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[Marko]

10.0.8 (formerly 9.1.315) (12/03/03)
1. Fixed: The "Play sound" option upon CD burning completion wasn't working.
2. Changed: Text displayed for Enter key (in remote control learning for example) changed from Return to Enter.
3. Changed: Added "Escape" key to remote control command list.
4. Fixed: MC would sometimes forget its last shutdown position and start as the default size and centered on the screen.
5. Fixed: Doing a "Backup Library" wouldn't always include the latest changes to the database.
6. NEW: Redesigned Action Window system.
7. NEW: Redesigned Tagging Mode system.
8. NEW: "New Value" tagging mode item has auto-complete.
9. NEW: In-place editing has auto-complete. (both in file lists and panes)
10. Fixed: If "skip duplicates" option was selected for file conversion tool, it would not allow changing just the bitrate of a file.
11. Fixed: In some cases, MC would submit CD information to YADB incorrectly so that the info for the last track was dropped.
12. Fixed: If you renamed a blank CD, the tree control would revert to showing the previous name.
13. Fixed: Search parser ignores multiple and's in a row. (NOTE: "and" is implied and so never required when entering searches)
14. Fixed: On left button down, it could take a while for buttons to change to the active state in the top playerbar.
15. Changed: When doing coversion while transferring files to Portable Devices, files with lower bitrate than conversion type will be converted.

10.0.9 (12/04/03)
1. NEW: Added "Media Mode" system.
2. Fixed: Dragging files to Action Window > Build Playlist would crash if "Cancel" was pressed.
3. Fixed: Tagging mode would show "New Artist" (etc.) entries even when files hadn't been selected.
4. Changed: Reorganized tree structure.
5. Changed: Merged "Navigation" and "Favorites" menus.
6. Changed: Added WMA stream playback to TiVo.
7. Fixed: When searching in "My Computer" views, the focus could sometimes be stolen from the search box.

10.0.10 (12/04/03)
1. Fixed: MC drawing code could bleed pixels in the vertical direction in some rare cases.
2. Fixed: License checking was not working properly.

10.0.11 (12/08/03)
1. Fixed: MC 10 would not run with some licenses.
2. Fixed: "Locate > On Disk (inside MC)" was not working properly.
3. Fixed: My Computer view didn't show network folders.
4. Fixed: MC would keep automatically coming out of tagging mode.
5. Fixed: WAV plugin could give a debug assertion.
6. Fixed: Refresh from inside of "My Computer" could crash MC.
7. Changed: Action Window no longer allows duplicates of the same action.
8. Fixed: File Properties (Alt+Enter) wasn't working.

10.0.12 (12/09/03)
1. Changed: Renamed 'Hairstyle'.
2. Changed: Redesigned list control in Options window.
3. NEW: Added support for "DefaultButton" mega-skin item.
4. Fixed: Filtering of smart lists based on other smart lists didn't always work for TiVo.
5. NEW: Added additional CD information to multimatch YADB dialog.
6. Changed: Start webpage now goes directly to a web server
7. Changed: TV Tuner introduction page has been moved to a web server.
8. Fixed: In some cases, TV Tuner introducton page was not appearing.
9. Fixed: Check for updates was incorrectly detecting new updates.
10. NEW: Updated registration code to work with the new purchase system.

10.0.13 (12/10/03)
1. Changed: Improved logic for handling license restoration.
2. NEW: Added Media Jukebox 8.0 to Media Center 10.0 upgrade path.
3. Fixed: Download Manager would occasionally crash while downloading a file.
4. Changed: Hairstyle many times faster.
5. Changed: Improved Hairstyle skinning engine. (still a work in progress -- documentation to follow)
6. Changed: Spacebar / Play button plays selection when viewing Hairstyle.
7. Changed: Added "Pause" command to remote control setup. (MCC_SET_PAUSE with -1 now toggles pause)

10.0.14 (12/11/03)
1. Changed: Hairstyle options moved to separate dialog. (available via display right-click for now)
2. Changed: Improved Hairstyle thumbnail sizing so there's never any wasted space.
3. NEW: Reworked Hairstyle navigation system -- requires less 'drilling down' in most cases.
4. Fixed: Smartlist wizard wasn't allowing a rule to be removed by doing a "Select All -> OK".
5. Fixed: Smartlist wizard was allowing in-place editing of list values.
6. Fixed: Action Windows would not resize when selecting different files.
7. Changed: Restructured access to internal and external web pages.
8. Changed: Added configurable "anti-repeat" interval to remote control settings dialog.
9. Changed: Several other Hairstyle changes / improvements. (still a work in progress)

