14.0.50 (08/13/2009)
1. NEW: The MP3 plugin will respond to 'Gapless Header' and 'Gapless Footer' in Tag(...) expression requests to allow querying for gapless information. (remember that Tag(...) expressions query physical file tags and are 1000s of times slower than database access)
2. Fixed: Theater View selection wrapping was not working properly.
3. Fixed: Cancelling the remote control learning wizard could crash.
4. Fixed: When learning remote control commands on Options > Remote Control, a button press could learn two commands.
5. Changed: Improvements to IR blasting performance and repeat handling.
6. Fixed: The MP3 plugin will properly handle a "," in the replaygain_track_peak field.
7. Changed: Write flac and mp3 replaygain_track_gain to 2 digits of decimal precision and replaygain_track_peak to 6 digits of decimal precision. Add plus sign to replaygain_track_gain when the value is positive.
8. Fixed: The sv8 Musepack input plugin now properly reads tag values, displays proper bitrate during playback and fixes the hang on end of file problem while reading sv7 streams.
9. NEW: Learning from an IR remote control requires repeated presses until two matching codes are found, providing more reliable learning.
14.0.49 (08/12/2009)
1. Fixed: The new 'hold control to open in a new tab' for Locate On Disk (inside Media Center) was not working when invoked from the MRU menu.
2. Fixed: Theater View 'File Info' panel would overlap list items too much for Hairstyle and other skins with list item backgrounds.
3. Changed: The 'Stop After Current File' command will advance to the next track after stopping, so pressing play again will play the next file.
4. Fixed: It was not possible to Update from CDPlayer.ini for mixed-mode (audio and data files) discs.
5. Changed: Added additional manifesting and digital signatures to the installer flow to aid Windows 7.
6. Fixed: Auto-play was not properly disabled while the program was running on some operating systems.
7. Fixed: DVD bookmarks were not being properly saved.
8. Changed: Adopted the revised MP3 rating specification proposed by AlexB (write with WMP mapping / read v13, v14, WMP, etc.).
9. Changed: Sidecar tagging uses the MPL format instead of My Movies format. Use update tags from library to convert.
10. Changed: Cleaned up which fields get included during sidecar tagging.
11. Changed: During sidecar tagging, old sidecar files (like before extension was part of the filename) will be deleted.
12. Fixed: Clearing the library would not clean the library folder up completely.
13. Changed: More IR blasting wizard changes.
14. Fixed: When building thumbnails from Options > Tree & View > Build missing thumbnails... finished, the program would think the process was still working when trying to shutdown or switch libraries until the 'Close' button was clicked.
15. Fixed: When using Tremote and using the Play button to 'Play visible files', it could play the files visible on the server instead of the client.
16. Changed: Clearing Playing Now from a Tremote works better (added new MCWS function Playback/ClearPlaylist).
17. Changed: Tremote no longer jumps the server to Display View automatically when starting playback.
18. Fixed: Fadeout on stop no longer does anything if the volume is muted.
14.0.48 (08/11/2009)
1. Fixed: Flac tags were not handling a comma in the replaygain fields properly
2. Changed: When reading a flac tagged file if the new style replaygain fields don't exist read the Jriver specific tags.
3. Fixed: Problems with IR blasting frequencies.
4. Changed: Several IR blast wizard changes and fixes.
5. NEW: Added new ASIO option 'Use large hardware buffers (recommended to prevent stutter)' that uses the maximum hardware buffer size instead of the default buffer size, which should help alleviate any stuttering issues. (smaller buffers are only desirable in latency sensitive applications like synthesizers)
6. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks to Bytestar).
7. Changed: Cleaned up roller layout in Theater View Playing Now views.
8. Changed: Internal changes to how Theater View manages arrow navigation and roller layout (should be internal change, but please report any issues).
9. Fixed: Hulu and YouTube Theater View display did not show information about videos. (requires reset of File Info templates in Options > Theater View > Customize file info panel... > Manage... > Reset All Templates To Default)
10. Changed: Musepack input plugin upgraded to version 8 (Beta).
14.0.47 (08/07/2009)
1. Fixed: When burning spanned multiple discs, confusing dialogs would pop-up between discs.
2: Fixed: Added "dB" to flac replaygain_track_gain. Handled "," in flac replaygain tagging. Handled empty strings when writing replaygain tags in flac files. Internal string changes in the flac input plugin.
3. Changed: Some enhancements and bug fixes in the IR blasting wizard.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
The build 46
14.0.46 (08/05/2009)
1. Fixed: Video could be displayed in wrong size when starting time-shifting on some analog television/video capture devices (such as WinTV HD PVR).
2. Changed: When WASAPI fails to get a soundcard lock, it will retry several times for a second to open the soundcard. (failure to get lock happens on P6T i7 machines running Vista x64, possibly others)
3. Fixed: The jump on play setting 'Playing Now (if multiple files)' jumped when Playing Now had more than one file instead of if the play command had more than one file.
4. Fixed: When switching between tabs, the search box did not update nicely.
5. Fixed: The right-click option 'Import Into Library' was showing for imported files instead of files that were not imported.
6. Fixed: Drilling into a thumbnail like 'Rock', searching for something with no results, then double-click the empty list to search the entire library did not work properly.
7. NEW: Option added for the external encoder for format conversion to present the file being converted as-is in whatever format it was originally instead of being converted to a temporary wave file first.
8. NEW: When doing 'Locate On Disk (internal)' with the control key pressed, the results will be opened in a new tab.
9. Fixed: Encoder plugins were not showing in Plug-in Manager.
10. Fixed: Starting time-shifting on some analog television/video capture devices could result in loss of audio, due to device resetting audio line from user's selection to default.
11. NEW: Wavpack (.wv) input plugin
12. Fixed: Write standard flac track replay gain and track peak flags. Remove Jriver specific tags when writing the new tags.
13. Changed: Updated Chinese translation (thanks 竹院蕉窗).
14. Fixed: MC could crash when importing TIFF files that have bad data in it.
15. Changed: Vorbis DATE flags in flac files take precedence on reading when the year is different from the higher precision JR_DATE. On writing if the date to be written falls on a year boundry, only the Vorbis DATE tag is written, otherwise both are written.
16. Fixed: Certain corrupt TIFF image files could cause MC to hang.
17. Fixed: Download list showed 'Cancel' option on completed downloads.
1. Fixed: Video could be displayed in wrong size when starting time-shifting on some analog television/video capture devices (such as WinTV HD PVR).
2. Changed: When WASAPI fails to get a soundcard lock, it will retry several times for a second to open the soundcard. (failure to get lock happens on P6T i7 machines running Vista x64, possibly others)
3. Fixed: The jump on play setting 'Playing Now (if multiple files)' jumped when Playing Now had more than one file instead of if the play command had more than one file.
4. Fixed: When switching between tabs, the search box did not update nicely.
5. Fixed: The right-click option 'Import Into Library' was showing for imported files instead of files that were not imported.
6. Fixed: Drilling into a thumbnail like 'Rock', searching for something with no results, then double-click the empty list to search the entire library did not work properly.
7. NEW: Option added for the external encoder for format conversion to present the file being converted as-is in whatever format it was originally instead of being converted to a temporary wave file first.
8. NEW: When doing 'Locate On Disk (internal)' with the control key pressed, the results will be opened in a new tab.
9. Fixed: Encoder plugins were not showing in Plug-in Manager.
10. Fixed: Starting time-shifting on some analog television/video capture devices could result in loss of audio, due to device resetting audio line from user's selection to default.
11. NEW: Wavpack (.wv) input plugin
12. Fixed: Write standard flac track replay gain and track peak flags. Remove Jriver specific tags when writing the new tags.
13. Changed: Updated Chinese translation (thanks 竹院蕉窗).
14. Fixed: MC could crash when importing TIFF files that have bad data in it.
15. Changed: Vorbis DATE flags in flac files take precedence on reading when the year is different from the higher precision JR_DATE. On writing if the date to be written falls on a year boundry, only the Vorbis DATE tag is written, otherwise both are written.
16. Fixed: Certain corrupt TIFF image files could cause MC to hang.
17. Fixed: Download list showed 'Cancel' option on completed downloads.
Friday, July 31, 2009
The builds 35-45
14.0.45 (07/31/2009)
1. Fixed: Crossfeed DSP plugin for headphones kept enabling itself.
14.0.44 (07/30/2009)
1. Changed: When loading corrupt / truncated JPEG files, as much of the image as possible will be shown instead of failing to load if at least 80% of the image can be decoded.
