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Still not showing the artwork on track one in the tooltips or in Album Thumbnails view on certain albums.

Media Center 9.1.274 -- E:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2734 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1048 MB, Free - 524 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive G:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive F: ARTEC    WRR-52Z            Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:52  MaxSpeed:52  BurnProof:No
  Drive H: PIONEER  DVD-RW  DVR-105    Addr: 2:0:0  Speed:16  MaxSpeed:16  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

I've always had problems with tooltips, I just now figured out why.

None of the tooltips on the bottom of MC display with MC maximized with auto-hide taskbar, or on a second monitor. They always display to the lower-right of the mouse and thus, off-screen. Some on the left of the window do the same. This gets really annoying because I have no idea what the bottom buttons do.

Most programs are made to position the tool tip so it stays in the screen. Please do this with MC.

When inserting an original CD and clicking on the "Compact Disc" icon in the Navigation pane, "Rip CD" is NOT an option but rather "Burn CD". It makes more sense that if it is NOT a CDR/CDRW that it offer the rip CD function instead. On the other hand, i fa CDR/CDREW is inserted, offer burn CD in the Action Window instead. This is minor but useful for first time users.

Extremly long start up time since build .273
Takes about 30 sec. Sometimes you have to click once more.

/Mats

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Media Center Registered 9.1.274 -- C:\Program\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1  (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1391 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 122 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpclient.010817-1148) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.115 (xpclnt_qfe.021108-2107) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: SAMSUNG  CD-R/RW SW-408B    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:8  MaxSpeed:8  BurnProof:No
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

after installing the new btwdmdrvinstaller5.3.6-1 bt878 drivers I scaned for channels again.
Allthogh I got up to channel 191  the drop down menu shows only up to 125 channel.

why?

Niv

OK so this is a little wierd.

So I have an album of mp3s. I normally keep album art on the disk, not inside the mp3s.  In this case one of the mp3s has some graphics inside (from previous playing around with other software) and I want to remove that  and make it use the file that is already in the Cover Art directory for the other files.

Simply doing "Add from file..." doesn't seem to work in this situation. So I do "Remove Cover Art" on that track. Now I get a dialog that asks be whether I want to delete the image on the disk also - I answer no as the file in the Cover Art directory is correct and I want to keep it. I then add the image to the file with "Quick Find In File/ Cover Art Directory". However what I find is that the image that was inside the file has now overwritten the correct jpg in the Cover Art directory and consequently all files in the album will now use this file (the wrong one) and I have lost my previously obtained image file without any warning.

I suspect that the dialog box has the same wording as what one would see if one cleared images without the image being in the mp3 file. However it is at best misleading and at worst just wrong. I also would have at least liked a warning that I was going to overwrite my previous cover art in the directory.

Matt, I'm pleased to report you made significant progress on the ripping issues I posted yesterday. Good going!

I've confirmed that your change fixes the "eject" problem on both the G: and H: drive of my desktop system, with one exception. If I "power-rip" using both drives G: and H: to feed the rip queue, the "eject / re-insert" failure appears when I try to read the second CD while the first is ripping. However, unlike .272, once the failure appears it can no longer be recovered by pressing F5. So, while I can't power-rip ATM, I'm confident you'll be able to find the reason. System specs below.

Regarding the "Always on Top" for the Digital Secure Report Window: so far it has been positioned o top of other MC9 windows each time, although I haven't run enough CDs through the laptop to ensure that style failure is truly corrected. It was 1 failure per 3-4 attempts, so I should have 10 tests to "prove" it... and that'll take a while. However, it does look different when a rip completes, so I feel good about it. I'll report later, either way.

I noticed that neither MC9 or the Digital Secure Report Window appear on top of all other applications when the rip completes. I was editing a file in VC when rippping ended (and while composing this posting, another rip ended), but MC9 did not become the foreground application nor did the report window. Is this your intention?

Very nicely done. Feel free to request details if req'd.

>>>  BTW... you did a *good* job... I just tried to nuke MC9 on the laptop by not closing the Digital Secure report screen and trying to use MC. Several sneaky attempts caused no problems. MC9 had the CD info ready as soon as I clicked a logical button.    


Media Center Registered 9.1.274 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2501 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 722 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive G:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:IDE   Read speed:Max
  Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   chord.wav

Burning /  Drive H: SAMSUNG  CD-R/RW SW-240B    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:32  MaxSpeed:40  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

JRiver,
Thanks for all the enhancements/fixes.

4. Fixed: (Hopefully) Error message about "can't get correct volume information" when an audio CD is inserted.

This is Great News!

From 9.1.272:

8. NEW: Added "Add Preset" menu to search control menu.

Terrific!  I love it.  Thanks!!

2. Changed: Tag Info combobox doesn't use the selection-divider-all list method when only one value is in the selection.

Oops, but now the selection-divider-all list method is almost never used! Sometimes I see it, but it seems that if there is one valid value and one blank value, it isn't seen. Wow, I miss it...

<<< after further playing >>>  Yes, the problem I'm having is when I'm trying to fill in a bunch of blank fields based on the contents of another. Unless there was a lot of squawking about the previous technique, it was much more predictable. But if you want to stay with the new way, the blank field has to be considered a second when creating the selection-divider header. You might even treat it as a fully valid field for consistency; then one of the choices in a mixed selection would be the "blank field", and that seems like a valid choice. But... please... don't let us lose the ability to propogate one value to a bunch of blank fields in the selection.  Thx!

