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[Matt]

Media Center 9.0.103 beta is available.
     
Many things will crash and not work.  If that worries you, please wait for a couple of weeks.
     
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaCenter90103.exe      
     
Changes      
       
1. Fixed: Data CD's were failing at end of burn on Sanyo and Smart&Friendly burners.
2. Fixed: Some CD burn operations appeared to hang at the end, even though the burn worked ok.
3. Fixed: After burning a CD, the contents would not be accessible until Media Center was restarted.
4. Fixed: The progress bar did not show 100% when CD burning was complete.
5. Fixed: When burning an audio CD, the "analyze files" dialog popped up even if replay gain wasn't selected.
6. Fixed: After doing the replay gain analysis for CD burning, the burning process didn't start up automatically.
7. Changed: Informative text added to replay gain analysis dialog for CD burning.
8. Fixed: Some controls in CD burning dialog were not disabled during burn process.
9. Fixed: CD burn dialog not updated on initial selection of files to burn.
10. Changed: Added restore button bitmap to 'Z' skin.
11. Changed: Page Up / Page Down scrolls through selected files when pressed from file property panes.
12. NEW: Added ~dup and ~nodup search keywords -- allowing people to easily find duplicate songs.
13. NEW: Added new "Auto Smartlist" showing the use of ~dup. (erase Auto Smartlists (music) and restart to have it be created)
14. Fixed: Skinned scrollbars would not work in some system dialogs.
15. Fixed: Multiple zones would cause mouse cursor to not hide in full screen.
16. Fixed: YADB would not work with foreign characters properly.
17. Changed: Started migration of artwork to external folder -- will also be skin customizable.
 
We're still getting more bugs reported than we can fix each build. Please keep a list of bugs you find, and re-report anything that doesn't get fixed each build.      
       
Thanks for your help and support.

[KeystoneCop]

WOW  love the ~dup  enter ~dup  click on it and enter
the field Name,, WORKS GREAT..  Thanks..

[KingSparta]

I take it ~Dup You can only add one field?

I Tried Name And also Duration

I take it that can't be done?

[KeystoneCop]

Name,Artist works  Try a Comma

The Disc manufactures  won't like this Option,  Wow I am cleaning out disc space.  KingSparta , Your right the dupfinder did not find  many of the dups.

[mkutsen]

Fixed: When Mega-Me windows is Maximized the "Maximize" button in the right upper corner DOES NOT change to "restore" button.  

1) MC9 still caches every song I ever played or burned in the Media Library.  It would be nice to at least have an option to disable it:  After playing a stream from an internet radiostation I have entries for the first song in the list as well as one entry for each time I was redirected to another server.  Also all the songs from a CD I don't even have anymore.

2)Clicking a ***.rm link downloads the file instead of streaming it.  If I cut and paste the link in to "Open URL of streaming file" dialog box, the file streams fine.  
 
3)Clicking on a ***.ram link does nothing.  Again, if I cut and paste it into "Open URL of streaming file" dialog box, the file streams fine.  
 
BOTH file types are registered under MC9 in IE Folder options.  
 
4) Noise, with Replay Gain enabled, in songs that are recorded at HIGHER volume than playlist average.  Clip protection is enabled.  Restarting the song usually eliminates the problem.  
 
4)If you check the remember volume setting option; MC9 does not reset it back to pre-MC9 level when the program is closed.    
 
5)The Playlist scrol bar does not scroll in Min-Me skins
Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.101 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

6) While the scroll bars in the mega-me main window are fixed the scroll bars under options dialog box are still erratic.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2781 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 335 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   C:\WINDOWS\Media\notify.wav

Burning /  Drive D: SONY     DVD+RW  DRU-120A   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:12  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[KingSparta]

Ok, This Is Great Stuff!

Just Don't Put A Space

name,duration

Works

[KeystoneCop]

KingSparta your right  all the column tags seem to work except those with spaces.  would like track # changed to Track#.  BUT I AM HAPPY

[Dan Da Man]

Error "INSTALLSKIN" action failed when installing at least any Mini-Me Skins.

Dan "da Man"

[KingSparta]

Try

tracknumber

This Is The Key Word For "Track #"

you can find all key words under tree and view settings

[Shelly]

Bugs still present:

• Library backup still not working.  Receive message: "Failed to backup info."  
  
• Unable to import .mpc files - MC crashes when getting decoder.
  
• CD Labeler is not recognizing internal artwork.

Continuing Request

• Change closing of CD Labeler from automatic to manual.  