10.0.15 (12/12/03)
1. NEW: TV has functionality of frequency override.
2. Changed: Added tooltips to TV Channels and Frequency overriding dialogs.
3. Fixed: Hauppauge WinTV USB device had clicking noise during channel switching. (workaround of a driver issue)
4. Fixed: Scroll position in file lists was not being preserved when using the "Back" command.
5. Fixed: Fullscreen display wasn't working properly.
6. Changed: Hairstyle only loaded on demand instead of always when switching to fullscreen.
7. Fixed: Editing view schemes would cause MC to keep switching the selection back to 'Media Library'.
8. Fixed: Sometimes after switching skins, player controls would be misshaped.
9. Fixed: Hairstyle was not allowing 'Video' to be entered.
10. Changed: Hairstyle 'Playlists' now lists files like library views do.
11. Changed: Update 'About' and 'Splash' images for version 10 beta.
12. Fixed: Fixed drive portables would disappear from tree after synchronization.

10.0.16 (12/15/03)
1. Changed: Hairstyle maintains the aspect ratio of thumbnails instead of stretching.
2. Changed: Hairstyle does a better job of using as large of fonts as possible.
3. Changed: Hairstyle starts playing selected item when hitting play, but adds all selected / visible items.
4. NEW: Hairstyle configuration now allows unused root items to be hidden.
5. Changed: Simplified Hairstyle sizing configuration.
6. Changed: Many Hairstyle skinning engine changes. (now v1.7 -- documentation to follow)
7. Fixed: MC would not completely hide the browser panes when clicking the splitter arrow.
8. Changed: MC better at correcting capitalization of FTP friendly filenames. (with underscores instead of spaces)
9. Fixed: Playback display bars at top and bottom could be dragged around by their bottom pixel.
10. Fixed: Hairstyle PIP wasn't always updating properly.
11. NEW: Hairstyle draws a play overlay on the currently playing track.
12. Changed: Video Properties (Brightness, contrast, etc.) settings are saved in registry and set on start of TV.

10.0.17 (12/16/03)
1. Fixed: Hairstyle would sometimes draw a 'no thumb' image for items it shouldn't. (after scrolling, mode changes, etc.)
2. NEW: Remade view scheme creation / editing system.
3. Fixed: When renaming view schemes, changes wouldn't stick until the tree was collapsed and expanded.
4. Changed: Media Mode browser schemes shared between all modes, instead of being independent. (still a work in progress)
5. Fixed: In-place editing on Win9x / ME systems could crash MC.
6. NEW: Added 'Camera' item to Action Window.
7. NEW: Action Window changes based on selected Media Mode.
8. Fixed: MC installer would erroneously report 'IE 5 not installed' on some locales.

10.0.18 (12/17/03)
1. Fixed: File assocations would fail to load, causing MC to crash.

10.0.19, 10.0.20
Internal builds

[Marko]

10.0.21 (12/19/03)
1. Changed: Rearranged the "burning complete" dialog.
2. Fixed: Hairstyle was not using the same view schemes as MEGA-ME.
3. NEW: Several enhancements to TV frequency overriding.
4. Fixed: WMA decoder would hang when trying to decode DRM content it didn't have rights to decode.
5. Changed: Handheld format converter will no longer attempt to convert DRM protected files.
6. Changed: Toolbars accept right-clicks to run buttons. (customize in Options -> Tree & View)
7. Fixed: Media Mode toolbar was allowing customization.
8. Changed: Removed playlist view mode -- use a smartlist for advanced view filtering.
9. Changed: Bottom toolbar empty by default. (existing customization not lost)
10. Changed: CD drives not shown in 'My Computer' view since they're above 'My Computer.'
11. Changed: Display window's top bar would unnecessarily show up when locking the tree left.
12. Fixed: JRImage rounding error that could cause pixel bleeding under intense zoom.
13. Changed: Removed 'My Computer' view mode option at bottom. (too easy to take forever in recursive mode)
14. Changed: 'My Computer' views honor Media Type mode.
15. Changed: Removed tree full of 'Auto-Smartlists' by default.
16. NEW: When creating a smartlist, you can select from a list of presets.
17. Fixed: WMDM devices will attempt to reinitialize after an initial failure.

10.0.22 (12/19/03)
1. Fixed: Media Center could report an error after finshing a track, even if there was no error.

