Topic: JRiver Media Center 25.0.108 for Mac -- Available Here (Read 6653 times)

bob · « **on:** October 01, 2019, 02:46:45 pm »

This is the latest build of JRiver Media Center 25. Please post bugs here. Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion. Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download
http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v25/latest/MediaCenter250108.dmg

25.0.108 (10/1/2019)

1. Fixed: Fix handling of video files (and probably others) that contain parenthesis in the filepath.
2. Fixed: SRT subtitles could appear multiple times in the menu.
3. Changed: Made the disc count algorithm count actual discs instead of take the max disc number.
4. NEW: Added support for a few new ID3V2 tags: "TROY", "TMED", "TSRC", "TSOT". No built-in fields are added for these. So one needs to create the following cutom fields: "Original Release Year", "Release Medium", "ISRC", and "Title Sort". FLAC tags for these are also supported. Some of these are also supported in mp4 files.
5. Changed: Made the maximum allowable size of a Podcast larger because we found real world Podcasts larger than our previous cap size.
6. Fixed: The maximum encode size wasn't being passed as an int64 so it could overflow on big files and cause encoding to fail.
7. Fixed: Doing "Paste All From Clipboard" on a list editor in the Tag window would not reliably save the data.
8. Fixed: Undid the "All channels" handling in the Parametric Equalizer volume and mute filters because it was causing all channels to be processed even if only selected ones were checked.
9. Fixed: We were not passing the array of files into the expression for thumbnails so things like GroupCount(...) were not working properly.
10. NEW: Added the ItemCount(...) expression to allow giving the count of all the files in the database with the same album, artist, album key, etc.
11. Changed: Made the DLNA servers dialog larger and made it sizable.
12. NEW: Made the program go through and update the 'Total Discs' for all the files in the library at startup (files not marked dirty, so shouldn't cause tagging).

25.0.104 (9/24/2019)

1. NEW: Calls to the web service from a webpage short-circuit the web browser and route directly inside Media Center. That way the calls work even with Media Network off.
2. Changed: Updated the Korean translation (thanks Junghwan).
3. Fixed: Editing a file path rule in the library customization dialog would not work.
4. Changed: Theater View will save when it's zoomed into a file so returning to Theater View will still be zoomed in.
5. NEW: Made the text on the status bar customizable for single file selections (right-click the toolbar and pick Set Text Rule...).
6. Fixed: The equalizer preamp was only working on the two front channels.
7. Changed: Saving an empty playlist as a Car Radio button would start playing the current playlist instead of messaging that there was nothing to play.
8. NEW: Added the PNPosition and PNCount variables to the expression used for status bar customization.
9. Changed: Reworked both the preamp and equalizer so they'll work on high channel counts (like 32 channels) instead of only on prescribed channels.
10. NEW: Made the MCC_PLAYBACK_ENGINE_SET_SUBTITLES MCC command take a -3 to browse for subtitles.
11. Fixed: Checkbox style fields were not working since the last update to fix tag window issues.
12. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
13. Fixed: SACD playback was not working.
14. Changed: Play Doctor won't factor a file as a minus file if you double-click a new track. It will only factor as a minus if you hit the next track button.
15. Fixed: Tried to fix the issue of the Action Window crashing when closing automatically for check for updates (couldn't reproduce, so only maybe).

25.0.101 (9/16/2019)

