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9.0.124
1. Fixed: Renaming folders in "My Computer" view would not always update the database correctly.
2. Fixed: After renaming a folder in "My Computer", visible child folders would be invalid.
3. Changed: Filename database lookup about 15 times faster -- improves Import and "My Computer" speed with large libraries.
4. Fixed: "Media Jukebox" string was still being used in many areas.
5. Fixed: "Recently Imported -- last 100 tracks" didn't have the correct logic.
6. Fixed: Send To -> External Tool would open the FTP dialog.
7. Fixed: SDK SetLyrics(...) would actually set Notes.
8. Fixed: The large properties edit box would not set the focus to the edit box on startup.
9. Changed: MC would not accept '|' or ';' when renaming in the tree.
10. Fixed: MC would allow its library to be changed while using a tool like CD ripping or audio analysis.
11. Changed: Playlists could not have '|' or ';' in their name.
12. Fixed: If MC would fail to load a library twice in a row, it would not revert to the previous library correctly.
13. Fixed: Will give warning and fail when trying to create multiple MPC decoder instances. (limitation of the MPC source code)
14. Fixed: If decoder / audio analyzer failed on a file, it would stall out.
15. Fixed: Right-click playlist actions (play, add to playing now, etc.) would rerun smartlist queries.
16. Fixed: Double-click: "Add to Playing Now (play now)" would not start playback if a single file was clicked with an empty Playing Now.
17. Fixed: Double-click: "Add to Playing Now (play now)" would not handle jumping on display properly.
18. Changed: "Play" will only start dual playback (images + audio) if Playing Now is being replaced.
19. Fixed: Media Center was failing to play VOB files.
20. Fixed: Media Jukebox would fill in YADB information even if multiple match window was canceled.  
21. Fixed: Windows Media playback plug-in was displaying WMA error message too often.
22. Fixed: Media Center was failing to play some streaming ASF files.  
23. Changed: Reduced the maximum number of auto-complete combobox entries in general properties to help speed on slower machines.
24. Changed: MC will no longer try to thumbnail Quicktime movies. (would hang DirectX in some cases)
25. Changed: MC now defaults to "Continuous" mode on fresh installs.
26. NEW: Lots of Hairstyle improvements. (default skin now has detailed comments to aid skin creation)




9.0.123
1. Fixed: Thumbnails would fail to be created for images on a CD.
2. Changed: "Date Created" (and "Year") will be filled from JPG EXIF information when possible.
3. Fixed: Sticky Views were not working for playlists.
4. NEW: Added "Make All Views Like Current" to right click of column header.
5. Fixed: Sorting would be silly after reordering columns.
6. Fixed: After failing to load a library, MC would not properly revert to the previous library.
7. Fixed: Playing Now would select both the playing file and the last selected files when switching to it.
8. Fixed: YADB track lookup would display a message box with a long number in it. (GUID)
9. Fixed: Inserting a data CD would cause a meaningless dialog box to pop up.
10. Fixed: Internet code should work better.
11. Fixed: Advanced ripping options weren't getting saved.



9.0.122
1. Fixed: Sticky views would not work on non XP systems.
2. Fixed: Skinned scrolling would have problems in lists on non XP systems.
3. Fixed: Other list related things (column order, etc.) would be quirky on non XP systems.
4. Changed: Warning message is displayed if user clicks CD burn button with too many tracks selected.
5. Changed: CD burning tips are displayed when user clicks burn button with no tracks selected.
6. Fixed: Sometimes the user was asked about "audio or data mode CD burning" when they had already selected one.
7. NEW: Column sorting now does forward sorting if you click columns within a few seconds of each other. (don't have to think backwards)
8. Fixed: MC would misbehave after failing to load a library.
9. Fixed: MC would not recreate default entries after clearing its library.



9.0.121

1. NEW: Added sticky views. (remembers sorting, columns, list mode, etc. for different areas)
2. NEW: Navigation now remembers selection and scroll position when switching between views.
3. NEW: Audio CD's can be automatically played or ripped upon insertion into the drive. DVD's can be automatically played.
4. Changed: Double click will always return from Full screen. (not toggle Hairstyle)
5. Fixed: Video playback would not stop after playing the last file in Playing Now. (would just stall saying "Waiting...")
6. Fixed: Pressing previous wouldn't always fire a DVD's previous chapter.
7. Fixed: Full screen would change to Hairstyle when transitioning between media types.
8. Changed: Image playback would not stop after finishing the last image in a slideshow.
9. Changed: Mouse forward / back buttons now work for navigation in Hairstyle.
10. Changed: MC does a better job of disabling screensave and monitor poweroff in Fullscreen mode.
11. Changed: Search Wizard better at handling "list" data type.
12. Changed: MC better at handling emtpy "list" data type fields.
13. Changed: MC trims leading / trailing spaces on "list" data type fields.
14. Changed: Retooled "Confirm Delete" dialog to include both Recycle Bin and permanent deletion. (remembers which to use so when you hit [Shift]+[Del], it'll always be the same)
15. Fixed: Instead of reverting to the default library after failure to load a library, Media Center will load previously loaded library.
16. Fixed: Library Manager was showing incorrect state for the newly added library.
17. Fixed: Media Center was failing to create directory using UNC path.
18. Fixed: Current color of list control defined in mega-me skins was not used correctly.
19. Fixed: Implemented better handling of Media Server search replies.
20. Changed: Audio analysis during ripping is now on by default.
21. Fixed:  Media Center was not allowing to enter paths with leading or trailing periods in "File Naming and Location".
22. Fixed: Media Center was not clearing "recently imported" list on exit.
23. Changed: Duration would appear in the tooltip twice.  

