16.0.100 (5/31/2011)
1. Fixed: Quickly switching videos could lead to a crash.
2. Changed: When restoring an old library that does not contain settings, the program will succeed on the library restore (but of course not restore settings) instead of report a failure that required a user to uncheck the option to restore settings.
3. Faster: Editing a field of the type 'Large Value' (like lyrics) for a large number of files is much faster.
4. Fixed: Editing a huge number of files where all tagging would fail (due to a disconnected drive, etc.) could cause a memory leak.
5. Changed: Editing a large number of files uses less memory.
6. Fixed: Red October video playback would crash on some mpeg files, especially on Windows XP when ffdshow was configured to decode mpeg with libmpeg2 (now using libavcodec).
7. Changed: Updated to latest LAV splitter (.28) which better handles MTS files.
8. NEW: EXIF GPS information for latitude and longitude is read more completely (right-click > Update Library from Tags to fill existing files).
9. NEW: Added right-click image option "Locate on Google Maps" (only appears for images that contain GPS information in the Latitude and Longitude fields).
10. Changed: When possible, video stream selection is made before DirectShow graph is built.
11. Changed: When viewing a playlist of images and videos, the word 'Stop' will no longer appear on the on screen display when transitioning from one to the other.
12. Fixed: VC-1 files (e.g. Blu-Ray MKV's) wouldn't play on many WinXP systems.
13. Changed: Use ffdshow for mpeg-1 decoding rather than using Microsoft. Seems to be higher quality.
14. Changed: When a video starts, the background only shows 'Opening...', etc. if the video takes longer than a second to start playing, making for a smoother visual transition between videos.
15. Changed: DirectShow graph building mode option added to Options/Video page replacing the two Red October checkboxes with a single three state drop box.
16. Fixed: Smartlists could fail to show choices that were logical when the smartlist contained OR conditions or list-type fields.
17. Changed: Red October will attempt to use Power DVD video decoders 9, 10, or 11 if installed on Windows XP where there is no system DVD video decoder.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
The builds 98-99
16.0.99 (5/27/2011)
1. Changed: With Red October turned off, DirectShow graph building is back to the Merit based "smart" rendering style using user selected custom filters.
2. Changed: New option "Use additional custom filters for Red October" under the Red October checkbox in Options/Video. (Whitelist)
3. Changed: Added ffdshow raw video, CoreAVC, and PowerDVD 10 video decoders to whitelist.
16.0.98 (5/26/2011)
1. Changed: Added LAV-CUVID and Power DVD 11 video decoders to the white list.
2. Fixed: Video conversion was broken for DLNA & Library Server video playback.
1. Changed: With Red October turned off, DirectShow graph building is back to the Merit based "smart" rendering style using user selected custom filters.
2. Changed: New option "Use additional custom filters for Red October" under the Red October checkbox in Options/Video. (Whitelist)
3. Changed: Added ffdshow raw video, CoreAVC, and PowerDVD 10 video decoders to whitelist.
16.0.98 (5/26/2011)
1. Changed: Added LAV-CUVID and Power DVD 11 video decoders to the white list.
2. Fixed: Video conversion was broken for DLNA & Library Server video playback.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The builds 87-97
16.0.97 (5/25/2011)
1. Fixed: During video playback, the channel headroom was not being provided to Room Correction, so the total output level could be lower than necessary.
2. Fixed: AC3 was appearing twice in File Types.
3. Faster: JRSS down-mix processing is 245% faster (i.e. 5.1 to 2.0, etc.).
4. Fixed: Navigating in Theater View could crash when skipping multiple browse levels that only contained a single choice.
5. Fixed: When scanning for television channels, the new channels would show in 'Recently Imported'.
6. Fixed: Shutting down the program could be unnecessarily stalled for a second by the remote control engine.
7. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar).
8. Changed: Added the ability to add a 'Mute' filter to DSP Studio > Parametric Equalizer.
9. Changed: With Red October off, user selected audio or video decoders will be used (if a decoder you would like to use does not get used, please report the filter details -- support is currently done on a white-list basis).
10. Changed: With Red October off, when ffdshow is manually selected as a decoder for a file type, auto-configuration of ffdshow will be disabled.
11. Changed: Microsoft's "Stream Buffer Source" filter is used to render dvr-ms and wtv files.
12. Changed: Updated to latest LAV splitter (.27) which better handles TS files.
16.0.96 (5/24/2011)
1. Fixed: When JRSS mixed from 5.1 or 7.1 to 4.0 or lower, the subwoofer level could be too low (now respects the option 'Source is correctly mastered for +10 dB calibration').
