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[bob]

This is the latest version of MC23 for Linux.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download:
amd64      http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v23/latest/MediaCenter-23.0.78-amd64.deb
i386      http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v23/latest/MediaCenter-23.0.78.deb
arm      http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v23/latest/MediaCenter-23.0.78-armhf.deb

Also in the latest repo.

23.0.78 (10/24/2017)

1. Changed: Updated FFmpeg to version 3.4, used for file analysis, transcoding and video playback.
2. Fixed: 24-bit WMA files did not play properly.

23.0.72 (10/13/2017)

1. Fixed: Change windowing code to better determine when override_direct should be used. Affects window and menu drawing.
2. Changed: Changes from the main branch.

Lots of DLNA changes. Could use some feedback on these...

23.0.70 (10/6/2017)

1. Fixed: DLNA: Don't call GetMediaInfo if the controller options are set to Disable SetNext support.
2. Fixed: DLNA: Fix status calls for GetPosition which were not entirely correct in the previous build.
3. DLNA: Fixed: Options that aren't active depending on the current settings are grayed out.
5. DLNA: NEW: You can select the audio formats that are converted when "specified output format only when necessary" is selected. (under Add or configure DLNA servers .. [Server name]->Audio->Advanced)
6. Changed: DLNA: Move the detection for the ability to do SetNext into the track playback start. Saves on device calls.
7. Fixed: DLNA: Add a GetTransportState for Playback state = PLAYING before GetPosition because on some slow devices GetPosition was returning values from the previous track which caused a track skip on those devices that support SetNext.
8. Changed: DLNA: Because of #4 above, change the track status update for SetNext support to 5 seconds.
9. Changed: DLNA: when ignoring position failure, add a settling delay for the play command after sending the URI to the renderer. Helps with some slow renderers.
10. Changed: DLNA: changes to make the slider work when getposition is slow or fails.
11. Fixed: DLNA: get the fileinfo to update onscreen instantly when transitioning tracks.
12. Fixed: DLNA: change to the DLNA image slideshow push to renderer to work with MC as a renderer.
13. Changed: DLNA renderer. Ignore Stop commands while playing back images. Enables a smooth slideshow. WIP.

23.0.65 (9/29/2017)

1. Fixed: Longstanding bug in the networking code that could cause segfaults upon DLNA and MC devices going up and down on the local network.

23.0.61 (9/19/2017)

1. Fixed: The situation where a detached monitor will prevent detection of desktop size (stops popup windows from being created).

23.0.54 (9/14/2017)

1. Fixed: Removed the libunistring0 requirement.

23.0.52-2 (9/12/2017)

1. Fixed: The fix to edit boxes from 23.0.52 prevented Theater View from working.

23.0.52 (9/8/2017)

1. Fixed: Remove wait messages on message boxes. Because of the way timers work in MC linux, they were not getting displayed until the timeout.
2. Fixed: Change some edit boxes to remove the hard coded unmanaged window attribute which was making them show up across virtual desktops.
3. Changed: Internal window code changes to increase performance.
4. NEW: Implemented video window detaching.

23.0.51 (9/7/2017)

1. NEW: Enabled the use of VST Plugins.

23.0.41 (8/28/2017)

1. NEW: Implement non-US keyboard support.
2. Fixed: Under some situations, menus could appear blank with some hardware/desktop manager combinations.

23.0.36 (8/18/2017)

1. Fixed: Crashing in Theater View from GCC6 non-compliant code (not for arm)

23.0.31-2 (8/7/2017)

1. Changed: Relaxed package requirements to ignore the minor revision of a package.
2. Fixed: Removed libicu requirement.

