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[bob]

This is the latest build of JRiver Media Center 33 for Mac.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download Universal Silicon/Intel 64 bit build
https://files.jriver-cdn.com/mediacenter/channels/v33/latest/MediaCenter330020-Universal.dmg
(minimum requirement MacOS 10.13)

33.0.20 (9/6/2024)

1. Fixed: Context menu for Playing Now Popup would sometimes show when clicking on transparent part of an image.
2. Fixed: 3-Track popup skin would show hand cursor when there is no next or previous file.
3. Fixed: YouTube in Theater View could show duplicates or non-playable clips in some cases.
4. Changed: Theater View scrolls a file at a time when pressing page up and page down on the rollers when a file is zoomed into.
5. Changed: Updated Polish translation (thanks Fresta).
6. Changed: Tweaked channel mixing some more.
7. Changed: Rating in Playing Now Popup can now use custom images (see Wiki).
8. Changed: Playing Now Popup display: do not show for WDM playback, add option to show for video files, show on track change when stopped.
9. Changed: Atmos codec names have been changed back to the old format of "TrueHD Atmos" and "E-AC3 Atmos".
10. Fixed: Tuning the channel mapping for inputs and outputs above 8 channels (feedback appreciated).
11. Fixed: Theater View play all selections were not working for the last few builds.
12. Changed: Theater View returns no files instead of all the files when nothing is selected when querying with MCWS.
13. NEW: Metadata will be saved to XMP block in HEIF/HEIC images.
14. Fixed: The new playlist expressions would crash if they couldn't find the playlist (now it throws nice errors).
15. Changed: Custom colors can be specified for tooltips in Playing Now Popup (see Wiki).
16. NEW: EXIF data will be editable in HEIF images.
17. Changed: Searching options for things like "Disk Writer" work better (they had a backslash in the name so weren't being found).
18. Fixed: WMA audio files did not play properly since 33.0.2.
19. Changed: 3-Track skin for the Playing Now Popup now always goes to the previous track when clicking on the thumbnail.
20. Changed: Now can specify output file name for Playing Now Popup.
21. Changed: The video playback OSD is drawn through JRVR to minimize window management interference.
22. Fixed: Context menu for Playing Now Popup would sometimes show when clicking on transparent part of an image.
23. Fixed: 3-Track popup skin would show hand cursor when there is no next or previous file.
24. Fixed: YouTube in Theater View could show duplicates or non-playable clips in some cases.
25. Changed: Theater View scrolls a file at a time when pressing page up and page down on the rollers when a file is zoomed into.
26. Changed: Updated Polish translation (thanks Fresta).
27. Changed: Tweaked channel mixing some more.
28. Changed: 10 channel is now 5.1.4 and 12 channel is 7.1.4.  JRSS does not currently fill the height channels.
29. Fixed: Incrementing files in Theater View from the roller with page up and page down did not work nicely in thumbnail lists.
30. Fixed: There would sometimes be a crash if hovering over a missing skin image in Playing Now Popup.
31. Changed: With a client streaming live TV from the server, the behavior of changing channel using OSD menu is now consistent with that when playing live TV using local tuner, i.e. it will require pressing the Enter key to activate the change.

33.0.15 (8/27/2024)

1. NEW: Added PlaylistAdd and PlaylistRemove expression functions.
2. Changed: Playing Now Popup output files are generated when manually showing it.
3. Changed: Playback time is displayed in Popup content when stopped.
4. Fixed: Playing Now Popup would not handle output directory with missing path separator at the end.
5. NEW: Added "time" content item type for Playing Now Popup to display current playback times.
6. Changed: When dragging a file that is already imported into the program it will no longer analyze the file again.
7. Changed: Updated the "New / Improved This Version" to point to v33.
8. Fixed: Popup output image would not include background image when using alternate skin.
9. Changed: Padding channels that are marked as not having data will still be filled with input data by the mixing engine.  So 5.1 with 4 extra playing 10 channel will play the extra channels.
10. Changed: Tooltips for Playing Now Popup show even when it does not have focus.
11. Fixed: Global shortcut setting for Playing Now Popup was not sticking for most installations.
12. Changed: Default size/scaling for Playing Now Popup is now the same as the View UI size setting.

