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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/MediaCenter330025-Universal.dmg
(minimum requirement MacOS 10.13)

33.0.25 (9/26/2024)

1. Changed: Playing Now Popup supports transparent background.
2. Changed: Added "volume" content type to Playing Now Popup skin which is a volume slider.
3. Changed: Added optional custom display expression for Playing Now Popup "showtracks" command (see Wiki).
4. Fixed: Disabled Playing Now Popup would not update when the track changes while being displayed manually.
5. NEW: Added a /BackupLibrary command line tool (takes a filename for the zip file).
6. Changed: Tweaked 3-Track Popup skin to avoid content being cut off on Mac.
7. Changed: CUE files no longer process in the Rename, Move, & Copy Files tool because it would break the links.
8. Fixed: Theater View wouldn't play the selected file when pressing play.
9. Changed: Playing Now Popup skins are now supported in .mjp files.
10. Changed: "Remove Tags" library tool now works with HEIF/HEIC image files.
11. Fixed: Moving the Playing Now Popup could cause a crash if initiated with the context menu shown from a left click.
12. Changed: The mainUI can now be resized with system commands.

33.0.22 (9/13/2024)

1. Changed: Added new command ("showtracks") for Playing Now Popup images that will popup a list of Playing Now tracks and allow selecting one to play.
2. Changed: Optimized loading of the playback engine so it will not load all the input plugins on first play or import.
3. Changed: Images in Playing Now Popup can be hidden for certain playback states.  Updated Control skin to show pause or play button as appropriate.
4. Changed: When a client streams live TV from the server, the OSD "Programs" menu will show current and next program names, instead of just the channel name, to be consistent with the behavior when using a local tuner.
5. Changed: Method of grabbing and registering file associations for MacOS. Please report any regressions.
6. Fixed: When a filename was pushed from MacOS to MC (like when dropping file(s) onto the MC Icon in the dock) it wasn't being converted to pre-composed UTF-8.
7. Changed: Disable animation of tooltip popups to prevent having to grab screen contents to create a fade in.

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.

[Magic_Randy]

6. Changed: Tweaked 3-Track Popup skin to avoid content being cut off on Mac.

Fix confirmed. Thanks...

[EnglishTiger]

I'm beginning to think Sequoia is trying to tempt me into throwing the Mac-Mini into the trash bin 

Not only does it make Double Clicking on an Icon when I click on Downloads in the dock almost impossible, it's stupid antics when I tried to open MC33.0.26 had me cursing the flaming thing.

The 1st time I tried to open MC33.0.26 the MC Icon in the dock performed a non-stop  bouncing up and down in the dock, I had to use the docks "quit" option to stop the animation.
I then rebooted the mini and this time when I tried to open Mc33.0.26 according to the Dock it had opened but the MC Window was not visible and when I used the Docks "Show all Windows" it told me there were No Windows. so I once again used the "quit" option.
I then clicked on the MC icon in the dock and thankfully a version of the MC Playing Now Window/Screen I'd never seen before appeared, it was the full width of the screen and about 2" tall in the centre of my 24" monitor.  Clicking on the MC Window green "maximise" icon redrew the screen to fill the area between the Apple Toolbar and the Dock, something I've never had to do with previous versions.

Everything appeared to be OK with MC33.0.26 until I used the "Minimise Button" on a Playing Now Popup I've been developing (see attached image) and encountered even more mayhem when using the popups "Maximise Button" to bring the MC main window back up. I took some screenies to show the several stages I had to go through to get back to the same MC main window that was visible before I used the "Minimise Button" on the popup.
Unfortunately when trying to upload the Images to a Pix01 Gallery it failed with an "Upload Error".

Earlier today I'd tested that Playing Now Popup in MC33.0.22 and the Minimise and Maximise Buttons on the Popup were working properly/correctly in exactly the same way as the Minimise and Maximise Buttons in the main MC window.

[bob]

I'm beginning to think Sequoia is trying to tempt me into throwing the Mac-Mini into the trash bin 

Not only does it make Double Clicking on an Icon when I click on Downloads in the dock almost impossible, it's stupid antics when I tried to open MC33.0.26 had me cursing the flaming thing.

The 1st time I tried to open MC33.0.26 the MC Icon in the dock performed a non-stop  bouncing up and down in the dock, I had to use the docks "quit" option to stop the animation.
I then rebooted the mini and this time when I tried to open Mc33.0.26 according to the Dock it had opened but the MC Window was not visible and when I used the Docks "Show all Windows" it told me there were No Windows. so I once again used the "quit" option.
I then clicked on the MC icon in the dock and thankfully a version of the MC Playing Now Window/Screen I'd never seen before appeared, it was the full width of the screen and about 2" tall in the centre of my 24" monitor.  Clicking on the MC Window green "maximise" icon redrew the screen to fill the area between the Apple Toolbar and the Dock, something I've never had to do with previous versions.