10.0.23 (12/22/03)
1. NEW: Ability to import AAC tag information into MC.
2. NEW: New Action Window based system for burning CDs. (still a work in progress)

10.0.24 (12/24/03) -- HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
1. Fixed: View schemes with grouped fields were not saving / loading properly.
2. Fixed: Duration after import of some AAC files was incorrect.
3. Changed: Several enhancements to new Action Window burning system.
4. Fixed: Reordering files (via drag-n-drop) would select a dropped file multiple times if it occured more than once in the list.
5. Changed: In-place editing combobox enlarged to account for drop arrow.
6. Changed: Updated Media Mode toolbar art.
7. Fixed: In-place editing would show the wrong values for the "selected set" portion of the list.
8. Changed: In-place editing handles more values before saying <too many to list>.

10.0.25 (12/29/03)
1. Changed: Clean File Properties > Capitalization tool deals better with square brackets, semi-colons, and forward slashes.
2. Fixed: Data CD specific options would not show up in data burning mode.
3. Fixed: Ctrl+F wouldn't always select the proper path when not in 'All' media mode.
4. Fixed: List double-click to search entire library was not showing up properly outside of 'All' media mode.
5. Fixed: Tree item toolbar buttons and keyboard shortcuts were not working properly.
6. Fixed: Customize toolbar dialog would list non-configurable toolbars in dropdown.
7. Changed: Options dialog remembers last page, even if cancel is pressed.
8. Changed: Media Mode remembered between sessions.
9. Changed: Image menu didn't show "Copy to Clipboard" command for images. (only audio)
10. Changed: Added 'Import' to CD view's right-click menu.
11. Fixed: Locate command was not working outside of 'All' media mode.
12. Fixed: Using pane tagging to change the date would not always work.
13. Changed: Updating the tree will always ensure that the current item is visible.
14. Changed: Action Window updating / resizing more efficient. (let us know if there are areas updating too little or too much)
15. Fixed: Exiting party mode could sometimes cause changes to be saved instead of discarded.
16. NEW: Added "no files -- double-click here to play all files" feature to Playing Now.
17. Fixed: List headers would flash when scrolling lists in details mode.
18. Changed: Removed beta timeout. (was January 4, 2004)
19. Changed: MC allows creation of empty view schemes.
20. Changed: Recent Playing Now playlists excluded from tooltips.
21. Changed: Tooltip images drawn as large as possible.

10.0.26 (12/30/03)
1. Fixed: Renaming data burn folders did not work properly.
2. Fixed: MC would not import ID3v1.1 comments.
3. Changed: Removed "Update Library (from tags -- if changes detected)."
4. NEW: MC fully supports reading / writing of Unicode (UTF-16) ID3v2 tags on MP3s.
5. Changed: Pane in-place editing allowed without picking files below. (applies to all visible files)
6. NEW: Added new "Customize View..." dialog to List Style menu. (still a work in progress)

10.0.27 (12/31/03)
1. Fixed: In field lists, MC would sort by internal name instead of display name. (applies to several places)
2. Fixed: View Settings dialog didn't work properly with renamed fields.
3. Fixed: Upgrading large MJ 8 libraries could be slower than necessary.
4. Changed: Display name of grouped fields includes "(grouped)" at the end.
5. Changed: A few speed improvements to the database / view system.
6. NEW: Introduced experimental database caching system -- helps performance in many scenarios.
7. Fixed: Convert Format tool did not work from My Computer.

10.0.28 (1/5/04)
1. Fixed: MC could be slower than necessary with the Action Window home page showing.
2. Changed: Hairstyle shows "Starting playback..." message when it's busy starting playback.
3. Changed: Hairstyle auto-hide only runs when Play (replace) is hit. (instead of on Enqueue and other commands)
4. Changed: Hairstyle no longer allows keystrokes to get built-up while it's starting playback.
5. Fixed: After returning from Hairstyle, some playback types would not be shown. (DVD, image playback, etc.)
6. Fixed: After a playback error, MC would sometimes not fall back to a stopped state.
7. Fixed: MC would crash when trying to access a freshly created database field.
8. Fixed: Tag Info Action Window page would not update right away after in-place editing.
9. Fixed: Tag Info Action Window page would not always auto-size properly when switching views.
10. Fixed: After dropping an external playlist into MC, it would not show up in the tree until a refresh.
11. Fixed: When applying a filter to Playing Now and removing all files, playback would stop and all files (instead of selected) would be removed.
12. Changed: Added cut (ctrl+x) and delete to the search control and added support for right-hand shortcuts. (ctrl+insert, etc.)
13. Fixed: Sorting by the sequence column would not work properly.
14. Changed: Updated "Customize View" system.