1. NEW: Added a dialog "Portable Library" to allow setting up the filename conversions needed between Windows, Mac, and Linux.
2. Fixed: NFO "rating" tag was not properly imported.
3. NEW: MC will import "Rating" field from the new style "ratings" tag in NFO files.
4. Changed: Updated the Chromium web engine to the latest Chrome release.
5. Changed: Web links stay visible as you visit webpages (instead of going away).
6. Changed: MC will import "Lens" field from TIFF images.
7. Changed: "Focal Length" and "F Number" from TIFF images will be displayed with one decimal place only.
8. Changed: "XResolution" and "YResolution" from TIFF images will carry a unit (dpi or ppcm).
9. Fixed: Playlists added to Gizmo views as a library item would not sort properly.
10. Fixed: Cloudplay PlayDoctor button was not working. This is the play button that would appear when you entered a genre into the Cloudplay search box.
11. Changed: When typing a part after a semi-colon in an edit box, a suggestion will appear for the second, third, etc. string.
12. NEW: An option "Jump amount when using mouse wheel to change playback position", to allow users to select how many seconds to jump when mouse wheel is turned (1 - 30 seconds).
13. Changed: When loading from an NFO file for a video, if <rating> or <ratings> tag is not found, <userrating> will be loaded for "Rating" field.
14. Changed: The check for updates Action Window only shows for five seconds if there's no update (so you don't have to close it).
15. Changed: Switched the API call used for Theater View sound playback to hopefully be more responsive.
16. Changed: Made mouse wheel scrolling in a menu always scroll at least one item even if the scroll reported by the system is small (previously it could be discarded).
17. NEW: An option to disable mouse wheel for jumping / skipping.
18. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
19. Fixed: The Tag action window could keep applying tags incorrectly when editing a list field.
20. NEW: String literals can be defined in expressions by using /* comment here /*. The text will be output without any formatting.
21. NEW: When playing a television channel the OSD program info display will include a "currently recording" or "scheduled to be recorded" symbol in the current and next program names.
22. Fixed: The Tempo & Pitch DSP could crash when fed more then 16 channel, instead it'll gracefully disable now until the limit can be raised.
23. Changed: Made the pane right-click menu show even when the view is locked (it will just disable most the items).
24. Fixed: Loudness could produce a subtle tick when starting playback again.
25. Fixed: Pressing Ctrl+A after opening the tag window would not select all in the file list.
26. Changed: TIFF images' "Date", "Artist", and "Description" etc. tags will be imported.
27. Fixed: Right-click in the installer's install path edit control would crash.
28. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Stefan and Bytestar).
29. Changed: Updated Italian translation (thanks matteo e massimo).
30. Changed: Made all the colors discrete for 7.1 playback in Analyzer (instead of looping previous colors).
31. Fixed: With right visualizations showing the rating could get scrunched.
32. Changed: Save the platform along with a database as platform.jmd.
33. NEW: Added a "Move to Top" and "Move to Bottom" selection for the Tag window templates.
34. Changed: Some tags in EXIF private IFD are imported from TIFF image files (focal length, F-number, ISO, shutter speed, etc.).
35. Fixed: Panel - Blocked some text from becoming highlighted when using sliders.
36. Changed: Panel - The no files in playing now warning will now display the current zone as a link to the settings page.
37. Fixed: The equalizer wasn't engaging on the surround right channel.
38. Changed: DLNA the next track will be sent 30 seconds before the end of the current track to devicesthat support SetNextAVTransportURI. (increase of 6 seconds).
39. Changed: The check for updates box closes after 60 seconds instead of 5 seconds when there's no update.
40. Fixed: Media Center could crash when checking for updates while the Action Window was not shown.

cescrig · « **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2019, 02:47:53 pm »

Hi,
Is it compatible with the new Catalina operating system?

Awesome Donkey · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2019, 03:56:32 pm »

Just updated my Hackintosh to macOS Catalina, and MC25 works fine.

Wilderness · « **Reply #3 on:** October 08, 2019, 12:52:07 am »

I drag and drop 7,000 songs from a playlist in iTunes into one playlist in JRiver for Mac, which works perfectly every time and is very fast. I have MacOS Mojave.

Will I still be able to drag and drop from Apple's new Music app into JRiver if I update my iMac's OS to Catalina?

I don't use the new auto generated iTunes playlist in JRiver, as that playlist leaves out around 200 songs.

bob · « **Reply #4 on:** October 08, 2019, 12:13:56 pm »

Quote from: Wilderness on October 08, 2019, 12:52:07 am

I drag and drop 7,000 songs from a playlist in iTunes into one playlist in JRiver for Mac, which works perfectly every time and is very fast. I have MacOS Mojave.

Will I still be able to drag and drop from Apple's new Music app into JRiver if I update my iMac's OS to Catalina?