23.0.31 (8/7/2017)

1. Fixed: Internal structures dealing with UI functions.

23.0.28 (7/31/2017)

1. Fixed: Some memory leaks in the registration code changes from 23.0.25. Will require re-entry of the license again.

23.0.25 (7/27/2017)

1. Fixed: Linux registration issues. Will need to re-enter the registration code.
2. Changed: Tweaking thread priorities from 23.0.21.
3. NEW: Theater View 3D rendering is anti-aliased for smoother edges. (not for arm)

23.0.21 (7/17/2017)

1. NEW: Implemented thread priorities. When running as a normal user requires system configuration to work. Falls back to non-prioritized threads if the system is not configured to allow prioritization.
2. FIXED: Memory leak in Linux thread parallelizer.

[bob]

The AMD64 build is still building, it will be up later tonight.

[bob]

The AMD64 build is still building, it will be up later tonight.

It's up now.

[Rizlaw]

On Ubuntu 17.04, AMD64 version of MC 23.0.52 works for Me!   It does require that you re-enter your license code. Good work Bob.

[Awesome Donkey]

It does require that you re-enter your license code.

Yep, because of the changes in 23.0.25 and 23.0.28 needed to prevent registration being lost at random.

Works good.

[mwillems]

I can't seem to get thread priorities working on my arm setups (Raspberry Pi 3).  I checked the limits.conf several ways, but the exact same entries that seem to work on my amd64 systems don't seem to work on the pi's.  Are thread priorities supported on armhf?

[Hendrik]

The AMD64 build is still building, it will be up later tonight.

The Beta repository still has amd64 as "stretch" in the list file, might want to get that rolled back as well.

[bob]

I can't seem to get thread priorities working on my arm setups (Raspberry Pi 3).  I checked the limits.conf several ways, but the exact same entries that seem to work on my amd64 systems don't seem to work on the pi's.  Are thread priorities supported on armhf?

I just tried this and it works fine.
You need the line in /etc/security/limits.conf
@audio       -    rtprio      100

And the user you are running as needs to be in the audio group.
grep audio /etc/group

audio:x:29:pi

and you need to reboot.

Are your settings different from this?

[Ekpen]

Greetings:

I got this version installed. I am still experiencing the audio issues reported earlier. Moreover Theater view  displays  a white screen. Other views work.
I was able to get my galaxy theme and skin to work on versions released earlier
I have to resort to this version xxx.52 after I tried to install the Stretch version via terminal. All I get was 23.0.19.
So I have to remove, including the settings three times.
Before installing this version, I wiped out the entire OS Ubuntu 17.04, started with a clean slate.

George

[bob]

Greetings:

I got this version installed. I am still experiencing the audio issues reported earlier. Moreover Theater view  displays  a white screen. Other views work.
I was able to get my galaxy theme and skin to work on versions released earlier
I have to resort to this version xxx.52 after I tried to install the Stretch version via terminal. All I get was 23.0.19.
So I have to remove, including the settings three times.
Before installing this version, I wiped out the entire OS Ubuntu 17.04, started with a clean slate.

George

Verified the theater view issue. Checking into it.

[mwillems]

I just tried this and it works fine.
You need the line in /etc/security/limits.conf
@audio       -    rtprio      100

And the user you are running as needs to be in the audio group.
grep audio /etc/group

audio:x:29:pi

and you need to reboot.

Are your settings different from this?

The only difference in my settings is that there is one additional member in the audio group (pulse).  Otherwise the settings are identical and I don't see any changes in thread priorites.

[Ekpen]

Verified the theater view issue. Checking into it.

Any workaround for the audio. I did not have this audio issue when in 2015, I installed Ubuntu 15.10, then I installed 21.0.16, 21.0.23. We watched movies over DLNA on those tvs with great enjoyment

Thanks for your support.
George

[Awesome Donkey]

A couple of thoughts off the top of my head; have you tried increased the buffer? Enabled thread priorities?

[bob]

The only difference in my settings is that there is one additional member in the audio group (pulse).  Otherwise the settings are identical and I don't see any changes in thread priorites.

