The builds 1-7

14.0.7 (06/02/2009)

1. Fixed: OSD Position display flickered when rapidly seeking forward or backward in video playback.
2. Fixed: Image editor changes stored in the library could cause a crash at display / thumbnail time if the underlying image was a different size than when the effects were performed.
3. Changed: When a My Computer view is loading, it will display the number of files found as it works.
4. NEW: It's possible to 'Show Only Files In Library' in My Computer views for easy browsing of the library based on location. (also filters the tree)
5. Changed: Revised the view header of 'My Computer' views.
6. Fixed: Wait messages would not show if not set to be on top. (Flickr uploader's for instance.)
7. NEW: Video tagging via sidecar support.
8. NEW: Remote control support for 'HID' generic input devices (like MCE remotes). This is a work in progress.

14.0.6 (05/27/2009)

1. Changed: When doing a Sleep or Hibernate from Theater View, Media Center will not close.
2. Changed: Internal television code changes.
3. NEW: Added "Update Feed" button for podcasts disinclined to load.
4. Changed: MC no longer attempts to register/unregister a file with exe extension during installation/uninstallation.
5. Fixed: When doing a license restore with a Media Center 13 license, the registration information dialog would not show the correct information. (early builds work with a v13 license)
6. Changed: When a file manually selected to play fails to play, an error will be shown instead of silently skipping the file and possibly playing another file. (in the middle of a playlist, errors will only be shown if there are three sequential errors)
7. Fixed: Zooming into a full-page thumbnail would not scroll to the correct location.
8. Changed: Auto-import could report the same DVD file over-and-over as changed if it was in a watched folder.
9. Optimized: Optimization that allows import to do less work when importing files for the first time.
10. Optimized: Reading MP3 ID3v2 tags is over 4 times faster.
11. Optimized: Clearing a large library is faster.
12. Fixed: Trying to play television channel without first running television configuration could sometimes cause MC to crash.
13. Optimized: The import engine imports files concurrently for much better performance on multi-core systems.

14.0.5 (05/22/2009)

1. Fixed: Possible stack overflow when unwinding the optimized thumbnail queue from build 4.

14.0.4 (05/22/2009)

1. Fixed: Rapid scrolling in a thumbnail list could cause a crash. (only applies to build 3)
2. Changed: Revised the dialog shown when multiple servers are found after searching for library servers (mostly an internal change).
3. Fixed: With DirectShow DSP filter enabled, holding down SHIFT key causes stutter in audio playback.
4. Fixed: Specifying a data type in an expression column (ie. &DataType=[Number]) did not always work nicely.
5. Fixed: last.fm plugin included with mc14 updated to actually work with mc14.
6. Changed: Czech language translation updated. (thanks Johnny B)
7. Changed: Updated all language files to include latest strings.
8. Optimized: Revised thumbnailing engine to be much more efficient when working with views where thousands of thumbnails need to be built.

14.0.3 (05/21/2009)

1. Changed: More refinements to default image views.
2. NEW: Image thumbnails get drawn with a frame.
3. Fixed: Analog television sometimes could be displayed in a tiny window.
4. NEW: Added scrolling animation to lists and trees.
5. Fixed: YouTube! Podcasts were not working correctly. (i.e. Podcast feed URLs like youtube:cars)
6. Optimized: Core drawing engine uses multiple threads when drawing large regions (like rendering image playback, etc.)
7. Changed: Image playback uses bicubic resizing when shrinking images (performance made possible because of #6).
8. Fixed: For some analog television devices, the Crop Edges setting failed to take effect on initial start up of television playback.
9. Fixed: Switching monitor during television time-shifting would cause MC to lose its Internal Volume setting, creating loud sound in some instances.

14.0.2 (05/20/2009)

1. Fixed: OSD menu drawing problem when switching from a memu item of larger size to one of smaller size.
2. Fixed: If multiple files were selected the EXPAND and COLLAPSE stack options would not always appear.
3. Fixed: Search for stack files was broken.
4. NEW: Updated German translation courtesy of bytestar.
5. Fixed: When building thumbnails in a list of grouped thumbnails, sometimes a thumbnail wouldn't fill in until it was redrawn by mousing over.
6. Changed: Refined new import wizard.
7. Changed: The purchase prompt will no longer show when running the program right after an install.
8. Changed: When loading an empty library, the import wizard will be shown.
9. Changed: Sorting is allowed for 3D library views in the Customize View dialog.
10. Fixed: 3D views / showroom views could crash in rare cases.
11. Changed: List group headers are skinnable (see Noire for an example).
12. Changed: Updated the default view schemes (still a work in progress).
13. Fixed: With MC set to use Internal Volume, television volume was not properly set when starting or stopping time-shifting.
14. Fixed: After manually starting television time-shifting, OSD message "Waiting..." stayed on forever.

14.0.1 (05/15/2009)

1. NEW: Added new face to import system. (wizard, finds media folders automatically, etc.)
2. NEW: Added support for loading Photoshop (psd) images.
3. NEW: Native support of DirectShow DSP filters in DSP Studio.
4. NEW: Added ability to turn off image, video, or data support in Options > General > Advanced > Features.
5. NEW: "Use a copy. (Will be stacked with original.)" option added to "Send to External". Note that the copy always ends up as the top.
6. Changed: Removed dzip32.dll and dunzip32.dll dependency for handling ZIP files.
7. Changed: Revised how skins are stored in the program directory to use more current naming.
8. Fixed: MC crashed when failing to play an audio file in J. River audio engine (using DirectShow filters).
9. Changed: Revised sizing of splitters, borders, player bar, list headers (some changes only apply to Noire skin).
10. Fixed: Rare re-entrance problem related to television playback when exiting MC.