it sems like. Iīve looked into the openbox config of my docker container and contrary to what I believed I didnīt actually leave the part in that turned off the decor (it didnīt work with jriver anyways but my first thought was that i left it in and it now works for new skins). I then tried on Fedora with gnome. Same thing no window decoration (close, minimize, maximize buttons are gone).

If I change the skin to modern cards light the buttons are visible again. And itīs not about that they are invisible because of color there actually is nothing there you can click on.

I would not mind if there was a way for your DE to turn off Window decorations from JRiver and force maximize the Window. This seems like an oversight though and not like an attemt to achieve that.

Those should return in the next update.

[bob]

Options > tree & view >Select font

When I try to select a font smaller than the default shown (Ubuntu 15), and click OK, the smaller font selected is not set. When I go back, I see the same font size that was there previously (by default?). If I select a much smaller size (for example 8 point) I get 10. If I select 10 or 12, I get 15 again.

Is that something new in this build or perhaps your distro?

[Rizlaw]

Bob, it appears to be new to this build (103). I don't change font sizes often, but I have changed font sizes in two or three earlier builds of MC26 prior to build 103 (using Ubuntu 20.04LTS) and I did not see this problem.