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[Matt]

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

Download 64-bit build
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v27/latest/MediaCenter270020-x64.exe (works on 64 bit systems only)

Download 32-bit
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v27/latest/MediaCenter270020.exe

27.0.20 (10/3/2020)

1. Fixed: There could be video playback problems due to a timer change in recent builds.

27.0.19 (10/2/2020)

1. NEW: When the language for the system is Japanese, that will be the default translation used (instead of English).
2. Fixed: Burner settings were not available for the last few builds and other disc issues could arise.
3. NEW: Added a confirmation when exiting from "Load Program Guide..." window with "Automatically load the program guide every day in the background" option off.
4. NEW: (Experimental) MC allows "Beyonwiz V2" device to be treated as a DMS TV tuner.

27.0.18 (9/30/2020)

1. Changed: Added an information message box to inform the user after DLNA is enabled during SiliconDust EPG setup, that it is a good idea to restart MC before re-attempting EPG setup.
2. Changed: Blocked TV recording on DMS tuners since it has not been implemented properly, to prevent crashes.  Windows only.  On non-Windows recording is already no-op.
3. Fixed: Spelling error.  On Load Program Guide window, the word "everyday" is changed to "every day".
4. Changed: The program no longer pauses a playing video when clicking to activate the program from another program.

27.0.17 (9/30/2020)

1. Changed: MC will show a better error message when it fails to download EPG data, especially from SiliconDust.
2. NEW: Added the web service function File/GetPlaylists to get a list of playlists for a given file.
3. Changed: Respond to a Playlist/Build call with the new playlist ID.
4. NEW: The genre, artist, album, composer, track #, and name are read from the iTunes database during import (so files don't need to be tagged for those fields).
5. NEW: MC will parse <episode-num> element with system="onscreen" attribute in XMLTV files more smartly so it will pick up season number and episode number, in particular from SiliconDust EPG.
6. Changed: MC will reload TV channel logos during EPG loading (if EPG data file contains the logo images) if previous image file is missing.
7. NEW: VST3 adds support for 4.0, 5.1, and 7.1 channel layouts.
8. NEW: During SiliconDust EPG setup MC will detect whether DLNA is enabled.  If not, MC will offer to display Media Network options page.

27.0.16 (9/25/2020)

1. Changed: TheMovieDB TV Show lookup populates the IMDB Id with the episode id.
2. Fixed: Subtitle lookup for TV shows was not finding any results.
3. Changed: Updated the Blu-ray Menu playback library for improved disc compatibility.
4. NEW: Added the playlist format "M3U (relative paths, forward slashes)" to handheld upload.
5. Changed: Increased the pause on click timer to hopefully avoid fighting with double-click.
6. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
7. Fixed: Importing MP4 video files with Playback set to "External" could result in some information missing.
8. Fixed: MP4 video files will more reliably use the video engine to fill in missing metadata.
9. Fixed: SiliconDust EPG re-loading could randomly be skipped.
10. NEW: Links to websites (that start with http:// or https://) in list controls will be active links] now.
11. Changed: Lists will set the cursor in some cases like hoovering over the rating or a link.
12. Changed: On the "Schedule Guide Reloading" window, the "Next Load" column will include a date, instead of just time.
13. Fixed: SiliconDust EPG repeat loading time could be wrong.
14. Fixed: WAV files with a zero sample rate could crash (now they are rejected).
15. Changed: More VST3 effects will show a display.
16. Changed: VST3 effects that only support 32-bit data are now supported.
17. NEW: TV EPG loading modes each will have their own start time set so that users can configure multiple modes to start at different time of the day.
18. Fixed: Background EPG loading threads could be unnecessarily created in rare cases even though no EPG loading mode was scheduled to start at the time.
19. Changed: Restored MC2XML EPG mode (Windows platform only).

27.0.15 (9/19/2020)

1. Changed: Video pause will fire the OSD when in full screen mode now.
2. Changed: Updated the play / pause handling in the TV control and JRiver video engine to match the standard video engine.

27.0.14 (9/18/2020)

1. Changed: MC will query HDHomeRun devices for the number of tuners, instead of using hard-coded values, for a more accurate count.
2. [NEW: The text shown in Theater View's Playing Now can be customized in Options > Theater View > Advanced > Expression for Playing Now.
3. Changed: MC will classify a show as "movie" if the XMLTV puts it in a category of "Television movie" or "Cinema movie".
4. Changed: Left click won't pause when releasing a menu or double-clicking.

