Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Nikolay]

Media Jukebox 8.0.254 beta is available:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/MediaJukebox8.exe

WARNING: This is beta software, do not download and install it if you are not sure of your abilities to deal with bugs.

Please backup your library and your license.

(note: you can use "Help->Check for Updates" if you've installed a previous beta of 8.0 to reduce the download size)

History:
1. Fixed: Splitter width was too big by default.
2. Fixed: MJVersionAutomation did not work correctly.
3. NEW: Added GetScreenTop and GetScreenLeft to Metamorphis automation.
4. Fixed: Frame transparency did not work correctly on Win9x.
5. Fixed: Displaying browse directory window would lock MJ.
6. Fixed: Skin Manager -> Apply would not save the MEGA-ME skin enabled state.
7. Changed: Media Jukebox uses substantially less CPU when the mouse is over the left pane.
8. Changed: Disk writer uses 2 digits for the number in its filename.
9. Changed: Handheld view optimized -- less flicker and faster drawing.
10. Fixed: Download Manager could not find the Windows dial-up entry under Windows XP.
11. Fixed: Options window list box would not paint correctly.
12. Fixed: 'Top Hits' would report one too many plays.
13. NEW: Added search keyword 'numberplays='.
14. Changed: Optimized MEGA-ME skinning to be much more efficient when dealing with solid dialog background color skins.
15. Fixed: File Open dialogs (and possibly others) would crash MJ w/ MEGA-ME skinning enabled.
16. Fixed: DVD would not display properly in Full-Screen mode with skinning enabled.
17. Fixed: MEGA-ME skinning now clips invalid margins defined in main.xml.
18. Changed: MEGA-ME skinning does faster non-dialog window resizing.
19. Fixed: Check boxes and combo boxes did not paint correctly.
20. Changed: Media Player and Real Player required to import warning will only be displayed once per session of MJ.
21. NEW: After a secure ripping operation completes, a status screen is displayed with option to save a log file.
22. Fixed: Splitter bar would change position when switching from one view to another.
23. NEW: Added DSP Studio menu item to mini-me skin menu.
24. Fixed: MEGA-ME skinning REGION_E_HTILE and REGION_E_VTILE did not function properly.
25. Fixed: Media Jukebox display window would not be skinned.
26. Fixed: MEGA-ME skin item tiling would not always work properly.
27. Changed: MEGA-ME skinning now handles thin window borders. (1 or 2 pixels wide)
28. Changed: MEGA-ME skinning now uses restore image when window is maximized item.
29. Fixed: Digital CD playback works better on SCSI cd-rom drives.

[bonnersera]

happy again...

had a lot of troubles with build 252:

mjb didn´t start at all and destroyed my complete system, i had to install completely new (win me)
after that i installed 252 again and had pink colours on my screen. so i tried build 227, it worked, after that i tried to download newest version, got 254 => now it works properly again.

my system:

win me
ie 5.5
amd 1000ghz, 512 ram, soundblaster 512 pci

good luck for your work during the next couples of nights

bonnersera

[Nila]

A nice feature I'd like to see added is the ability to have MediaJukebox create .sfv files after it does a rip. It'd be nice if it could automatically make a .sfv of the whole album for me as well as a .m3u playlist file.

I wouldn't imagine they'd take that much work to add.

Thanks

[JimH]

This one installs and runs fine on XP Home.  It was also installed on Win98SE and on Win2K Pro before release.

[Nila]

Sleep timer still not working properly. The time now flickers on and off the screen.
Nice new skin by the way. You should include all the old skins with each version. Where can I download the old skins from??

[Nila]

Oh yeah, one other thing. I'm glad you've added:  'numberplays=' but could u add this as a column we can view? Or if it is added as one I cant seem to find it. I checked under options and there's no sign of it. It'd be an option I'd love to have, as well as:  importeddate=

[elpaolo]

DFX seems to have disappeared from the DSP Studio.  Baaa!!
The divider still resets when i go from MEGE-Me minimized (in the sys tray) to full view.  Baaa!!

The new skin and bitmaps are flashy.  props.