2. Fixed: More bugs in the IR blasting wizard.
3. Fixed: Update Tags (from library) saved tags in a wrong sidecar file for ifo/dvd files.
4. NEW: Added 'Headphones' DSP plugin that features a high-quality cross-feed.
14.0.43 (07/29/2009)
1. Fixed: WASAPI exclusive playback over ATI HDMI connections could stutter on pause / stop. (requires the 'Flush device buffers on pause' option to be set)
2. Changed: Renamed television program guide loading option from "Reset" to "Clear program guide".
3. Changed: Revised MP3 ID3v2 rating tag writing conversion formula to better match Windows.
4. Fixed: Playback section of the right-click menu was missing (builds 39 - 42).
5. NEW: OSD "Chapter" menu for video file playback. UP/DOWN to reach Chapter menu. LEFT/RIGHT to cycle through all chapters. ENTER to jump to a chapter.
6. Changed: Items in the "Chapter" menu include time info.
7. Changed: Simplified television current/next playing channel/program info OSD display.
8. Fixed: Several bugs in the IR blasting wizard.
9. Fixed: Adjusting the size of Theater View (ctrl+mouse wheel, etc.) while viewing an expanded news story could cause a crash.
10. Fixed: Some Theater View objects would stop moving while loading / updating in a background thread. (caused stutter when viewing file info panel, etc.)
14.0.42 (07/28/2009)
1. Optimized: Improved performance of Theater View info panel.
2. Optimized: Improved performance of scrolling in large lists in Theater View.
3. Fixed: The focus could be lost when returning to the home screen of Theater View.
4. Fixed: When quickly entering the File Info panel in Theater View, the list could fail to fade out.
5. NEW: Chapter support for video files (e.g. mkv, mp4) that contain chapter info.
6. Fixed: Scanner / clipboard acquisition wasn't working properly. (only applies to last few builds)
7. Fixed: Theater View list selection mode would stick on even after the list was refilled due to an action on the selection.
8. Fixed: Accepting a search suggestion after typing the full word would not update the view properly.
14.0.41 (07/27/2009)
1. Fixed: Mono files could crash or give bad results in the audio analyzer. (it's recommended that you reanalyze files that match the search [Channels]=[1])
2. Changed: Added more logging to WASAPI output to help diagnose problems.
3. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks to Bytestar).
4. Changed: Wizard added on remote control options page for controlling external equipment. Still experimental...
14.0.40 (07/27/2009)
1. Fixed: Interface plug-ins that used a string class name for their identifier in the registry did not load with the last few builds.
14.0.39 (07/24/2009)
1. Fixed: Possible dead-lock during threaded Theater View animation (only applies to build 38).
2. Changed: In Theater View, when the file info panel is showing, the background is faded out completely instead of showing partially (and now also includes list scrollbars).
3. Optimized: Improved performance of Theater View list drawing.
4. Changed: Improved Theater View system that uses media as the background (still requires playlist named "Theater View Background" with media to use).
5. NEW: Theater View drawing quality can be controlled with more granularity in Options > Theater View.
6. Fixed: Image Preview could show files from the grouping list rather than the selected file(s).
7. Fixed: When dropping files onto the main player area, the "Import" choice would appear when dropping library files that were already imported.
8. Changed: Czech language translation updated. (thanks Johnny B)
9. Changed: Added "mov" and "mp4" to the default list of types that will be pulled off a camera when using Action Window > Camera.
10. Optimized: Improved performance of startup for core libraries used by all components.
14.0.38 (07/23/2009)
1. NEW: Added "Close Preview" to Image Preview right click menu.
2. Fixed: In some cases, search suggestions would not appear correctly.
3. Optimized: Improved responsiveness when using the search box.
4. NEW: RAW playback now caches up to 512mb of jpeg conversions under app data by default.
5. Updated: DCRaw updated to 1.425.
6. Changed: Failure to analyze a streaming (URL) file in DirectShow will not prevent local files of the same file type from being analyzed in DirectShow, and vice versa.
7. Fixed: Toggling the playback mode in 3D views could crash (only applies to last few builds).
8. Fixed: Renaming directory expressions that used slashes (the escape character) did not work correctly.
9. Changed: Moved image editor commands that are needed while using a tool (like undo / redo) to the toolbar at the top of the view.
10. Fixed: Missing splitter between header and file list in playlist and explorer views.
11. Changed: Page Up / Page Down work nicely with the search suggestion window.
12. NEW: The search suggestion system allows typing a field name, pressing enter, and zooming into a listing for that field (so it works like a library view pane).
13. Changed: Search suggestion window better supports years and months.
14. Changed: When loading EPG using XMLTV/mc2xml, previously mapped XMLTV IDs that are not found in the currently scanned data will not be displayed in the channel list.
15. Changed: When loading EPG using XMLTV/mc2xml, the user will not be allowed to continue to the next page without connecting at least one channel with an XMLTV ID.
16. Fixed: When navigating via the forward and back arrows views would not remember the image preview state.
17. Changed: When doing a "Search For Library Servers", if no server is found it won't reload the currently loaded library.
17. Fixed: Keyboard enter didn't work for confirmation popup message boxes.
18. Fixed: Images stamped with an EXIF GPS timestamp would not correctly parse the image date from the EXIF tag.
19. Fixed: In rare cases, Theater View could crash when showing the file info panel zoomed in.
20. Fixed: Thumbnail slider and links were missing from some grouped views.
21. Changed: Going into and out of Image Preview are added to the navigation history.
22. NEW: MC tries to automatically connect ATSC television channels with XMLTV IDs at EPG load time if all ATSC channels are found to have no XMLTV ID connection. The match may not be all correct. User must examine the association and make corrections if necessary.
23. Fixed: CD rips with multiple processes selected were still using just one process.
14.0.37 (07/21/2009)
1. NEW: Files placed on the clipboard in Explorer (or similar) can be pasted into Media Center anywhere that drag-n-drop or the clipboard is supported.
2. NEW: The command "Cover Art > Paste From Clipboard (Image or URL)" supports files copied from Explorer (also supports image data like from an image editor, and URLs to cover art to download).
3. Fixed: Removed spurious image preview magnifying glass from grouped files.
4. Fixed: In a grouped view image, preview would attempt to load all the files in the selected group before loading the file selected in the file list.
5. Fixed: Image preview would spool up all the selected files even though it would only show 4 of them.
6. Fixed: The image preview window could be created without a file list associated with it. (Making things like the close button useless.)
7. Fixed: Image preview window had some possible memory leaks.
8. Changed: Minor image menu changes. Some items pushed to image preview wnd menus.
9. Changed: When displaying file sizes over 1000 GB, TB (Terabytes) will be used (i.e. 1.3 TB instead of 1300.0 GB).
10. Changed: When displaying file sizes over 1000 TB, PB (Petabytes) will be used.
11. Fixed: Theater View Info Panel templates were not loading correctly for guide programs.
12. Changed: Reworked the TVInfo(...) expression a little -- use in expression editor to see built-in documentation.
13. Changed: Revised the order of the menu commands for Plug-in Manager's Add Plug-in button.
14. NEW: Added a new command, /SoundcardSwitch, to the launcher (MC14.exe) to allow changing the default soundcard on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
15. Fixed: Audio file with path length equal to 20 could be imported using video sidecar code.
14.0.36 (07/20/2009)
1. Fixed: ZIP handling system didn't nicely support Unicode characters (could cause problems with library backups / restores).
2. Fixed: Image editor could show visual artifacts when using toolboxes (only applies to build 35).
3. Changed: JRSidecar file naming convention. Media file's extension is included in the sidecar filename so that media files with different file types but the same base name can be distinguished.
4. Fixed: Digital television channel scanning re-entrance issue.
5. Changed: Added New Zealand digital television frequency table.
6. NEW: Added option for a remote control command 'Generate repeats when holding this button down'.
7. NEW: "Mouse Zooms" checkbox added to Image Preview window. (Untick for mouse to navigate next/prev.)
8. Fixed: 3D video views didn't allow playback.
9. Fixed: MPC encoding was not working.
10. Changed: Typing in a path selection control, like used in Rename, Move & Copy Files, will auto-complete local paths.
11. Fixed: MC crashed when the user clicked Start button with a list of unconvertable files (unsupported format, non-existent files, etc.) on File Conversion tool.
12. Fixed: Start button was available even if all files selected for conversion were unconvertable.
13. NEW: Can now access Image Preview from the playlist and explorer views.
14.0.35 (07/17/2009)
1. Fixed: Handling of &DateType=[ List ] in Theater View File Info templates would not break values into multiple lines.
2. Changed: Updated icons used for audio, image, and video views in the tree.
3. Changed: Image editor has a splitter between toolbox and image.
4. Changed: Updated default library views.
5. Changed: Fill Properties From Filename better supports the date field.
6. Fixed: "Documents" wouldn't appear corerctly in the tree after importing data files.
7. Fixed: When zooming out of an image, an undrawn one pixel border could remain on the right of the image.
8. Changed: Added a skinned background to the quick find toolbar at the bottom of lists (Ctrl+Q).
1. Fixed: Crossfeed DSP plugin for headphones kept enabling itself.
14.0.44 (07/30/2009)
1. Changed: When loading corrupt / truncated JPEG files, as much of the image as possible will be shown instead of failing to load if at least 80% of the image can be decoded.
