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[bob]

This is the latest build of MC30 for Linux.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download:
Linux AMD64: https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v30/latest/MediaCenter-30.0.87-amd64.deb
Linux ARM64: https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v30/latest/MediaCenter-30.0.87-arm64.deb
Linux ARMHF: https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v30/latest/MediaCenter-30.0.87-armhf.deb
Linux i386: https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v30/latest/MediaCenter-30.0.87.deb

Also in the latest and beta repos.

30.0.87 (3/27/2023)

1. Fixed: Importing a Blu-ray folder rip (BDMV) will more aggressively exclude auxiliary data files from being imported separately.
2. Changed: Updated the Catalan language (thanks Josep).
3. NEW: Added a "Formatted" flag to requests for file information from MCWS to format MPL or JSON responses.
4. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
5. Fixed: Internal fix to prevent crashes on certain string operations.
6. Fixed: Dragging tabs could lose the selected tab with some views.
7. Changed: When closing tabs, the last tab used is opened (instead of the far right tab).
8. NEW: Left-clicking the empty area of the tabs rolls through list styles.
9. Changed: The Get Movie & TV Info dialog remembers the last size and position (and also maximizes to fullscreen when the option is selected).
10. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 10.06.  Supports 32-bit floating point.
11. Fixed: Manage TV Channels window failed to show scrambled status in Details for DVB-C and DVB-S channels.
12. Fixed: VST3 plugins that used a legacy method of initialization were not working.
13. Fixed: Streamlined filesystem watching code for auto-import to remove duplicate events and only trigger on a write&close or delete.

30.0.83 (3/17/2023)

1. Changed: Made the total discs and total tracks tool not operate on Podcasts, Test Clips, or Audiobooks.
2. NEW: Total Tracks is updated each run along with Total Discs.
3. Changed: MC no longer jumps to display view, even when so configured, when playing the WDM driver.
4. Changed: The ALT key no longer highlights the menu when a popup is showing.
5. NEW: DVB TV channel scan will save Scrambled status in TV channel's Keywords tag.  On "Manage TV Channels" window the channels' scrambled status is marked True or False in "Details".
6. Fixed: When converting format of files that were particles, and if the user chose the mode "Replace original file on disk and in library" the parent file got erroneously deleted.
7. Fixed: Monkey's Audio was failing to decompress old files since the addition of faster lookup tables on February 15th.
8. Fixed: Video analysis could fail to determine the aspect ratio of some video files.
9. Changed: Video analysis will favor the container-specified aspect ratio, if available and reliable.
10. Fixed: Black bar detection would mis-detect some samples due to wrong seeking and too short analysis.
11. Fixed: The "Norwegian Bokmål" language name was not encoded in Unicode properly.
12. NEW: Added the image dimensions to the Get Movie & TV Info dialog.
13. Fixed: Format Conversion could have unpredictable result if the files being converted were particles.
14. Changed: DLNA notifies after resume from sleep on a background thread (instead of hanging the program).
15. Fixed: Black bar analysis for videos did not run during auto-import.
16. Fixed: Black bar analysis could get stuck on some files.
17. Changed: The SetField expression function clears the output instead of leaving the field name there.
18. Fixed: Occasional glitches when selecting a television program by entering a channel number, in Theater view guide grid.
19. Changed: The timer for TV Recording Manager is no longer started if TV feature is not turned on.
20. Changed: A lot of logging added to VST studio plugin installation/activation.
21. Changed: When VST3 plugins are installed, don't try to load the library (which doesn't work) as is done with other DSP studio plugins, only use the VST3 methods.
22. Fixed: JTV recordings recorded with video capture devices that use uncompressed video would not play.
23. Fixed: Transferring to Handheld devices might skip transcoding (even if configured to do so) if the converted file has the same file extension and if the conversion cache is located next to the original file.
24. Changed: Setting the total number of tracks doesn't tag the file (just like setting discs).
25. Fixed: Video Playback with JRVR could crash on ARM versions of Media Center.
26. Changed: Updated the Chromium web engine to the latest version.

30.0.72 (3/6/2023)