On my Pi3 dev box:

ps -T -eo pid,tid,class,rtprio,ni,pri,comm | grep mediacenter23

Code: [Select]

  902   902 TS       -   0  19 mediacenter23
  902   913 RR      46   -  86 mediacenter23
  902   929 RR      43   -  83 mediacenter23
  902  1056 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1058 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1060 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1069 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1091 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1163 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  6831 RR      46   -  86 mediacenter23
  902  6832 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.9.35-v7+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #1014 SMP Fri Jun 30 14:47:43 BST 2017

On a MC22 IdPi

ps -T -eo pid,tid,class,rtprio,ni,pri,comm | grep mediacenter22

Code: [Select]

18225 18225 TS       -   0  19 mediacenter22
18225 20532 RR      46   -  86 mediacenter22
18225 20541 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225 20543 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225 20545 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225 20656 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225 19167 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8408 RR      46   -  86 mediacenter22
18225  8409 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8410 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8411 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8412 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8413 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22

cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.4.50-v7+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #970 SMP Mon Feb 20 19:18:29 GMT 2017

Not sure what could be up with yours...

[Ekpen]

A couple of thoughts off the top of my head; have you tried increased the buffer? Enabled thread priorities?

Thread priorities is working here. At one time, I increased the buffer... I think I doubled it, but still no joy.

In windows, a slider is there, that was was I used to make the audio issue go away during the early days of MC 23. Now MC 23 for Windows issue on audio got fixed, the slider is way down at the default.

If someone can suggest adjusting the audio settings buffer to "What" size, or Mr. H. to design it similar to the Windows version, that will be fine.

Thanks for the help.
George

[bob]

Thread priorities is working here. At one time, I increased the buffer... I think I doubled it, but still no joy.

In windows, a slider is there, that was was I used to make the audio issue go away during the early days of MC 23. Now MC 23 for Windows issue on audio got fixed, the slider is way down at the default.

If someone can suggest adjusting the audio settings buffer to "What" size, or Mr. H. to design it similar to the Windows version, that will be fine.

Thanks for the help.
George

I just don't think that's your issue.
There is nothing superior about the way that slider is done in windows.
Did you read my PM? There is a build there I'd like you to try...

[Ekpen]

I just don't think that's your issue.
There is nothing superior about the way that slider is done in windows.
Did you read my PM? There is a build there I'd like you to try...

No PM from you of recent.
I will check my mail again.
Thanks.
George
P/S
Just checked my mail box, nothing came in.
The slider is visual, it takes me to the max, with the Linux implementation, I have no idea what to set it for. I have tried several figures, but no luck
Note: I do not have to adjust anymore on the Windows platform.
Please resend the PM
Thanks.
George

[bob]

No PM from you of recent.
I will check my mail again.
Thanks.
George
P/S
Just checked my mail box, nothing came in.
The slider is visual, it takes me to the max, with the Linux implementation, I have no idea what to set it for. I have tried several figures, but no luck
Note: I do not have to adjust anymore on the Windows platform.
Please resend the PM
Thanks.
George

Just resent the PM. You should get it in your email as well as in My Messages on the forum.

[mwillems]

On my Pi3 dev box:

ps -T -eo pid,tid,class,rtprio,ni,pri,comm | grep mediacenter23

Code: [Select]

  902   902 TS       -   0  19 mediacenter23
  902   913 RR      46   -  86 mediacenter23
  902   929 RR      43   -  83 mediacenter23
  902  1056 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1058 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1060 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1069 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1091 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  1163 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
  902  6831 RR      46   -  86 mediacenter23
  902  6832 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter23
cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.9.35-v7+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #1014 SMP Fri Jun 30 14:47:43 BST 2017

On a MC22 IdPi

ps -T -eo pid,tid,class,rtprio,ni,pri,comm | grep mediacenter22

Code: [Select]

18225 18225 TS       -   0  19 mediacenter22
18225 20532 RR      46   -  86 mediacenter22
18225 20541 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225 20543 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225 20545 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225 20656 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225 19167 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8408 RR      46   -  86 mediacenter22
18225  8409 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8410 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8411 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8412 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22
18225  8413 RR      50   -  90 mediacenter22

cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.4.50-v7+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #970 SMP Mon Feb 20 19:18:29 GMT 2017

Not sure what could be up with yours...