L2...Ballad for My One True Love - Mason Jennings.mp3

Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.254

CPU: Intel Pentium III 570 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 86 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1  (Build 2600)

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
wnaspi32.dll: 4.70 , ASPI for Win32         DLL, Copyright © 1989-2001 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: 4.7

[Nila]

Sorry for so many posts but I cant see any way to amend previous ones.

Found another bug - while searching for skins I applied some of the ones in the skin manager (the default one appears blank in the preview window).

Applied them both and neither of them render properly. The title bars dont render and just display as black until I move my mouse over them.

[Gatobrit]

Nila - add a profile, sign-in and then you can amend posts.

[TURBO]

Build 254 looks great. I can switch to blue again. Cool. By the way, I dont know if you guys have noticed that if you are in start browsing this newsgroup and you click playing now, MJ crashes!. I can reproduce this behavior everytime I am browsing and listening mpcs. Bug, maybe. No big deal but is there, like a bug destroying the logic gates of my existence . I am in XP, ABIT, AMD,MATROX,MAXTOR,etc, etc............/*filename: c7ps.c */ #include .....

[Nikolay]

Nila,

Default and Extra Blue skins are not updated to the build 254.
Please remove them from your MegaSkins folder.

Soon new version of Extra Blue will be available on our skin page.

Nikolay

[Shawn Rebelo]

Also for the old skins used those were created only to satisfy the current build and ease the pain of all blue until others were created. The old skins require some changes and would like to put the time into creating new skins instead of updating the older ones, sorry. Plus the ones in progress are alot better .

I already made another skin, was not in this release. Still needs a few changes. I will update it and maybe put it up for download later this weekend. I will have more during next week. Plus we have other great skinners like Treetrog, working on some. So far they look very nice.

[LCtheDJ]

I can now add dsp's with the Plugin Manager without crashes; but the new dsp's don't show up in the DSP Manager.

[LCtheDJ]

The above reference to DSP Manager should be DSP Studio.

I never could get my profile working so I could edit my posts.

[JimH]

Turbo,
Under XP, I don't get a crash if I chose Interact from the Start page.

Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.254

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1792 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 329 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1  (Build 2600)

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
wnaspi32.dll: 4.70 , ASPI for Win32         DLL, Copyright © 1989-2001 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: 4.7

[bennyd]

CTRL-Q finds the correct song, but pushing then F3, finds all songs of my search query in stead of the next song

[elpaolo]

ok....can ANYONE copy my DFX post issue from above?

[TURBO]

JimH, I get MJ crashed when I am inside start(Browsing this news group, playing mpcs) and I click the playing now button in the upper middle of MJ. If you guys dont get the crash, I am very happy because the problem should be somewhere in my system. By the way I get BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH when I go to settings/options/recorder settings/auto and hit start test. I noticed that the blue screen reffers to my SANTA CRUZ drivers. I have XP Prof. amd Santa Cruz sound card. Thanks, for let me know.

[Nikolay]

TURBO,

I get the same crash on my system. We will try to fix it in next build.

Nikolay

[sekim]

JimH

>>>> This one installs and runs fine on XP Home. It was also installed on Win98SE and on Win2K Pro before release. <<<<

Is this going to be standard practice from now on? I know all about the warnings posted above. So I don't need to hear about everyone taking the bullet for MJ and how it is a beta blah blah blah. Hope no one hurt themselves patting their back for the good deed they had done by reminding everyone. We know how to read, understanding may be something else entirely. Anyway, to prevent some frustration from many who do not have some of the newer operating systems, this would be well appreciated. If it didn't work on a certain o.s. that the warning could be put up to prevent or at least let us know that a pass may be in order for a particular build.

[Nikolay]

MachineHead,

I think JimH is talking about his home computers.

We tested latest build of MJ on Win 95, Win 98, Win ME, Win 2K and Win XP.

Do you have any major problems running lates build of MJ?

Nikolay

[Holden]

As in previous build, when trying to backup library, once I choose the folder I want the backup to go to, then press save, VANISH, MJ disappears. No backup is made.

Windows ME

[RemyJ]

>>>7. Changed: Media Jukebox uses substantially less CPU when the mouse is over the left pane
My "Intel Celeron 31 Mhz" thanks you!