27.0.13 (9/17/2020)

1. 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.
2. NEW: Added a "Find License" button to the purchase / restore dialog.
3. Changed: Automatic loading of SiliconDust EPG will be done in a worker thread so the program will be more responsive.
4. Changed: Updated Finland.Oulu-DNA DVB-C tuning parameters.  [bThanks lepa![/b]
5. Changed: Removed the word experimental from the long filename option and default to on.
6. Changed: When stopped, the display window will go back to showing the logo.
7. Fixed: Internal Volume was not enabled for DMS TV playback.
8. Fixed: When stopping playback in Display View, the position of the window could switch to the previous position.
9. Changed: When no changes are made with a MCWS/v1/File/SetInfo call, the response "No changes." is provided with the failure.
10. Fixed: Reordering a VST3 effect could crash.
11. Fixed: FLAC files would not always load images properly.
12. Changed: When the program is in gapless between album tracks, it will stay gapless if you back up a track as well.
13. Changed: MC2XML EPG option is removed from TV setup.
14. Changed: Panel - Jump to playing now when playing video files.
15. NEW: Left clicking a playing video will toggle the pause state (except blu-ray because the menu needs the clicks).
16. NEW: SiliconDust EPG added to TV setup EPG options for manual setup.

27.0.12 (9/10/2020)

1. Changed: New / Improved This Version links to the v27 page.
2. Fixed: VST3 effects that didn't create a display could crash.
3. Changed: Updated ModernCards Dark (thanks Marko).
4. NEW: MC will automatically create TV channels if HDHomeRun tuners are found, and related channels have not already been created.
5. Changed: Updated the ANGLE driver for the TheaterView rendering backend, which now offers an experimental Vulkan renderer instead of D3D.
6. Changed: Panel - Updated video streaming to use HLS Video-On-Demand.
7. Changed: Recent searches will no longer store duplicates.
8. NEW: MC will automatically download 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.
9. Fixed: Cloudplay did not play in some situations.

27.0.11 (9/8/2020)

1. 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.
2. Changed: Middle click will close the active tab (before it did nothing).
3. Fixed: Switching to high resolution in the Analyzer could crash.
4. Fixed: VST2 effects would not load properly.
5. Fixed: Right-click on an empty car radio button would crash.
6. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).

[jmone]

Thanks Matt for the quick turnaround.  All working well again.

[jaybird1206]

I'm getting frustrated trying to purchase an upgrade from 26....have tried for over an hour including changing my password. Did download and install, though I was not avble to put it where I wanted on my computer. Tried following links from help in 26 and also navigating thru the website. In either case will not let me log in during the purchase process even after I changed my password. Obviously logged in properly here?

[JimH]

I'm getting frustrated trying to purchase an upgrade from 26....have tried for over an hour including changing my password. Did download and install, though I was not avble to put it where I wanted on my computer. Tried following links from help in 26 and also navigating thru the website. In either case will not let me log in during the purchase process even after I changed my password. Obviously logged in properly here?

I'll move this to a new thread.  You don't have to log in to purchase.  Just use a password you can remember.

Instructions are here:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,126044.0.html

[hulkss]

I cannot connect using WASAPI to my MOTU 16A USB audio interface when I select "open device for exclusive access" in "playback options / device settings".

Works fine in shared mode. Exclusive mode for the MOTU is enabled in Windows 10 "audio devices / properties / advanced".

[EnglishTiger]

The fact that MakeMKV added the ability for JRiver to open and play Blu-ray discs - Is a really great new feature but there is a big problem with it MakeMKV 1.15.3 (the latest version) detects the presence of MC26, which allows the user to switch that option on, but not MC27 and there is no way of getting it to look for MC27.

[wer]

Englishtiger, that integration tab copies files. It's a MakeMKV function.

Manually copy the libmmbd.dll file from the makemkv directory to the mc27 directory.

[EnglishTiger]

Englishtiger, that integration tab copies files. It's a MakeMKV function.

Manually copy the libmmbd.dll file from the makemkv directory to the mc27 directory.

Thanks for the tip Wer - I'll give it a try later when I get back from work

[edjohnny]

MC 27 still does not remember the library view changes, like column widths, etc...

[Awesome Donkey]

MC 27 still does not remember the library view changes, like column widths, etc...

Im MC's Options > Tree & View and uncheck Auto Size Columns.

[wer]

Found a couple of issues with IFO (and presumably DVD) playback:

Audio Path channel count is wrong when bitstreaming, and audio track selection using the interactive DVD menu does not work when playing IFO dvd backups; only the LANGUAGE option on MC's right-click menu works.

For more info see:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,127088.msg881705.html#msg881705

Update: Hendrik has clarified about the Audio Path issue.
I suggest Audio Path be changed to say "ac3 bitstream" instead of "ac3 2ch" to make it correct and prevent confusion.

