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[bob]

This is the latest bulld of JRiver Media Center 27.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

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https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v27/latest/MediaCenter270015.dmg

27.0.15 (9/21/2020)

1. Changed: Video pause will fire the OSD when in full screen mode now.
2. Changed: MC will query HDHomeRun devices for the number of tuners, instead of using hard-coded values, for a more accurate count.
3. NEW: The text shown in Theater View's playing now can be customized in Options > Theater View > Advanced > Expression for Playing Now.
4. Changed: MC will classify a show as "movie" if the XMLTV puts it in a category of "Television movie" or "Cinema movie".
5. Changed: Left click won't pause when releasing a menu or double-clicking.
6. Fixed: Internal Volume was not enabled for DMS TV playback.
7. Fixed: When stopping playback in Display View, the position of the window could switch to the previous position.
8. Changed: When no changes are made with a MCWS/v1/File/SetInfo call, the response "No changes." is provided with the failure.
9. Fixed: FLAC files would not always load images properly.
10. Changed: When the program is in gapless between album tracks, it will stay gapless if you back up a track as well.
11. Changed: MC2XML EPG option is removed from TV setup.
12. Changed: Panel - Jump to playing now when playing video files.
13. NEW: Left clicking a playing video will toggle the pause state.
14. NEW: SiliconDust EPG is added to TV setup EPG options for manual setup.

27.0.12 (9/14/2020)

