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[Matt]

This is a beta version of MC 11.1.  It will work with the same MC11 license that 11.0 uses.  Please post only bugs here.  Anything requiring discussion should go in a new thread.  Non-bug posts will be deleted or moved. 

PRICES for MC11.0 and 11.1 are here: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=23311

The public release version of Media Center 11.0 is available here:
http://www.jrmediacenter.com/download.html (recommended for new users)

This latest build of MC11.1 Beta is here:
http://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter111066.exe

11.1.66 (11/29/05)

1. NEW: Greatly improved support and performance for Creative Zen Touch and other "All Content" style WMDM devices.
2. NEW: A List of Default Podcasts can be configured by right-clicking on "Podcasts" in the tree control.
3. NEW: Album Art support for iPod Video.
4. Fixed: Media Center would not install over an old installation if the shell extensions were used to play a file.
5. Fixed: Standard view could not show TV video.
6. Fixed: Media Center starts up much faster now when Podcasts are Configured.
7. Changed: The MP3 encoder is downloaded automatically if it isn't installed and is needed.
8. Fixed: Simultaneous conversion threads setting for handheld uploads was not being honored. (was always using 2)
9. Fixed: Dropping on the root of Media Library would show a confirmation dialog box. (even though no tag changes were being made)
10. Changed: Image playback no longer uses the "hardware style" previous button. (where it jumps to the beginning of a tracks playback)
11. Fixed: Pressing the display next / previous buttons during image + music playback would not scroll through the images if there were more than 500 images in the slideshow.
12. Changed: When starting an image slideshow from the paused state, MC switches images right away.
13. Fixed: Opening MP3 files in Media Editor could cause a crash.
14. Fixed: When doing a sync with "delete files not in sync" set, missing files could cause problems with what files were cleaned from the device.
15. Changed: Moved Podcasts to show underneath Media Library. (by Web Media)
16. NEW: Added a "Playlists" view header with "Add Playlist" and "Add Smartlist" buttons.
17. NEW: Reworked the "Optimize picture quality" algorithm to produce more subtle and pleasing results. (configurable in Options > Playback > Configure Image Playback...)
18. Changed: Better autodetection of the AvelLink player.
19. Fixed: Importing MIDI files could cause a floating point overflow.
20. NEW: Video support for iPod video.
21. NEW: Podcast download and purge parameters can now be configured via the Options menu.
22. NEW: Added stock smartlists to playlist tree.

11.1.65 (11/23/05)

1. Fixed: When converting files for a handheld upload, unnecessary fields could get saved into the tags.
2. Changed: Tuned the "Convert if necessary" logic for handhelds to only convert the same file type when dealing with WMA lossless.
3. Fixed: Option tree commands were not working correctly.
4. Fixed: When picking "Remove unsupported files and continue transfer" for a handheld transfer, MC could crash.
5. Optimized: Improved playlist building speed on iPods with many playlists.
6. Optimized: Vastly improved iPod database loading and saving speed for iPods that support artwork. (also reduced memory usage by a lot)
7. Fixed: Deleting files from an iPod could cause the images for other files to show the wrong art.

11.1.63 (11/22/05)

1. Fixed: When copying playlists in the tree to a new playlist group, the copy would appear in the original group instead.
2. Fixed: When cancelling an upload to a handheld, the database on the device would not get properly saved to reflect the new files.
3. Fixed: When starting a sync, the handheld list and panes would not update right away to show the queued files.
4. NEW: During the file upload portion of a handheld transfer, the transfer speed of the last transfer is displayed in the progress Action Window.
5. Changed: Removed the artificial 12 MB JPEG file size check when loading images.
6. Fixed: iPod eject would unnecessarily save the iPod database before doing the eject, making it too easy to unplug while the device was working if you didn't watch the screen.
7. Fixed: Sorting at a handheld view is setup so that queued files always show below files already on the device.