10.0.29 (1/7/03)
1. Fixed: When viewing a thumbnail list while thumbs were being built, MC could sometimes display empty / corrupt images.
2. Changed: Media Mode not persistent between sessions.
3. Fixed: Loading column / sorting presets directly from the right-click menu was not working properly.
4. Changed: Column loading / setting available in thumbnail mode. (for Tag Info window, etc.)
5. Changed: Renamed Hairstyle "Auto-Hide" option to "Hide when playback starts".
6. Fixed: Installer was leaving "Uninstall MC 9.1" entry in Control Panel > Add / Remove Programs.
7. Changed: Added "List Style" to View Settings dialog.
8. Changed: Removed button from top-right of Action Window header. (use right-click if necessary)
9. Changed: CD burning progress/status information moved into the action window.
10. Fixed: Data CD burning folder names were not getting updated during drag/drop operations.
11. Fixed: Data CD name when typed into the action window wasn't getting updated in the tree.
12. Fixed: Action window would crash MC if no CD burners were found (and CD burn icon was selected).
13. Fixed: Shift+Delete wasn't working.
14. Changed: Improved Hairstyle art for default skin.
15. NEW: Added photo printing system. (File > Print Images...)

[Marko]

10.0.30 (1/7/04)
1. Changed: Web Media shows in "Audio" mode as well as "All" mode.

10.0.31 (1/9/04)
1. Fixed: Locate command did not work from the Media Library root.
2. Fixed: MC would would not properly select 'Web Media' in Audio mode when using keyboard shortcuts.
3. Fixed: Album Analyzer was case sensitive with file paths, which could cause complete albums to show up as incomplete.
4. Changed: Put Action Window tools button back.
5. NEW: CD ripping is done in the action window now. (still a work in progress)
6. NEW: Introduced super high quality image shrinking -- will make thumbnails and program art look better.
7. NEW: MC can do "Ken Burn's Style" image slideshows now. Press P while viewing images. (experimental -- may not remain)
8. NEW: Several enhancements to the Photo Printing Wizard.

10.0.32 (1/12/04)
1. Fixed: CD ripper wasn't updating tag info.
2. Changed: Right-click menu shows when clicking on a non-file area of a list control.
3. Changed: Improved menu logic for file tools when no files are selected.
4. Fixed: Handheld wasn't showing in the Action Window.
5. NEW: Added "Ken Burn's Style" image slideshows. Press P while viewing images. (experimental -- may not remain)
6. Fixed: "Recently ripped" playlist wasn't getting created after a rip operation.
7. Fixed: Cover art retrieval wasn't working correctly after CD rip completion.

10.0.33
Not released to the public

10.0.34 (1/14/03)
1. Fixed: If simultaneous rip/encode was unselected, cd ripping progress bar got real jumpy.
2. Changed: ListIcons.png art merged into SmallIcons.png. (requires custom art packages to be updated)
3. Changed: Show individual track status for ripping/burning.
4. NEW: Checkboxes for selecting tracks to rip.
5. Fixed: CD list view was showing columns for queue path/name/status when they weren't needed.
6. Fixed: Checking "Unassigned" in Tagging Mode would put "Unassigned" into the tag instead of an empty string.
7. NEW: Retooled Tag Info window functionality / look.
8. Fixed: "No search results message" could show even when there was no user entered search.
9. Changed: Added "Print" to the Action Window.
10. NEW: Added Access Control system -- replaces View and Playback filters. (still a work in progress)

10.0.35 (1/14/03)
1. Fixed: Search engine wasn't always working properly.

10.0.36 - 10.0.37
Not released to the public

10.0.38 (1/15/04)
1. Fixed: Selecting "burn cd" from toolbar didn't allow selecting data/audio CD or drive letter.
2. Fixed: Numerous usability issues in the burn and rip action windows.
3. Fixed: Auto ripping is mostly working again, although ripping from multiple drives hasn't been tested.
4. Changed: When a plugin fails to be created, MC will report what kind of plugin failed. (please let us know what message you see now on the insert CD / failed to create plugin problem)
5. Changed: Auto-expand tree on by default.
6. NEW: Aquire images moved to Action Window.
7. Fixed: WMDM handhelds could sometimes cause MC to hang.

10.0.39 - 10.0.40
Not publicly released.