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9.0.120
1. Changed: Many speed optimizations -- large libraries work much smoother than with previous builds.
2. Changed: Column auto-sizing much faster -- even with very large lists (100,000+ files). (but more of an approximation with large lists)
3. Changed: "Analayze Audio" would take a long time to show and to start with a lot of files in the list.
4. Fixed: MC would not save its database if it was started with no .jmd files.
5. Fixed: MC would update its right-view twice on startup -- causing an unnecessary slowdown.
6. Fixed: MC would show the "Party Mode" dialog after connecting to a Media Server.
7. Changed: Slightly improved import speed with large libraries.
8. Fixed: MJAutomation IMAGEFILE_IN_DATABASE would add a bogus path in front of the return string "INTERNAL".
9. Changed: The order of tracks burned on audio CD's is the order they appear in the track list (not the sequence number order).
10. Fixed: Ogg files would not play through Media Server.
11. Changed: Playing Now no longer accepts files that are "Data" or "Unknown" media type.
12. Fixed: Files dragged to the left tree from Explorer (or other external source) would be automatically imported.
13. Changed: "In Queue" files use different icon than regular files.
14. Fixed: Slideshow updated for version 9. (must redownload from version 9 page)


9.0.119
1. Changed: mp2 extension is now associated with MPEG 2 video files instead of MPEG 1 Layer 2 audio files.
2. Fixed: InstallWizard was changing file associations.
3. Fixed: Track Info plug-in was displaying lyrics information for both notes and lyrics.
4. Changed: Encoding options are back in the main options dialog.
5. NEW: Added "encoding for" selection to encoding options dialog.
6. Changed: Date + Time fields no longer show seconds when displaying. (to reduce clutter)
7. NEW: Added EXIF parsing / display for JPEG's. (look at "Format" properties pane)
8. Changed: Property list now uses "<too many items to list>" if there are more auto-complete items than a system combobox can safely handle.
9. Changed: Improved several browser performance bottlenecks with large libraries.
10. Changed: Added extra layer of security / error checking to library saving.
11. Fixed: MC would resave its database after load -- causing an unnecessary slowdown.
12. Fixed: MC would save its database twice on close -- again, causing a slowdown.


9.0.118
1. Fixed: Internet reading would fail in many cases. (affected YADB, internet radio, etc.)
2. Changed: Search control has more conventional "Paste" logic.
3. Fixed: Search control wouldn't accept Unicode characters from the keyboard.
4. Fixed: Removing a non-imported file from Playing Now when it was also in another zone's Playing Now would cause problems.
5. Changed: Shift+Delete from Playing Now no longer does an aggressive update. (so sorting is now preserved)
6. Fixed: Putting the focus in the search control and then trying to resize MC would cause resizing to fail.
7. Changed: Replay Gain (and other decimal fields) now use the number wizard for searches.
8. Fixed: Search number wizard better handles advanced searches.


9.0.117
1. Fixed: MP3 plug-in was leaking memory while updating tags.
2. NEW: Added "Optimize volume for best sound quality" option in Startup options. (on by default)
3. Fixed: Playback of media that had a display (images, movies, DVD, etc.) would crash MC.
4. Fixed: WMA plug-in would fail to tag some files.
5. NEW: Added tag dump to WMA plug-in.
6. Changed: Hairstyle menus now loop if you move past the top or bottom.
7. Fixed: Hairstyle mouse selection didn't work right in scroll-able lists.
8. Fixed: MC clipboard operations did not support Unicode strings fully.
9. Fixed: MC displays an informative message if a CD is inserted but the volume ID can not be obtained.
10. Fixed: Memory leak in registration control.
11. Fixed: Replay gain analysis wasn't working with CD ripping.
12. Changed: Monkey's Audio decoding updated to 3.98 alpha 1.


9.0.116
1. Changed: MC no longer stores (data or thumbnails) any non-imported / non-CD files between sessions.
2. Fixed: Files imported from .m3u and .pls files would use the filename for the [Name] field.
2. Fixed: DSP Studio wouldn't always be tied to the proper playback zone when invoked in certain ways. (caused settings to appear to not save)
4. Fixed: Clearing the library would not erase all the thumbnails -- causing invalid thumbs to show up on reimport.
5. Changed: Image playback list (used when images are shown while music is in Playing Now) no longer saved between sessions.
6. NEW: Added 176,400 Hz to the "Output Format -> Sample Rate" choices. (DSP Studio)
7. Changed: Several enhancements to "Resize Images..." tool.
8. Fixed: Media Center was pointing to Media Jukebox plug-in pages.
9. Fixed: CD ripper failed on Win98 / ME when rip/encode simultaneous was disabled.
10. NEW: Different media types now have different icons in "Details" view. (skin customizable)
11. Fixed: Small leak in APEv2 tagging. (APE and MPC)
12. Fixed: Media Server would not accept connections.
13. Fixed: OGG plugin would leak memory while tagging.
14. Changed: Full-screen toggling now 3-state if Hairstyle is enabled. ([Esc] still always returns from full screen)
15. NEW: Added F11 for full-screen toggling.
16. Fixed: Replay Gain analysis would not work under non-US locales. (decimal type fields didn't accept commas for decimals)
17. Changed: Tuned statusbar and tooltip appearance.



Can go back further as needed but see no point at this moment in time