11.1.62 (11/22/05)

1. NEW: Panes show when browsing the files on a handheld.
2. Fixed: With handheld conversion enabled, MC was not always properly calculating how much could fit on the device.
3. Changed: Tweaked the "squish" space needed on a device for conversion estimate differences, database, cover art, etc.
4. Changed: The bitrate shown for a converted file on a device used to be an estimate -- now it's the actual bitrate after conversion.
5. Changed: Updated Audible service searches to reflect website changes.
6. Changed: Revised database loading order / system and added more logging. (please post a log if you continue to see loading failures)
7. Changed: Handheld conversion uses a unique temporary folder inside of the system temp folder for temporary files to avoid possible problems when running several handheld uploads at once.
8. Changed: Media Center does a better job of capping filenames so they don't become too long for the system.
9. Fixed: Disabled "Uninstall" for Audio Lunchbox and CD Baby.
10. NEW: Number of simultaneous conversions for handheld uploading in now configurable. (so non-thread safe decoders like MPC can be forced to 1)
11. Changed: Added some logging to the Podcast system to help detect possible startup problems. (please let us know if you still see this issue)
12. Fixed: URLs with a 4 character extension (like .mpeg) were being forced to type MP3.

11.1.61 (11/21/05)

1. Fixed: The CD playback plugin would not load properly.
2. Fixed: With "convert if necessary" selected, handhelds would not properly reject unsupported image and video formats.
3. Changed: Service plugin playlists are only created when expanding the service in the tree instead of each program start.
4. Fixed: Clicking "Play" in Library Browser with the jump mode set to "Playing Now (always)" could cause a crash.
5. Changed: Handheld queue status checker rejects CDA files, URLs, and some other unsupported types.
6. Fixed: Additional cases where the "incomplete shutdown" message box would be displayed on startup after a Windows shutdown.
7. Changed: Massaged the "Convert (if necessary)" logic for handhelds to account for bitrate changes as well.

New Features in MC 11.1
Basic support for Podcasting
Much improved handheld support for iPod, PlayforSure devices, and many others
Configurable locations for all media types on handhelds
iPod Shuffle and Nano support
Album art on iPods that support it

[JimH]

Sorry it was late, lOth.  I hope you get out soon.

[serf]

Using the "my computer" in MC11.1.66 to go the directory in which I have 14 .mp4 files (converted from DVDs), it takes for ever to "update view & gather info" & then sees only 7 of the files.  The album field in the view contains garbage characters for the last 2 files in the list.

The videos do not show up in the video section of the Media Library.  They are listed as "audio" files.

Music videos do not play from within MC - should they?

In the Media Library, music videos downloaded from itunes show as date files.

Thanks,

[Matt]

Using the "my computer" in MC11.1.66 to go the directory in which I have 14 .mp4 files (converted from DVDs), it takes for ever to "update view & gather info" & then sees only 7 of the files.  The album field in the view contains garbage characters for the last 2 files in the list.

The videos do not show up in the video section of the Media Library.  They are listed as "audio" files.

Music videos do not play from within MC - should they?

In the Media Library, music videos downloaded from itunes show as date files.

Thanks,

As a test, try renaming the files .mpg instead.  This will force DirectX usage to analyze and play.

Does that make any difference?  Thanks.

[Quixote]

Preview Mode skips a song when Next is clicked (or hot-keyed) and there are <6-ish seconds left to play in current song.

100% Reproduceable

Steps to Reproduce:
1: Queue up files to play in Playing Now
2: Player-->Playback Options--->Preview Mode-->Play 30 Second Preview (from 30 seconds  in)
3: When song is almost finished (<6 seconds) click the Next button
4: Next song is skipped over and the next-next song is previewed

It's a bug that's always been in the latest 11 builds (11.0 also).  I'm not sure if it has always been this way.  It may also be a problem in other preview modes.  I figured I would mention it now since MC is beta again.  It looks to be some kind of preload/buffer issue.

Thanks!  I love MC!