Can now back up library with skinning turned on.  I thank you.

DFX did inded disappear from the DSP studio although it does show as installed in the plug-in manager.

RemyJ

[Nikolay]

Holden,

We can reproduce it on one of our test computers.

It will be fixed in next build of Media Jukebox

Nikolay

[Nikolay]

RemyJ,

We will try to fix DFX problem in next couple of builds.

Nikolay

[ZRocker]

MEGA-ME Skinning Bug:
1. With MEGA-ME skinning on, F2 (rename) does not paint the screen correctly in the Content List (right window)...I think I've listed plenty of details on this (try it, you'll see the confusion/mess I'm talking about).

[sekim]

Nikolay,

No problems with current build. I was just curious because I noticed Jim had mentioned testing on different operating systems in the last few builds. And in this case, before release. So, could a note of an unfriendly with " X " operating system for a certain build be implemented?

[dbeatley]

Just installed the new beta on my laptop and it seems that the volume slider is not visible. Moving the cursor over it displays "VOLUME N/A". Any thoughts on why the slider is not visible?

This beta is much more stable than 252. Skinning now works better.

Listening to: 'Black Sabbath' from 'Black Sabbath' by 'Black Sabbath'.

Media Jukebox  8.0.254

CPU: Intel Pentium III 55 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 81 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000  Workstation 5.0 Service Pack 2 (Build 2195)

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000
ComCtl32.dll: 5.50.4704.1100
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.4718
wnaspi32.dll: 4.57 (1008) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1997 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: 4.57 (1008)

[sekim]

When MJ is first fired up the toolbar with ' file, edit, etc. ' is white until the cursor is run over it. Then turns grey. This is with Tekno.

[Charlemagne 8]

This is much, much better.

Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.254

CPU: Intel Celeron 534 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 260 MB, Free - 117 MB
Resource Info: System - 37 %, GDI - 65 %, User - 37 %
OS: Microsoft Windows 98 SE

Internet Explorer: 5.00.2614.3500
ComCtl32.dll: 5.00.2614.3500
Shlwapi.dll: 5.00.2614.3500
Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600
wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: N/A

[dpbeatley]

When using the Techno skin in beta 254 and have the window maximized on my laptop, the top edge seems to run off the screen. My resolution is 1600x1200. Will see if this happens on my main machine when I upgrade from beta 239 to 254.

Listening to: 'The Jean Genie' from 'The Best Of David Bowie 1969 - 1974' by 'David Bowie' on Media Jukebox

Media Jukebox  8.0.254

CPU: Intel Pentium III 800 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 65 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000  Workstation 5.0 Service Pack 2 (Build 2195)

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000
ComCtl32.dll: 5.50.4704.1100
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 5.00.3502.4718
wnaspi32.dll: 4.57 (1008) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1997 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: 4.57 (1008)

[RAVMAN]

New build works good on my machine.

Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.254

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1992 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 193 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1  (Build 2600)

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
wnaspi32.dll: 4.70 , ASPI for Win32         DLL, Copyright © 1989-2001 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: 4.7

[Joe Z.]

mpeg's are still playing utlra-small in any mode (windowed, internal, etc.)

[Nikolay]

MachineHead,

> So, could a note of an unfriendly with " X " operating system for a certain build be implemented?

There are no unfriendly OSs for MJ

There were some problems with MJ and some OSs in previous builds, but you have to realize what an undertaking it was to create mega-me skinning engine in a week. I have couple more gray hairs on my head because of that

Nikolay

[Doof]

Pretty much the same bug report as the last 2 builds (hint, hint )

Bugs

Analyzing Devices : This comes up way too often. I liked it much better when it only showed up when I actually opened the Devices branch (although even then I have to wonder what the point of it is - isn't it obvious that when I open the devices branch that MJ is going to analyze them?).

MJ doesn't remember the position of the Tree View\Content View slider bar.

Video Playback : MJ plays video back all funky. It's only showing the upper left corner of the video.

Send To : Send To only shows playlists that are one level down in the tree. If you have a playlist within a group within a group, you can't access it via Send To.

Send To : Send To doesn't cascade nested playlist groups the same way that Quick Play does.