33.0.13 (8/15/2024)

1. NEW: Playing Now Popup can output an image or text file for external processing (upload, etc.).
2. Changed: Added option for Playing Now Popup keyboard shortcut to be global.
3. Changed: The keyboard shortcut (Command+I) closes the Playing Now Popup if it is currently displayed.
4. Changed: DSP Presets now include the setting for whether a VST effect should be on or off.
5. Fixed: Loading DSP Presets for conversion could crash when loading some VST3 effects.
6. Changed: [pn_mcversion] can now be used in Playing Now Popup expression to display the current MC version.
7. Changed: Re-designed the refresh rate tracking in JRVR for a more accurate VideoClock behavior.
8. Changed: Added Close to Playing Now Popup context menu.
9. Changed: Library backup when connected to a library server makes a settings only backup (requires only checking the settings box when you restore).
10. Changed: Playing Now Popup skin now accepts BackColor="Transparent" to simulate background transparency for the window.
11. Changed: The extra channels in Parametric Equalizer load the number configured and show exactly that many.
12. Fixed: The Playing Now Popup settings dialog could have multiple instances open.
13 Changed: The order channels Parametric Equalizer effect better supports the new extra channels configurations.
14. Fixed: Showing the playing now popup from the right-click menu Settings could crash when closing the dialog.
15. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukáč).
16. Fixed: Fixed a potential crash when stopping JRVR playback2. Changed: Added option for Playing Now Popup skins to have mouse over ignore transparent areas of images.
17. Fixed: Improved resilience to transient VSYNC measurement changes in JRVR.
18. Fixed: Resolved a timing issue in JRVR that would result in erroneous dropped frames.
19. Fixed: Improved resilience to timing fluctuation in JRVRs new presentation mode.
20. Fixed: Pressing escape after showing all the tag suggestions would not work nicely.
21. Changed: Added an option "Advance tracks when stopping after" so track advancement can be configured.
22. Changed: Re-designed how JRVR interacts with hardware decoders to decouple decoding and rendering.
23. Fixed: Playing Now Popup would grab focus when displayed.
24. Changed: Made some change to font rendering to better preserve monospace behavior in Theater View when mixing different formatting.
25. Fixed: The Playing Now popup could show when reordering tracks in Playing Now.
26. Changed: Switched back to making the new channel system optional since it requires a one-time update to some Parametric Equalizer effects.
27. Changed: The new channel layout system defaults to on (and moved settings, so will need to be turned off when wanted).
28. Changed: Analyzer in DSP Studio includes channels not marked as having data (like extra channels) because they could get filled by other DSP.
29. Changed: Extra channels could appear two ways in Parametric Equalizer.
30. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
31. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
32. Fixed: MC would sometimes crash after moving the Playing Now Popup.
33. Changed: JRVR shows upload and render queue sizes on the OSD for performance tracking.
34. Changed: Added another Playing Now Popup skin that shows 3 tracks (previous, current, next) that can all be rated.
35. Changed: Updated FFmpeg used for video analysis, transcoding, and playback.
36. Changed: Updated the JRVR Frame Time log for the new presentation method, as well as improved its decoupling from the rendering to avoid interference.
37. Changed: Playing Now Popup - Added size/scaling and "always on top" settings.
38. Changed: Playing Now Popup - Only display for audio files and for track changes when not stopped.
39. Changed: Playing Now Popup - Click on popup text when done moving to show normally.
40. Fixed: Playing Now Popup - Pressed image was not displaying at the proper times.
41. NEW: Introduced a new default presentation mode for JRVR that presents several frames in advance, one for every VSYNC, for more accuracy and better timing.
42. Changed: Updated Spanish translation (thanks Leandro Botella Penalva).
43. Changed: What was the new extra channels mode in the previous version is now the only extra channels mode.
44. Fixed: Improved rendering of text with italics at large sizes, which could result in some pixels being cut off.
45. Changed: Updated all translations to the latest strings from the code.
46. NEW: Added customizable Playing Now popup window that displays at track change and playback resume.  Command+I is the default shortcut to show it manually.
47. Fixed: Playing Now Popup would not handle output directory with missing path separator at the end.
48. NEW: Added "time" content item type for Playing Now Popup to display current playback times.
49. Fixed: Generated cue files from ripping weren't in UFT-8 encoding.

[edbro]

If I select Play from the context menu in Panes view I get a persistent popup thumbnail that obstructs my Pane view.

[Magic_Randy]

Originally reported on 33.0.13

The 3-Track skin is not legible. The text does not properly scale on the Mac (it does scale on Windows).  It is not legible on any of the available sizes.