I don't use the new auto generated iTunes playlist in JRiver, as that playlist leaves out around 200 songs.

I'm not sure, I was going to update our test box today but I don't know if it's compatible. It's a Mac Mini Late 2012 with a Core i7.

Awesome Donkey · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2019, 01:19:42 pm »

If it's not compatible, there's always this: http://dosdude1.com/catalina/

bob · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2019, 01:24:54 pm »

Quote from: Awesome Donkey on October 08, 2019, 01:19:42 pm

If it's not compatible, there's always this: http://dosdude1.com/catalina/

VERY interesting!

jeffcdo · « **Reply #7 on:** October 11, 2019, 07:24:28 pm »

I'm finding after upgrading to Catalina that JRiver is not recognizing random audio files. They are all there and play normally in another application (VLC). I can't find anything these files have in common...tried to re-scan my library and it deleted 11000 links of items it could not find (not accurate). Fortunately I have multiple backups of my library.

**EDIT**
The error was due to how Catalina handles connecting to my Synology. I was using smb://synology rather than smb://synology.local
Why this only seemed to effect some files and not others I'm not entirely sure, but so far after rebooting and changing my "connect to server" syntax, everything seems to be working.

bob · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2019, 08:03:57 am »

Quote from: jeffcdo on October 11, 2019, 07:24:28 pm

I'm finding after upgrading to Catalina that JRiver is not recognizing random audio files. They are all there and play normally in another application (VLC). I can't find anything these files have in common...tried to re-scan my library and it deleted 11000 links of items it could not find (not accurate). Fortunately I have multiple backups of my library.

**EDIT**
The error was due to how Catalina handles connecting to my Synology. I was using smb://synology rather than smb://synology.local
Why this only seemed to effect some files and not others I'm not entirely sure, but so far after rebooting and changing my "connect to server" syntax, everything seems to be working.

Interesting.
I assume that's because the path changed somehow. Maybe the different method of mounting changes the path in a subtle fashion?

jeffcdo · « **Reply #9 on:** October 12, 2019, 03:30:59 pm »

Quote from: bob on October 12, 2019, 08:03:57 am

Interesting.
I assume that's because the path changed somehow. Maybe the different method of mounting changes the path in a subtle fashion?

I've run into issues in the past where for example, a folder named R.E.M. is read as R.E.M□
In this case I would have thought it would break all the R.E.M. links but it only broke some...which I don't understand.
But yes, it must have been some sort of path change. Day 2 and still no issues after adding .local

mojoworkin3 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 15, 2019, 03:34:26 pm »

Hi Bob,

I am new to this post. i bought mc26 but it will not accept the password so jim said to use 25 first and then 26 should work with my password i have an old master license with 9 upgrades. i have another problem i could use your help on. i am getting mono output on mc22 which i am currently using .i do not understand why i am getting mono. i do a two channel pink noise test and one channel has low output the left and the right is very loud and in both channels. the player is set to upsample to 176k from 44.1k stereo setting. i know there is output channel setting adjustment and mine is on 0 could changing that solve the problem? my wireless keyboard is down at the moment or i would just change it to see. if you know of this problem occurring before, i would appreciate guiding me through the solution. thanks.

Brad

bob · « **Reply #11 on:** October 15, 2019, 04:13:06 pm »

Quote from: mojoworkin3 on October 15, 2019, 03:34:26 pm

Hi Bob,

I am new to this post. i bought mc26 but it will not accept the password so jim said to use 25 first and then 26 should work with my password i have an old master license with 9 upgrades. i have another problem i could use your help on. i am getting mono output on mc22 which i am currently using .i do not understand why i am getting mono. i do a two channel pink noise test and one channel has low output the left and the right is very loud and in both channels. the player is set to upsample to 176k from 44.1k stereo setting. i know there is output channel setting adjustment and mine is on 0 could changing that solve the problem? my wireless keyboard is down at the moment or i would just change it to see. if you know of this problem occurring before, i would appreciate guiding me through the solution. thanks.