MEGA-ME Skinning : Resizing MEGA-ME is really choppy and there are flashes of the transparent color in transparent areas.

MEGA-ME Skinning : The File Properties progress box that comes up when you load up a bunch of files into File Properties isn't skinned.

MEGA-ME Skinning : Explorer Tree Views (Like when you browse for a location) look ugly because the folder icons aren't skinning correctly.

MEGA-ME Skinning : At least in the Tekno and Xylum skins, the top border goes off the top edge of the screen when MJ is maximized.

Track Info : The Edit Properties link no longer functions. Has this been changed or removed?

Remote Control : Next\Previous Playlists skip Smartlists.

Download Manager : I have DM set to autostart with Windows (minimized) and everytime I boot, I get this (Yes, even in 8.0.254):



Download Manager : This shuts down with no error message everytime I close Outlook XP.

Smartlists : MJ displays playlist ID numbers in Smartlists rules. It should clean that up to display the name of the playlist and leave the ID number in the background. The ID number should still be accessible though, because of my first request listed below.


Requests

Can the Remote Control portion of MJ be changed to accept a playlist ID number and have MJ play the corresponding playlist when it receives the right command?

Can the "Enlarge Menus" option be a seperate setting for Full Screen, MEGA-ME, Windowed, and mini-me? Or at least Full Screen from the other three?

Can the "Auto-Hide Bars" option be a seperate setting for Full Screen, MEGA-ME, and Windowed? This time I want it seperate for all three - the behavior I want in MEGA-ME (Auto-Hide OFF) is not the same as what I want for Full Screen and Windowed mode (Auto-Hide ON). Or I guess if MEGA-ME was just separate from the other two that would work for me too, but I imagine others would feel differently so maybe a separate option for every mode?

On the CD Burning box, can the Number of Copies text box get one of those up/down incrementer/decrementer things?

It would be really cool if every time MJ displayed a hyperlink that it would be clickable. I'm not looking for an automatic thing, I've just seen this behavior in the Plugin Manager and on the Import Media status box, and I thought it would be cool to have a live link for www.replaygain.org since you've listed that link in the Replay Gain Analyzer. Also a live link to the DSP plugin page in DSP Studio and a live link to the Vis plugin page in Vis Studio would be nice as well.

System Info

Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.254

CPU: AMD Athlon 949 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 52 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1  (Build 2600)

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000
ComCtl32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
wnaspi32.dll: 4.70 , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2001 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: 4.7

[Charlemagne 8]

For a while I was just revelling in being able to play music. I'll do my job, now.
The only problem I have found so far is that MJ 8.0.254 is very sluggish. For example, when changing to "Playing Now", it takes about 5 seconds to stabilize the image. When resizing the window, there is a delay of about five seconds from the time you drag the edge bigger until it actually gets bigger. The visualizations are way behind. I would guess about 5 seconds.
Is it just me? Anyone else see this?

[TURBO]

Hi, again. I noticed that, when you minimize using mini-me, and after that, you double-click to maximize to Mega-me, MJ Crashes!. XP PROF (Latest updates in everything), even my dog was updated last week.

[sekim]

Nikolay,

I understand. Thanks for your patience. Try Grecian Formula 16 for the other.

[Charlemagne 8]

Poof!

[JimH]

Machinehead,
> If it didn't work on a certain o.s. that the warning could be put up to prevent or at least let us know that a pass may be in order for a particular build.

Windows versions available to test:

Win95
Win NT 4.0
Win 98
Win 98 SE
Win 2000 Pro
Win 2000 Server
WinME
Win XP Home
Win XP Server

Then, depending on what version of IE you have installed, you have x times the above possibilities.

Our problem is that we have a choice between writing code and testing it.  Testing it can take infinitely more time.  Our solution is to test on several versions of Windows and then put it out to see what happens.  It isn't ideal, but it would be easier if there really was a Windows Operating System.

[ZRocker]

CVIII,

I concur...it is quite slow when resizing and such...

[dpbeatley]

When using auto size columns there seems to be excessinve resizing. For example, switching to playing now seems to result in 2 redraws of the columns. It also occurs if you go into settings and then exit. If the columns are already sized correctly, why the redraw?