2. Fixed: More bugs in the IR blasting wizard.
3. Fixed: Update Tags (from library) saved tags in a wrong sidecar file for ifo/dvd files.
4. NEW: Added 'Headphones' DSP plugin that features a high-quality cross-feed.
14.0.43 (07/29/2009)
1. Fixed: WASAPI exclusive playback over ATI HDMI connections could stutter on pause / stop. (requires the 'Flush device buffers on pause' option to be set)
2. Changed: Renamed television program guide loading option from "Reset" to "Clear program guide".
3. Changed: Revised MP3 ID3v2 rating tag writing conversion formula to better match Windows.
4. Fixed: Playback section of the right-click menu was missing (builds 39 - 42).
5. NEW: OSD "Chapter" menu for video file playback. UP/DOWN to reach Chapter menu. LEFT/RIGHT to cycle through all chapters. ENTER to jump to a chapter.
6. Changed: Items in the "Chapter" menu include time info.
7. Changed: Simplified television current/next playing channel/program info OSD display.
8. Fixed: Several bugs in the IR blasting wizard.
9. Fixed: Adjusting the size of Theater View (ctrl+mouse wheel, etc.) while viewing an expanded news story could cause a crash.
10. Fixed: Some Theater View objects would stop moving while loading / updating in a background thread. (caused stutter when viewing file info panel, etc.)
14.0.42 (07/28/2009)
1. Optimized: Improved performance of Theater View info panel.
2. Optimized: Improved performance of scrolling in large lists in Theater View.
3. Fixed: The focus could be lost when returning to the home screen of Theater View.
4. Fixed: When quickly entering the File Info panel in Theater View, the list could fail to fade out.
5. NEW: Chapter support for video files (e.g. mkv, mp4) that contain chapter info.
6. Fixed: Scanner / clipboard acquisition wasn't working properly. (only applies to last few builds)
7. Fixed: Theater View list selection mode would stick on even after the list was refilled due to an action on the selection.
8. Fixed: Accepting a search suggestion after typing the full word would not update the view properly.
14.0.41 (07/27/2009)
1. Fixed: Mono files could crash or give bad results in the audio analyzer. (it's recommended that you reanalyze files that match the search [Channels]=[1])
2. Changed: Added more logging to WASAPI output to help diagnose problems.
3. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks to Bytestar).
4. Changed: Wizard added on remote control options page for controlling external equipment. Still experimental...
14.0.40 (07/27/2009)
1. Fixed: Interface plug-ins that used a string class name for their identifier in the registry did not load with the last few builds.
14.0.39 (07/24/2009)
1. Fixed: Possible dead-lock during threaded Theater View animation (only applies to build 38).
2. Changed: In Theater View, when the file info panel is showing, the background is faded out completely instead of showing partially (and now also includes list scrollbars).
3. Optimized: Improved performance of Theater View list drawing.
4. Changed: Improved Theater View system that uses media as the background (still requires playlist named "Theater View Background" with media to use).
5. NEW: Theater View drawing quality can be controlled with more granularity in Options > Theater View.
6. Fixed: Image Preview could show files from the grouping list rather than the selected file(s).
7. Fixed: When dropping files onto the main player area, the "Import" choice would appear when dropping library files that were already imported.
8. Changed: Czech language translation updated. (thanks Johnny B)
9. Changed: Added "mov" and "mp4" to the default list of types that will be pulled off a camera when using Action Window > Camera.
10. Optimized: Improved performance of startup for core libraries used by all components.
14.0.38 (07/23/2009)
1. NEW: Added "Close Preview" to Image Preview right click menu.
2. Fixed: In some cases, search suggestions would not appear correctly.
3. Optimized: Improved responsiveness when using the search box.
4. NEW: RAW playback now caches up to 512mb of jpeg conversions under app data by default.
5. Updated: DCRaw updated to 1.425.
6. Changed: Failure to analyze a streaming (URL) file in DirectShow will not prevent local files of the same file type from being analyzed in DirectShow, and vice versa.
7. Fixed: Toggling the playback mode in 3D views could crash (only applies to last few builds).
8. Fixed: Renaming directory expressions that used slashes (the escape character) did not work correctly.
9. Changed: Moved image editor commands that are needed while using a tool (like undo / redo) to the toolbar at the top of the view.
10. Fixed: Missing splitter between header and file list in playlist and explorer views.
11. Changed: Page Up / Page Down work nicely with the search suggestion window.
12. NEW: The search suggestion system allows typing a field name, pressing enter, and zooming into a listing for that field (so it works like a library view pane).
13. Changed: Search suggestion window better supports years and months.
14. Changed: When loading EPG using XMLTV/mc2xml, previously mapped XMLTV IDs that are not found in the currently scanned data will not be displayed in the channel list.
15. Changed: When loading EPG using XMLTV/mc2xml, the user will not be allowed to continue to the next page without connecting at least one channel with an XMLTV ID.
16. Fixed: When navigating via the forward and back arrows views would not remember the image preview state.
17. Changed: When doing a "Search For Library Servers", if no server is found it won't reload the currently loaded library.
17. Fixed: Keyboard enter didn't work for confirmation popup message boxes.
18. Fixed: Images stamped with an EXIF GPS timestamp would not correctly parse the image date from the EXIF tag.
19. Fixed: In rare cases, Theater View could crash when showing the file info panel zoomed in.
20. Fixed: Thumbnail slider and links were missing from some grouped views.
21. Changed: Going into and out of Image Preview are added to the navigation history.
22. NEW: MC tries to automatically connect ATSC television channels with XMLTV IDs at EPG load time if all ATSC channels are found to have no XMLTV ID connection. The match may not be all correct. User must examine the association and make corrections if necessary.
23. Fixed: CD rips with multiple processes selected were still using just one process.
14.0.37 (07/21/2009)
1. NEW: Files placed on the clipboard in Explorer (or similar) can be pasted into Media Center anywhere that drag-n-drop or the clipboard is supported.
2. NEW: The command "Cover Art > Paste From Clipboard (Image or URL)" supports files copied from Explorer (also supports image data like from an image editor, and URLs to cover art to download).
3. Fixed: Removed spurious image preview magnifying glass from grouped files.
4. Fixed: In a grouped view image, preview would attempt to load all the files in the selected group before loading the file selected in the file list.
5. Fixed: Image preview would spool up all the selected files even though it would only show 4 of them.
6. Fixed: The image preview window could be created without a file list associated with it. (Making things like the close button useless.)
7. Fixed: Image preview window had some possible memory leaks.
8. Changed: Minor image menu changes. Some items pushed to image preview wnd menus.
9. Changed: When displaying file sizes over 1000 GB, TB (Terabytes) will be used (i.e. 1.3 TB instead of 1300.0 GB).
10. Changed: When displaying file sizes over 1000 TB, PB (Petabytes) will be used.
11. Fixed: Theater View Info Panel templates were not loading correctly for guide programs.
12. Changed: Reworked the TVInfo(...) expression a little -- use in expression editor to see built-in documentation.
13. Changed: Revised the order of the menu commands for Plug-in Manager's Add Plug-in button.
14. NEW: Added a new command, /SoundcardSwitch, to the launcher (MC14.exe) to allow changing the default soundcard on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
15. Fixed: Audio file with path length equal to 20 could be imported using video sidecar code.
14.0.36 (07/20/2009)
1. Fixed: ZIP handling system didn't nicely support Unicode characters (could cause problems with library backups / restores).
2. Fixed: Image editor could show visual artifacts when using toolboxes (only applies to build 35).
3. Changed: JRSidecar file naming convention. Media file's extension is included in the sidecar filename so that media files with different file types but the same base name can be distinguished.
4. Fixed: Digital television channel scanning re-entrance issue.
5. Changed: Added New Zealand digital television frequency table.
6. NEW: Added option for a remote control command 'Generate repeats when holding this button down'.
7. NEW: "Mouse Zooms" checkbox added to Image Preview window. (Untick for mouse to navigate next/prev.)
8. Fixed: 3D video views didn't allow playback.
9. Fixed: MPC encoding was not working.
10. Changed: Typing in a path selection control, like used in Rename, Move & Copy Files, will auto-complete local paths.
11. Fixed: MC crashed when the user clicked Start button with a list of unconvertable files (unsupported format, non-existent files, etc.) on File Conversion tool.