Here are my results, they look similar to yours except the thread priorities are not working:

Code: [Select]

ps -T -eo pid,tid,class,rtprio,ni,pri,comm | grep mediacenter23

 1713  1713 TS       -   0  19 mediacenter23
 1713  2360 TS       -   0  19 mediacenter23
 1713  2368 TS       -   0  19 mediacenter23
 1713  2372 TS       -   0  19 mediacenter23
 1713  2400 TS       -   0  19 mediacenter23

cat /proc/version

Linux version 4.9.37-v7+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.9.3 (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-88-g8460611) ) #1017 SMP Thu Jul 13 11:26:04 BST 2017

cat /etc/security/limits.conf

pi - rtprio 100
@audio - rtprio 100

grep audio /etc/group

audio:x:29:pi,pulse

On a default raspbian install there were some other files in limits.d under /etc/security which also affected audio priority, but I blew those away.  No change.  Not sure what my next step is.  This is more or less just a default fullfat raspbian install with minor changes to get MC running.

[Awesome Donkey]

Hmmmm, 23.0.52-2 is instant segfaulting on Arch Linux today. I'll mess with it later - I'm going to guess a lib upstream updated yesterday is causing it, we'll see.

[markh56]

I'd be interested to hear what the fix is. Might be why I'm getting an immediate segment fault on the Rock64 board running the .052 armhf build (after multiarch support added). Waiting for advice from the Pine64.org folks regarding how to image the tweaked build before I've added any multiarch/MediaCenter23 before I make another attempt at getting MC23 installed. Trying to save time by having a working "base" build saved before testing again.

Was anyone seeing an immediate segmentation fault on previous builds? I still swear that I got MediaCenter running, maybe the .041 build but I could be wrong.

I can confirm that the browser connection to a MediaCenter23 library works when accessing it from the Rock64 board running Debian Stretch arm64).  The volume increase/decrease buttons don't work but I think that's a setting on the main library that I've seen before. Next track, previous track, start/stop, playlist selection works. Thanks.

[Awesome Donkey]

23.0.52-2 fixes one issue;

1. Fixed: The fix to edit boxes from 23.0.52 prevented Theater View from working.

I'll try downgrading back down to 23.0.52 to see if it works again and report back.

EDIT: Yep, downgrading fixes it.

[geier22]

Hmmmm, 23.0.52-2 is instant segfaulting on Arch Linux today

The same in Debian Buster:
MC 23.052.2 has just been installed. As well as in KDE and in XFCE, starting MC causes a memory access error.

• System:  Host: sparkyxfce Kernel: 4.12.0-1-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3
                    Distro: SparkyLinux 5 (Nibiru)
  Machine:    Device: desktop Mobo: ASRock model: 970 Performance/3.1 serial: N/A
                    UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P1.10 date: 01/26/2016
  CPU:         Hexa core AMD FX-6300 Six-Core (-MCP-) cache: 12288 KB
                   clock speeds: max: 3500 MHz 1: 1400 MHz 2: 1400 MHz 3: 2000 MHz 4: 2000 MHz 5: 1400 MHz 6: 1400 MHz
  Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti]
                  Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.3 ) driver: nvidia Resolution: 2560x1600@59.86hz
                 OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 750 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 375.82
  Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA Device 0fbc driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA v: k4.12.0-1-amd64
                Card-2 TEAC driver: USB Audio

Edit:
I have now downgrading  to 23.052, which works well

Here is the Protocol (strace) and systemd:

[Awesome Donkey]

It's strange, 23.0.52-2 does work fine in Ubuntu 17.10 still - no segfaults in sight. But if I install it on Arch, instant segfaults.