Brad

Hi Brad,
A MC26 Mac or Master license will work with MC25 (the 25.0.108 build and above) until MC26 is released, so you should be able to install the build linked above.
Note that all recent builds of MediaCenter require OSX 10.7 or above. This is likely to rise to 10.8 in MC26.
You shouldn't have to mess with the channel offsets.
You might try setting DSP studio to always output 2 channels.

wuffwaff · « **Reply #12 on:** October 18, 2019, 10:52:56 am »

Hi Bob,

just upgraded to Catalina. Seems to work fine except for ripping discs. Device is recognized but the disc isn't. Restarted the iMac and MC25 a few times to no avail.

iMac late 2015
Catalina 10.15
MC25 25.0.108

Found it.....there's a new security setting where you can allow MC25 to read external discs.

William

bob · « **Reply #13 on:** October 18, 2019, 11:47:04 am »

Quote from: wuffwaff on October 18, 2019, 10:52:56 am

Hi Bob,

just upgraded to Catalina. Seems to work fine except for ripping discs. Device is recognized but the disc isn't. Restarted the iMac and MC25 a few times to no avail.

iMac late 2015
Catalina 10.15
MC25 25.0.108

Found it.....there's a new security setting where you can allow MC25 to read external discs.

William

Thanks for reporting that!

Kenneth Englund · « **Reply #14 on:** October 19, 2019, 01:05:50 pm »

Hi,
I am not 100% sure I am doing this right.....
In anycase, I have successfully used JRiver for my PC for a number of years, think my first was #16
No I have downloaded the 30 days trial for my MAC. Everything worked fine until I started to play music.
My 'speakers' are Stahl-Tek A.B.C., a USB bridge. But, when I start play music it switches over to internal speakers and it does
not sound right. I think I have all the settings in order. Maybe I missed something.
It is only when I play. Setting says speaker 'Stahl-Tek A.B.C', I play it switches to internal speaker. The second I stop playing it shows
Stahl-Tek again.
What is going wrong ?
Thanks
Best regards
Kenneth

John Oster · « **Reply #15 on:** October 19, 2019, 06:19:35 pm »

I currently have MC 24 for Windows, and I have a MacBook Pro on order. Will I need to pay the full $59.98 for the MC 25 Mac version? If not, what do I do to get a lower price?

dfortney · « **Reply #16 on:** October 19, 2019, 08:03:58 pm »

I get periodic (once a minute) and very brief (10th sec) buffer under-runs playing standard 44/16 aac files to my usb direct connected McIntosh D100 since upgrading to Catalina. 2018 mac mini 3.2ghz 6-core i7 16gb ram, music resides on ssd raid over t3.

JimH · « **Reply #17 on:** October 20, 2019, 01:48:09 am »

Quote from: Pianist on October 19, 2019, 06:19:35 pm

I currently have MC 24 for Windows, and I have a MacBook Pro on order. Will I need to pay the full $59.98 for the MC 25 Mac version? If not, what do I do to get a lower price?

No. Please see Upgrade Help on the MC26 board.

John Oster · « **Reply #18 on:** October 20, 2019, 10:50:33 am »

Quote from: JimH on October 20, 2019, 01:48:09 am

No. Please see Upgrade Help on the MC26 board.

OK, thank you, but I recently got an email that stated MC26 will be available in about two months--I need something that works now! My plan was to download a trial of MC 25 just to make sure the Macbook Pro solves all of my Windows problems with USB audio drivers, then purchase it. If it works, would I enter my MC24 license and then pay the upgrade fee?

Awesome Donkey · « **Reply #19 on:** October 20, 2019, 12:19:19 pm »

The MC26 license will work in MC 25.0.108 and higher (I'd recommend 25.0.113 which is the latest build), so no need to run it as a trial. Just use the MC26 license with the latest MC25 build.

bob · « **Reply #20 on:** October 21, 2019, 10:15:28 am »

Quote from: dfortney on October 19, 2019, 08:03:58 pm

I get periodic (once a minute) and very brief (10th sec) buffer under-runs playing standard 44/16 aac files to my usb direct connected McIntosh D100 since upgrading to Catalina. 2018 mac mini 3.2ghz 6-core i7 16gb ram, music resides on ssd raid over t3.

