This is the latest version of MC 13.0. Please post bugs here. Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion. Non-bug posts will be deleted or moved.
This latest build (usually safe) of MC13.0 is here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/MC13/MediaCenter130140.exe13.0.140 (03/13/2009)
1. Optimized:
More speed improvements to filename-based fields for faster searches and view loading.
2. Optimized: Album analyzer (fills album artist auto, mix albums, etc.) is
much faster.
3. Changed: In JRiver edit boxes, Shift+Delete did not place the deleted text on the clipboard.
4. Fixed: When using WASAPI, pausing playback, then starting another track, a little of the previous track could play.
5. NEW: Reworked how 'Recently Imported' and 'Recently Ripped' are pruned at shutdown -- always keeps things 7 days old or newer, keeps last 50 items (breaks on album boundaries), removes entire playlist after nothing new for 30 days. (Options > General > Advanced > Clear 'Recently Imported' playlist skips this logic and deletes the playlists on shutdown)
6. Fixed: On a fresh install, the stock smartlist "Recently Played" could show files that had not yet been played if nothing in the library had been played.
7. Fixed: Using a startup volume setting could cause the setting to unexpectedly get applied when new playback was started in a zone.
8. Fixed: Television recordings would always be detected as having external changes by auto-import, causing an unnecessary file analysis and rebuilding of thumbnails.
9. Changed: When navigating left on a secondary Theater View roller, it will skip the blank spot.
10. Changed: When looping right on a secondary Theater View roller, it will skip the back and blank spots.
13.0.139 (03/12/2009)
1. NEW: Theater View second roller has blank spot and back item.
2. Changed: Included more complete Spanish translation.
3. Optimized:
Improved performance of core filename parser, making many operations (especially searches and views that are based on paths)
faster.
4. Optimized:
Core date handling routines faster.
5. Fixed: Theater View playlist navigation was not working properly.
6. Changed: Updated all translation files to include the latest strings, and removed obsolete strings.
7. Fixed: JRiver Bitrate Monitor/CoreAVC Decoder/DirectVobSub combination in video playback did not work (black screen).
13.0.138 (03/11/2009)
1. NEW: Added functions Length(...), Left(...), and Right(...) to the expression language.
2. NEW: Added function Math(...) to expression language for evaluating mathematical formulas.
3. Fixed: Spectrum analyzers would not update properly when resizing the player window.
4. Optimized: Reduced resource usage (slightly) when playback is stopped.
5. Fixed: Fast forwarding/rewinding television had bursts of sound if audio output was SPDIF.
6. Changed: Added support for ID3v2.2 TCO (genre) and TPA (disc number) frames.
7. Optimized: Numerous core database optimizations to improve performance for libraries with a lot of playlists.
8. Fixed: Video stream selection changes were not saved to database.
13.0.137 (03/10/2009)
1. Fixed: When viewing Theater View's root with playback stopped, pressing the Green button on an MCE remote will shift the keyboard focus to Media Center in the event that a different program was focused.
2. Fixed: The default button on a dialog could draw unreadable text with the Noire skin.
3. Fixed: Media Editor's file save dialog didn't always work nicely on Vista / Windows Server 2008.
4. Changed: During ATSC digital channel scanning, analog channels (those with minor channel number 0) are ignored.
5. Fixed: Navigating into some Theater View roots did not work (only applies to build 136).
6. Optimized: Many optimizations to improve Theater View view switching performance.
7. NEW: When using a list management window (like Theater View views, etc.) double-clicking an item will edit it, and double-clicking an empty area will add a new item.
8. Fixed: The Customize View dialog would show a "Commands..." button instead of the list of buttons in cases where it didn't need to.
9. Fixed: Internal Volume control was not available for some analog TV tuners that should have internal volume control.
10. Fixed: Library views that showed stacks of files based on a date-type field would not work correctly when navigating into the stack.
11. Changed: Pushing left to go back in Theater View will focus the leftmost item on the secondary roller, another left will go to the top roller, and another left will return to the home view.
13.0.136 (03/09/2009)
1. Changed: Reenabled background cover art lookup by default, but capped how many covers a silent auto-import will get each run.
2. Changed: Removed page up / page down support in Theater View rollers (also MCE remote channel buttons).
3. Changed: Navigating all the way left on a secondary roller in Theater View will shift focus to the main roller.
4. Changed: Faded the text more of duplicate times in Theater View's television view.
5. Fixed: With certain hardware, the volume on screen display could flash each pause, seek, etc.
6. Fixed: Theater View navigation could fail when using a language other than English.
7. Optimized:
Switching between different library views in Theater View is faster.
