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[JimH]

This is the latest version of MC 18.  Please post bugs here.  Please start a new thread for anything requiring discussion.  Non-bug posts will be deleted.

Download: http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v18/latest/MediaCenter180180.exe

History: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=74442.0

18.0.180 (5/8/2013)

1. Fixed: Theater View remote focus could shift incorrectly when using the on screen keyboard.
2. Changed: Switched YouTube's view order in Theater View so that 'Search' is on the left so it's a single arrow away instead of at the end of the roller.
3. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar).
4. Changed: Updated Polish translation (thanks Janusz Grzybek).
5. Changed: Czech language translation updated (thanks Johnny B).
6. Fixed: Digital television channel scanning was broken in the last few builds.
7. Changed: The font picker dialog in Media Center now filters out fonts that support vertical text placement (like vertically aligned Japanese characters) since MC doesn't support drawing those.
8. Changed: Made some tweaks in CableCARD television support.

18.0.179 (5/7/2013)

1. Fixed: Some animated areas of the program like 2D visualizations were not redrawing properly in build 178.
2. Fixed: The mouse controls could become unavailable with certain types of displays in Display View with build 178.
3. Fixed: Using the popup expression editor from an in-place expression editor in options could lead to a crash.
4. Fixed: When deleting an image from the library, the tooltip for the image could obscure the delete confirmation dialog.
5. Changed: 3GA files are treated like AAC / MP4 audio files, so they can import, play, and tag.
6. Changed: Updated Chinese language files (tranditional and simplified) (thanks kelijun).
7. Fixed: If a large Photoshop image failed to load, it could cause a crash.
8. Faster: Decoding a PSD image saved as RGB (8-bit or 16-bit color) is much faster.

18.0.178 (5/6/2013)

1. Fixed: MC would crash recording television in TS format in the last couple of builds.
2. Changed: Updated Korean language file (thanks to Junghwan).
3. Changed: Revised the window transparency system used by the player bar in Display View to help performance and fix a bug where it could get stuck redrawing and not hide.

18.0.177 (5/1/2013)

1. NEW: Added Theater View support for SHOUTcast (add using Options > Theater View > Add...) (it's recommended that you reset file info templates for the best experience using Options > Theater View > Customize file info panel... > Manage... > Reset All Templates To Default).
2. Fixed: Focus could shift unexpectedly to the list when navigating some rollers in Theater View with build 176.
3. Changed: Added a new stock field 'Popularity' (string that supports flexible values; web radio uses it to put something like '3123 listeners' in).
4. Fixed: The Theater View file info template option to 'Hide when empty' was not working for some fields like number of plays that showed 'never played' when empty.
5. Changed: Theater View's Playing Now shows artist backdrops when playing web radio stations that contain ICY metadata.
6. Fixed: PNG images that used 1-bit or 4-bit palettes were not loading properly.
7. Fixed: Launching a video from Explorer when MC was not running could crash.
8. NEW: Added a Polish translation (thanks to Janusz Grzybek)
9. Changed: Updated all language files to have the latest strings from the source code.
10. Fixed: Netflix movies were getting cut off on the right side.
11. Fixed: VCD video would not play.

18.0.176 (4/29/2013)

1. Changed: When there's a 3d drawing error, the error text will not appear for a little while so that coming out of madVR exclusive, which could require a reload of a 3d device, will look cleaner.
2. Changed: If Theater View fails to load and reloads, it will stop trying to reload after 3 reloads in 30 seconds (to avoid looping forever if something isn't working).
3. Changed: Red October will use DXVA Copy Back with nVidia hardware when possible instead of CUVID when using madVR ( http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=80258.0 ).
4. Fixed: When returning to Theater View, sometimes the input focus could be unexpectedly shifted from the list to the roller.
5. Fixed: Digital television could crash on stopping.
6. Fixed: Ceton (and other CableCARD) television tuners did not have color controls.
7. Fixed: CD Labeler was crashing.

