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[JohnT]

This is the latest version of MC20 for Mac.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download: http://files.JRiver.com/mediacenter/channels/v20/latest/MediaCenter200087.dmg

20.0.87 (3/28/2015)

1. Fixed: Tracks on device not in sync were not getting deleted even when the option was enabled.
2. Fixed: Artist or Album names beginning with a period would cause problems syncing with handheld devices.  Now underscores are used in place of leading periods in folder names on the device created during a sync operation.
3. Fixed: After playing a track directly from CD, a message could pop-up saying the disc could not be identified.
4. Fixed: WebKit plugins are now disabled.  Plugins (e.g. Silverlight) could cause crashes and freezes when MC was displaying web pages.
5. Fixed: The drive was identified as /:\ on the CD misread Information dialog.
6. Fixed: Syncing files with conversion enabled would cause files to re-convert on every sync.
7. Fixed: Tracks on device not in sync were not getting deleted even when this option was enabled.
8. NEW: When songs in MC's library are stored on a network share drive, the drive is now bookmarked by MC so if it's not mounted after a reboot, MC will automatically re-mount the drive when needed.
9. Fixed: CD ripping would sometimes fall out of secure mode.
10. Fixed: Many Retina mode scaling improvements.
11. Changed: If there's a custom library field created called Tooltip and it evaluates to non-empty, it will be used for the text of the tooltip.
12. Fixed: Requesting a File List or Cover Art over MCWS for a very slow executing Smart List (ie. Missing Files) could result in all MCWS queries being delayed until the request was completed.
13. Fixed: MOV/MP4 files could have the wrong information in the Compression field.
14. Fixed: Multichannel DSD wrapped by DoPE was overflowing the buffer resulting in noise or crashes.
15. Fixed: Podcasting could download duplicate tracks (only maybe fixed, so testing appreciated).
16. Fixed: Some w64 files did not import/play.
17. NEW: ID3 tags from w64 files are properly imported.
18. Fixed: Playing FLAC+CUE files could result in some tracks being skipped in the recent builds.
19. Changed: A/V sync is maintained more aggressively at the start of video playback.
20. Fixed: Seeking a Linked Zone over Gizmo would cause MC to hang.
21. Fixed: The player evaluating "Playlist Remaining Time" could hang (only maybe fixed, testing appreciated).
22. NEW: Linked zones can optionally enter a playback rate so that a zone that plays slower or faster can be corrected (the 'Adjust Link Timing' dialog allows entering a rate).
23. Fixed: Very short convolution filter would not load properly at all times.
24. Fixed: Pressing Enter key following in-place editing no longer initiates a "Play" command.
25. Fixed: Playing/importing APE files from read-only drives was not working (regression).

20.0.80 (3/2/2015)

1. Fixed: App signing issue on some systems.

20.0.74 (2/21/2015)

1. Fixed: When syncing files to a linux based handheld device (i.e. Android), forward slashes within artist or album names would cause the destination path to be wrong.
2. Fixed: External storage cards on handheld devices were not always showing up in MC without doing a manual re-detect of devices.
3. Fixed: Many CD ripping problem fixes.
4. Fixed: Auto-import was sometimes importing image and 'data' files which aren't supported.
5. Fixed: A CUE parsing issue where the last track would not work because the playback range was parsing incorrectly if the CUE file spanned multiple tracks.
6. Fixed: Reading a SACD ISO with empty data packets could cause a crash.
7. Changed: Made the SACD ISO parser a little more forgiving.
8. NEW: Added a 'Total Tracks' field to the library.  Currently updated from MP3 files, MP4 files, FLAC files, and during CD ripping.
9. NEW: Added a 'Total Discs' field to the library, which is updated from MP3, MP4, and FLAC files.
10. Changed: Updated German translation (thanks Bytestar).
11. NEW: Support for playing HTTP Live Streaming streams (both video/audio and audio-only).
12. Changed: Updated Japanese translation (thanks Kazuo!).
13. Fixed: CD ripping was always using secure mode regardless of user setting.
14. Fixed: Prior to any CD play or rip activity, the options dialog did not always show the installed CD drives.
15. Fixed: If CD ripping was started from the list header button, the initial ripping action window would still show after ripping was complete.
16. Fixed: During Handheld sync, if no files were being uploaded (just deletions taking place), sync process would stall out with "Working..." displayed in action window.
17. Fixed: Use defaults for empty media file location base paths read from the registry.
18. Changed: Updated the FFmpeg version used for file analysis, transcoding and video playback.
19. Fixed: WMA files would not play on some OS X 10.6 systems.