But yeah, it's okay, I'm sure Bob will nail it in the end.

[bob]

Do you guys have libunistring installed?

[Hendrik]

I thought I avoided that dependency when building the security libraries.

[bob]

I thought I avoided that dependency when building the security libraries.

That's what his strace shows missing.
It's trivial to include it in the package dependencies.

[Hendrik]

Maybe it slipped in during one of the recent builds for stretch and back to jessie. I kind of hate how libraries get linked or not linked depending on whats installed on the system, instead of explicitly having you enable or disable it.
I suppose its somewhat of a default library, but we could as well exclude it again if its causing issues.

[bob]

Maybe it slipped in during one of the recent builds for stretch and back to jessie. I kind of hate how libraries get linked or not linked depending on whats installed on the system, instead of explicitly having you enable or disable it.
I suppose its somewhat of a default library, but we could as well exclude it again if its causing issues.

It's gnutls, I'm fixing it.

[Hendrik]

Looks like its libidn2, at least from those libs in the repo. gnutls had it specifically disabled in the script, this one apparently not.

[geier22]

Do you guys have libunistring installed?

Code: [Select]

dpkg -l  libunistring*
ii  libunistring2:amd64               0.9.7-2               amd64                 Unicode string library for C


Code: [Select]

~$ dpkg -l  libidn2*
ii  libidn2-0:amd64                   2.0.2-3               amd64                 Internationalized domain names (IDNA2008/TR46) library


Code: [Select]

dpkg -l  gnutls*
un  gnutls-bin                        <keine>               <keine>               (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)
un  gnutls0                           <keine>               <keine>               (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)
un  gnutls0.4                         <keine>               <keine>               (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)
un  gnutls3                           <keine>               <keine>               (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)


[bob]

Looks like its libidn2, at least from those libs in the repo. gnutls had it specifically disabled in the script, this one apparently not.

I know.
I rebuilt libidn2 without libunistring-dev on the system to solve it.
It can't be excluded with a switch on the configure in libidn2.

[Hendrik]

It can't be excluded with a switch on the configure in libidn2.

Someone should slap those people.

[bob]

Code: [Select]

dpkg -l  libunistring*
ii  libunistring2:amd64               0.9.7-2               amd64                 Unicode string library for C


Code: [Select]

~$ dpkg -l  libidn2*
ii  libidn2-0:amd64                   2.0.2-3               amd64                 Internationalized domain names (IDNA2008/TR46) library


Code: [Select]

dpkg -l  gnutls*
un  gnutls-bin                        <keine>               <keine>               (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)
un  gnutls0                           <keine>               <keine>               (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)
un  gnutls0.4                         <keine>               <keine>               (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)
un  gnutls3                           <keine>               <keine>               (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)


I should have said do you have libunistring0 installed.
You do not.
The next build removes that requirement.

[bob]

This is the latest version of MC23 for Linux.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download:
amd64      http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v23/latest/MediaCenter-23.0.54-amd64.deb
i386      http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v23/latest/MediaCenter-23.0.52-2.deb
arm      http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v23/latest/MediaCenter-23.0.52-armhf.deb

Also in the latest repo.

23.0.54 (9/14/2017)

1. Fixed: Removed the libunistring requirement introduced in 23.0.52-2.

23.0.52-2 (9/12/2017)

1. Fixed: The fix to edit boxes from 23.0.52 prevented Theater View from working.

23.0.52 (9/8/2017)

1. Fixed: Remove wait messages on message boxes. Because of the way timers work in MC linux, they were not getting displayed until the timeout.
2. Fixed: Change some edit boxes to remove the hard coded unmanaged window attribute which was making them show up across virtual desktops.
3. Changed: Internal window code changes to increase performance.
4. NEW: Implemented video window detaching.