13.0.135 (03/06/2009)
1. Optimized: When the program is minimized, there is one less user-interface related thread running (albeit the thread was mostly idle).
2. Changed: Theater View's Playing Now didn't show the playback commands roller.
3.
Fixed: Reading MP3 tags could crash in rare cases.
4. Changed: MC will show a message box and put TV tuner device in error state when repeated attempts to record a television channel fail due to low signal or faulty tuner device.
5. Fixed: "ScreenGrab to File" in DVD/Video did not save image in user specified location.
6. Changed: By default, auto-import will not analyze audio or get cover art. These can still be enabled in Options > Library & Folders.
13.0.134 (03/05/2009)
1. Changed: Added Configure buttons to "Select Filters" window to display DirectShow filter property pages if available.
2. Fixed: In-place edits could show the edit control shifted down more than expected.
3. Changed: The FormatDate(...) expression function accepts a new format "DateTime" that formats using the system format and includes the time. ("Date" style doesn't include time)
4. Optimized: Removed some file system I/O done at program startup, making startup faster.
5. Optimized: Switched all stock skins to use only PNG image types for faster skin loading.
6. Changed: Streamlined television OSD when recording/starting/changing channel.
7. NEW:
Revised Theater View roller layout to make player controls (pause, playback, vol, etc.) more visible.
8. NEW:
Added The Onion as a Theater View news site.
9. Changed: Improved how Theater View news works with roller-based Theater View skins like Obsidian.
13.0.133 (03/04/2009)
1. Fixed: The new "Select Filters..." tool from context menu could fail to load and save settings when a video is played from the Internet (such as YouTube).
2. Fixed: Input plug-in section of Plugin Manager always showed an empty file types box.
3. Fixed: Auto-sizing multiline columns like lyrics would not work correctly.
4. Fixed: When drawing "..." at the end of truncated text, sometimes only one or two dots would get drawn instead of three.
5. Changed: Improved support for external cover art on a portable install.
6. Fixed: When doing a lossless JPEG rotation on an image, sometimes it could double-rotate by rotating the image data and setting the EXIF orientation to "Normal". (now rotation will always set the EXIF orientation to normal, and then take this into account during actual image data rotation)
7. Fixed: When an EXIF tag had multiple rotation tags, only one would be updated during lossless image rotation.
8. Optimized:
Thumbnail database maintenance no longer scans thumbnail database on program shutdown. (scanning for orphan thumbnails is done when adding a new thumbnail, where it causes no performance hit since the database is loaded at that time regardless)
9. Changed: If Media Center fails to load an image for a file (database says tag has image but it doesn't or database points to missing external file), the image field will get cleared so there isn't a mismatch between the thumbnail and what can actually be loaded.
10. Changed: Updated APE decoding / encoder to the latest Monkey's Audio code. (fixes problem where corrupt frames could play as static instead of silence)
11. Fixed: When finishing playback of the last audio file in a playlist, the player could blink "Buffering..." a few times in the player bar.
12. Changed: When changing the "Pan & Zoom" setting using the on screen display during image playback, the setting change is permanent instead of temporary.
13. Changed: The dialog that (optionally) shows when inserting a new disc is no longer shown when in Display View or Theater View.
14. Changed: When entering Television view in Theater View, it will focus the Guide, Recordings, etc. roller.
15. Fixed: Incorrect progress indicator while protected WMA tracks were transferring to a device.
13.0.132 (03/02/2009)
1. Changed: Television view in Theater View draws the time in front of program names faded out.
2. Fixed: The play button on an MCE remote would not toggle pause while playing fullscreen.
3. Fixed: The Enter key (OK on MCE remote) would not pause DVD playback like it would with other forms of playback.
4. Changed:
When changing the volume, an on screen display will be shown.
5. Changed: The page up / page down (channel up / channel down on MCE remote) allows looping in Theater View lists. (uses timer to prevent loops from key repeats)
6. Changed: When selecting a Theater View roller item that navigates (like Back, Playing Now, etc.), first the selection will move, then the navigation will occur. This makes it more clear what is happening.
7. Changed: Theater View rollers look smoother when switching views.
8. Changed: When user starts to record a TV program using right-click or OSD menu, the program name is briefly displayed on screen.
9. Fixed: Drawing partially transparent text onto a transparent background (Theater View, etc.) could result in artifacts.
10. Changed: MCE remote buttons "Guide" and "Recorded Television" show corresponding view in Theater View.