PC Specification
16-inch Macbook Pro
Chip: Apple M1 Max
macOS: 14.6.1 (23G93)

[EnglishTiger]

If I select Play from the context menu in Panes view I get a persistent popup thumbnail that obstructs my Pane view.

edbro - go to Tools > Options > General > Interface and click on ...Playing Now Popup... and when the Playing Now Popup Settings Window pops up click on Disable and then on OK.

That will stop the popup from popping up and obstructing any view.

[EnglishTiger]

Bob for MC33.0.20 + a slightly less dumb Sequoia Beta you get 99/100

The 1st time I switched from Playing Now to Display View when I went fishing for the DropDown Player Bar it, correctly, dropped down from above.
But unlike previous versions of MC32 & 33 when I used the Green WCB button it "locked into place", when randomly switching views every time I went into Display View the player bar was "locked in place", plus the right click menu was always available.
N.B. The Apple Toolbar + the Dock was always present in all except Theatre View

Plus if I selected any of the options in the tree thankfully the TrackInfo plugin was playing nicely by not being present in the upper half of the MC Window

Scrolling through Thumbnail Views.

Switching to things like Albums or Artists views is instantaneous, unlike on Win11 where the dreaded spinning blue circle put in an appearance especially with Artists View.

No matter where I placed the mouse, in the area showing thumbnails, over the scroll bar or holding the mouse button down with it over the buttons at the top or bottom of the scrollbar; scrolling was smooth the only time there was a delay, and it was only slight, was while a "fanned set of images" was being assembled.

So how come you only get 99 out of 100?
It's because neither the Drop Down Player Bar or the Slide in from the left Tree put in an appearance in Cover View.

The last lot of testing I'd done involved me playing 96/24 tracks thru my Samsung Q990D 11.1.4 soundbar with every DSP setting turned off, to test 30.0.20 I used the Mac Mini's built in speakers and was pleasantly surprised when neither MC or the OS  objected to me playing 96/24 tracks.

Oh I think I may have discovered that annoying spinning beach ball that made my 1st set of testing MC with Sequoia a disaster has vanished to.

If you look at the Apple Toolbar in the attached image that Blue "man + TV" image/icon that is the 1st one at the right hand end of the toolbar puts in "temporary appearance" when I click on any of the Buttons On either the Top or Bottom MC Toolbars. Admittedly it is not very efficient as there is a noticeable lag between pressing a button and that Blue icon appearing on the Apple Toolbar.


P.s. I'm going to make a posting about the Playing Now PopUp in the relevant MC33 Win thread as it is certainly not respecting the Standard View Font Size

[bob]

...
So how come you only get 99 out of 100?
It's because neither the Drop Down Player Bar or the Slide in from the left Tree put in an appearance.
..

So in display view you can't get the drop down player bar. Are you using a trackinfo then? If you do just cover art is it the same??
Thanks for the report!

[EnglishTiger]

So in display view you can't get the drop down player bar. Are you using a trackinfo then? If you do just cover art is it the same??
Thanks for the report!

Oops - there was a typo in my post, I've now corrected it, it is Cover View that lost you the 1 mark due to the DropDown Player Bar and or Slide in Tree not being available.

MC30.0.20 behaved exactly the same, usually good/perfect,  way in every view with and without a TI.
Well almost because in Mini-View the TI was displayed below the Mini-Player, when a TI was in use; but a certain young lady thinks it's "cool" to be able to read the track lyrics, or tags, in Standard, Mini, Display, Theatre and Cover Views and would prefer  the TI being present in Mini-View to remain.

[bob]

Oops - there was a typo in my post, I've now corrected it, it is Cover View that lost you the 1 mark due to the DropDown Player Bar and or Slide in Tree not being available.

MC30.0.20 behaved exactly the same, usually good/perfect,  way in every view with and without a TI.
Well almost because in Mini-View the TI was displayed below the Mini-Player, when a TI was in use; but a certain young lady thinks it's "cool" to be able to read the track lyrics, or tags, in Standard, Mini, Display, Theatre and Cover Views and would prefer  the TI being present in Mini-View to remain.

Ah, I see. Cover view isn't my thing but I see what you mean. Will check it out when I get a chance. Thanks.

[Magic_Randy]

Originally reported on 33.0.13

The 3-Track skin is not legible. The text does not properly scale on the Mac (it does scale on Windows).  It is not legible on any of the available sizes.

PC Specification
16-inch Macbook Pro
Chip: Apple M1 Max
macOS: 14.6.1 (23G93)

Bob - should I post this on the popup skinning thread?

[bob]

Bob - should I post this on the popup skinning thread?

Are you sure it's only an issue on Mac? IIRC ET said it's the same on windows.