20.0.67 (2/9/2015)

1. Fixed: Occasional crash at startup due to splash screen.
2. NEW: Video conversions now supported!
3. Fixed: Crashes in the file converter when using DSP plugins.

20.0.64 (1/29/2015)

1. Fixed: SACD playback was broken for the last few builds.
2. Fixed: Avoids importing files from within app bundles and installer packages.  Avoid importing images.

20.0.63 (1/28/2015)

1. Fixed: Display view sometimes would become detached and could remain showing over the top of other views (really fixed this time).
2. Fixed: Video display in action window would display over the top of other action window views.

20.0.62 (1/26/2015)

1. Changed: When both a Windows and a Master license are installed, Media Center now shows the installed license type as Master.

20.0.60 (1/22/2015)

1. Fixed: Purchase links were not going to the new page.

20.0.59 (1/21/2015)

1. Changed: Updated French translation (thanks p.v.).
2. Changed: Added a 3dB cut to the Headphones effect so that increases from cross-feed won't lead to clipping.

20.0.58 (1/20/2015)

1. NEW: Selecting audio streams in Video files.
2. NEW: Chapter selection in the OSD and context menus for videos.

20.0.57 (1/16/2015)

1. Fixed: DSP Studio presets could not be saved/loaded/deleted.
2. Fixed: Display view sometimes would become detached from Media Center and could remain showing over the top of other views.

20.0.54 (1/9/2015)

1. Changes and fixes from the mainstream. Note that if you are using client side volume leveling over DLNA and are using MC on multiple platforms, all builds need to be >=20.0.52 for this to continue to work.

20.0.52 (12/22/2014)

1. Fixed: The main application menu would often not be shown until the mouse was clicked within the app's window.
2. Fixed: If CD audio files were in playing now list and the CD device was removed, Media Center could crash if a DLNA device queried for the tracks.

20.0.51 (12/22/2014)

1. Fixed: In format conversion dialog, if a target directory was specified along with multiple levels, the converted file ended up in a strange land.
2. Fixed: In format conversion dialog, if a target directory was entered that did not exist or was not writable, the conversion would fail without a helpful message.
3. Fixed: DLNA serving of Ogg, MP3, MP4 files with conversion to uncompressed wave would fail on some devices because of an incorrect transcoded length value.
4. Fixed: Dates were not displayed with the locale settings in system preferences.

20.0.46 (12/9/2014)

1. Fixed: Cmd-Q fix didn't make it into previous build.
2. Fixed: File transfers to external devices (Handheld sync) were much slower than doing it via Finder.
3. Fixed: Some web views were not working (displaying blank page), like "connected media".
4. Fixed: Web Gizmo wasn't working.

20.0.45 (12/5/2014)

1. Changed: Cmd-Q now works properly for exiting the application.
2. Changed: Holding the Control key while clicking the left mouse button now works correctly for bringing up the context menu (right-click menu).

20.0.40 (11/21/2014)

1. Fixed: DLNA: MC as renderer, when receiving a SetNextAVtransportURI, MC was allowing the playlist to grow beyond 2 items which is incorrect. This caused playlist sync issues.
2. Fixed: DLNA: MC as controller, fix bug in event send when changing playlist position 1.
3. Fixed: DLNA: MC as controller timing issue, make sure the first track is playing (for at least 5 seconds) before doing the SetNextAVTransportURI function.
4. Fixed: DLNA: MC as controller, when playlist position current +1 changes send a new SetNextAVTransportURI to devices that support it.
5. Fixed: The change from 20.0.31 (Back out library server hiding when the library is empty introduced in 19.0.71) missed the library server visibility (it was showing the DLNA servers).

[ThierryNK]

Hi

After upgrading, the order of import of my Library (which is very important for me) was all reset, apparently randomly.

I restored my Library to a previous backup, and all went back smoothly…

It is not the first time that an upgrade mixes up the import dates in the library.

Kind regards

[freddie40]

After upgrading all of my Prefs were reset

[ThierryNK]

After upgrading all of my Prefs were reset

You just have to restore your library from a backup. Backups are automatically done.