1. Changed: i386 build only switched back to GTKWebKit for internal browsing because chromium is discontinued for i386 linux.
2. Changed: Video Aspect Ratio is always stored using a decimal, rather than a fraction.
3. Changed: Video Aspect Ratio is calculated from the active video rectangle after cropping if Black Bar detection is being performed.
4. Fixed: When connected to a library server with authentication MC could crash on auto-syncing because of bad path separators.
5. Changed: Updated the Catalan language (thanks Josep).
6. Fixed: When hiding the status column in Analyze Audio, it could not be brought back (also applies to other custom columns).
7. Changed: MCWS function GetGuidePrograms will return the program database key as an attribute.
8. Fixed: When changing channel by entering a channel number in Theater View television guide, the new selected program was random horizontally.  Now the new selected program will be one that is near the same time slot as previous selection.
9. Changed: Disabled enumeration of Proxy handheld devices when operating in Media Client mode.
10. Fixed: A bug crashing when using VST3 plugins on initial playback of a video.
11. Changed: Streaming transcoded video between two instances of Media Center uses the HLS VOD protocol for improved stability and responsiveness.
12. Changed: Updated the Catalan language (thanks Josep).
13. Fixed: When hiding the status column in Analyze Audio, it could not be brought back (also applies to other custom columns).
14. Changed: MCWS function GetGuidePrograms will return the program database key as an attribute.
15. Fixed: When changing channel by entering a channel number in Theater View television guide, the new selected program was random horizontally.  Now the new selected program will be one that is near the same time slot as previous selection.
16. Changed: Tweaked mouse movement/acceleration when controlling with directional arrows in Theater View.
17. Fixed: (Panel) The context menu options on the search page were not working properly.
18. Changed: Adjusted the Q in filters used for Room Correction, Headphones, Convolution, etc. to account for the square root of two change in v29.
19. NEW: Added an optional parameter to the Replace expression to specify case sensitive or not searching.
20. Fixed: Stop after tracks was not working.
21. Changed: Updated the Korean translation (thanks Junghwan).
22. Changed: Split black bar detection out of video analysis into a separate tool, since the process can be rather slow.
23. Changed: Added a new option to the import dialog to perform black bar detection on videos during import.
14. Changed: Filling missing entries after EPG loading will be done in a background worker thread.
15. Changed: EPG missing entries will have a duration of 4 hours instead of 1 hour, to increase efficiency.
16. NEW: The EPG status text in the Standard Television View will include message indicating that EPG loading is going on, or filling missing entries is going on in the background.
17. Fixed: MCWS function SetRecording did not parse the start time parameter correctly.
18. NEW: Added a Key parameter to MCWS/v1/Playback/PlayDoctor to specify a start file (which will build the rest of the playlist).
19. Changed: WAV files greater than 2 GB are no longer tagged.
20. Fixed: When writing a huge WAV file, a negative one is used for the length (was overflowing before).
21. Fixed: Encoding really big files was failing with WavPack.
22. Changed: Added verbose logging when an audio device fails to open.
23. Changed: Added a retry of the audio device open if it fails.
24. Changed: Disabled enumeration of Proxy handheld devices when operating in Media Client mode.

30.0.67 (2/23/2023)

