Topic: Media Center 11.0.125 Alpha Available (Read 5604 times)

Matt · « **on:** November 11, 2004, 04:29:51 pm »

We're still working on Media Center 11. We appreciate your feedback on it, but MC11 may not work as expected and we can't yet fully support it. When upgrading from MC 10, you will lose your view schemes. Some plugins still do not work.

We recommend that you use MC10 below, but if you want to use MC 11 while we're building it, PRICES are here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=23311

If you want a more trouble-free experience, please download Media Center 10 here:
http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/download.html

Media Center 11 is available here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter110125.exe [see price link above]

Recent Changes

11.0.125 (11/11/04)

1. Fixed: Thumbnail views could be slower than expected. (introduced 11.0.124)

11.0.124 (11/11/04)

1. NEW: Updated MP3 encoder to allow easier customization and to use the latest LAME command line switches.
2. Fixed: Tile view would not show / create thumbnails properly.
3. Fixed: Tile view would not always redraw properly when scrolling.

11.0.123 (11/10/04)

1. Fixed: Picking "Edit (by typing)" of some advanced smartlist rules could show a truncated version of the text to edit.
2. Changed: Clicking on Media Library with an empty library will show the import dialog.
3. NEW: Added Sample Rate, Channels, Bit Depth, and Compression to the library for searching / sorting by VBR, compressor version, etc. (use Update Library (from tags) to fill -- not all plugins updated yet)
4. Fixed: Tabbing around the main interface pieces was not working properly.

11.0.118 (11/8/04)

1. Changed: In some areas of the program, a button could be fired on mouse up, even if the mouse didn't go down over the button.
2. Fixed: Several components that used internet reading could timeout immediately instead of processing the download. (fixes failed mp3 encoder installation, etc.)
3. NEW: Testing new web installer for downloading MC.
4. Fixed: Erasing files from the MC database with some action windows open could cause crashes.
5. Fixed: Tree wouldn't be updated after adding a smartlist or view scheme.
6. Fixed: Erasing the underlying playlist when a playlist action window was visible could cause a crash.
7. Fixed: Right-click search wouldn't work in the search control when the control didn't have a caret visible.
8. Fixed: The 'Play' link in the playlist header wouldn't apply the proper sorting before playing the files.
9. Fixed: International characters in computer name could cause problems with restoring license.
10. Changed: MC TV behaves better when user tries to change channel while recording is going on.

MC 11 Improvements

CUE file playback support with sample-accurate MP3 seeking
Many Theater View enhancements
Animated Direct3D file browsing
Split views so you can look at two (or more) views at the same time (ex. look at Media Library and Playing Now together)
Vastly improved database engine capable of handling 100,000's of files and large amounts of metadata (lyrics, bios, etc.)
Several memory and speed enhancements -- like database and skin unloading when minimizing MC
Much of MC's interface can be translated to other languages
Integrated database import and update with smart broken linking repairing, and other nice features
MC can run with guest permissions on Windows 2000 / Windows XP
New view customization system with more flexibility for thumbnail size, text, etc.
Options dialogs reworked -- several small options added
Added multi-zone synchronization
Added Album Gain support
Document support with full text searching / indexing
Pane auto-sizing
Tile view that allows fully customizable Track Info style tiles to be used in file lists
New database caching layer that makes a huge speed difference in many areas of MC
File tagging happens in a background thread so MC can continue to be used while it's saving tags
Basic image editing
Enhanced album grouping for pictures so pictures taken together get grouped without any user intervention
Preview mode to only play the intro of songs
Video CD playback support
Audio resampling uses Shibatch's high-quality SSRC filters
Support for ATI HDTV card

KeystoneCop · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2004, 05:08:20 pm »

Different result most of the time.

I HAVE A SCHEME OF THIS
~dup=md5texthash,name ~sort=name,artist

I PUT THIS IN THE SEARCH BOX
~nodup=ARTIST

(found 20) locate name

ALT (BACK ARROW). found 10.

Started over found 14

started over found 11

Works great to find misspelled Artist. When I change the artist name and use ALT (BACK ARROW). I find more duplicates than showed up the first time. If I go forward and back sometimes it finds more sometimes less. (Not sure when this started).

MORE INFORMATION.

if I hit f5 to refesh here are the counts.

12
14
16
8
12
10
14

more info yet

If I do the SCHEME OF THIS
~dup=md5texthash,name ~sort=name,artist the count stays correct each time I hit f5

if I only do this ~nodup=ARTIST in the seatch box the count is correct each time I hit f5

If I do both. the count has been as low as 5 and as hight as 24

sirshambling · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2004, 05:22:28 pm »

Thanks for the new MP3 encoder - been a long and difficult process for me that one.

Looking forward to playing with it but it's a bit difficult to set up a test file or two as this build - like the last one - doesn't import any new files. "0 files found" I get when there are several in the folder I point MC11 at.

John.

Matt · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2004, 05:56:52 pm »

Quote from: sirshambling on November 11, 2004, 05:22:28 pm

Thanks for the new MP3 encoder - been a long and difficult process for me that one.

Looking forward to playing with it but it's a bit difficult to set up a test file or two as this build - like the last one - doesn't import any new files. "0 files found" I get when there are several in the folder I point MC11 at.

John.

Double-check the "Skip files previously deleted" (or similar) box on the Advanced part of the Import dialog.

Alex B · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2004, 06:24:09 pm »

Sirshambling,

If you are importing just few files you could select them in Windows Explorer and right-click > select Media Center > Import. I use that all the time.

lpr · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2004, 06:46:10 pm »

I get many crashes while importing new media (ape files).