Shelly

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1694 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 209 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive D: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W1610A   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:16  MaxSpeed:16  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[Ken Brookings]

the Dup feature!!!

[TimB]

~nodup - SO COOL!

[aussie1]

Bugs:

1.  Still has trouble reading the ID3V2 tags when importing media:

a. A song with the title, "Concerto for Orchestra: I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo; Al" placed the filename in the Name field instead of using the title in the tag.  It did this for the other songs on this album.  Title for all other albums read correctly.

b. When reading artist, if TPE2 contains data, artist is filled with data in TPE2.  If TPE2 is blank, then artist is filled with data in TPE1.  You should be consistent.  Artist should always correspond to data in TPE1.

2. Editing file properties: If I edit and save any file property for a mp3 file which contains cover art inside file. The cover art stays in the file, But MC9 changes its reference from "inside file" to "C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\Cover Art\..."


Request (again)

a. Add database fields for TPE2 (Band/Orchestra) and TPE3 (conductor/performer refinement)

[Matt]

For the ~dup and ~nodup stuff, use brackets around the field names like ~dup=[track #],[name]

We'll add it to the wizard menu next build.

This thread has more details:

http://www.musicex.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=beta;action=display;num=1043332834

Also, plugin developers can now leverage this search capability (like any other search capability) in their own plugins.

[richelesro]

I don't know if this intentional, but if you double click on an item the entire playlist/tree node is no longer copied to 'playing now'.

[ZRocker]

11. Changed: Page Up / Page Down scrolls through selected files when pressed from file property panes.

Very Cool!!!   But, can we get one more ehancement...when you are focused on the File Properties (any field), can we get it so that Page Up / Page Down scrolls and retains the input foces where it was originally (so fixing every name in a album doesn't require hitting [Tab] 4...ah, make that 5 times after every scroll).

Also, can we get [Alt-Enter] to always move the focus to the Track Info (File Properties) window even if the Track Info pane is docked (to the right-edge of MC)?  Currently, there is no way using only the keyboard to move to the Track Info pane (if docked).  Or, make tab move from Org Tree to Content View to Track Info (if docked and visible).  Or, both...

[Skinnyfatz]

Just downloaded ver. 103, realizing that there are a lot of problems of late, I'm going to ask that you refer to the post I made earlier today, about the MP3 encoder plugin. To refresh, in ver. 101 ANY file decoded and then re encoded using the mp3 encoder plugin, will have an extemely bad popping sound, at the beginning of the song. It doesn't matter what bit rate you re encode in as it does it at any bit rate. Just to let you guys know, it's still doing it in ver.103 could you take a look at it?
Media Jukebox  9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1532 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 785 MB, Free - 432 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive G:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive G: TDK      CDRW321040B        Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:32  MaxSpeed:32  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None

[Harry_The_Hipster]

- Burning data CDs now functions - thanks.

- Memory leaks from 98 and 100 now gone (apparent conflict with IE 6 was freezing everything  - XP Home)

- Type words in Media Library dialogue, then setting cursor highlights all entered data, can't modify/add without deleting what's there - still there.

Getting close.

HTH

[NoCodeUK]

Scroll bars now appear in dialogs like open media but the drag/scroll behaviour is still a bit funky.  To drag and scroll to the end of the dialog you actually have to drag the mouse outside the dialog almost to the end of the screen.

Adam

[Marty3d]

Dupe/Nodup rocks!

A small bug though: In Auto Smartlist (music), the dupfinder probably shouldn't show all media files, but Audio only? It's an easy fix, but I thought you'd want to know anyway

Cheers!

[Marty3d]

Installer bug:
Still doesn't remove old install entries in add/remove programs.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1007 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 73 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive F: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W1210A   Addr: 2:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:12  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[Marty3d]

Import bug:
When importing mp3 files, the track# tag rewrites from 01 to 1...and no way to automatically add 0x :-/

[Marty3d]

- Media Center is named Media Jukebox in Task Manager - Processes
- Shift-Deleting a file in Playing Now reorders the list after the current sorting order

Before:
9 Delerium Enchanted
5 Delerium Silence
1 Depeche Mode Somebody

After:
1 Delerium Enchanted
2 Delerium Silence
3 Depeche Mode Somebody

- Shift-Deleting a file in Playing Now causes the sound to hang after the current playing song. The player
pane shows Media Center 9.0 and "buffering..."

[Marty3d]

- Wheel-scrolling in any list doesn't use system settings. Instead it always scroll 1 line at a time (my system setting is 3 lines to speed things up), causing scrolling through long lists a minor pain..