1. NEW: Added the "Video Scan" field to indicate if a video is "Progressive" or "Interlaced".
2. Changed: Audio with odd sample rates will be automatically resampled to a common rate.
3. Changed: When the SSRC resampler fails to load (due to an unsupported sample rate), SoX will be used instead.
4. Changed: When the FormatNumber expression crops a value to 0 because of the decimal places, the empty display will be shown.
5. NEW: Added a Decimal expression function to convert to dot for a number.
6. Changed: Made the expression editor popup remember window positioning.
7. Changed: Updated the default tag window templates with the new video fields.
8. Changed: Importing/Exporting all tag window templates will write the correct template version, and validate it on import.
9. Changed: Made the sign of zero from the math evaluator output 1 (instead of 0).
10. NEW: Added a customization option to the Tag window to show All Fields With Values (including read-only fields).
11. NEW: Added the ability to customize the flush after stop issued to VST plugins.
12. Fixed: When showing television guide by time in Theater View ("This evening", "Tomorrow morning", "Tomorrow afternoon", etc.) a random program could be selected when entering the grid view, instead of the program showing at the upper left corner.
13. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukac).
14. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
15. Changed: The ConvertDate expression function accepts more than one parameter again and just ignores everything after the first (unless it's 3 or 6 since that's the new format).
16. Changed: Theater View web page keyboard control: Escape key now acts as "back" and mouse cursor movement is accelerated when holding down on directional arrow keys.
17. Fixed: Various improvements to AC-4 audio decoding, including fixed channel mapping and improvements to audio timing to reduce glitches in playback.
18. Changed: Updated FFmpeg to 5.1, used for file analysis and transcoding.
19. NEW: Video Analysis can now identify "immersive" Atmos and DTS:X audio tracks.
20. NEW: Crop (Black Bar) detection has been added to Video Analysis.
21. Fixed: Video analysis would not fill the "HDR Mastering Color Space" field.
22. Fixed: Running "Analyse Video" or "Update Library (from Tags)" on Video files could reset the rating stored in the database.
23. Changed: Updated to Monkey's Audio 9.15.  Faster AVX assembly runs on all Intel platforms, AVX-512 is used when available, and speed-ups across the board.
24. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
25. Changed: Added sorting of phrases to the translation files (and updated all translations).
26. Changed: VST plugins are only checked for VST3 if the bundle is VST3.
27. NEW: Added option for Theater View web pages to display full screen with the direction arrows and OK/Enter controlling the mouse.
28. Fixed: TV engine erroneously returned a failure code when initializing a Sat>IP device on Mac/Linux OS's, causing playback to fail.
29. Changed: Playing a video from a library server with conversion will use the progressive HTTP streaming support if possible (when a MPEG-TS format is selected).
30. NEW: Running MCC commands from the launcher can take a string by surrounding with single quotes (example: mc30 /MCC 22043,'Video\YouTube').
31. NEW: Added MCC MCC_THEATER_VIEW_PATH (22043) to allow selecting a path in Theater View.
32: NEW: Added a Library Tool to run extended Video Analysis.
33. Fixed: Corrected a typo in the compare dates expression tooltip.
34. Changed: Changed the compare dates tooltip to better translate.
35. Changed: Additional optimization of Theater View television guide display speed.
36. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
37. Changed: Updated all translations to the latest strings from the code.  Also made the translation tool not output the same header multiple times in a row.
38. Changed: Removed the custom expressions from the default Theater View Television Guide setup since they are now handled differently and more efficiently.
39. NEW: Playing Now button on Spotlight page allows you to add the track to the Spotlight Favorites playlist.
40. Optimized: Theater View television guide display is much faster.
41. NEW: Added new video metadata fields, as well as filling those fields during import.
42. Fixed: Making a disc backup of a DVD using MakeMKV would cause a crash.
43. NEW: Added a the ability to pass a year, month, day, hour, minute, and second to the ConvertDate expression function.
44. Changed: IPlugFrame is implemented for VST3 and a resize is issued when called for.
45. Changed: Slightly improved Theater View TV guide display speed.
46. Changed: Made playback loop back to the beginning when it stops at the end of a playlist.
47. Changed: Locate on disk is available on Library Server Clients again when local file access is available.
48. Changed: Update Library (from tags) & Update Tags (from library) are available with Library Server Clients again, with added checks to prevent issues when local file access is not possible.
49. Fixed: Picking Import All in the Tag window customize dialog then cancelling would corrupt the display.
50. Changed: Update Library (from tags) & Update Tags (from library) are no longer available on Library Server and DLNA Clients, as direct file access is required.
51. Changed: Locate on disk is no longer available on Library Server and DLNA Clients, as direct file access is required.
52. Changed: Disable some functions which won't work with DLNA connected libraries. Fix one that should.
53. Changed: Made Google date lookup work a little better.
54. Changed: Add logging to VST3 plugin function call failures.
55. Changed: VST3 force a layout on resize, fall back to current size if resize isn't supported.
56. Changed: VST3 let the plugin know we support resize.

30.0.55 (1/26/2023)

1. Fixed: Picking Import All in the Tag window customize dialog then cancelling would corrupt the display.
2. Changed: Update Library (from tags) & Update Tags (from library) are no longer available on Library Server and DLNA Clients, as direct file access is required.
3. Changed: Locate on disk is no longer available on Library Server and DLNA Clients, as direct file access is required.
4. Changed: Disable some functions which won't work with DLNA connected libraries. Fix one that should.
5. Changed: Reworked the year calculation (y) in CompareDates to be based on the years and days apart.
6. Changed: The reverse sync when building library server sync uses the copied library as well to avoid lags.
7. Changed: Cancel of the library server sync thread was not working nicely.
8. Changed: When building deltas for library server sync, the library is copied to avoid lags.
9. NEW: Added "yd" to the CompareDates expression function to output the number of years and days between dates.
10. Fixed: The string "Unrated" could not be translated.
11. Changed: Updated Czech translation (thanks Jan Boháč).
12. Fixed: The title of the OSD commands could not be translated.
13. NEW: Added a CompareDates expression function to compare by year, days, or calendar years.
14. Changed: Date lookup from Google was no longer working.
15. NEW: Windows are created with the background color to eliminate white flashes.

30.0.51 (1/20/2023)

1. Changed: Values in parenthesis are removed during lyrics lookup (just like we were doing with braces already).
2. NEW: In Theater View television Guide, the TV channel on the left side of the guide grid will be marked as selected when a corresponding program is selected.
3. Changed: Updated Chinese (simplified) translation file (thanks YanJun Sun).
4. Changed: Updated all translations to the latest strings from the code.
5. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
6. Fixed: The extra channels selection would not be used when filling the channels for the Parametric Equalizer.
7. Fixed: M4A files using audio codecs handled by the video engine did not play.
8. Fixed: The Tag menu had an incorrect spelling of "Refresh".
9. Fixed: The "Edit Image" command (possible because of the MRU menu items) will disable when images are not selected.
10. Fixed: Installing a license running a portable install was not working.
11. Fixed: Volume names for DVD's and BD's for makemkv ripping are taken from the block device since distros and desktops are inconsistent about mounting optical volumes with regards to mount path.
12. Fixed: We were refreshing Optical volumes unnecessarily in some cases.