This sounds familiar to a USB issue that was reported on the Mojave upgrade that I think was eventually fixed. Have you tried increasing the prebuffering in MC?
(Tools->Options->Audio)

bob · « **Reply #21 on:** October 21, 2019, 10:17:30 am »

Quote from: Awesome Donkey on October 20, 2019, 12:19:19 pm

The MC26 license will work in MC 25.0.108 and higher (I'd recommend 25.0.113 which is the latest build), so no need to run it as a trial. Just use the MC26 license with the latest MC25 build.

25.0.113 isn't generally available yet. I'm trying to fix the new Notification requirements before cutting a new build.

bob · « **Reply #22 on:** October 21, 2019, 10:18:44 am »

Quote from: Kenneth Englund on October 19, 2019, 01:05:50 pm

Hi,
I am not 100% sure I am doing this right.....
In anycase, I have successfully used JRiver for my PC for a number of years, think my first was #16
No I have downloaded the 30 days trial for my MAC. Everything worked fine until I started to play music.
My 'speakers' are Stahl-Tek A.B.C., a USB bridge. But, when I start play music it switches over to internal speakers and it does
not sound right. I think I have all the settings in order. Maybe I missed something.
It is only when I play. Setting says speaker 'Stahl-Tek A.B.C', I play it switches to internal speaker. The second I stop playing it shows
Stahl-Tek again.
What is going wrong ?
Thanks
Best regards
Kenneth

Are you choosing that bridge in MC or in the Audio settings on the Mac?

John Oster · « **Reply #23 on:** October 25, 2019, 11:51:47 am »

I have a new Macbook Pro (Catalina) and have two problems.

1) MC 25 keeps freezing--will sometimes play one track then freeze. MC 24 works, so at least I have a work around.

2) DSD files won't play properly on either version. I get a odd, very distorted roaring/gurgling sound with the music faintly audible in the background. I have DSD turned on in the Bitstreaming, and yes, the DAC in my McIntosh MA 9000 will play DSD files.

I will greatly appreciate any help.

Awesome Donkey · « **Reply #24 on:** October 25, 2019, 12:19:01 pm »

For the second, make sure volume in MC and system volume are at 100% and open the Audio MIDI Setup app, select your 9000 and set it to the highest bit-depth and sample rate. This is required with some DACs to get DSD working on macOS.

John Oster · « **Reply #25 on:** October 25, 2019, 08:36:33 pm »

Quote from: Awesome Donkey on October 25, 2019, 12:19:01 pm

For the second, make sure volume in MC and system volume are at 100% and open the Audio MIDI Setup app, select your 9000 and set it to the highest bit-depth and sample rate. This is required with some DACs to get DSD working on macOS.

Thank you--that fixed it.

Paul S.A. Renaud · « **Reply #26 on:** October 26, 2019, 03:31:20 am »

I noticed that after upgrading to Catalina, videos (MKV) in full screen JRiver buffers and stutters more than before. Not in full screen, there is no issue. It has nothing to do with the source, i.e. on a NAS, DAS or on internal SSD. I use JRiver 25.0.108 and Catalina 10.15

John Oster · « **Reply #27 on:** October 27, 2019, 01:10:12 pm »

When I transferred my FLAC and DSD files from my external hard drive to my MacBook Pro's Music folder, and I have several problems. 1) Quite a few show as "Unassigned." What causes that? 2) I could tag them and enter the album title and artist at first, but today when I tried to tag a few more, I got a message stating "You are about to change 149 titles--continue?" What might be causing that? I'm not doing anything different from yesterday. 3) Several titles don't appear at all even though they are in the Music folder, and manually importing doesn't seem to help. HELP!