1. NEW: First MC27 Mac release.
2. Changed: TV playback will work on first load in non-fullscreen display view windows. This required a fairly generic UI change, please report any NEW UI issues.
3. Changed: MC will skip automatic creation of DMS (Tuner Stream) channels for an HDHomeRun device if it can determine the tuner's TV format to be DVB-T, and DVB-T channels already exist.
4. NEW: Added a "Find License" button to the purchase / restore dialog.
5. Changed: Updated Finland.Oulu-DNA DVB-C tuning parameters.  Thanks lepa!
6. Changed: When stopped, the display window will go back to showing the logo.
7. Changed: New / Improved This Version links to the v27 page.
8. Changed: Updated ModernCards Dark (thanks Marko).
9. NEW: MC will automatically create TV channels if HDHomeRun tuners are found, and related channels have not already been created.
10. Changed: Panel - Updated video streaming to use HLS Video-On-Demand.
11. Changed: Recent searches will no longer store duplicates.
12. NEW: MC will automatically attempt downloading EPG data from SiliconDust if HDHomeRun devices are found, on condition that no other online EPG has been set up, and SiliconDust EPG has not explicitly been disabled.
13. NEW: URL's that have a content-length will be converted when enabled to DLNA renderers.
14. Fixed: When XMLTV file contain IDs that are shared by different channels, some of the channels may not be properly matched to their XMLTV IDs.
15. Changed: Middle click will close the active tab (before it did nothing).
16. Fixed: Switching to high resolution in the Analyzer could crash.
17. Fixed: VST2 effects would not load properly.
18. Fixed: Right-click on an empty car radio button would crash.
19. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
20. Fixed: Right-click in a no column area of a list could crash.
21. Changed: Middle click on the active tab closes instead of cycles the list style.
22. Changed: Showtime disables shuffle.
23. Changed: Auto-import disables getting cover art and getting video metadata by default.
24. Changed: Auto-sizing columns is moved to a new setting name so it will default to on for everyone.
25. Changed: Analyzer has a checkbox to increase the resolution so it should be better at low frequencies.
26. Fixed: TV Channel to XMLTV ID mapping might find very few matches if users choose not to include a channel number in front of each channel name, for some XMLTV data.
27. Fixed: Middle click on the active tab could crash.
28. Fixed: Closing a tab with a middle click could cycle the list style.
29. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
30. Fixed: TV Channel to XMLTV ID mapping could result in multiple minor channels with the same major channel mapped to the same XMLTV ID, especially for Tuner Stream channels and HDHomeRun EPG data.
31. Fixed: Right-clicking tabs could crash.
32. Fixed: Closing the current tab could crash.
33. Changed: Switched closing tabs to a middle click.
34. Changed: Typing in the search box will hide the suggestions if you press enter with no suggestion selected.
35. NEW: Added the min and max expression functions (they take any number of parameters).
36. Fixed: When editing in a popup, if the underlying file is changed, the edit will be canceled (previously could crash).
37. Changed: When editing in a popup, the file selection will not be changed on track change.
38. NEW: Added the expression functions avg and sum to average and sum numbers.
39. NEW: Added the FieldQuery expression function to return a list of matches based on a list of fields to search.
40. Changed: Previously the entire tab would show a tooltip about closing, but now it only shows on the close button.
41. Fixed: When Tuner Stream (DMS) type of TV channel started playing, the player status was not changed and remained "Starting TV..."
42. Changed: Pause/Resume is enabled for Tuner Stream (DMS) type of TV channel playback.
43. NEW: Added a new search to options to allow setting a grouping of files to automatically apply a bookmark (so if "Use Bookmarking" is set to default, it turns on for files that match the search).
44. Changed: Tabs always show a close button, even if they're inactive.
45. Fixed: Image lookup from Google (for artist images, etc.) was not working.
46. NEW: Last.fm artist images are used along with Google images for the artist image display.
47. Fixed: Doing a file rename of the case only could hang from a recent change.
48. NEW: RadioJRiver can be played to a DLNA devices that required transcoding.
49. NEW: Cloudplay API updates to allow retrieval of more of the properties of the tracks being played.
50: NEW: MC will try to put the interface into digital mode when playing AC3 encoded material.
51. Changed: Typing in the search box will hide the suggestions if you press enter with no suggestion selected.
52. Changed: Added the min and max expression functions (they take any number of parameters).
53. Fixed: When editing in a popup, if the underlying file is changed, the edit will be canceled (previously could crash).
54. Changed: When editing in a popup, the file selection will not be changed on track change.
55. NEW: Added the expression functions avg and sum to average and sum numbers.
56. Changed: Revised the sorting menu in the column header right-click.
57. Changed: "Show signal strength on screen" context menu item is not displayed for TV tuner types that do not support it (OpenCABLE, Sat>IP, Tuner Stream, etc.).
58. Changed: "Window" context menu (aspect ratio, zooming etc.) is not displayed for Tuner Stream type of TV playback as it is not supported right now.
59. Fixed: "Audio Programs" context menu did not work when playing a Tuner Stream TV channel.
60. Fixed: Zooming in on an image thumbnail will scroll so the selected item is shown (previously it could scroll to a different spot).
61. Changed: Removed the obsolete mini view skins from the build.
62. Fixed: Uploading to a handheld would replace the filename in the database with the handheld filename.
63. Fixed: Video playback and TV playback would show incorrect error message on screen if MC failed to download LAV filters.
64. Changed: The right-click choice "Remove Column From Sorting" only appears for columns in the current sorting.
65. Changed: Made the sorting interactive in the right-click menu instead of only display.
66. Changed: Re-integrating TV functionality.
67. NEW: Added MPL to the list of output formats for playlist export.
68. NEW: Added the MCWS function GetFilledTemplate.
69. Changed: Made the export playlist dialog split into two columns.
70. Changed: When setting a filename, all other files with the same name will also be changed.
71. Changed: Allow renaming a particle filename.
72. NEW: Allow up to 16 simultaneous conversions for handheld configuration.
73. NEW: Added standardize quotes to the Clean File Properties tool.
74. NEW: Right-click on a tab close button will close all other tabs and leave that one open.
75. Changed: Column auto-sizing defaults to on.
76. NEW: Added the field [Playlist Total Time] to the player customization.
77. Changed: Made the total disc calculator run at startup faster by setting anything with no disc number to have one total discs.
78. NEW: Added the option to keep pane tagging on to Options > General > Advanced.
79. Changed: The tab key will not auto-select a choice from the tag box.
80. NEW: Added mode 2 to the ListRemove expression function which does substring matching (instead of entire string).
81. Changed: When playing to a tuner near startup, the error message indicates that you might need to allow the program longer to run.
82. Fixed: If chapters are at the same time, the names will be sorted by the chapter name.
83. Changed: When installing too new of a license, a more informative message is shown.
84. NEW: Added the library field "Last Sync" that gets set when a file is synced to a handheld.
85. NEW: Added a right-click command to Car Radio buttons to Add to Playing Now.
86. NEW: Added the sorting of a list to the column header right-click menu.
87. NEW: The volume slider shows zero when the volume is muted (instead of the unmuted level).
88. Changed: When setting up TV channel logo, the image file location is saved in the channel's ImageFile tag even if the image file is located inside the TV Logos folder.  This way it will be easier to remove the logo when necessary.
89. NEW: Undo / redo in the menu summarizes the changes by the menu text.
90. NEW: Added a stop after current file button to the toolbar.
91. NEW: Added a right-click command to library server to close both the server and Media Center.
92. Changed: Model name will be included in the device name of a DMS TV tuner for easier visual identification.
93. NEW: Added the ability to freeze columns.
94. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).