18.0.175 (4/26/2013)

1. NEW: ASIO output supports DSD bitstreaming using DoP.
2. Fixed: Some videos during conversion would not detect the end of stream properly, so could stop a few seconds early.
3. Changed: Removed the safety valve in the video converter that would stop a conversion if it stalled for too long (Red October should make it unnecessary, and it's possible the valve triggered in cases where it shouldn't).
3. Changed: When multiple optical media disks are present, Theater View now shows the first one available rather than none.
4. Fixed: Queued files for a data disc burn could not be seen because "Show files in subfolders" button was not available.
5. NEW: Media network, add album art for xbox 360 videos.
6. Changed: Media network, fix xbox 360 conversion crashes.
7. Fixed: Crash could occur when clicking the "Rip Tracks" button in the CD header view.
8. Changed: When ripping audio from multiple drives, the 'Details' button in the Action Window jumps to the first drive instead of showing an overview view for all drives (which didn't have the same functionality so could be a little confusing).

18.0.174 (4/25/2013)

1. Fixed: The progress shown for an individual video file during conversion was not displaying correctly.
2. Fixed: Image playback from Library Server was not working in the last few builds.
3. Fixed: If the computer slowed down too much during concurrent video conversions, it could stop a conversion early.
4. Fixed: Encoding to ALAC could crash in some cases.
5. Fixed: On the Import wizard, clicking cancel when it recommended not using an empty auto-import folder list would leave the wizard in a strange state.
6. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar).

18.0.173 (4/24/2013)

1. Fixed: Pressing Pause button while television was playing in non-time-shifting mode put television in partially paused state (audio continued to play while video was paused).
2. Fixed: CUE files that contained URLs in comments could lead to a crash.
3. Changed: When saving a JPEG with a high quality (90 or higher quality, which is used for cover art saving), no chrominance subsampling will be used.
4. Fixed: Horizontal scrolling in the Playing Now > Overview view was not working nicely.
5. Fixed: Long M4A files (over 10 hours) could show as 'Live' or with the wrong or empty duration in the library.
6. Changed: MC no longer overrules custom video renderer selection when playing wtv/dvr-ms files.
7. Changed: Flicking images from side to side with the mouse will no longer show the playerbar.
8. Fixed: Starting a playlist of images + music playing could show a "failed to load image" for the first couple images.

18.0.172 (4/22/2013)

1. Fixed: The launcher didn't have the full program name embedded in it, so file associations could show they were associated with "Media" instead of "JRiver Media Center 18".
2. Fixed: If a DLNA device requested metadata for a file that's no longer in the library (or never was in the library), it could crash.
3. Changed: When converting a video file, aggregates with names like 'Index.bdmv' and 'Video_TS.vob' will use the name field for building the new filename instead of preserving the existing filename.
4. Changed: Video conversion could stop early if the encoder paused for a while; now it waits much longer before deciding something went wrong.

18.0.171 (4/19/2013)

1. Fixed: A call to JRWorker.exe to import a file (used for video) could fail when the video was referenced in a playlist.
2. Changed: Updated Chinese language file (thanks kelijun).
3. Changed: Playing an image from a mixed media type list will play only the images.
4. Changed: Handheld sync displays more accurate progress and time estimates in cases where the upload, conversion, or download is running much slower than the other concurrent stages.
5. Changed: Updated traditional Chinese language file (by directly converting from the simplified Chinese file).
6. Fixed: Hulu playback was not working.
7. Fixed: In some cases, the row of times at the top of the Theater View television guide could stop updating as you scrolled right.
8. Fixed: When switching to a television channel of a different tuner type (for example ATSC to cable), the confirmation popup window (if the user has configured to show it) might be shown twice.
9. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar).
10. Faster: Improved performance of dragging the thumbnail size slider.
11. Changed: Red October uses LAV filters version 0.56.2 (thanks to nevcairiel).
12. Fixed: MC could crash if user tried to stop a television playback immediately after starting to play a channel.
13. Changed: Television engine ignores Stop request if it has not finished starting to play a channel.
14. Changed: If the program is configured to use a cover art folder that is not available or writable, the default cover art folder will be used for that run of the program (the same validation runs when setting a folder and won't allow you to set a non-writable folder).
15. Changed: If the program is configured to save art next to files, it will nicely handle cases when sidecar artwork is not writable on the file system (by falling back to the cover art folder).
16. Changed: DLNA: Allow playlist manipulation in conjunction with setNextAVTransportURI.