[al1947]

Update channel not working on my iMac for last four updates... (Could be longer, but I didn't start using the update channel until recently)

[Awesome Donkey]

Update channel not working on my iMac for last four updates... (Could be longer, but I didn't start using the update channel until recently)

Are you using the Latest channel? If your channel is set to Stable, that's why you're not seeing it - set it to Latest and it should show up.

After upgrading all of my Prefs were reset

No issues here, library was intact.

[al1947]

No, the stable channel, as recommended

[Awesome Donkey]

That's why you're not seeing the update then. It might be worth using the latest channel in this case.

[al1947]

So since I manually upgrade to the latest version anyway, I hear you saying I might as well use the "latest" channel. However, just as a matter of information, how long typically is the lag before a version gets into the "stable" category?

So if 20.0.87 is now the latest version for Mac, what is the stable version? Part of why I am asking is that one of the attractions of Media Center for me is that the feature set is constantly evolving -- the Mac version has come a very long way in the less than two years I have been using it. So it's unclear to me what would constitute stable in those circumstances?

[John Gateley]

Bug: the very top Menu bar does not work the same as other Apple apps. In MC, click on any item, say File, and move the mouse to the right. say to Edit, the menu should switch. It does not. (first reported in 20.0.80)

[John Gateley]

The volume interaction is weird. Using the Volume up key (F12) doesn't display the normal volume overlay on the screen. Instead MC grabs it and displays a percentage at the top (where it says JRiver Media Center 20).

Now switch to any other app, say Chrome. The f10/f11/f12 keys DO affect the volume, but do not display on the screen. (MC must be running for this to happen). This is confusing.

Best: keep MC's interaction with the volume, but do not change the OS X display of the volume changes.
OK: Just use the OS X displays.

(first reported in 20.0.80)

[JimH]

So since I manually upgrade to the latest version anyway, I hear you saying I might as well use the "latest" channel. However, just as a matter of information, how long typically is the lag before a version gets into the "stable" category?

Here's how it works:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Updates

[Awesome Donkey]

Bug: the very top Menu bar does not work the same as other Apple apps. In MC, click on any item, say File, and move the mouse to the right. say to Edit, the menu should switch. It does not. (first reported in 20.0.80)

As far as I know, MC for Mac uses its own menu system and not Apple's. Not sure if that's going to change or not.

[johnjen]

The progress slider only shows half of itself.

JJ

[bMinor]

with Artists selected in the left hand column, clicking on Play or Albums or Artists or File under the album cover icon in the main window sometimes becomes unresponsive. I discovered it 1st after MC’s displaying of a search result. It happened 4 or 5 times in the last couple of days.

[Weedos123]

Multichannel dsf playback seems to be bust with this release for me.

I've tried 4 different files from 4 different albums, all stored on a Synology NAS. Every time I try to play one with v87 to my Exasound E28, the sound is slow and horribly distorted.  2 channel dsf and stereo & multichannel pcm files play properly. Turned the DAC off and on, restarted Media Centre all to no avail.  The multichannel files played without issue in HQplayer & Audirvana, so no problem with them or the DAC.

Downloaded v80 again and they play perfectly on that, so I guess it must be v87.

Paul

[6233638]

Every time I try to play one with v87 to my Exasound E28, the sound is slow and horribly distorted.

It's strange that this only seems to be affecting you in v87.
My DAC does the "plays slow and distorted" thing with DSD, but only if I set the buffer size too low.
I'd try increasing the buffer size, either in MC or in the driver, and see if that helps.

[Weedos123]

Even weirder, if thats a word.

in v80, MC software buffer settings in set at 500milliseconds, hardware set as device default and play from memory - all is well.
In v87 MC software buffer settings also at 500 milliseconds, the maximum, hardware set as maximum, disabled play from memory and now plays faster and distorted.
Back to v80 MC reduced software buffer settings to 5ms, hardware as device default and all is playing perfectly.

[tasar]

Been up to date with .80 version and just successfully downloaded the .87, dropped the disc image, and software agreement prompt. However, the software never competes it's prep to applications....finally gives up indicating "stopping"...

[6233638]

Cover view doesn't seem to be working. I just get a white screen and the controls overlay at the top is a black box.

[Aki]

JRiver user from Japan, grads of Univ. St. Thomas in 1986....

After updatedto .87, can not play dff file on Yosemite 10.10.2.
former version worked correctly.  Please check it

[jimwc]

Since I upgraded from 20.80 to 20.87, the window for "Rename, Move, & Copy Files..." is not drawing correctly.  This window used to appear with a size that showed all of the options. Now, the bottom is cut off, and I have to manually resize this window every time I need to move something from my local HD to the NAS.