10.0.41 (1/20/04)
1. NEW: MC includes two new Hairstyle skins.
2. NEW: Action Windows blink for a while when started from outside the Action Window.
3. Fixed: MC could report "Failed to create handheld plug-in" on fresh installs. (hopefully fixed -- please let us know)
4. Changed: Several usability enhancements to Action Window Handheld system.
6. Fixed: Send To wasn't working properly with handhelds.
7. Changed: Action Window headers only show buttons when appropriate. (back, close, tools)
8. Changed: After a CD burn is complete, dialog checkmark option is "Clear burn queue" instead of "Save burn queue".
9. Fixed: CD burn queue entries could be deleted while burn was taking place.
10. Fixed: CD ripping and burning progress action windows would not display properly for the first few seconds.
11. NEW: Retooled "Build Playlist" system in Action Window and unified all playlist creation through it.

10.0.42 (1/21/04)
1. Fixed: Creating a smartlist from the Action Window would show a "Drag files here" window that didn't do anything.
2. NEW: Smartlist searches are shown in a separate, full length search bar.
3. Changed: Search bar width about 50% wider.
4. Changed: Added 'Close' button to fullscreen and windowed top control bar.
5. Changed: Display control bars have button tooltips.
6. Changed: Display control bars don't dissappear as fast in full screen mode when the mouse is over one of the bars.
7. Changed: Removed confirmation from the end of the Photo Printing Wizard.
8. NEW: Print Wizard remembers printer and user settings between sessions.
9. Fixed: Skin Effects dialog could cause crashes on some systems.
10. Fixed: Player buttons could get fired on mouse up when finishing dragging the volume or position slider.
11. Fixed: View scheme groupings work more logically with the sorting option "Ignore articles" turned on.
12. Fixed: Media Modes would not work properly if too much tree customization was done. (now creates scheme groups when necessary)
13. Fixed: Media Center would be 'Always on Top' on some machines. (maybe fixed -- please let us know)
14. Changed: Media Center always shows tray icon. ('Minimize to System Tray' option changes how MC minimizes)
15. Changed: Tray icon toggles Media Center's visibility. (instead of show only)
16. Fixed: When MC updated it could lose the scroll position, selection, etc. when it shouldn't have. (affects several areas)
17. NEW: MC shows a "Loading page..." message when loading a webpage view.
18. Changed: The way the tree is constucted for Portable Devices. Currently this only works for WMDM devices.

10.0.43 (1/22/04)
1. Changed: Added 'Close Display' menu command when display is not internal.
2. Changed: Action Window tools button on left instead of right.
3. Fixed: Duplicate type searches would remove track sequence #, causing problems in Playing Now and playlists.
4. Fixed: MC behaves more logically when a user search shows files in the Playing Now view that aren't currently in 'Playing Now'.
5. Changed: Tuned tree auto-expand logic to collapse items that were auto-expanded when selecting a new item.
6. Changed: Removed 'Columns to Show' menu -- was causing confusion. (use 'Customize Current View...')
7. Changed: Media Center no longer always shows tray icon. (introduced 10.0.42)
8. NEW: WMDM Devices will auto detect on connection and removal.
9. Fixed: In web views, some keystrokes weren't properly translated. (backspace would erase two letters, etc.)

10.0.44 - 10.0.47
Not release to the public.


10.0.48 (1/26/04)

1. Fixed: Non-silent license acquisition for WMA streams could crash MC.
2. Fixed: Photo Printing Wizard would not work on Win9x / ME systems.
3. Fixed: With WMDM support enabled, potential existed for repetitive initiation of flash drives.
4. Changed: Several tweaks and improvements to Z skin.
5. Fixed: In rare cases, MC could crash when cross-fading between two slow streams or when under high system loads.
6. Fixed: Shuffle and Continuous menu items didn't properly show check marks.
7. Fixed: 'Show All Fields' Tag Info option was not being remembered.
8. Fixed: When not in 'All' Media Mode, the library root item could be erased.
9. Fixed: Play button (space bar) didn't work in Hairstyle's Playing Now.
10. Fixed: Home and End didn't always work properly when viewing image slideshows.
11. Changed: Revised play button logic in Hairstyle so it only plays all visible when in file mode.
12. Fixed: Hairstyle would show the wrong root images when root items were removed.
13. Fixed: CD burner would hang on files that no longer existed on disk but were in the database.
14. Fixed: Couldn't delete files from the burn queue for an audio burn.
15. Fixed: Wrong columns shown in some CD burn/rip scenarios.

[JimH]

Nice one, Marko.  Thanks!