I'm forced to use MC 24 as MC 25 keeps freezing, but all of those problems are present in MC 25.

bob · « **Reply #28 on:** October 28, 2019, 08:59:51 am »

Quote from: Paul Renaud on October 26, 2019, 03:31:20 am

I noticed that after upgrading to Catalina, videos (MKV) in full screen JRiver buffers and stutters more than before. Not in full screen, there is no issue. It has nothing to do with the source, i.e. on a NAS, DAS or on internal SSD. I use JRiver 25.0.108 and Catalina 10.15

It's possible the video driver for your particular hardware isn't supported as well in 10.15 as it was in 10.14 or earlier.
I've got more than one Mac and have personally seen that happen more than once.
It may be corrected as they issue updates to 10.15.
With all iOS and OSX updates, I tend to wait until at least the first update until I install.

bob · « **Reply #29 on:** October 28, 2019, 09:11:18 am »

Quote from: Pianist on October 27, 2019, 01:10:12 pm

When I transferred my FLAC and DSD files from my external hard drive to my MacBook Pro's Music folder, and I have several problems. 1) Quite a few show as "Unassigned." What causes that? 2) I could tag them and enter the album title and artist at first, but today when I tried to tag a few more, I got a message stating "You are about to change 149 titles--continue?" What might be causing that? I'm not doing anything different from yesterday. 3) Several titles don't appear at all even though they are in the Music folder, and manually importing doesn't seem to help. HELP!

I'm forced to use MC 24 as MC 25 keeps freezing, but all of those problems are present in MC 25.

From what I've seen, Catalina has more restricted access to folders than previous versions of OSX.
When an app tries to access a folder for the first time I've been seeing a message box that app xyz wants to access "Music" for example.
You need to approve that.
It could be useful to have a log.
Can you startup MC, turn logging on, run auto import now, click on report problem and email the zipfile created on your desktop to
bob (at) jriver (dot) com
Thanks.

John Oster · « **Reply #30 on:** October 28, 2019, 12:55:09 pm »

Quote from: bob on October 28, 2019, 09:11:18 am

From what I've seen, Catalina has more restricted access to folders than previous versions of OSX.
When an app tries to access a folder for the first time I've been seeing a message box that app xyz wants to access "Music" for example.
You need to approve that.
It could be useful to have a log.
Can you startup MC, turn logging on, run auto import now, click on report problem and email the zipfile created on your desktop to
bob (at) jriver (dot) com
Thanks.

I would, but now MC 24 keeps freezing...

bob · « **Reply #31 on:** October 28, 2019, 01:10:26 pm »

Quote from: Pianist on October 28, 2019, 12:55:09 pm

I would, but now MC 24 keeps freezing...

This is starting to sound like a hardware problem.
I don't know if it will make any difference but you could try 25.0.114 that I just posted at the top of the forum.

Paul S.A. Renaud · « **Reply #32 on:** November 07, 2019, 02:05:33 am »

Quote from: bob on October 28, 2019, 08:59:51 am

It's possible the video driver for your particular hardware isn't supported as well in 10.15 as it was in 10.14 or earlier.
I've got more than one Mac and have personally seen that happen more than once.
It may be corrected as they issue updates to 10.15.
With all iOS and OSX updates, I tend to wait until at least the first update until I install.

I waited for one upgrade for Catalina. It is now 10.15.1. It is not solved. What I do not understand why the issue is not present with VLC. If I use VLC with the same material and source there is no issue. It has to be with the way JRiver rendered video in full screen mode. Does it do it different than other video-players, like VLC?

Awesome Donkey · « **Reply #33 on:** November 07, 2019, 03:17:01 am »

Make sure you're using MC 25.0.115 located here, as it has an OpenGL video fix: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,122866.0.html

andysocial@btinternet.com · « **Reply #34 on:** November 07, 2019, 08:23:52 am »

I keep getting emails to buy Upgrade to 26 (I have Mac 25) - but no info - does it exist? and more important where can I view a simple list of changes!?
Thanks

Awesome Donkey · « **Reply #35 on:** November 07, 2019, 08:53:31 am »

MC26 isn't out yet.

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,122612.0.html

Potential road map for MC26: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,122452.0.html

There hasn't been any announced features for MC26 yet. And of course that road map list is subject to changes.

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