12. Fixed: Start button was available even if all files selected for conversion were unconvertable.
13. NEW: Can now access Image Preview from the playlist and explorer views.
14.0.35 (07/17/2009)
1. Fixed: Handling of &DateType=[ List ] in Theater View File Info templates would not break values into multiple lines.
2. Changed: Updated icons used for audio, image, and video views in the tree.
3. Changed: Image editor has a splitter between toolbox and image.
4. Changed: Updated default library views.
5. Changed: Fill Properties From Filename better supports the date field.
6. Fixed: "Documents" wouldn't appear corerctly in the tree after importing data files.
7. Fixed: When zooming out of an image, an undrawn one pixel border could remain on the right of the image.
8. Changed: Added a skinned background to the quick find toolbar at the bottom of lists (Ctrl+Q).
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The builds 26-34
14.0.34 (07/17/2009)
1. Changed: Improved handling of &DateType= [ List ] in Theater View File Info templates. (spaces added for forum formatting)
2. Fixed: The 'Play from memory' option could cause tagging problems with FLAC files.
14.0.33 (07/16/2009)
1. NEW: Integrated the image editor into the Image Preview view. (use 'Edit' command on toolbar when in Image Preview)
2. NEW: Added name to the Image Preview.
3. NEW: PgUp/PgDn will move to the prior/next item in the list in Image Preview.
4. Fixed: When a thumbnail list was updated, it could sometimes not draw thumbnails until scrolled (only applies to build 32).
5. NEW: The library backup folder used for automatic backups, backups on upgrade, etc. can be customized in Options > File Location.
6. Changed: FLAC files did not fill in the 'Bit Depth' field (requires Update Library (from tags) to correct).
7. Changed: When the image preview window hides the tree or files list, there's no longer a splitter shown.
8. Changed: Reworked how view layout and sizing is handled (hopefully internal change, but please report any issues).
14.0.32 (07/15/2009)
1. Fixed: Lists could fail to update nicely on sizing (only applies to build 31).
2. NEW: Added better support for mice that do smooth scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3. Fixed: Double-clicking to hide the image preview could reshow the window if the mouse was in the right spot.
4. Fixed: Several small fixes to remote control dialogs.
5. Fixed: The 'Recordings' television list in Theater View could, in cases of back-to-back recordings from the same rule, not allow playback of the program as it was recording the second half.
14.0.31 (07/14/2009)
1. Fixed: When viewing the recordings television list near the end of a recording, it would not always show the programs that were currently recording.
2. Fixed: In rare cases, the television recordings list could group programs from different weeks but from the same day of the week.
3. Changed: The recorded television program list in Standard View does a better job of showing dates for old programs.
4. Fixed: When exiting the full screen Theater View file info panel with the left key, the focus could go back to the top roller instead of the list.
5. Changed: 3D album views adjust the size of the text used on the back to hold far more tracks when necessary.
6. NEW: 3D album views allow playing, adding, shuffling, and adding as the next to play.
7. NEW: Added the ability to add a "Library" toolbar button to the top or bottom toolbar to facilitate faster library switching.
8. NEW: Added option to play files from memory instead of disk which is useful in high-end audiophile environments. (file is loaded in a background thread to system memory (capped at 256 MB) and played from there)
9. Optimized: Improved performance of rendering lists.
10. Optimized: Changes to reduce registry chatter when idle.
11. Changed: Some IR blast command formats changed again, so you'll need to re-learn any existing ones.
12. Changed: Can now tweak IR frequency for blasting if your remote control is non-standard.
13. Fixed: Tagging of Windows Media files was written to sidecar files instead of media files.
14. Changed: Option to "Store tags in external sidecar files if the file type does not support tagging" (video only for now.)
15. Fixed: Image Preview didn't force a redraw. (Jiggly draw.)
16. Fixed: The file list returns to its original position after closing image preview.
14.0.30 (07/13/2009)
1. Fixed: The SDK function MJZonesAutomation::GetActiveZone(...) was returning a zone ID instead of a zone index.
2. Fixed: List style fields were not working correctly with the Theater View file info panel.
3. Fixed: Doing a Cover Art > Submit to Internet from the MRU menu on a file that didn't support it would cause a crash.
4. Changed: Image Preview window now zooms around the mouse point.
5. Changed: Image Preview window 100% button now centers the image.
6. Changed: Gapless information is loaded from MP3s encoded wit the ACMENC encoder.
7. NEW: Image preview zoom information updated on the status bar.
8. Changed: Image preview tooltip content, lag and duration.
9. NEW: Tools menu added to Image Preview header. (Same menu as right click.)
10. Fixed: When scrolling in a thumbnail list, the item the mouse was over could wiggle a little.
14.0.29 (07/10/2009)
1. Fixed: When a menu drew scroll arrows, they could draw on top of menu text.
2. Fixed: On Windows 7 an iPod could show as two devices (may require a redetect of devices to fix).
3. Fixed: Improved handling of special / hidden zones like the zone used for image playback when audio is playing.
4. NEW: Added dialog for adding and editing Theater View Info Panel templates. (Options > Theater View)
5. Changed: Added 'Watched' information to default Theater View file info template for television programs.
6. Changed: Options dialog for CD/DVD changed to cleaner format.
7. Changed: If at the extremities of a list row the left and Right arrows will now jump to the next row. (As appropriate.)
8. Changed: Escape now closes the image preview window.
9. NEW: Delete added to the image preview right click menu.
14.0.28 (07/09/2009)
1. Fixed: "Play local file when one that matches Library Server file is found" did not work for ripped DVDs.
2. Fixed: Selection panes were still visible on mouse over in the Image Preview.
3. NEW: Right click menu added to image preview.
4. Changed: Television configuration is broken up into several smaller tasks accessible on TV Options... button.
5. Changed: During Television recording, "Cancel Time-Shifting" context menu option is disabled.
14.0.27 (07/08/2009)
1. Fixed: When loading a library, if a message box was shown (to inform about read-only access, etc.) it could crash.
2. Fixed: Cover art wasn't being retrieved for DVD discs.
3. NEW: Added ListBuild(...) expression function for building a delimited list of values, possibly suppressing empty values.
4. NEW: Added TVInfo(...) expression function for getting television-specific information about TV programs.
5. Changed: Standardized on "Categories" naming for groupings in a library view. (previously also used panes and view scheme item)
6. Changed: Theater View file info fields are loaded from "theater view file info templates.xml" in the library folder. (user interface to allow editing to come in a later build)
7. Changed: Changed the sizing of the Theater View file info panel and News to be based on a number of lines instead of percentage of screen height.
8. Changed: EPG list in television view is automatically refreshed to current time every half an hour. Automatic refreshing is turned off whenever the user manually chooses a date or time from the drop-down lists. It is re-enabled whenever the user clicks the "Set To Now" button.
9. NEW: Viewheader for the image preview window updated to contain fit, 100% and close buttons.
10. Changed: Image preview window closes the selection panes when opened. (Panes selections remain in effect.)
11. NEW: Close file list button on image preview window.
12. Changed: Most fields in My Movies xml files are supported if the user creates corresponding custom fields (for example, IMDB, ProductionYear).
13. Fixed: Abnormal termination on entering Image Preview.
14. Fixed: Corrupt MP3 ID3v2 tags that had a negative frame length could cause a crash.
14.0.26 (07/06/2009)
1. Changed: MC will remember user-set column widths of television guide list for current and future sessions.
2. Fixed: Sweden DVB-T frequency table was not complete. Thank you Hans (paronsoda).
3. Fixed: The Media Center service would not show a company name in msconfig.exe.
4. Fixed: With Media Center running at Windows shutdown / logoff time, an error about starting JRService.exe could flash.
5. Changed: MJP files that installed skins to the old Theater View skin path "FullSkins" will be redirected to the new path. (please use the INSTALLSKIN command for future skin submissions)
6. Fixed: Using the keyboard to navigate up in a list wouldn't always scroll to show the first item once selected.
7. Fixed: Theater View keyboard could be disabled in the "Save As Playlist" popup.
8. Fixed: In advanced remote control commands that issued multiple commands in a row, some commands could get ignored.
9. Fixed (probably): During television time-shifting, buffering kicked in when user changed channel or when signal was weak.
10. Fixed: When showing the image preview window, the view header would get corrupted.
11. Optimized: The image preview window draws faster.
1. Changed: Improved handling of &DateType= [ List ] in Theater View File Info templates. (spaces added for forum formatting)
2. Fixed: The 'Play from memory' option could cause tagging problems with FLAC files.
14.0.33 (07/16/2009)
1. NEW: Integrated the image editor into the Image Preview view. (use 'Edit' command on toolbar when in Image Preview)
2. NEW: Added name to the Image Preview.
3. NEW: PgUp/PgDn will move to the prior/next item in the list in Image Preview.
4. Fixed: When a thumbnail list was updated, it could sometimes not draw thumbnails until scrolled (only applies to build 32).