23.0.51 (9/7/2017)

1. NEW: Enabled the use of VST Plugins.

23.0.41 (8/28/2017)

1. NEW: Implement non-US keyboard support.
2. Fixed: Under some situations, menus could appear blank with some hardware/desktop manager combinations.

23.0.36 (8/18/2017)

1. Fixed: Crashing in Theater View from GCC6 non-compliant code (not for arm)

23.0.31-2 (8/7/2017)

1. Changed: Relaxed package requirements to ignore the minor revision of a package.
2. Fixed: Removed libicu requirement.

23.0.31 (8/7/2017)

1. Fixed: Internal structures dealing with UI functions.

23.0.28 (7/31/2017)

1. Fixed: Some memory leaks in the registration code changes from 23.0.25. Will require re-entry of the license again.

23.0.25 (7/27/2017)

1. Fixed: Linux registration issues. Will need to re-enter the registration code.
2. Changed: Tweaking thread priorities from 23.0.21.
3. NEW: Theater View 3D rendering is anti-aliased for smoother edges. (not for arm)

23.0.21 (7/17/2017)

1. NEW: Implemented thread priorities. When running as a normal user requires system configuration to work. Falls back to non-prioritized threads if the system is not configured to allow prioritization.
2. FIXED: Memory leak in Linux thread parallelizer.

[bob]

Removed the libunistring0 requirement (amd64 so far).
Give it a try.

[Awesome Donkey]

23.0.54 has indeed fixed it on Arch Linux. Thanks.

[geier22]

Super -it works-  Thanks   

I should have said do you have libunistring0 installed.
You do not.The next build removes that requirement.

libunistring0 is not available in Debian Buster

[Awesome Donkey]

Finally got Wayland working with Ubuntu 17.10 and Nouveau... and MC23 works fine (make sure xwayland is installed!).

[franswilco]

Please note I am a new Debian 9 user. I just installed the system and trying out JRiver. Please point out if any of my points below are user errors.

- Searching or tagging (either directly or via the tagging panel) doesn't work very well for me at all. I need to double click the search bar in order to search. On windows it's just one click. The search results are shown with more lag than on Windows. When typing text, it frequently jumps out of the input / edit for now reason, or stops registering keyboard presses. This seems to happen at random times, but usually when the program just suggested something just below the input field. The input then loses focus. I get this a lot this with the '-' and 'Z' character. When copy / pasting text into the new tagging window, MC crashed.

- I am fixing some broken links after moving from Windows to Linux. I need to delete a song twice before it removes the song. The first time 'round, it blinks and the song I just removed is still there. After the second time it's finally gone. Edit: it seems like JRiver does delete it the first time around after all, the lag is just very long before it updates the screen.

- Mouse clicks sometimes don't quite register. It sometimes takes more than one click before the program responds.

- The program is frequently not able to keep up with the mouse cursor position. The mouse over effect lags quite a bit.

- Changing audio views is not quite as snappy as it is on Windows. There's a noticeable lag.

- When the option window is on top of the genres view (list style: thumbnails), the main window below it still responds to mouse overs, even though the cursor is being moved inside the option window.

I don't understand why JRiver is so laggy on Linux on the very same hardware. I must be doing something wrong here.

[franswilco]

Edit: merged with post above.

[Ekpen]

Greetings:

I am not able to import my ripped mkv movies with this build.

I do not know if import is broken.
Thanks.

George

[bob]

Please note I am a new Debian 9 user. I just installed the system and trying out JRiver. Please point out if any of my points below are user errors.

- Searching or tagging (either directly or via the tagging panel) doesn't work very well for me at all. I need to double click the search bar in order to search. On windows it's just one click. The search results are shown with more lag than on Windows. When typing text, it frequently jumps out of the input / edit for now reason, or stops registering keyboard presses. This seems to happen at random times, but usually when the program just suggested something just below the input field. The input then loses focus. I get this a lot this with the '-' and 'Z' character. When copy / pasting text into the new tagging window, MC crashed.