18.0.170 (4/16/2013)

1. SDK: Added ZoneID, ZoneName, and LinkedZones to MCWS/v1/Playback/Info response.
2. Changed: Pushing 'Enter' on a secondary roller in Theater View that switches views will shift the focus to the list.
3. Changed: Red October uses LAV filters version 0.56.1.
4. Changed: Red October HQ uses madVR version 0.86.1.
5. NEW: A saved Play Doctor Playchart allows setting the number of output files to 100, 250, 500, or 1000 (previously it was locked at 100).
6. Changed: When a JPEG has no tags, no IPTC tag will be written instead of an empty IPTC tag.
7. Fixed: When a CUE file pointed to a missing WAV file, it would lead to problems.
8. Fixed: MC passed some incorrect parameters to some OpenCable television devices.

18.0.169 (4/15/2013)

1. Fixed: Ceton InfiniTV (and other OpenCable devices) did not work in client-server situation (i.e. client could not play a cable channel with tuner only available on server).
2. NEW: When enabling Media Network, a wizard is shown that steps through starting the server, getting an Access Key, and selecting the best server for your renderer.
3. Changed: Consolidated the list of DLNA server presets and added a preset for Audiophile DACs.
4. Fixed: SSDP discovery (used by DLNA) was not working in some cases in builds 167 and 168.
5. Changed: DLNA options to be more descriptive of what's actually going on.

[6233638]

Could you send a sample to logs at jriver [dot] com, and include a link to your post?
Thanks.

With regard to the CMYK cover art issue reported in the 178 topic, I sent a log, but have just found that it actually crashes Media Center if I paste the link, rather than simply trying to add the file. (I don't paste URLs any more because Media Center recompresses them)

[Matt]

With regard to the CMYK cover art issue reported in the 178 topic, I sent a log, but have just found that it actually crashes Media Center if I paste the link, rather than simply trying to add the file. (I don't paste URLs any more because Media Center recompresses them)

Thanks for the sample file.

The new JPEG library we switched to at 18.0.133 doesn't do CMYK to RGB conversion:

18.0.133 (2/15/2013)
NEW: Switched JPEG engines (marginally faster, makes JRImage smaller, and works cross-platform).

I'm looking into if we might be able to do our own CMYK conversion in these cases.

[Matt]

have just found that it actually crashes Media Center if I paste the link, rather than simply trying to add the file. (I don't paste URLs any more because Media Center recompresses them)

If I put this URL on the clipboard:
http://tanakamusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/css-la-liberacion.jpg

Then do Cover Art > Paste From Clipboard, it just does nothing after failing to load the image.  I don't see a crash.

Any other tips?

[6233638]

Strange, I can't reproduce that crash now either - tried a few different things it might have been, but it just freezes up the UI for 5-10s and then works again.

Maybe once out of ten tries, I did actually receive an error for it:


(P.S. there are a few things in Media Center which freeze the UI like that and cause the window to jump up under my taskbar - I wonder if it's worth making a topic about that, or adding it to my list of little annoyances?)

[terrym@tassie]

Hi,

OSD is not showing in full screen video when mouse is moved to the edge of screen, now requires a left mouse click to bring up OSD. Is this intentional?
(I preferred just being able to move the mouse) Reverting to Build 178 while this is reviewed.

[Dawgincontrol]

Same as Terrym@nz.  The OSD doesn't appear as previous.

[6233638]

Custom fields or expressions don't seem to be working correctly when searching for duplicates:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=80536.msg548203#msg548203


I'm also having trouble with the OSD when playing back video. It has been intermittent for as long as I can remember, but in 18.0.180, at least 50% of the time I am having to click on the video before the OSD will show up.

[AoXoMoXoA]

Since installing 18.0.180 MC keeps crashing (Windows message that it has stopped working pops up on screen) after which it is frozen and I must click the Windows message to close MC.

These crashes occur whether MC is playing music or just sitting idle behind other windows.

I have made no changes to my system regarding devices, drivers, configuration, or Anti Virus.

I will forward a crash log.