Listening to: 'Joy' from 'Goddess In The Doorway' by 'Mick Jagger' on Media Jukebox

[sekim]

JimH

I get ya. Not trying to be a stinker. Just a thought. I guess I would rather have you cracking the whip on code problems also.

Now another scary thought...unix, linux and other systems in the future. Thought I read a thread about these being the next frontier of MJ world domination. Yes / No ?

[Durgame]

Hi,

Something in the Settings/Options/Tree & View Settings

The selections in the RH side are not intuitive,
either all blue or white center.  Not sure when the
option is selected.

On the same subject.  Auto column resize does not work.
Grid lines are not visible.

Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.254

CPU: Intel Pentium III 1028 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 906 MB, Free - 725 MB
Resource Info: System - 57 %, GDI - 67 %, User - 57 %
OS: Microsoft Windows 98 SE

Internet Explorer: 5.50.4807.2300
ComCtl32.dll: 5.50.4807.2300
Shlwapi.dll: 5.50.4807.2300
Shell32.dll: 4.72.3612.1700
wnaspi32.dll: 4.60 (1021) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-1999 Adaptec, Inc.
Aspi32.sys: N/A

Durgame

[ZRocker]

Request:
1. Any chance the Player window's Position and Volume thumbs are going to the support back they had prior to MEGA-ME skinning's return...that being when paused or muted there was a different graphic displayed for the corresponding thumb??

[sekim]

Just ripped Soulfly - Primative. First rip in a long time that nailed every track  on the first attempt. This was with the new version of Lame encoder. Great job here. However, still unable to get MPEG plus to go more then a few seconds before hang, not MJ mind you just the rip.

[JimH]

linux, yes.

[JohnS]

Just started playing with Media Server and I find that APE files don't stream?

When I connect, play doesn't start until the whole file is downloaded.

Is this a bug or just a fact of the APE format?

[gvag]

How to crash MJ.  
1)  Select some files in the righthand (content?) window - hit [enter] or right click and select play.
2)  Select a playlist and hit [enter]
3)  Select an album and hit [enter]
Have to ctl-alt-del to get out but the system is unstable.  Tried to post the problem but as soon as I clicked on this thread IE6 locked up.

How to get MJ running just fine.
1)  file/play media file and everything works.

Select part of a list in the content window hit [enter] and the entire list is sent to playing now.

Mega-Me skins enabled and the title bar is scrunched down to about 2/3 its normal height.  Disable Mega-Me and the menu and icon bar come up with a white background.  Passing the mouse over them causes them to repaint correctly.

Settings/options/general/"disable media scheduler" still being ignored.  Even if I close Media scheduler prior to starting MJ, MJ statrs it up again.

Goto the item matching the initial letter with a keypress responds well in the content view pane but in the tree view pane its a pain - a 0ne and a Lawrence Welk and keypress, a one and a...

Media Jukebox PLUS 8.0.254

CPU: Intel Pentium III 1000 MHz MMX
Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 177 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows 98 SE

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2600.0000
ComCtl32.dll: 5.50.4807.2300
Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2600.0000
Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812.600
wnaspi32.dll: 2, 0, 0, 0 , ASPI for WIN32 DLL, Copyright © Adaptec 1995
Aspi32.sys: N/A

BTW.  Dependency Walker shows some errors.

Module warning.  This module is either missing one or more export functions that are required by its parent module, is of the wrong CPU type, or failed to initialize when being loaded.  For a missing export, the Parent Import Function List View will list the actual unresolved functions that are causing the problem.  For implicit dependencies, this is an error that will cause the parent module to fail to load.  If the module failed to load or initialized, then check the Log View for details on the failure.

Delay-load module warning.  This module is either missing one or more export functions that are required by its parent module, or is of the wrong CPU type.  For a missing export, the Parent Import Function List View will list the actual unresolved functions that are missing.  For delay-load dependencies, this is most likely not an error since one reason developers use delay-load modules is when they are unsure if a particular function exists in dependent module.  Parents of delay-load modules have techniques for recovering from missing exports in the delay-loaded dependent module.

[bennyd]

When resizing the tree window, upon restart of MJ, it's back to default. MJ doesn't remember the size