[MachineHead]

Double click behavior is still not working properly. Only the highlighted selection is sent to Playing Now instead of the entire list.

[cct1]

Windows ME:

yadb appears to be working!!

Still can't customize toolbar, or delete from harddrive using MC 9 library---get the dreaded "Unicows" error.

Overall, great progress the past couple of days!!

[bennyd]

- Exporting a playlist to m3u uses playlist.m3u as name in stead of the playlist name

- Playing a stream web station, MC adds a playlist and imports the stream as a file.

- Left tree collapses on startup

- Uploading more than 100 files to my Handheld device gives an error at the end "error opening file" and not all files are uploaded then

- When sending e.g. 5 mp3's to external tool MP3Gain, it opens 5 times MP3Gain i.s.o. Adding those 5 files to 1 MP3Gain and those 5 MP3Gain instances have all the same file in it.

- When deleting a file with shift from Playing now when a song is playing, the focus of the currently playing song is gone

[ZRocker]

5. Fixed: When burning an audio CD, the "analyze files" dialog popped up even if replay gain wasn't selected.

YES...cross-fade only audio burns works now!!

3. Fixed: After burning a CD, the contents would not be accessible until Media Center was restarted.

Sorry...still saw this problem (after a CD-RW erase failure where I just continued the audio CD burn (w/o manually ejected the CD-RW first)...I did not restart MC after the erase failure though...see Bugs below).  Also, just burned a data CD with success, ejected, reinserted and MC can NOT recognize it (Windows Explorer can't see it either)...stopped and restarted MC and now MC and Windows Explorer can see it just fine.


Bugs...continuing CD Burner wooes:
1. MC can never complete a CD-RW erase successfully.  Either get an error message box or MC just crashes (disappears).  If you hit Ok to error message box, eject the CD-RW manually and attempt the burn...MC locks up Win2k Pro completely and requires a manual reboot!!


2. Attempting a CD burn containing a track that is currently playing does not work for data burns...you get a 'Can't open file' error box.  With audio burns, you can burn the currently playing track without error.

3. The tab order on the CD burning dialog is completely wacked (wrong).

4.  In general, I think someone needs to spend a few days testing CD-RW media burns (erasing, burning, erasing, burning, erasing...audio & data burns) until it works cleanly and doesn't require restarting MC or rebooting after every burn.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- G:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 2000 5.0 Service Pack 3 (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium II 449 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 107 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.6144 / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive X:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive Z:   Copy mode:ModeSynch   CD Type:ASPI   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive X: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W1210A   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:10  MaxSpeed:10  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None

[ZRocker]

Bugs:
1. In Playlists (not Playing Now), if you select files in any playlist and press [Delete]...the selection highlight does not disappear and the files that scroll up and replace the deleted tracks are automatically selected...very confusing (UI bug).

2. If you edit column properties (change the Display field) in Track & View Settings, MC reverts the column settings (order, width, and enabled) to MC defaults...argh!!

3. The tab order is wrong on many of the Options screens...General, Tree & View Settings, Device Settings and CD Writer Settings.

4. The tab order is wrong on the Plug-In Manager dialog.

5. The tab order is wrong on the Skin Manager dialog.

6. The Portable Device plug-in does NOT work with MC.  If you attempt to use it to upload to a device (USB-connected CF-card reader), MC crashes everytime.  Also, the 'over available memory limit' warning pops up way too much during queue building/management...once while you are building a queue list is enough (reset on each upload).

[JaredH]

Has the CD Text "Various Artist" artist name bug been fixed yet or is that scheduled for another build?

[frobig]

Still closing at the end of playing a playlist or track. Everything else looks great.

My system info--

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1199 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 109 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive D: OPTORITE CD-RW CW4802  Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:48  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: No /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[dobon]

Not many bug reports so far with .103, so I decided it was time to upgrade to post unicode MC. No disappointment. Two of my three problems with MC seems to be solved and I have not encountered any new.  

I can burn again on my Dell 8200 laptop.

The exotic characters (æ ø å) works fine.

There is still a problem with tags after conversion from APE to mp3VBR (which is the only conversion I do).

If any of the boxes in "Converter settings" is checked ("Update MJ(!) database" & "Send original file to Recycle Bin"), the tags will not survive a delete/reimport.

Keeping the boxes unchecked and deleting the original ape files manually after conversion and finally importing the new vbr files works fine.