Everything appeared to be OK with MC33.0.26 until I used the "Minimise Button" on a Playing Now Popup I've been developing (see attached image) and encountered even more mayhem when using the popups "Maximise Button" to bring the MC main window back up. I took some screenies to show the several stages I had to go through to get back to the same MC main window that was visible before I used the "Minimise Button" on the popup.
Unfortunately when trying to upload the Images to a Pix01 Gallery it failed with an "Upload Error".

Earlier today I'd tested that Playing Now Popup in MC33.0.22 and the Minimise and Maximise Buttons on the Popup were working properly/correctly in exactly the same way as the Minimise and Maximise Buttons in the main MC window.

With a new version, it's copying stuff while it's bouncing, if you stop it before it finishes you will end up with an incomplete install, a bonkered settings file or both.
Pix01 is being moved to a new server so the upload feature is currently not working.

[EnglishTiger]

bob - I'm used to the MC icon bouncing in the dock when opening up a New Version of MC which usually lasts for a short period of time (up to 3 minutes) when installing a new sub-version, i.e. moving from MC33.0.22 to MC33.0.25, or a slightly longer period of time when moving between major versions, i.e. from MC32 to MC33 (normally less than 5 minutes but has been up to 10 minutes). But I killed the initial attempt at opening of MC33.0.25 when the bouncing icon had been going on for over 20 minutes.

[EnglishTiger]

bob - this morning when I started up MC33.0.25 and even though it opened up full size I used the reset windows option on it and restarted MC. I opened and closed it a few times during the morning and it always opened full-size.

bob/cncb - Unfortunately there is a problem with Minimising the MC Window if a Playing Now Popup is on the screen, MC drops down into the Dock but to get it to Maximise again the user has to right click on the MC icon in the dock and select the "show all windows" option and then click on the miniature version of the MC Window sitting on the desktop to get MC Window back up.

But if the Playing Now Popup is equipped with Minimise and Maximise buttons using those buttons, and not the Main MC Widows ones will minimise and maximise the screen properly

The attached link will allow you to download a PopUp skin that does have Minimise and Maximise buttons on it if you need one to be able to test it. https://englishtiger.uk/downloads/bob/ET_Control.zip 

Another Apple OS oddity I forgot to report in the MC 33.0.22 thread.

As I reported in the that thread disabling tooltip transparency stopped the OS asking for that "OTT Permission" be granted, what I did not report subsequent to that is I switched tooltip transparency back on and it's still switched on in MC33.0.25. I've opened MC up quite a few times since I switched tooltip transparency back on and it has never asked for that "OTT Permission" to be granted and every time I check the relevant system settings pages MC does not have the permissions it was asking for the 1st time I spotted that request.

[bob]

bob - I'm used to the MC icon bouncing in the dock when opening up a New Version of MC which usually lasts for a short period of time (up to 3 minutes) when installing a new sub-version, i.e. moving from MC33.0.22 to MC33.0.25, or a slightly longer period of time when moving between major versions, i.e. from MC32 to MC33 (normally less than 5 minutes but has been up to 10 minutes). But I killed the initial attempt at opening of MC33.0.25 when the bouncing icon had been going on for over 20 minutes.

Are you on a SSD or spinner?
How large is your library? That seems like a long long time.

[EnglishTiger]

Bob -  there's just under 25,500 tracks on just under 550 albums, on a pair of external M2 discs in a single case that's connected via a thunderbird cable so as you can probably guess I was certainly wondering if all that bouncing  around was MC checking just the library or looking to see if it could find some other media files elsewhere on the Mac-mini to add.

[bob]

Bob -  there's just under 25,500 tracks on just under 550 albums, on a pair of external M2 discs in a single case that's connected via a thunderbird cable so as you can probably guess I was certainly wondering if all that bouncing  around was MC checking just the library or looking to see if it could find some other media files elsewhere on the Mac-mini to add.

What's in your auto-import settings?
My library is about 1/2 your size and updates in less than 15 seconds on a new version.

[EnglishTiger]

What's in your auto-import settings?
My library is about 1/2 your size and updates in less than 15 seconds on a new version.

Nothing, I only ever use Import a single folder.

[bob]

...
Another Apple OS oddity I forgot to report in the MC 33.0.22 thread.

As I reported in the that thread disabling tooltip transparency stopped the OS asking for that "OTT Permission" be granted, what I did not report subsequent to that is I switched tooltip transparency back on and it's still switched on in MC33.0.25. I've opened MC up quite a few times since I switched tooltip transparency back on and it has never asked for that "OTT Permission" to be granted and every time I check the relevant system settings pages MC does not have the permissions it was asking for the 1st time I spotted that request

There's something really whacky about the permissions setting, when it's asked, when it's no longer asked because it's been asked once. I've tried over and over to find the pattern and did a lot of searching online and as far as I can tell that whole thing is a bit of a blackbox that's not entirely consistent.
Since it keeps getting more complex with every MacOS release (permissions that used to be more general have been split into finer and finer categories) and the apps depending on the Xcode selected minimum supported OS calls that need to work across versions, the mapping must be very complex and it's just not perfect.