AppName: media center.exe AppVer: 11.0.125.0 ModName: media center.exe
ModVer: 11.0.125.0 Offset: 0025aa8c

Will try one more time before reverting to .123 to see if it's version related.

Thanks.

lpr · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2004, 06:53:44 pm »

Also,

MC is trying to download cover art of albums that I just imported. Those albums already have a "cover.jpg" file in the their folder. How can I deactivate this function?

Thanks.
lpr

Alex B · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2004, 07:10:29 pm »

Excellent work! The command line display is brilliant. It has everything I need.

Though, since the "-V n" switches are now mapped directly with the "--preset" tweaks it could have all ten "-V n" VBR options instead of "Medium", "High" and "Extreme". The "--vbr-new" switch can be used for the "Fast" option. Sometimes low bitrate VBR is needed too.

The only problem I see is how to name the quality options.

Quote: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=18091:

P.S.

"MP3 Encoder VBR" should be removed from the encoders list.

JaredH · « **Reply #8 on:** November 11, 2004, 07:31:41 pm »

This is an interesting litte buggy. At first glace, it seemed as though the "auto expand/collapse" options for the tree were fixed. However, after playing with it for merely a minute, I realized that its fixed... halfway. It only works for the first click on each branch of the tree. Any subsequent clicks do not expand nor collapse the branch of the tree. It works the first click on and the first click away, anything after just stays put.

GHammer · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2004, 11:05:25 pm »

I have a shared folder on a laptop defined as a handheld device.
When I try to sync to it, I am shown the conversion status then when conversion is 100% I get an 'Out of memory' error.
I can read/write to the share from Windows with no problem and there is plenty of room on the laptop drive.

GHammer · « **Reply #10 on:** November 12, 2004, 01:02:44 am »

After installing .125 and playing some music I rebooted the system.
When I run MC again, my library is corrupted.
I see ratings but no other info for any selection.
I also see the Sample Music songs that XP has listed in my library. I never add those, never add anything but MP3 and APE/APL I also ignore small files.

I cleared the library and did an import. All selections are there now.

At any rate, very strange. I can't imagine how the WMAs were added or how all the tag info from existing entries was lost.

sirshambling · « **Reply #11 on:** November 12, 2004, 01:58:52 am »

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

"Import files" doesn't work for either my WAV or MP3 files - with or without the"exclude files previously removed from library" checked or unchecked sadly.

R/clicking them, going to Media Centre/Import does make them appear in Media Centre but without Bitrate or Duration fields populated.

John.

Alex B · « **Reply #12 on:** November 12, 2004, 05:19:26 am »

Right-click importing works perfectly for me with MC 11.0.125. Maybe MC cannot read the media files correctly (no bitrate & duration usually means that). Could you try to re-import some old files? Remove them from the library (or copy to another folder) and import. Backup your library first so you can easily restore it after testing.

Dragyn · « **Reply #13 on:** November 12, 2004, 06:03:00 am »

Using search and playing (replace all) is adding all files to playing now.
Changing font does not update AW.
Getting dir structure (explorer) is extremely slow unlike other apps.

TimB · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2004, 07:00:24 am »

I had an install problem with .123, its not noted as fixed but I didn't have the problem this time.

-=Tim=-

Alex B · « **Reply #15 on:** November 12, 2004, 07:25:20 am »

After MP3 encoder changes Burn CD > MP3 Disk Options are broken.

IanG · « **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2004, 08:50:45 am »

MC hangs after importing files. Most of the audio files then appear in the library twice.

Ian G.

IanG · « **Reply #17 on:** November 12, 2004, 08:58:55 am »

Quote from: GHammer on November 11, 2004, 11:05:25 pm

I have a shared folder on a laptop defined as a handheld device.
When I try to sync to it, I am shown the conversion status then when conversion is 100% I get an 'Out of memory' error.
I can read/write to the share from Windows with no problem and there is plenty of room on the laptop drive.

I've had something very similar using a flashdrive as a handheld. It was a hard fault, but deleting MC and the library and then reinstalling fixed it. Possibly a bit too drastic!

Ian G.

sirshambling · « **Reply #18 on:** November 12, 2004, 09:27:44 am »

Tried a bit of testing and both old and newly created MP3 files are recognised and brought into MC11 via Tools/Import Media. All usual fields are populated. R/clicking them also gives the correct result.

But old and new WAV files aren't imported via Tools/Import Media at all and although R/clicking them brings them into MC11 bitrate and duration are both blank. WMP10 recognises the files fine and displays their length OK too.

Baffled!

adamsp70 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 12, 2004, 10:49:03 am »

On installation i lost all my View Settings back to default. It took me AGES to get it how i liked!

Is there any way of backing these settings up so if this happens again i can restore them?

Matt · « **Reply #20 on:** November 12, 2004, 11:15:41 am »

Quote from: adamsp70 on November 12, 2004, 10:49:03 am

On installation i lost all my View Settings back to default. It took me AGES to get it how i liked!

Is there any way of backing these settings up so if this happens again i can restore them?

Sorry.

The good news is that view settings are now stored in the database so they can be saved and restored with backups.

adamsp70 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 12, 2004, 11:19:27 am »

Thanks for the quick response....

I tried restoring a library from the previous version, but that didn't work. But are you saying doing that from now on will work?

Matt · « **Reply #22 on:** November 12, 2004, 11:23:50 am »

Quote from: adamsp70 on November 12, 2004, 11:19:27 am

I tried restoring a library from the previous version, but that didn't work. But are you saying doing that from now on will work?

Correct. The new system was added in build 111:
NEW: View state information (columns, sorting, list style, selection, etc.) is stored in the database instead of per-user.

Also, remember the "Preset" menu in the Customize Current View dialog. It may save you a few minutes.

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