[Joe Karnes]

I have just burned six audio CDs from MP3 playlist with three of them being by a single artist for each CD and three of them being by different artist on each CD.  The three comprised of single artist for each CD list the correct name of the artist.  The three comprised of different artist on each CD list the name of the artist as Various.  Is this the way it is supposed to work or am I doing something wrong?  

I am also having a problem with assorted noises when I first open MC and play a CD or any MP3 track from my media library.  This noise problem will continue until I stop and restart play of any selection, then it will clear up and sound good.  Thank you for any answers.  Joe Karnes

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium II 448 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 392 MB, Free - 247 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive D: HP       CD-Writer+ 9700k   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:10  MaxSpeed:16  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[mkutsen]

I am also having a problem with assorted noises when I first open MC and play a CD or any MP3 track from my media library.  This noise problem will continue until I stop and restart play of any selection, then it will clear up and sound good.  Thank you for any answers.  Joe Karnes

I have the same problem whenever a song that has not been analyzed comes up in a list, even though replay gain IS DISABLED

[rattler]

BUG: TV Mode

My ATI AIW 8500DV running catalyst 3.0 drivers, media center9 103 and directx9 can tune channels fine and select 1 channel fine from the channels window but any channel after that i get a message that pops up 4 times saying "failed to play TV (unknown error)"
then a message saying something about the last file not found.

if i change channels via the right click, channels option it will not give me any errors but will only show static and noise on channels that i know to work?

[dragyn]

[shadow=black,down,300]Bugs[/shadow][/list]

• Mouse over on frame buttons (min,max,close,restore) do not work.
  
• Mouse down on restore button while maximied shows mouse down for maximized instead of restore.
  
• Mouse down for Continuous & Shuffle show Mouse down for their counterpart (On/Off) and vice versa. Same for Play & Pause.
  
• "Importing & Tagging" in General Options is extended way too much unlike the other group box texts.
  
• Left border for tabs isn't showing properly. If the Right tab is active, the first image for the tabs is overlapping the left border instead of the left border on top. Also, in the skin selection, the left border is underneath the window. Maybe moving the left border over a few pixels to the left would fix everything.
  
• Vertical scrollbar in options covers part of the right border of the box around the place bar when moved.
  
• When maximized and using a small height for the top frame border, it will clip the caption buttons when using a high offset for y. If you don't use "6" for y, then the other buttons (not those of MC) are not aligned. It thinks the titlebar is taller, thus the clipping for all the icons.
  
  
• ape/apl files show as incomplete for album type (ape image file).
  
• resuming from hibernation stalls mc if file was previously playing.
  
  
• renaming a database field, ie: duration, all default columns are displayed and column order is reset. duration still shows in column selection menu. column name doesn't show until a refresh.
  
  
• clearing media library removes the auto smartlists until restarting mc. it also removes custom made smartlists.
  
• playlist (.pls) doesn't show automatically when opening while playlist tree is expanded like "media library'.
  
• drop target changes automatically when opening a .pls file (after auto-creating the playlist). (unsure if it's a bug or not)
  
• playlist (.pls) shows imported library icon when opening. "import into library" shows on right-click menu in "playing now".
  
• dragging and dropping a playlist in the playlist tree does not update if another tree component is selected (ie: media library). have to first select the playlist, release, then move.
  
• exporting playlists with invalid file name characters result in no file being created. ie: RadioStorm: 80s
  
• opening playlists (.pls) always appends a [1] to the end.
  
  
• font change doesn't automatically update in search window, playlist bar, & file properties.
  
• buttons for property bar do not automatically resize when changing font size.
  
• fonts for windowed file properties bar and file properties doesn't get updated until a close/reopen/F5 (refresh).
  
• refreshing (F5) windowed properties gets hidden by main program.
  
• large fonts clip in player window, search wizard, playlist bar, drop target & column headers. (y,p,g,etc)
  
• view scheme group properties isn't using the same font for "Display Name" as it does for "Search Criteria"
  
• file properties has no horizontal scroll bar.
  
• windows' colors scheme change doesn't update playlist bar (refresh).
  
• control bar does not use the same font as the file property bar.
  
• columns (auto resize) doesn't update when changing fonts.
  
• columns in statistics are not remembered when switching views.
  
  
• view filter could hide files in a limited search (~t, ~s, etc.). one hour of music could only show 10mins.
  
• view filter shows nothing when a 'show only' playlist is deleted. revert back to all files.
  
• search wizard is unable to add a playlist group. playlist="group" works manually.
  