- I am fixing some broken links after moving from Windows to Linux. I need to delete a song twice before it removes the song. The first time 'round, it blinks and the song I just removed is still there. After the second time it's finally gone. Edit: it seems like JRiver does delete it the first time around after all, the lag is just very long before it updates the screen.

- Mouse clicks sometimes don't quite register. It sometimes takes more than one click before the program responds.

- The program is frequently not able to keep up with the mouse cursor position. The mouse over effect lags quite a bit.

- Changing audio views is not quite as snappy as it is on Windows. There's a noticeable lag.

- When the option window is on top of the genres view (list style: thumbnails), the main window below it still responds to mouse overs, even though the cursor is being moved inside the option window.

I don't understand why JRiver is so laggy on Linux on the very same hardware. I must be doing something wrong here.

Sounds like you are running with the Nouveau video driver.
Try doing this from a prompt:
glxinfo | grep -i vendor
Report back the results.
If you get "unable to locate package glxinfo" do
sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
and try again.

[franswilco]

Hi Bob,

Thank you for your advice. This the output of the CLI:

glxinfo | grep -i vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
Vendor: X.Org (0x1002)
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org

I have the following installed:
- mesa-utils
- xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
- also a large number of the - xserver-xorg-video- packages.

I do not have mesa-utils-extra installed.

[bob]

Hi Bob,

Thank you for your advice. This the output of the CLI:

glxinfo | grep -i vendor
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
Vendor: X.Org (0x1002)
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org

I have the following installed:
- mesa-utils
- xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
- also a large number of the - xserver-xorg-video- packages.

I do not have mesa-utils-extra installed.

OK thanks. How about:
lspci | grep VGA

[franswilco]

OK thanks. How about:
lspci | grep VGA

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM]

It's not the sharpest tool in the shed. But it gets the 1080P job done without a fan and drives both DVI and HDMI ports.

If an upgrade or another card will fix the problem, I am willing to think about it. On Windows JRiver ran fine. On my Mac, it is also running great. Mind you, Linux itself runs perfectly. And so do all the other applications I've used so far.

I understand Debian is not the best distro for a media pc and AMD hardware. Is it possible to try Mint instead? JRiver is my main application.

Is it worth a shot trying proprietary drivers?

[bob]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM]

It's not the sharpest tool in the shed. But it gets the 1080P job done without a fan and drives both DVI and HDMI ports.

If an upgrade or another card will fix the problem, I am willing to think about it. On Windows JRiver ran fine. On my Mac, it is also running great. Mind you, Linux itself runs perfectly. And so do all the other applications I've used so far.

I understand Debian is not the best distro for a media pc and AMD hardware. Is it possible to try Mint instead? JRiver is my main application.

Seems like that should work. I'm not sure what going on..
It might pay to do a bit of searching to see if there are specific things you need to do to get accelerated video out of your card.
Also what desktop are you using?

[franswilco]

Hi Bob,

I am using the KDE desktop. I tried the instructions on https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-amdgpu-drivers-on-debian-9-stretch-linux but it doesn't help. Do you think another distro or desktop might help? I am willing to try it on another hard drive.

[Mike Noe]

I think you need radeon instead of amdgpu for that card.

[Ekpen]

Installed this version, again, my mkv rips not working.
Same issue with version 23.0.62.
The last version that worked with import was 23.0.61.
I have copied my files to different drive, still no luck. I have import rules to watch the folders.


Food for thoughts:

On another note regarding DLNA:
The audio issue still there, now I noticed the videos will just  drag on.
Well to do more testing, I found some mkv ripped from DVD... Gloria Estephan Unwrapped, Janet Jackson Velvet Rope Tours,  Yanni.. Live at the Acropolis, all these concerts dvd that do not have 1080P resolution played fine with no issues. It is the 1080P/3D mkvs that have issues.

Thanks.
George