I have attached an image of the problem, and another of the theoretical "correct" behavior (i.e. how it looked in 20.80 and many earlier versions).

OSX 10.9.5 on 2011 MacBook Pro (non-retina).

[jimwc]

There is also still an issue with the performance of Momentum Scrolling when browsing my library. 

Scrolling is smooth while my fingers are still in contact with the trackpad (even if I scroll VERY quickly).  However, as soon as I let go and "momentum" scrolling takes over for the next 1-2 seconds, the scrolling movement is jerky and not smooth.

This is not new to 20.87, but was reported by myself and others several versions back.

[catastrofe]

20.0.87 will not open on my machine.  It crashes upon launch every time.  20.0.80 runs fine.  Running OS X 10.6.8

I see that .80 fixed a bug related to launch.  Maybe that same bug is back in .87

[brinko99]

I too am getting frequent crashes with this version with OS X 10.6.8. As soon as I interact with the application (expand playlists, click search, etc) it crashes. I tried restoring the library from a backup made several days ago to no avail.

I've enclosed a crash report.

[jimwc]

I've discovered an interesting issue with JRMark scores in MC 20.87.  In particular, the "Group database" task takes an extremely long time (25x slower!) in version 20.87 compared to 20.80 and other earlier versions.  I have pasted the Database portion of the JRMark test here for these two versions.  "Sort database" is also a little slow, but not egregious.  All of the other tasks in Math and Image are comparable between the versions.

2011 Macbook Pro, OSX 10.9.5

20.80
Running 'Database' benchmark...
    Create database... 0.534 seconds
    Populate database... 1.864 seconds
    Save database... 0.197 seconds
    Reload database... 0.069 seconds
    Search database... 1.291 seconds
    Sort database... 1.297 seconds
    Group database... 1.056 seconds
Score: 3409
JRMark (version 20.0.80): 3082

20.87
Running 'Database' benchmark...
    Create database... 0.468 seconds
    Populate database... 1.914 seconds
    Save database... 0.208 seconds
    Reload database... 0.068 seconds
    Search database... 1.361 seconds
    Sort database... 3.880 seconds
    Group database... 25.221 seconds
Score: 649
JRMark (version 20.0.87): 2120

[Matt]

I've discovered an interesting issue with JRMark scores in MC 20.87.  In particular, the "Group database" task takes an extremely long time (25x slower!) in version 20.87 compared to 20.80 and other earlier versions.  I have pasted the Database portion of the JRMark test here for these two versions.  "Sort database" is also a little slow, but not egregious.  All of the other tasks in Math and Image are comparable between the versions.

Thanks for the report!

We'll sure take a look.

[olson_jr]

I too am getting frequent crashes with this version with OS X 10.6.8. As soon as I interact with the application (expand playlists, click search, etc) it crashes. I tried restoring the library from a backup made several days ago to no avail.

I've enclosed a crash report.

I have the same situation with OS X 10.6.8, crashes seconds after opening.

Went back to 20.0.64 and it works fine.

[avpman]

It appears as though not all of the MC Core commands work in the Mac version, a specific examples below works in the Windows version but does not in the Mac version. (none of the rate current song commands work)

 <!-- Rate current song -->
 <Entry Key="Ctrl;Shift;5" Command="10023" Param="5" />

The above command is defined in the Mac & Windows Resource.xml file. It work in 20.0.87 in Windows MC but not in the 20.0.87 Mac version. Assigning different key combos also does not get it to work.

Is there a list of which specific MC Core commands work in the Mac version and which do not (other than hit and miss trying every command?) I am really trying to embrace the Mac version but without info like this it's difficult to say the least.

Thanks for any suggestions (or a fix) to get this working.

[Matt]

I've discovered an interesting issue with JRMark scores in MC 20.87.  In particular, the "Group database" task takes an extremely long time (25x slower!) in version 20.87 compared to 20.80 and other earlier versions.  I have pasted the Database portion of the JRMark test here for these two versions.  "Sort database" is also a little slow, but not egregious.  All of the other tasks in Math and Image are comparable between the versions.

This should all be sorted next build.  Thanks again for the report.

From the history:
Fixed: The group component of the benchmark was terribly slow for the last few builds.