5. NEW: The library backup folder used for automatic backups, backups on upgrade, etc. can be customized in Options > File Location.
6. Changed: FLAC files did not fill in the 'Bit Depth' field (requires Update Library (from tags) to correct).
7. Changed: When the image preview window hides the tree or files list, there's no longer a splitter shown.
8. Changed: Reworked how view layout and sizing is handled (hopefully internal change, but please report any issues).
14.0.32 (07/15/2009)
1. Fixed: Lists could fail to update nicely on sizing (only applies to build 31).
2. NEW: Added better support for mice that do smooth scrolling with the mouse wheel.
3. Fixed: Double-clicking to hide the image preview could reshow the window if the mouse was in the right spot.
4. Fixed: Several small fixes to remote control dialogs.
5. Fixed: The 'Recordings' television list in Theater View could, in cases of back-to-back recordings from the same rule, not allow playback of the program as it was recording the second half.
14.0.31 (07/14/2009)
1. Fixed: When viewing the recordings television list near the end of a recording, it would not always show the programs that were currently recording.
2. Fixed: In rare cases, the television recordings list could group programs from different weeks but from the same day of the week.
3. Changed: The recorded television program list in Standard View does a better job of showing dates for old programs.
4. Fixed: When exiting the full screen Theater View file info panel with the left key, the focus could go back to the top roller instead of the list.
5. Changed: 3D album views adjust the size of the text used on the back to hold far more tracks when necessary.
6. NEW: 3D album views allow playing, adding, shuffling, and adding as the next to play.
7. NEW: Added the ability to add a "Library" toolbar button to the top or bottom toolbar to facilitate faster library switching.
8. NEW: Added option to play files from memory instead of disk which is useful in high-end audiophile environments. (file is loaded in a background thread to system memory (capped at 256 MB) and played from there)
9. Optimized: Improved performance of rendering lists.
10. Optimized: Changes to reduce registry chatter when idle.
11. Changed: Some IR blast command formats changed again, so you'll need to re-learn any existing ones.
12. Changed: Can now tweak IR frequency for blasting if your remote control is non-standard.
13. Fixed: Tagging of Windows Media files was written to sidecar files instead of media files.
14. Changed: Option to "Store tags in external sidecar files if the file type does not support tagging" (video only for now.)
15. Fixed: Image Preview didn't force a redraw. (Jiggly draw.)
16. Fixed: The file list returns to its original position after closing image preview.
14.0.30 (07/13/2009)
1. Fixed: The SDK function MJZonesAutomation::GetActiveZone(...) was returning a zone ID instead of a zone index.
2. Fixed: List style fields were not working correctly with the Theater View file info panel.
3. Fixed: Doing a Cover Art > Submit to Internet from the MRU menu on a file that didn't support it would cause a crash.
4. Changed: Image Preview window now zooms around the mouse point.
5. Changed: Image Preview window 100% button now centers the image.
6. Changed: Gapless information is loaded from MP3s encoded wit the ACMENC encoder.
7. NEW: Image preview zoom information updated on the status bar.
8. Changed: Image preview tooltip content, lag and duration.
9. NEW: Tools menu added to Image Preview header. (Same menu as right click.)
10. Fixed: When scrolling in a thumbnail list, the item the mouse was over could wiggle a little.
14.0.29 (07/10/2009)
1. Fixed: When a menu drew scroll arrows, they could draw on top of menu text.
2. Fixed: On Windows 7 an iPod could show as two devices (may require a redetect of devices to fix).
3. Fixed: Improved handling of special / hidden zones like the zone used for image playback when audio is playing.
4. NEW: Added dialog for adding and editing Theater View Info Panel templates. (Options > Theater View)
5. Changed: Added 'Watched' information to default Theater View file info template for television programs.
6. Changed: Options dialog for CD/DVD changed to cleaner format.
7. Changed: If at the extremities of a list row the left and Right arrows will now jump to the next row. (As appropriate.)
8. Changed: Escape now closes the image preview window.
9. NEW: Delete added to the image preview right click menu.
14.0.28 (07/09/2009)
1. Fixed: "Play local file when one that matches Library Server file is found" did not work for ripped DVDs.
2. Fixed: Selection panes were still visible on mouse over in the Image Preview.
3. NEW: Right click menu added to image preview.
4. Changed: Television configuration is broken up into several smaller tasks accessible on TV Options... button.
5. Changed: During Television recording, "Cancel Time-Shifting" context menu option is disabled.
14.0.27 (07/08/2009)
1. Fixed: When loading a library, if a message box was shown (to inform about read-only access, etc.) it could crash.
2. Fixed: Cover art wasn't being retrieved for DVD discs.
3. NEW: Added ListBuild(...) expression function for building a delimited list of values, possibly suppressing empty values.
4. NEW: Added TVInfo(...) expression function for getting television-specific information about TV programs.
5. Changed: Standardized on "Categories" naming for groupings in a library view. (previously also used panes and view scheme item)
6. Changed: Theater View file info fields are loaded from "theater view file info templates.xml" in the library folder. (user interface to allow editing to come in a later build)
7. Changed: Changed the sizing of the Theater View file info panel and News to be based on a number of lines instead of percentage of screen height.
8. Changed: EPG list in television view is automatically refreshed to current time every half an hour. Automatic refreshing is turned off whenever the user manually chooses a date or time from the drop-down lists. It is re-enabled whenever the user clicks the "Set To Now" button.
9. NEW: Viewheader for the image preview window updated to contain fit, 100% and close buttons.
10. Changed: Image preview window closes the selection panes when opened. (Panes selections remain in effect.)
11. NEW: Close file list button on image preview window.
12. Changed: Most fields in My Movies xml files are supported if the user creates corresponding custom fields (for example, IMDB, ProductionYear).
13. Fixed: Abnormal termination on entering Image Preview.
14. Fixed: Corrupt MP3 ID3v2 tags that had a negative frame length could cause a crash.
14.0.26 (07/06/2009)
1. Changed: MC will remember user-set column widths of television guide list for current and future sessions.
2. Fixed: Sweden DVB-T frequency table was not complete. Thank you Hans (paronsoda).
3. Fixed: The Media Center service would not show a company name in msconfig.exe.
4. Fixed: With Media Center running at Windows shutdown / logoff time, an error about starting JRService.exe could flash.
5. Changed: MJP files that installed skins to the old Theater View skin path "FullSkins" will be redirected to the new path. (please use the INSTALLSKIN command for future skin submissions)
6. Fixed: Using the keyboard to navigate up in a list wouldn't always scroll to show the first item once selected.
7. Fixed: Theater View keyboard could be disabled in the "Save As Playlist" popup.
8. Fixed: In advanced remote control commands that issued multiple commands in a row, some commands could get ignored.
9. Fixed (probably): During television time-shifting, buffering kicked in when user changed channel or when signal was weak.
10. Fixed: When showing the image preview window, the view header would get corrupted.
11. Optimized: The image preview window draws faster.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The builds 20-25
14.0.25 (07/02/2009)
1. NEW: A "Watched" column in "Recordings" list, in Television View, that indicates whether, or when, or how much you have watched the television recordings.
2. Fixed: Bug in the Image Preview mouse move code.
3. NEW: Histograms added to Image Preview.
4. Fixed: Fit and 100% buttons on Image Preview window would stay selected.
14.0.24 (07/01/2009)
1. Fixed: Theater View animated backgrounds were not drawing.
2. Changed: Adjusted how much Theater View lists fade when showing the overlay file info panel.
3. Fixed: In Theater View, adding a root category with a library item under it that had no children would not work logically.
4. Changed: Theater View message boxes respect checks of 'don't show again' from Standard View.
5. NEW: Added new option: Options > Tree & View > Thumbnails > Draw frames on image thumbnails.
6. NEW: Added new option: Options > Tree & View > Thumbnails > Create thumbnails for videos.
7. NEW: Library option to "Play local file if one that matches Library Server file is found".
8. Fixed: Fixed a few glitches with focus / navigation with the Theater View info panel.
9. Fixed: Some MCE remote buttons were not learning properly.
10. Changed: Added option on IR blast dialog to suppress system handling of App Commands while an IR blast was taking place.