[pwu]

This issue has been around for awhile, but it really bugs me:

File analysis does not reset/update when updating files in a folder with files of the same name.

For instance, if I record an updated vinyl rip and place it in the album folder while overwriting the files, Media Center doesn't recognize that there has been any change. I have to manually analyze the files again.

[bob]

This issue has been around for awhile, but it really bugs me:

File analysis does not reset/update when updating files in a folder with files of the same name.

For instance, if I record an updated vinyl rip and place it in the album folder while overwriting the files, Media Center doesn't recognize that there has been any change. I have to manually analyze the files again.

Is that on a local drive or mounted USB/Network drive?
If it's not local, what is the format of the drive?

[dfortney]

Suprised to see MC27 auto update itself this morn even though I had auto updates off in MC26 before the upgrade.  While I would love to see auto updates working the problem is they don't.  During the update process it requires approval clicks etc. and since the computer is vacant at the time what appears to happen is the installation just fails with a waterfall of error dialogs and os messages and popups.  Ultimately the user has to clean it all up and do it over.  If you are going to enable auto updates please make sure they 'just work' in unattended mode or across computer sleep sessions overnight, etc.

[bob]

Suprised to see MC27 auto update itself this morn even though I had auto updates off in MC26 before the upgrade.  While I would love to see auto updates working the problem is they don't.  During the update process it requires approval clicks etc. and since the computer is vacant at the time what appears to happen is the installation just fails with a waterfall of error dialogs and os messages and popups.  Ultimately the user has to clean it all up and do it over.  If you are going to enable auto updates please make sure they 'just work' in unattended mode or across computer sleep sessions overnight, etc.

When one updates to MC27 from MC26, the method for doing that on a Mac is to install MC27 and restore from a MC26 library. When you do that there is a checkbox that enables the copying of the settings as well. IIRC this is on by default. If that box is checked and you had auto-updates turned off on MC26 they should be turned off on MC27.

[pwu]

Is that on a local drive or mounted USB/Network drive?
If it's not local, what is the format of the drive?

The drive is on a Thunderbolt2 Mounted RAID. Mac OS Extended (Journaled). GUID Partition.

[dfortney]

When one updates to MC27 from MC26, the method for doing that on a Mac is to install MC27 and restore from a MC26 library. When you do that there is a checkbox that enables the copying of the settings as well. IIRC this is on by default. If that box is checked and you had auto-updates turned off on MC26 they should be turned off on MC27.

Did all that, been to this circus so many times before but it did not transfer all settings correctly.

One thing that isn't new but really needs a little attention is the window edge grab width is literally one pixel wide.  Can we make it maybe 2 or 3?  When I want to resize the window it's an effort of concentration and focus for 5 seconds trying to zero in on that one pixel to get the grab pointer.  For normal Mac apps the grab pointer begins a good 10 pixels outside the actual window edge and extends a few inside it giving plenty of room to grab it.  With MC it's literally one pixel right on the edge.

[bob]

The drive is on a Thunderbolt2 Mounted RAID. Mac OS Extended (Journaled). GUID Partition.

Interesting, MC should notice that the files have changed and re-import (if they are in an auto-import folder).
This won't work immediately on networked file systems or fat file systems but should be working in your case.

[bob]

Did all that, been to this circus so many times before but it did not transfer all settings correctly.

One thing that isn't new but really needs a little attention is the window edge grab width is literally one pixel wide.  Can we make it maybe 2 or 3?  When I want to resize the window it's an effort of concentration and focus for 5 seconds trying to zero in on that one pixel to get the grab pointer.  For normal Mac apps the grab pointer begins a good 10 pixels outside the actual window edge and extends a few inside it giving plenty of room to grab it.  With MC it's literally one pixel right on the edge.

We'll check into that when the screen non-flipping builds are in working order. I expect that should fix some issues like this.