[RCHeliz]

Unfortunately the user specified add silence at end of tracks bug persists in this new version27 also. Any albums which consist of a single large file with its tracks specified in a .cue sheet will not correctly play back the user specified silence at the end of tracks, beginning with track two and all following tracks. Instead of the track ending with the user specified silence gap duration, it plays back the beginning of next track for the exact specified amount of silence, then stops, adds the specified silence and then continues to next track.

For example if we specify 5 seconds of silence, instead it will play 5 seconds of the follwing track, stop, play 5 seconds of silence and continue to the next track. That is 10 seconds of nonsense at end of tracks.

What it should be doing is for the track to end then add the specified duration of silence and continue to next track. The problem does not occur on albums comprised of individual files, eg. song1.flac, song2.flac etc. Only in single file albums eg. MyAlbum.flac/ape/wv/iso/dsf with a .cue sheet containing its tracks.

 Extremely annoying and useless for DAT automated recording where silence triggers the track ID creation as the resulting recording plays a preview of each following track, stops then adds specified amount of silence and continues to next track, basically ruined recording. Or live listening.

I have tested this on different computers with internal and extarnal DAC's or sound cards with the same outcome. But, for some reason any user imteraction during play such as pausing the song briefly will cancel the bug, until it gets to the following song/track.
I would pay $100 to have this fixed.

[ppataki]

Dirac Live Processor and DDMF Metaplugin VST3 still do not work...(no signal)

[ppataki]

Bitter x64 3.0.3 VST3 also no signal

[Awesome Donkey]

VST3 support is brand new and is still a work-in-progress and as far as I know they're aware of the lingering issues.

[wrinaldi]

Hi there, sorry for asking what may seem a dumb question.

I purchased a license for MC26 for windows in June 2020.
When I had a quick look at the link for the upgrade to MC27 I thought I qualified for a free upgrade
then I installed MC27 but then my license doesn't seem to work with MC27. I am a bit puzzled.

can you please let me know if I simply got things wrong?
Many thanks
Walter   

[Abbra Cadabra]

My music files reside on a USB expansion drive and have all been imported.

If I allow Media Center to run while that drive is unplugged, on the next Import MC runs like all the files are being freshly imported (not it's normal behavior)

It will show:
"Found"
"Adding File: 172,356" etc
It is still running, processing the rest of my files.

Though I rarely unplug the drive, it has done this the previous time it was unplugged.


Final Report:
Library now has 491565 files. Search and update took 2:58:42.

Imported 195089 new files.
Updated 42 files that had external changes.

It seems these were all my cover art and booklets which are stored in the folders with the music files.
Import was set to import only Audio & Video, and Image Support feature was off.

[CZ Eddie]

I'm still having issues where double-clicking to exit fullscreen in normal view (not theater mode) television will make it exit fullscreen as expected, but also makes playback pause.
Is that still on the engineering "to-do list" to fix?

It's driving me nuts. 

Yaobing was able to reproduce the double-click pausing and jumping views, and we'll have a hopeful fix in the next build.

Thread:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,126949.0/topicseen.html

[Yaobing]

I'm still having issues where double-clicking to exit fullscreen in normal view (not theater mode) television will make it exit fullscreen as expected, but also makes playback pause.
Is that still on the engineering "to-do list" to fix?

It's driving me nuts. 

Thread:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,126949.0/topicseen.html

Try speeding up your double-clicking.

[CZ Eddie]

Try speeding up your double-clicking.

I've been double-clicking since Windows 95.   
It is not possible to double-click faster than I do.
And I don't have this issue with any other media app that offers double-click options. 

It occurs on all three PC's I have JRiver installed on.
Both have Logitech mice.  One is optical and two are thumb.

Is nobody else experiencing this? 

Example, if viewing in full screen, I double-click and the live video will exit fullscreen (good) and it will pause playback (bad). 

[CZ Eddie]

Another pause issue I experience is lag when pressing pause.
When I press pause, it waits nearly a full second before pausing.

This makes it difficult to capture a particular moment in the video playback, such as the one second long airing of a middle finger from a Texas Longhorn fan towards the Oklahoma Sooners fans after the Sooners won today on live TV (quadruple overtime).
OU still sucks though.

[Yaobing]

I've been double-clicking since Windows 95.   
It is not possible to double-click faster than I do.

OK.  I was just trying to cover all grounds.

Is nobody else experiencing this? 

Example, if viewing in full screen, I double-click and the live video will exit fullscreen (good) and it will pause playback (bad).

It appears you are the only one experiencing this.  When Matt replied in the other thread that I could reproduce, I was seeing something different.  I was just seeing slow double-clicking causing video to pause and then resume.  In other words, slow double click was handled as BOTH two single-clicks and one double-click.

In your case, video paused and not resumed (as if there is just one single-click) at the same time video jumped from fullscreen to windowed (correct double-click behavior).  That was not what I saw.