• buttons for control & property bars does not use xp style buttons (skins disabled).
  
  
• remaining_time counts up for live http streams in visualizations.
  
• "name" is not updated in visualizations/track info for live streams when id3 info is available.
  
  
• renaming a library name from library manager says library already exists or goes back to previous with inline editing. (inline editing doesn't function like it used too)
  
• favorites could point to invalid items when using different libraries.
  
  
• inline editing multiple files (up/down) doesn't update "file properties" window.
  
• "delete file(s) from hard drive doesn't give an error message" for read-only files.
  
• "remove tags from files" (mp3) says successful on read-only files.
  
• undo doesn't undo deleted files from database.
  
• importing video files freezes mc, no way to cancel. tries to steal focus from other apps.
  
• error box doesn't show all files when number of files is bigger than the box (non-scrollable).
  
• starting mc with an invalid library, stalls mc. critical error: failed to open the database file 'playlistx.jmd' for saving. (a file could be read-only or corrupt). doesn't exist, path invalid (unc path, unable to recreate directory).
  
  
• adding "auto smartlist (music)" to a playlist view scheme is not showing correct items for smartlists with limited identifiers. (refreshing again)
  
  
• mc will not create thumbnails when using a unc library path and the thumbnails directory doesn't exist. (full access). creating directory manually works.
  
• "locate file, on disk (inside media jukebox)" freezes for unc files. also note the media jukebox reference.
  
  
• "auto smartlists (music) / top hits - 100 most played" shows files that were never played. (numberplays=>0)
  
  
• hairstyle retains focus, unable to use other windows (dual monitors).
  
• find & replace for filenames causes error if the file was moved already.
  
• choosing a directory (browse for folder) keeps refreshing from the top and then it goes to whereever it's supposed too with skinning on with each click.
  
• viewing an image (right-click, show), it always goes to full screen mode even if windowed mode is activated (jump on play set to none).
  
• viewing an image (right-click, play), the control bar shows n/a for file names.
  
• thumbnails do not show in correct order from the list shown when switching views.
  
• full screen is always on top. other full screen programs allow windows to be put on top of it (ie: remote desktop). dual monitor setup.
  
• "last exit mode" doesn't activate windowed mode.
  
• "system info..." box says cancel when there really is not anything to cancel (close).
  
• icons in "My Computer" are not showing properly.
  
  [shadow=black,down,300]Requests[/shadow]

• checkbox like system for columns (just like importing).
  
• remember separate settings for the control bar, one for each mode (internal, windowed, and full screen).
  
• option to always hide control bar.
  
• keep tooltips and status bar using windows' colors for non-skinned users.
  
• Toolbar button skinning (if possible).
  
• CurrentBack="" for current playing item.
  
• Bitmaps for Status, Tab Background, List & Tree view.
  
• windowed toolbar button.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 805 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 196 MB, Free - 47 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:IDE   Read speed:Max
 Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: TEAC     CD-W54E            Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None

[mindracing]

Play list bug:

Exporting playlist works but dialogue box needs fine tuning.

Opening export the default file type is html and default name is playlist.html.

Changing file name is fine but then if different file type is selected name defaults to playist.html.

Importing playlist seems to work as when run a secons time it fails to find new files but the playlists aren't available within MC.

Library back-up works fine except that it names the file as MJ Libray Back up. Should be MC library back up.

.103 is for me the best build yet. Keep up the good work.

[JNKH]

Bug:

Tried to add an Album Art from <IMAGE> Properties.  Under TOOLS, ADD, the window pops up and ask for the filename.  The Window does not have a scollbar for directories with many folders.

Please solve this.  


Some potential bug:
I use Create Extigy with a HP Pavilion, and a USB 2.0 card.  It was working very well.  Lately, I get alot of hiccups when I play the songs.  Sometimes I need to play it a few times before it disappears (restart it).
I tried using the PLAYBACK options to set the buffer, which promises to stop hiccups.  It does not appear to work, although, it does take longer during a song change.
Also, I'm using Multi-zone now, not sure if that adds processing problem.  But the hiccups occurs even when 1 zone is being used.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 1295 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 654 MB, Free - 347 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive F:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: PHILIPS  CDD4851 CD-R/RW    Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:12  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Drive F: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W4012A   Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[KingSparta]

Bug:

Tried to add an Album Art from <IMAGE> Properties.  Under TOOLS, ADD, the window pops up and ask for the filename.  The Window does not have a scollbar for directories with many folders.