11. NEW: Added Fit, 100% and close buttons to Image Preview window.
12. NEW: Added hide tree button to Image Preview window.
13. Fixed: Images now properly synchronized on mouse move.
14. Fixed: Shift inverts the "sync" checkbox state on mouse move and zoom.
15. NEW: Tooltips enabled for ImagePreview. (Name, dimensions and zoom.)
16. NEW: Theater View info panel allows entering into large fields and scrolling them (like Theater View News).
17. Fixed: With the start menu on the right of the monitor and set to auto-hide, maximizing Media Center could interfere with the ability to show the bar.
18. Changed: Pan & Zoom is off by default for image slideshows.
14.0.23 (06/30/2009)
1. Fixed: With both MCE and HID remote plugins enabled, both would not work reliably.
2. Fixed: The Theater View option "Disable Windows Media Center" would not work in some cases.
3. Fixed: Theater View's file info panel could overlay a popup message asking for confirmation (like on delete of a television episode).
4. Fixed: The "Delete" button was not working in Zone Manager.
5. Fixed: Lineup style Theater View lists didn't fade nicely when zooming into the File Info panel.
6. Fixed: Pushing dialog buttons using the 'Enter' key could cause the button to execute twice in some places, leading to strange behavior.
7. Changed: Several changes in the remote control editing dialogs. Sorry - you'll need to redo any IR blast commands you've created in previous builds.
8. Fixed: Remote control learned codes were not taking effect until after restarting Media Center.
9. Changed: Streaming mkv files are loaded with "File Source (Netshow URL)" filter explicitly.
10. NEW: Multiple Image Previews with synchronized resizing.
14.0.22 (06/29/2009)
1. Changed: MC will remember currently selected program in television view's programs list. When returning to the list after watching a recorded or live program the same program will remain selected (highlighted).
2. Fixed: IR learning wasn't working for HID keys.
3. Fixed: Adding a blast command used a generic name for the command rather than the user entered one.
4. NEW: IR learning / blasting using MCE receivers will work even with UAC enabled.
5. Fixed: Typed list / tree navigation would not scroll.
6. Changed: Image preview internals.
14.0.21 (06/26/2009)
1. Changed: Minor changes to the remote control dialogs.
2. NEW: Double Clicking the image preview will close it.
3. Fixed: flac files with "fla" extension could not be played.
4. NEW: Player installs "Media Center 14 Service" that runs only when the player is running to allow talking to hardware (for remotes, handhelds, etc.) when UAC is enabled.
5. Changed: Deleting television recording files is done in a safer way.
6. Fixed: Since build 16, television recording files recorded using prior builds could not be deleted cleanly from within MC.
7. NEW: Added support for MCE remote learning and blasting on Vista and Windows 7. (requires administrator priveleges for now -- this will change in a coming build)
1. NEW: A "Watched" column in "Recordings" list, in Television View, that indicates whether, or when, or how much you have watched the television recordings.
2. Fixed: Bug in the Image Preview mouse move code.
3. NEW: Histograms added to Image Preview.
4. Fixed: Fit and 100% buttons on Image Preview window would stay selected.
14.0.24 (07/01/2009)
1. Fixed: Theater View animated backgrounds were not drawing.
2. Changed: Adjusted how much Theater View lists fade when showing the overlay file info panel.
3. Fixed: In Theater View, adding a root category with a library item under it that had no children would not work logically.
4. Changed: Theater View message boxes respect checks of 'don't show again' from Standard View.
5. NEW: Added new option: Options > Tree & View > Thumbnails > Draw frames on image thumbnails.
6. NEW: Added new option: Options > Tree & View > Thumbnails > Create thumbnails for videos.
7. NEW: Library option to "Play local file if one that matches Library Server file is found".
8. Fixed: Fixed a few glitches with focus / navigation with the Theater View info panel.
9. Fixed: Some MCE remote buttons were not learning properly.
10. Changed: Added option on IR blast dialog to suppress system handling of App Commands while an IR blast was taking place.
11. NEW: Added Fit, 100% and close buttons to Image Preview window.
12. NEW: Added hide tree button to Image Preview window.
13. Fixed: Images now properly synchronized on mouse move.
14. Fixed: Shift inverts the "sync" checkbox state on mouse move and zoom.
15. NEW: Tooltips enabled for ImagePreview. (Name, dimensions and zoom.)
16. NEW: Theater View info panel allows entering into large fields and scrolling them (like Theater View News).
17. Fixed: With the start menu on the right of the monitor and set to auto-hide, maximizing Media Center could interfere with the ability to show the bar.
18. Changed: Pan & Zoom is off by default for image slideshows.
14.0.23 (06/30/2009)
1. Fixed: With both MCE and HID remote plugins enabled, both would not work reliably.
2. Fixed: The Theater View option "Disable Windows Media Center" would not work in some cases.
3. Fixed: Theater View's file info panel could overlay a popup message asking for confirmation (like on delete of a television episode).
4. Fixed: The "Delete" button was not working in Zone Manager.
5. Fixed: Lineup style Theater View lists didn't fade nicely when zooming into the File Info panel.
6. Fixed: Pushing dialog buttons using the 'Enter' key could cause the button to execute twice in some places, leading to strange behavior.
7. Changed: Several changes in the remote control editing dialogs. Sorry - you'll need to redo any IR blast commands you've created in previous builds.
8. Fixed: Remote control learned codes were not taking effect until after restarting Media Center.
9. Changed: Streaming mkv files are loaded with "File Source (Netshow URL)" filter explicitly.
10. NEW: Multiple Image Previews with synchronized resizing.
14.0.22 (06/29/2009)
1. Changed: MC will remember currently selected program in television view's programs list. When returning to the list after watching a recorded or live program the same program will remain selected (highlighted).
2. Fixed: IR learning wasn't working for HID keys.
3. Fixed: Adding a blast command used a generic name for the command rather than the user entered one.
4. NEW: IR learning / blasting using MCE receivers will work even with UAC enabled.
5. Fixed: Typed list / tree navigation would not scroll.
6. Changed: Image preview internals.
14.0.21 (06/26/2009)
1. Changed: Minor changes to the remote control dialogs.
2. NEW: Double Clicking the image preview will close it.
3. Fixed: flac files with "fla" extension could not be played.
4. NEW: Player installs "Media Center 14 Service" that runs only when the player is running to allow talking to hardware (for remotes, handhelds, etc.) when UAC is enabled.
5. Changed: Deleting television recording files is done in a safer way.
6. Fixed: Since build 16, television recording files recorded using prior builds could not be deleted cleanly from within MC.
7. NEW: Added support for MCE remote learning and blasting on Vista and Windows 7. (requires administrator priveleges for now -- this will change in a coming build)
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The builds 16-19
14.0.19 (06/24/2009)
1. Changed: Sidecar files are moved when media files are moved.
2. Changed: Sidecar files are deleted when media files are deleted.
3. NEW: Clickable zoom/unzoom buttons added to thumbs to enable image preview window.
4. Fixed: Image preview window should only show for image views. (still a work in progress)
5. Changed: Image preview window is now just to the right of the tree.
6. Changed: Image preview window not on by default.
7. Changed: Image not shown in big tooltip if the image preview window is active.
14.0.18 (06/23/2009)
1. NEW: When saving the database, a cleanup process removes any files from the library folder that are not used by the program.
2. Fixed: When adding a playlist to the tree, if the tree scroller to show the new playlist, the in-place edit to allow naming would be canceled.
3. Fixed: When doing a Library Sync from a Library Server client after playlist changes, other playlists in the same playlist group could get corrupted.
4. Optimized: Improved performance of 3D wall style views.
5. Fixed: Television recording files (jtv, jts) could not be played from the Library Server.
6. NEW: Experimental IR blaster support for MCE transceivers. (not working yet)
7. Changed: Internal changes for how remote control commands are stored. You'll have to 're-learn' any remote controls that have been used previously.
8. Fixed: When connected to Library Server, auto-import could incorrectly remove server files from the library.
9. NEW: Experimental system for using images and cover art as the background of Theater View (create playlist "Theater View Background" and put images or audio in it to test)
10. Changed: Image preview window removed (coming back soon).
14.0.17 (06/22/2009)
1. Changed: More changes on data buffering during television (or television recording) playback.
2. Fixed: Build 16 wasn't able to find other running copies of the program, which caused problems in a few areas.
3. Changed: Switched "Description" field to a large-edit style editing field instead of using a single-line control for editing.
4. Fixed: MC rejected video sidecar files in which Title element contained attributes.
5. Changed: Thumbnails for TV recordings are grabbed at one minute into the video instead of the default 5 seconds into the video.
