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New MC16 Features and
Upgrade Instructions16.0.141 (7/27/2011)
1. Fixed:
IR learning was not working properly.
2. Changed: Updated madVR to version v0.71 (fixes green tint in Red October HQ).
3. Fixed: Google Image click-detection was not working in some cases.
4. Changed: Tuning to instructions added in build 140 (only shown once per run, larger font size, better bubble sizing, etc.)
5. Changed: JRWorker will try to use EVR in thumbnail building if it is found on the computer. Previously JRWorker only tries to use EVR on Vista or higher OS's.
6. NEW: The sidecar subtitle selection will persist between plays, just like it does for stream-based subtitle selection.
7. NEW: When showing a message box in Display View when the last used user-interface mode was Theater View, the message box will be a Theater View style message instead of a Standard View style message.
8. Faster:
Artist thumbnail views load much faster (previously switching to an artist view would wait while the cover art folder was analyzed but now this happens in a low-priority background thread; especially helpful if cover art is on a drive that spins down).
9. Changed: Display modes with an integer
refresh rate of 23 or lower would not appear in Media Center.
10. NEW: When multiple playlists are selected in the tree, they can be deleted with a right-click.
16.0.140 (7/26/2011)
1. NEW: Added on screen instructions that appear when entering Theater View and Display View.
2. Fixed: Re-entering Theater View could crash in some cases.
3. Fixed: Red October playback could fail if a user installed an older Media Center build, then a new one, then an old one again. The filter pack could get out of sync.
4. Fixed: When simply dumping video graph info to a log file, Media Center could set a lock and attempt downloading a filter pack update.
5. Changed: When viewing a list of television recordings in Theater View from the same series, 'Watch' plays a single episode and 'Watch All' is offered to play all episodes (starting at the selected episode).
16.0.139 (7/25/2011)
1. Changed: Updated
madVR to version v0.70.
16.0.138 (7/25/2011)
1. Fixed: Updated handler for Google Images so that setting cover art, downloading images, etc. works with the latest Google Images page format.
2. Changed: Updated the
French language translation (thanks to Jean-Guy Paquette).
3. NEW: Updated madVR to version v0.69 (which brings back the improved VideoClock performance when using madVR).
4. NEW: Updated the
ffdshow used by Red October to the latest version.
5. Changed: Video width and height are filled in during import time, with expectation that more accurate values may be found later at thumbnailing time. Previously we only fill in the values at thumbnailing time.
6. Changed: Added
LAV Video Decoder to the Red October + Additional Filters white list.
7. Fixed: Playing files that could not be found would show an error and then could leave the player in an in-between state.
8. Changed: Merged and improved the playback error messaging for Access Control filtering, NTFS permissions issues, optical discs that aren't found, etc.
9. Changed: If FFDShow video decoder fails to connect to video renderer, a second attempt is made with FFDShow's output formats narrowed to RGB.
10. Changed: When building DirectShow graph for ms-dvr/wtv files, video renderer will be changed to default renderer only if the default is EVR, and the change will not be made when the graph is built for thumbnailing.
11. Fixed:
Blu-ray (PGS) subtitles could have their red and blue color components switched.
16.0.137 (7/22/2011)
1. Fixed: Using VideoClock + EVR could cause playback to stall.
2. Changed: Export Playlist > Text File (delimited) uses UTF-8 instead of UTF-16.
16.0.136 (7/21/2011)
1. Fixed: Party Mode was allowing a user to switch libraries.
2. Fixed: If Theater View failed to create a 3D device (due to madVR exclusive mode, etc.) it could lead to a crash.
3. Changed:
madVR is auto-configured when first installed or when upgraded by Red October (user configuration performed after that will be preserved).
4. Changed: When LAV CUVID fails to connect to a video format with Red October HQ, a different decoder will automatically be used (previously it could result in a playback error).
5. Fixed: When filters and other dependencies were updated, some old files from the previous install were not cleaned up.
6. Changed: Added support for more Sub Station Alpha (ASS/SSA) formatting.
7. Changed: When Blu-ray playback fails because a reader is not installed, a more helpful message is displayed.
8. Changed: Revised the default color lookup table used for
VOB subtitles with no explicit color table.
9. Fixed: VOB and EVOB subtitles could be in the incorrect spot with some movies.
16.0.135 (7/21/2011)
1. Fixed: Extended ANSI characters could be read incorrectly (only applies to build 134).
2. Fixed: DVD playback from a UNC path was not working.
16.0.134 (7/20/2011)
1. Fixed: Text based subtitles were not working.
2. NEW: Added support for VMR9 to the JRiver subtitle engine (quality may not look as good as with EVR or madVR when playing low resolution content due to limitations of VMR overlay drawing).
3. Fixed: Dolby Digital Plus bitstreaming was not working properly.
4. Changed: Improved error messaging for a few video playback error conditions.
5. Changed: Revised how video stopping works to be more efficient and to work better with madVR exclusive, VideoClock, etc.
6. Fixed: Gapless playback of HC-AAC files was not working properly.
7. NEW: Improved support for touch screen flick scrolling with Theater View.
16.0.133 (7/19/2011)
1. NEW: MC will show a warning popup when a user schedules too many television recordings to be handled by the available tuner devices.
2. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar).
3. Fixed: The path combobox on the Import Single Folder page could be tricky to type in while the import was searching for the recommended folders that are shown in the drop box.
4. Fixed: Import would not always read tags (only applies to last few builds).
5. Fixed: Clicking on a library root on an empty library could cause a crash.
6. NEW: Added native support for MicroDVD .SUB files (naming must use [Name]*.sub and be next to the video or in a 'Sub', 'Subs', 'Subtitle' or 'Subtitles' subfolder).
7. Changed: Export Playlist > Text File (delimited) uses UTF-16 instead of ANSI for better international character support.
8. Changed: Export Playlist > HTML uses UTF-8 instead of ANSI for better international character support.
9. NEW: Added support for text-based UTF-8 subtitles that are embedded into a file.
10. Fixed: In some cases, text-based subtitles would fail to render.
11. Changed: Switched back to previous version of MadVR video renderer because of some instability in the .67 version.
12. Fixed: MC could not import tags nor play mp4/
m4a files which did not conform to ISO specifications.
16.0.132 (7/18/2011)
1. NEW: Added native support for embedded VOB subs.
2. NEW: Added support for any number of external SRT subtitle files (naming must be [Name]*.srt where * is an identifier (or empty); if .srt files are in a subfolder the folder name must be 'Sub', 'Subs', 'Subtitle' or 'Subtitles').
3. NEW: Added native support for Enhanced VOB (EVOB) subtitles.
4. NEW: Updated to version .30 of LAV audio and splitter directshow filters.
5. NEW: Updated to version .67 of madVR video renderer filter.
6. NEW: VideoClock slaves the audio exactly to the refresh rate of madVR using IMadVRRefreshRateInfo instead of running a separate monitoring thread (better accuracy, better performance, and no need for a device that can cause problems with exclusive mode).
7. Fixed: Audio track selection on DVD sources wasn't always working when sending to dlna and handheld devices.
16.0.131 (7/15/2011)
1. NEW: Added native support for SSA, ASS, and ASS2 text-based
subtitle formats.
2. NEW: Added native support for sidecar subtitle files using SRT or IDX+SUB.
3. NEW: The new subtitle engine allows choosing between multiple
sidecar formats, languages inside the sidecar formats, and multiple streams from the right-click menu and/or on screen display.
4. Fixed: The JRiver Subtitle Renderer could cause video to stall when first starting.
5. Fixed: The JRiver Subtitle Renderer works better when switching subtitles on and off.