I spent a few days with the skins before posting anything. Each has merits, and I've noticed changes over time in myself and GreenEyes.

... PixOS: Subtle and pleasant. Perhaps a bit too pastel, and horizontal grid lines are difficult to see, but a good choice for the default skin.

... Blue Steel: The TransAm of MC9. It's bold and attractive, but I feel it isn't broad enough in its appeal for the wide spectrum of users I believe are targets for Media Center.

... Green Eyes: Once my favorite, it's still attractive but it's not as readable as the others. The "rounded glass" effect frequently obscures the text labels. The green color is somewhat at odds with the new icons shades. Luv the buttons... I hope it gets a face-lift.

... Z: This is very attractive. Everything is quite readable. The grid lines are apparent but not instrusive. The Slider Controls seem over-highlighted - almost as if their left side was whited-out - but otherwise very good.

I guess I'd like to see PixOS with the color scheme of Z as my personal skin. I'd like to see Green Eyes tweaked and tuned a bit... and... "booster", if you're out there, could we have Amped as a Mega-Me skin for 9.1???    

My 2 cents; thx for reading.

Ever Since The MessageThat Pops Up That Tells You The Database Is Saving, You Can Not Edit The Fields And Scroll Down and stay in edit mode for that field because then the message pops up saving databse and then kicks you out of edit mode.

Is this a problem with removing focus from the currently editing field? is there a better way that will not interfear with users editing there tags? like maybe just showing "Saving Database" in the status bar?

this makes MC9 almost unusable when editing tag fields.

Installer with this build isn't working for me. Disabled firewall to check and then get typical MS error message.

Tried downloading with both browsers and still get same thing.

It's probably a temp file problem.  Do IE/Tools/Internet Options/Temporary Internet Files/Delete Files.  It can take several minutes.

Please start a new thread if the problem continues.

Here's a good one, hard to describe.

(sometimes) When I've got the action window set to show as a window and I've highlighted one or more tracks and then click "Tag Info" on the toolbar, all I get is the "Track Info" title bar.  I *can* grab a corner and resize it so I can see the tag info, but it's like it's somehow forgetting the previous size/location and only shows up with the title bar only.

Then the next time, I click tag info on the toolbar, it's right, for a while, and then something causes it to forget again, and I'll just get the title bar later when clicking  tag info on the toolbar.

I am using 9.1.274.  This has been bad for the last few builds, I'm not exactly sure whenit started.

Has anyone else noticed this?  It is VERY annoying.  Almost every time I click Tag Info on the tool bar with it set for windowed, it only brings up the title bar about 1.5" long and I must resize it.

An couple of odd issues are being seen in this build with out-of-proc automation - see thread: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=15926

-JeffreyK

When editing track data in a playlist, using the main panel, I have a couple of annoyances:

- The playlist order updates immediately after I edit one field. So if I edit the album field, hit "Tab" to move to the next field, and the album is one of my sort criterea, the list re-orders itself, and editing focus is on the next field in the NEW track in whatever position I was editing before. Also, the list seems to revert to sorting by "playlist order" whenever this happens instead of the order I set, unless I've "Removed order"

- When I edit more than 2 fields in succession (moving between them using the tab key), the middle pane loses focus, and I have to use the mouse to click on the track and hit F2 again to go back to editing.

Again, these are only if I'm viewing the tracks on a playlist - if I find the tracks in the Media Library, everything behaves as expected.

*edit* This only seems to happen occasionally. Perhaps with a large number of untagged tracks?

Volume Slider has stopped working for me?

Davie

Media Center Registered 9.1.274 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 2000 5.0 Service Pack 4 (Build 2195)
Intel Unknown 164 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 522 MB, Free - 208 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 / Shell32.dll: 5.00.3700.6705 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0002) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0002)

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  No burners found.
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

Some previous posted bugs from a long time ago:

Rating column as the first column messes up the format. The icons don't align right under the mouse. Track icons (audio, image, video) don't show. This works fine only when you first move the rating column to the #1 position. After a refresh, then it gets funky.

Window doesn't scroll when dragging a column. Not a big deal but it takes a lot more time postioning columns as you have to drag, scroll, drag, scroll instead of just drag.

The volume icon shows mute when unmute and volume when muted. Looks weird.

Favorites don't update when moving a view scheme. Have to redo everthing.

Sorting doesn't save when moving a view scheme.

"Saving Database" shows when viewing videos in 'internal' mode.

"Updating Database / Gathering files..." dialog box would sometimes be full screen.

Sorting of [File Size] is messed up. It will go something like: 6.1KB, 6.1MB, 6.3KB in a pane. Works fine in a column.


Media Center Registered 9.1.274 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 805 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 196 MB, Free - 70 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1226 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: TEAC     CD-W54E            Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  BurnProof:No
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: No
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

Here's a strange and incredibly confusing bug (feature)...

I'm sorting through an <artist> pane and fixing odd entries like incorrect spelling or weird duplicates. Hit F2 in the pane to change the artist name, make edits then hit return. All is fine and rename takes place. BUT, if you hit F2, make edits and then click another file (not hitting return) the file you click assumes the OLD name of the file you were trying to change??? It works in any pane as far as I can tell. Click on Peterr Gabriel, change name to Peter Gabriel, then click on Pete Townshend, and all Pete Townshend files become Peterr Gabriel.

I did a few of these before realizing my file properties were being twisted every which way but the correct way.

WP