6. NEW: When using T'remote to play content on the server, the server will suppress playback error popups.
7. NEW: Theater View Info Panel shows full page information about movies, television programs, etc.
8. NEW: Image preview window.
14.0.16 (06/19/2009)
1. Changed: Renamed television subscription option "One per day, near prime-time" to "One per day, only prime-time" to more clearly describe what it's doing. (same applies to middle of night wording)
2. Changed: The list grouping "Album (by date)" is available in all views instead of only in image views.
3. Changed: Added MCC commands for zooming Theater View (also possible in Options or with [Ctrl]+[Mouse Wheel]) (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=52539.0)
4. Fixed: Theater View did not nicely support Alt+# style input of international characters.
5. Fixed: Switching the resolution of a monitor while Theater View was showing did not update Theater View correctly.
6. Changed: The TV recording stub file (*.jtv) now references other data files by relative paths, instead of full path. This way the recordings can be moved to different locations and be still playable. They can also be shared and played from other computers.
7. NEW: Audio engine supports WAV files with a bit depth of 64 bits. (internal data path remains 32-bits)
1. Changed: Sidecar files are moved when media files are moved.
2. Changed: Sidecar files are deleted when media files are deleted.
3. NEW: Clickable zoom/unzoom buttons added to thumbs to enable image preview window.
4. Fixed: Image preview window should only show for image views. (still a work in progress)
5. Changed: Image preview window is now just to the right of the tree.
6. Changed: Image preview window not on by default.
7. Changed: Image not shown in big tooltip if the image preview window is active.
14.0.18 (06/23/2009)
1. NEW: When saving the database, a cleanup process removes any files from the library folder that are not used by the program.
2. Fixed: When adding a playlist to the tree, if the tree scroller to show the new playlist, the in-place edit to allow naming would be canceled.
3. Fixed: When doing a Library Sync from a Library Server client after playlist changes, other playlists in the same playlist group could get corrupted.
4. Optimized: Improved performance of 3D wall style views.
5. Fixed: Television recording files (jtv, jts) could not be played from the Library Server.
6. NEW: Experimental IR blaster support for MCE transceivers. (not working yet)
7. Changed: Internal changes for how remote control commands are stored. You'll have to 're-learn' any remote controls that have been used previously.
8. Fixed: When connected to Library Server, auto-import could incorrectly remove server files from the library.
9. NEW: Experimental system for using images and cover art as the background of Theater View (create playlist "Theater View Background" and put images or audio in it to test)
10. Changed: Image preview window removed (coming back soon).
14.0.17 (06/22/2009)
1. Changed: More changes on data buffering during television (or television recording) playback.
2. Fixed: Build 16 wasn't able to find other running copies of the program, which caused problems in a few areas.
3. Changed: Switched "Description" field to a large-edit style editing field instead of using a single-line control for editing.
4. Fixed: MC rejected video sidecar files in which Title element contained attributes.
5. Changed: Thumbnails for TV recordings are grabbed at one minute into the video instead of the default 5 seconds into the video.
6. NEW: When using T'remote to play content on the server, the server will suppress playback error popups.
7. NEW: Theater View Info Panel shows full page information about movies, television programs, etc.
8. NEW: Image preview window.
14.0.16 (06/19/2009)
1. Changed: Renamed television subscription option "One per day, near prime-time" to "One per day, only prime-time" to more clearly describe what it's doing. (same applies to middle of night wording)
2. Changed: The list grouping "Album (by date)" is available in all views instead of only in image views.
3. Changed: Added MCC commands for zooming Theater View (also possible in Options or with [Ctrl]+[Mouse Wheel]) (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=52539.0)
4. Fixed: Theater View did not nicely support Alt+# style input of international characters.
5. Fixed: Switching the resolution of a monitor while Theater View was showing did not update Theater View correctly.
6. Changed: The TV recording stub file (*.jtv) now references other data files by relative paths, instead of full path. This way the recordings can be moved to different locations and be still playable. They can also be shared and played from other computers.
7. NEW: Audio engine supports WAV files with a bit depth of 64 bits. (internal data path remains 32-bits)
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The builds 8-15
14.0.15 (06/18/2009)
1. Changed: MC television time-shifting reader filter does a better job of buffering data when playing files from a network drive.
2. NEW: Added a new Theater View option "Disable Windows Media Center (useful if it is launching on the Green button, etc.)". (requires UAC elevation)
3. NEW: Added WASAPI option "Present 24-bit data in a 32-bit package". (some audiophile hardware needs 24-bit data while most consumer level hardware needs 24-bit data in a 32-bit package)
4. NEW: Improved web service interface (MCWS) so that all playback functions support zones.
5. NEW: When connecting to a Library Server, the server zones are added to the client zones under Playing Now to allow playback to any zone of the server or any zone of the client. (this replaces the 'Here' / 'There' popup)
14.0.14 (06/17/2009)
1. Changed: Removed the "Finish" page from the television scanning dialog -- the results are shown in the channel list after a scan.
2. Fixed: The Import single-folder wizard would import from the last path used instead of the current path (only applies to build 13).
3. NEW: Added new Handheld playlist format "M3U (relative paths without leading dot)" for devices that don't like relative paths that start with ".\".
3. Changed: Simplified how web media sites are added and removed from Theater View. (use Options > Theater View to configure)
4. NEW: Added YouTube Theater View integration that allows browsing popular, recent, etc. and allows doing searches.
5. Changed: Added a tip to the Monitor Switcher (MC14.exe /MonitorSwitch) for how to switch between two different displays on Windows 7. (requires two calls instead of one like Vista and earlier)
6. Fixed: MC14 would crash on television playback if MC12 had been run.
7. Fixed: Certain color format PSD files could cause a crash.
8. NEW: Theater View allows nesting of root items that will show on a secondary roller.
9. Changed: Renamed "Web Media" to "Connected Media".
10. Fixed: MC could hang when playing FLV video from YouTube in secondary monitor.
11. Changed: Shutting down a TRemote client no longer stops playback on the server.
14.0.13 (06/15/2009)
1. Changed: When user selects a channel in "Edit Channel List" window, MC tries to fill "Channel Number" field with a default value if the field is not already set by user (ATSC digital TV and analog Cable only).
2. NEW: Improved new Import interface when importing a single folder.
3. NEW: Reworked Theater View rollers so they can be grabbed and dragged or flicked to scroll with a mouse / touch-screen (works like other Theater View lists now).
4. Changed: ATSC television channel scanning will use an existing channel in database with identical channel name, instead of creating a new entry (in case the physical channel is different). This change is necessary to avoid creating duplicates, and to preserve existing subscriptions. Many television stations changed their broadcast carrier frequency (physical channel) at the analog broadcast switch-off last week.
5. Fixed: DVB-T channel "Is AC3 Audio" attribute was displayed incorrectly in "Details" section on "Edit Channel List" window.
6. Changed: Miscellaneous changes in "Edit Channel List" window.
7. Fixed: Media Center 13 and Media Center 14 shell extensions could fight with each other (may require manually enabling / disabling shell extensions in each program to get it working).
8. Fixed: Searching for Media Servers did not work (only applies to build 12).
9. NEW: Added more browsable categories to Hulu inside Theater View.
14.0.12 (06/12/2009)
1. NEW: Added Hulu.com support to Theater View. (still a work in progress; for now you must add a Theater View root item in Options > Theater View for the website: http://www.hulu.com)
2. Optimized: Core image MMX assembly rendering engine about 8% faster.
3. Fixed: Possible crash when scrolling in lists.
4. Changed: The text on the installer button "Next" is changed to "Next >", to be consistent with "< Back" button, and to avoid translation confusion with "Next" as in "Next Track".
5. Fixed: Monochrome PSD files that used RLE encoding could cause a crash (monochrome PSD files not currently supported).
6. Changed: "Next / Previous use favorite channels only" check box is moved from Television Options window to Edit Channel List window.
7. Changed: When saving an ID3v2 tag to an MP3, if the new tag is more than 8 KB smaller than the old tag, the file will be rewritten to save space on disk.
8. Fixed: Lists that were grouped into Album Thumbnails were not always working.
14.0.11 (06/10/2009)
1. NEW: Added write support to Library Server to allow bidirectional communication of any number of clients with a single server. When connected to a Library Server, use the command File > Library > Sync Library... to write any changes made on the client back to the server, and also update the client from the server if necessary. Expect automation in a future build.
2. Changed: When connecting the a Library Server, the Filename is no longer updated to show a URL -- instead this happens internally at playback time.
3. Fixed: Playing recorded television show or starting to watch a television channel while MC was doing scheduled recording could have long silence (up to 100 seconds) and (to lesser extent) paused video, if MC was on second monitor when playback started.
4. Fixed: Moving MC from one monitor to another while playing a recorded television show would cause audio and video to pause for a long time.
5. Fixed: MCE remote controls work again (support was temporarily disabled while building new remote system in early builds).