Media Center
    Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\J River\Media Center 18\
    Interface Plugins: TiVo Server (disabled, not running), Sleep Timer (running)
    JRMark: 2431 (version 18.0.122)
    Library: 28024 files, 5.8 MB in library, 760 MB in thumbnails
    Resources: 21.5 MB memory, 3619 handles
    Version: 18.0.180.0 Registered
Memory & CPU
    CPU features: MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, AVX
    Free Physical Memory: 4.9 GB
    Total Memory: 7.9 GB
Batteries
    Microsoft AC Adapter (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
    Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
    Microsoft Composite Battery (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
Computer
    ACPI x64-based PC (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
Disk drives
    Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
Display adapters
    Intel(R) HD Graphics Family (driver 8.15.10.2827)
DVD/CD-ROM drives
    MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000 (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ8A2ES (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
Human Interface Devices
    HID-compliant consumer control device (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
    HID-compliant device (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    HID-compliant device (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    USB Input Device (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    USB Input Device (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
    Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller (driver 10.1.2.1004)
    Ricoh PCIe SDXC/MMC Host Controller (driver 6.10.10.31)
Intel(R) Wireless Display
    WDKMD (driver 2.0.28.0)
Keyboards
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
Mice and other pointing devices
    HID-compliant mouse (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
    Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad (driver 15.2.11.1)
Monitors
    Generic PnP Monitor (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
Network adapters
    Hawking Hi-Gain USB Wireless-N Dish Adapter (driver 1086.38.1125.2010)
    Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (driver 12.6.45.0)
    Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1000 (driver 15.4.0.11)
    Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter #3 (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
Operating System
    Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
Processors
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
Sound, video and game controllers
    Intel(R) Display Audio (driver 6.14.0.3074)
    Realtek High Definition Audio (driver 6.0.1.6293)
Storage controllers
    MagicISO SCSI Host Controller (driver 2.7.106.0)
Storage volume shadow copies
    Generic volume shadow copy (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
System devices
    2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family DRAM Controller - 0104 (driver 9.2.0.1011)
    ACPI Fixed Feature Button (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    ACPI Lid (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    ACPI Power Button (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    ACPI Thermal Zone (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Composite Bus Enumerator (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Direct Application Launch Button (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Direct Application Launch Button (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Direct Application Launch Button (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Direct memory access controller (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    File as Volume Driver (driver 6.1.7600.16385)
    High Definition Audio Controller (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    High precision event timer (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 1C10 (driver 9.2.0.1016)
    Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 - 1C12 (driver 9.2.0.1016)
    Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 - 1C14 (driver 9.2.0.1016)
    Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 1C18 (driver 9.2.0.1016)
    Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 1C1A (driver 9.2.0.1016)
    Intel(R) 82801 PCI Bridge - 2448 (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Intel(R) HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Interface Controller - 1C49 (driver 9.2.0.1016)
    Intel(R) Management Engine Interface
    Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Microsoft System Management BIOS Driver (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Microsoft Virtual Drive Enumerator Driver (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Motherboard resources (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Motherboard resources (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Motherboard resources (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Motherboard resources (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Numeric data processor (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    PCI bus (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Programmable interrupt controller (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    SXUPTP Driver (driver 3.4.6.0)
    System board (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    System CMOS/real time clock (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    System timer (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Terminal Server Keyboard Driver (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Terminal Server Mouse Driver (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    TOSHIBA HDD Protection - Shock Sensor Driver (driver 2.0.0.4)
    TOSHIBA x64 ACPI-Compliant Value Added Logical and General Purpose Device (driver 2.0.0.3)
    UMBus Enumerator (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    UMBus Root Bus Enumerator (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
    Volume Manager (driver 6.1.7601.17514)
TosSec Class
    TOSHIBA tos_sps64 Driver (driver 4.2.0.0)
Universal Serial Bus controllers
    Generic USB Hub (driver 6.1.7601.17586)
    Generic USB Hub (driver 6.1.7601.17586)
    Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1C2D (driver 9.2.0.1021)
    Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1C26 (driver 9.2.0.1021)
    Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller (driver 2.0.34.0)
    Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub (driver 2.0.34.0)
    USB Composite Device (driver 6.1.7601.17586)
    USB Root Hub (driver 6.1.7601.17586)
    USB Root Hub (driver 6.1.7601.17586)

[dprime]

I'm still seeing the gapped playback problem with MC18.0.180
The gap between tracks seems to get ignored when play moves to a track that has a different file format from the current one (e.g. mp3 followed by flac).

Full problem description: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=80218.0

[leoric]

Check General - Allow multiple instances to run at one time.
Restart MC.
* Message on start "This database will be opened in read-only mode. Any changes will be lost when the program exits."
* Allow multiple instances to run at one time is unchecked.

Items marked * look like bugs to me.

OS = Win8.