30.0.48 (1/9/2023)

1. Fixed: The start time column was not correct for sunrise or sunset scheduled tasks.
2. Fixed: The "Link To Playlist" menu would draw & characters in playlist names as underlines.
3. Fixed: "Get Movies & TV Info" failed to save cover art image if the file has a long path.
4. Changed: If XMLTV file specifies that a TV program is a "series", but does not provide a series name in addition to an episode name, the episode name will be copied into "Series" field, instead of leaving it empty.
5. Changed: When running "Get Movie & TV Info" tool, a TV Show that has no Series name but its Keywords field contains the word "Series", the show name will be copied into "Series" field so that "Get Movie & TV Info" can proceed.
6. Fixed: PostData was being discarded when cross platform databases were being used. This resulted in being unable to play SACD tracks > track 1 when a client and server MC instance were not of the same OS when one of the OS is Windows.

[Ekpen]

Hello:
I have been toying with the new black bar detect features for almost 4 days.
Here are my findings:

Rocky 1, 2 ,3 Dolby vision-- Crop info- 0x42x3840x2118

Death Wish dolby vision    - crop  info - 0x42x3840x2118

Carrie dolby vision -crop info - 0x42x3840x2118

Exorcist 3 dolby vision crop info - 0x42x3840x2118.

The above when played back, I got very beautiful screen, image filled up bothg on Sony Bravia 950G-85, and Sony Z9K-75

Brave heart dolby vision crop info 0x264x3840x1896 no crop, screen still 16x9 aspect ratio

Devotion 0x208x3840x1952 crop info same as above

Double Jeopardy dolby vision  crop info 0x280x3840x1880 same as above

Mask of Zorro dolby vision  crop info 0x280x3840x1880 same as above

Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 dolby vision  crop info 0x278x3840x1882 same as above

Wakanda forever     crop info 0x276x3840x1884 same as above

Wakanda forever  1080p crop info 0x138x1920x942 same as above

Woman King dolby vision crop info - 0x276x3840x1884 same as above

Woman King 1080P crop info - 0x138x1920x942 same as above


Rocky 4 dolby vision  crop - 0x276x3840x1884 black bar Not Detected, still getting 16x9 aspect ratio.

Wanted dolby vision crop 0x264x3840x1896  no crop, same as above.

Plane 1080p  0x138x1920x942 no crop, same as above

Legend of Zorro 1080P 0x132x1920x948 same as above

Dead Silence 1080P 0x140x1920x940 same as above

This one is unique:
Station Eleven dolby vision crop info 0x120x3840x2040 Note the image almost filled up the screen, I know it is not 16x9 aspect ratio.

The use of black bar detection when running auto imports, is not reliable.
It does not report what the mkvs that are treated with black bar detecting feature.
At times it hangs up, most cases each mkv takes a minute.
It is a hit and miss.
Then going to the advanced tools, selecting black bar detection  is not user friendly.
I have to select a file, then manually run black bar detecting on each mkv.
I have over 3600 mkvs.
In a future update, is it possible to do batch mode ?.
 Select a drive or folder, use a mouse or space bar to pick your choice and run black bar detecting .
In the vein of this black bar detecting discussion, is it possible to have a way to enable Spotlight mode on all files.Spotlight scraps info from IMDB and other online sources, for forum members that do not watch movies locally, meaning those of us who watch movies via remote i.e MO4media, either on our Android tvs, cell, tables etc, we should be able to enjoy certain features that are available in Theater  view mode.

Thanks.
George Omoregie
The remote users are being left out.

[Hendrik]

Crop information is only informational at this point, and does not impact behavior during playback.

You can select multiple files at the same time to analyze. Or your entire library at the same time if so desired. It'll just take a while.

[Ekpen]

Crop information is only informational at this point, and does not impact behavior during playback.

You can select multiple files at the same time to analyze. Or your entire library at the same time if so desired. It'll just take a while.

Hello:
Surprise for you:
I am a fan of Yanni, Bee Gees. and Celine Dion.
My mkvs ripped did have 16x9 aspect ratios on these titles.
I know because I watched these concerts every time.
This weekend, the black bars are gone on all these. Concerts are now more enjoyable.
I checked the tags on these using MO4media.
All these showed 0x0x1920x1080.
There are a few other 1080P blurays that played with no black bar on top, some do not even show any tytpe of crop info.
As I wrote before, I was not able to do batch black bar detection.
The Advance tools option greyed out, unless I select a movie to process.
Please show me a way to get this batch working. I think I am missing something .

Thanks.
George Omoregie