Yes it does..

look at the folder with an Up arrow, push it this will take you out of that folder and you can can continue to the root folder if you wish.

this is microsoft's Comon dialog box and can be used to go any place once you know this option is there.

[richelesro]

Any attempts to download a skin fails saying that "INSTALLSKIN" failed.

[elpaolo]

It's looking really, really good.  I haven't posted a bug in a while...but here goes.  Hope these make sense and aren't total repeats.

Bug: Download Manager crashes when attempting to download entire album when download manager is already open and in the middle of downloading an album.  (essentially, i can select one album to download, but trying to add more to it while it's open causes it to crash)

Bug: Ripping causes blue screen of death regardless of what cd setting i have (used to work on only aspi, but now not at all...and has been like this for as long as I can remember in MC 9.  worked in MJ 8 with aspi...)

Bug:  Importing files erases current database and adds only what's found....particularly when operation is interrupted.  you can stop it after only, say, 50 files, and you'll end up with only 50 files in the media library even though you had many thousand before beginning the search.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1  (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium III 576 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 196 MB, Free - 31 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpclient.010817-1148) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000 (xpclient.010817-1148) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:ASPI   Read speed:Max
 Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:ASPI   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: No /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive D: HP       CD-Writer+ 8200    Addr: 2:0:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: Yes /  Normalization: None

[RandyP]

The fields Custom1, Custom2 and Custom3 remain inaccessible for read or write through IMJFileAutomation in 9.0.103. They have not worked since (at least) 9.0.088, but they work as-documented in MJ8.

You may want to note something posted in a new topic that is not widely read:

MC9 wants to have Plug-ins set up their Registry info in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE from our DllRegisterServer() routine. Unless MC9 prepares the user environment with sufficient privilege to create keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE prior to calling DllRegisterServer()... only users with Admin privilege will be able to install Plug-ins.

This also means that all users of MC9 on one machine will get the same Plug-in set.

It seems that the MC8 conventions of HKEY_CURRENT_USER were more flexible and circumvented the Administrator Privilege issues.

This is true for NT, 2000 and XP.

[frobig]

Tried to add the WMA encoder plug-in, both by downloading and by selecting from the Plug-Ins folder, and it doesn't show up in Plug-In Manager, and I can't rip in WMA format. All my files are WMAs, so this bothers me.
Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1200 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 96 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeSecure   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive D: OPTORITE CD-RW CW4802       Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:48  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[RandyP]

1. From the main menu "Tools" choice, "M" is chosen as the hot-key for Media Editor, Media Server and Plug-in Manager. Skins Manager has no assigned hot-key.

2. The traditional Playlist icon is one pixel too far left, and one pixel too high, relative to all other Playlist-oriented icons:



In the left panel the "one pixel too far left" is noticeable compared to the Smartlists above it. In the right panel, the "one pixel too high" can be seen when comparing the spacing of the entries' icons. The "too far left" is also seen here relative to Playlist Groups and Recently Imported.

[Topper]

I'm afraid my two bugs from previous beta's are still hanging around.

1) Analyzer always analyes to 100%. I've tested this by re analyzing some tracks that were below 100% and now they are coming out at 100%. Unless of course previous versions were wrong and now it's right.

2)Jpeg rotation is not working.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1739 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 230 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive E:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:32  MaxSpeed:32  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[JimH]

jpg rotation works here on XP.

[NoCodeUK]

Im afraid jpeg rotation has never worked on XP here ;P  I have just never bothered to report as I dont see it as esential...

Adam

[RandyP]

JPG rotation works here with XP. Undo doesn't.

Files with extension ".jpeg" can't be displayed, either as thumbnails or in Playing Now window. If renamed to ".jpg", files display fine.

Media Jukebox PLUS 9.0.103 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2518 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 136 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1145 (xpsp2.021108-1929) / wnaspi32.dll: Internal ASPI Layer

Ripping /   Drive G:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Drive H:   Copy mode:ModeBurstBigBuffer   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
 Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: No /  Copy volume: 32767
 Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive H: SAMSUNG  CD-R/RW SW-240B    Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  Use MJ Engine:Yes
 Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: No
 Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None

[Marko]

jpg rotation works for me here on XP Pro.

Bug?
Automatically Import files is not working here.

I've not seen this posted as a bug b4, so, if it's working for everyone else, what might be broken @ my end?

[RandyP]

Tools / Options / Tree & View Settings / Toolbar...



The left panel is not drawn until another application covers it and MC9 is re-activated. Even then, the left border is not drawn. System info above.