14.0.10 (06/09/2009)
1. NEW: Many improvements to using Media Center as a remote for another Media Center. (shows what's playing, next, previous, stop, seeking, and volume work)
2. Changed: Updated the Chinese language file (thanks to Katapa).
3. Changed: When an encoder needs to download a supporting file on first use, it could show two UAC prompts instead of one.
4. Changed: When emailing log files, a string is placed at the top of the message asking users to provide a description or link (it's hard to know what to do with logs with no context).
5. Changed: Quicktime file types (except mov, qt, m4p, and m4b) that are set to use "Automatic" Playback Method will be played using DirectShow instead of Quicktime engine if needed DirectShow filters are found on the computer.
6. Changed: Increased timeout used when searching for Library Servers.
7. Fixed: In some cases, searching for a Library Server could find a server running on the local machine, causing a possible circular reference.
8. Fixed: Creation of ZIP file with subfolders could fail to be unzipped on Linux (caused problems with Pix01 galleries).
14.0.9 (06/05/2009)
1. NEW: Many improvements to search suggestion engine (adds instructions, common searches, etc.)
2. Changed: Version 14 no longer functions with a version 13 license.
3. Optimized: Improved performance of thumbnail lists.
4. Fixed: Miscellaneous fixes in the remote control options dialog. Please select "Restore Default List" after installing this build.
14.0.8 (06/04/2009)
1. Fixed: Flickr uploader was failing on wide characters.
2. Fixed: Facebook uploader should be utf-8 safe.
3. Fixed: Inconsistent database filename was used when importing DVDs by "Import Playlist..." tool with My Movies data.
4. Fixed: Theater View News and Weather plugins were not appearing.
5. Fixed: When sorting a list, the selection would not remain visible.
6. NEW: Added web service interface (REST based) to library server. Use the URL [library server address]/MCWS/v1/doc or [library server address]/MCWS/v1/wsdl to see documentation. (still a work in progress)
7. NEW: When connecting to Library Server, a user can choose to play on the server instead of locally.
1. Changed: MC television time-shifting reader filter does a better job of buffering data when playing files from a network drive.
2. NEW: Added a new Theater View option "Disable Windows Media Center (useful if it is launching on the Green button, etc.)". (requires UAC elevation)
3. NEW: Added WASAPI option "Present 24-bit data in a 32-bit package". (some audiophile hardware needs 24-bit data while most consumer level hardware needs 24-bit data in a 32-bit package)
4. NEW: Improved web service interface (MCWS) so that all playback functions support zones.
5. NEW: When connecting to a Library Server, the server zones are added to the client zones under Playing Now to allow playback to any zone of the server or any zone of the client. (this replaces the 'Here' / 'There' popup)
14.0.14 (06/17/2009)
1. Changed: Removed the "Finish" page from the television scanning dialog -- the results are shown in the channel list after a scan.
2. Fixed: The Import single-folder wizard would import from the last path used instead of the current path (only applies to build 13).
3. NEW: Added new Handheld playlist format "M3U (relative paths without leading dot)" for devices that don't like relative paths that start with ".\".
3. Changed: Simplified how web media sites are added and removed from Theater View. (use Options > Theater View to configure)
4. NEW: Added YouTube Theater View integration that allows browsing popular, recent, etc. and allows doing searches.
5. Changed: Added a tip to the Monitor Switcher (MC14.exe /MonitorSwitch) for how to switch between two different displays on Windows 7. (requires two calls instead of one like Vista and earlier)
6. Fixed: MC14 would crash on television playback if MC12 had been run.
7. Fixed: Certain color format PSD files could cause a crash.
8. NEW: Theater View allows nesting of root items that will show on a secondary roller.
9. Changed: Renamed "Web Media" to "Connected Media".
10. Fixed: MC could hang when playing FLV video from YouTube in secondary monitor.
11. Changed: Shutting down a TRemote client no longer stops playback on the server.
14.0.13 (06/15/2009)
1. Changed: When user selects a channel in "Edit Channel List" window, MC tries to fill "Channel Number" field with a default value if the field is not already set by user (ATSC digital TV and analog Cable only).
2. NEW: Improved new Import interface when importing a single folder.
3. NEW: Reworked Theater View rollers so they can be grabbed and dragged or flicked to scroll with a mouse / touch-screen (works like other Theater View lists now).
4. Changed: ATSC television channel scanning will use an existing channel in database with identical channel name, instead of creating a new entry (in case the physical channel is different). This change is necessary to avoid creating duplicates, and to preserve existing subscriptions. Many television stations changed their broadcast carrier frequency (physical channel) at the analog broadcast switch-off last week.
5. Fixed: DVB-T channel "Is AC3 Audio" attribute was displayed incorrectly in "Details" section on "Edit Channel List" window.
6. Changed: Miscellaneous changes in "Edit Channel List" window.
7. Fixed: Media Center 13 and Media Center 14 shell extensions could fight with each other (may require manually enabling / disabling shell extensions in each program to get it working).
8. Fixed: Searching for Media Servers did not work (only applies to build 12).
9. NEW: Added more browsable categories to Hulu inside Theater View.
14.0.12 (06/12/2009)
1. NEW: Added Hulu.com support to Theater View. (still a work in progress; for now you must add a Theater View root item in Options > Theater View for the website: http://www.hulu.com)
2. Optimized: Core image MMX assembly rendering engine about 8% faster.
3. Fixed: Possible crash when scrolling in lists.
4. Changed: The text on the installer button "Next" is changed to "Next >", to be consistent with "< Back" button, and to avoid translation confusion with "Next" as in "Next Track".
5. Fixed: Monochrome PSD files that used RLE encoding could cause a crash (monochrome PSD files not currently supported).
6. Changed: "Next / Previous use favorite channels only" check box is moved from Television Options window to Edit Channel List window.
7. Changed: When saving an ID3v2 tag to an MP3, if the new tag is more than 8 KB smaller than the old tag, the file will be rewritten to save space on disk.
8. Fixed: Lists that were grouped into Album Thumbnails were not always working.
14.0.11 (06/10/2009)
1. NEW: Added write support to Library Server to allow bidirectional communication of any number of clients with a single server. When connected to a Library Server, use the command File > Library > Sync Library... to write any changes made on the client back to the server, and also update the client from the server if necessary. Expect automation in a future build.
2. Changed: When connecting the a Library Server, the Filename is no longer updated to show a URL -- instead this happens internally at playback time.
3. Fixed: Playing recorded television show or starting to watch a television channel while MC was doing scheduled recording could have long silence (up to 100 seconds) and (to lesser extent) paused video, if MC was on second monitor when playback started.
4. Fixed: Moving MC from one monitor to another while playing a recorded television show would cause audio and video to pause for a long time.
5. Fixed: MCE remote controls work again (support was temporarily disabled while building new remote system in early builds).
14.0.10 (06/09/2009)
1. NEW: Many improvements to using Media Center as a remote for another Media Center. (shows what's playing, next, previous, stop, seeking, and volume work)
2. Changed: Updated the Chinese language file (thanks to Katapa).
3. Changed: When an encoder needs to download a supporting file on first use, it could show two UAC prompts instead of one.
4. Changed: When emailing log files, a string is placed at the top of the message asking users to provide a description or link (it's hard to know what to do with logs with no context).
5. Changed: Quicktime file types (except mov, qt, m4p, and m4b) that are set to use "Automatic" Playback Method will be played using DirectShow instead of Quicktime engine if needed DirectShow filters are found on the computer.
6. Changed: Increased timeout used when searching for Library Servers.
7. Fixed: In some cases, searching for a Library Server could find a server running on the local machine, causing a possible circular reference.
8. Fixed: Creation of ZIP file with subfolders could fail to be unzipped on Linux (caused problems with Pix01 galleries).
14.0.9 (06/05/2009)
1. NEW: Many improvements to search suggestion engine (adds instructions, common searches, etc.)
2. Changed: Version 14 no longer functions with a version 13 license.
3. Optimized: Improved performance of thumbnail lists.
4. Fixed: Miscellaneous fixes in the remote control options dialog. Please select "Restore Default List" after installing this build.
14.0.8 (06/04/2009)
1. Fixed: Flickr uploader was failing on wide characters.
2. Fixed: Facebook uploader should be utf-8 safe.
3. Fixed: Inconsistent database filename was used when importing DVDs by "Import Playlist..." tool with My Movies data.
4. Fixed: Theater View News and Weather plugins were not appearing.
5. Fixed: When sorting a list, the selection would not remain visible.
6. NEW: Added web service interface (REST based) to library server. Use the URL [library server address]/MCWS/v1/doc or [library server address]/MCWS/v1/wsdl to see documentation. (still a work in progress)
7. NEW: When connecting to Library Server, a user can choose to play on the server instead of locally.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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.
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.
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