2. Fixed: Videos with low sample rates could fail to play if the sound card did not support a low sample rate (DSP Studio > Output Format is now automatically configured if necessary).
3. Changed: Removed skinning from system Font dialog because skinning doesn't nicely support all of the controls used by the dialog on some versions of Windows.
4. Fixed: DLNA Servers would expose a new ID each run until they were configured once.
5. Changed: Red October now sets the "threadsnum" parameter for ffdshow to 4.
6. NEW: "FPS" (frame rate) field for video, filled in during import time.
7. Changed: Tuned how MC16.exe /MonitorToggle works so that it should work with more configurations.
8. Changed: Allow DLNA server to serve unconverted streaming content.
9. Fixed: WMV files that contained video that the system Windows Media video decoder filter did not support would not work properly with Red October.
10. Changed: Red October subtitle handling is improved.
11. Fixed: Toggling in and out of Theater View could be problematic.
12. Changed: Android video conversion now uses the Red October system.
13. NEW: Media Center adds itself to the 'Default programs' list on Vista and Windows 7.
14. Fixed: At system shutdown time, Media Center could hold up the shutdown because it was trying to communicate with the Service which was already shut down.
16.0.95 (5/20/2011)
1. Fixed: WOL for WAN hosts and fixed to handle multiple interfaces properly.
2. Changed: Red October will use PowerDVD 9 when available for video decoding on systems where the Microsoft decoders are not available (normally XP systems).
3. Changed: Updated to new version of ffdshow (ffdshow_rev3850_20110511_xhmikosr_MSVC2010.exe).
4. Fixed: VMR 9 was not working nicely with DVD.
5. Changed: Removed the option DSP Studio > Output Format option 'Something outside Media Center will make the subwoofer +10 dB (standard calibration)'. All level calibration should be done using Room Correction.
6. Changed: Room Correction allows setting levels from -20dB to +20dB (previously it had a range of -12dB to +12dB).
7. NEW: The Output Format and Room Correction systems work together better to track the available headroom in each audio channel so that unnecessary attenuation is never performed.
8. Fixed: DSP Studio > Room Correction would unnecessarily attenuate all channels when they all had negative volume levels (only the relative differences should matter).
9. Changed: Library and playlist views do not show a playing overlay on a thumbnail when it's the active playback file but playback is stopped (or else the green play overlay causes confusion with the 'Play' text link).
10. Changed: Tuned the slow double click mechanism for in-place list editing so that a fast double-click that just misses being a double-click won't start editing.
11. Fixed: Thumbnailing and analyzing of video files now works with Red October.
12. Changed: Enabled more subtitle options in Red October mode, hopefully they improve subtitle activation.
16.0.94 (5/19/2011)
1. Fixed: Video volume normalization did not work nicely with VideoClock enabled.
2. Changed: Updated ffdshow download to "rev3832 Apr 29 2011 ICL 12"
3. Fixed: Video playback of files with AC3 audio (HDTV, DVD, etc.) could make goose honking noises on seek.
4. Fixed: With VideoClock enabled, if the video took more than a couple seconds to start, the lip sync would take longer than expected to lock on.
5. Changed: Red October will not use madVR for DVD.
6. Changed: Turned off ffdshow tray icon in auto config mode.
7. Fixed: The direct show connection info now reports the correct filename path for filters when using auto config.
8. Changed: Improved the support of WMV files with Red October.
9. Fixed: Starting TS playback with a bookmark saved could be problematic when using Red October.
10. Changed: Theater View theme video backgrounds use Red October.
11. NEW: Video audio volume normalization considers the video type being played so that it can make better decisions about the levels.
12. Fixed: MC crashed in some cases when playing videos with Red October turned off.
16.0.93 (5/18/2011)
1. NEW: Television time-shifting filters will now properly handle channel switching that involves audio format changes (from AC3 to MPEG and vice versa).
2. NEW: Added support for .ac3 audio files.
3. Fixed: Mpeg-1 video from a URL was not playing in auto config mode.
4. Fixed: The volume control was not updating properly to connect to the proper sound card for video playback.
5. Fixed: When the audio stream format changes in the middle of a video, the volume control would not be updated to reflect the bitstreaming status.
6. NEW: DVD playback uses the new video graph building system.
7. NEW: Added Options > Video > Audio for Video, DVD, & Television > Normalize volume.
8. Changed: Properties for ffdshow audio/video decoders can no longer be shown when in auto config mode. Previously this caused a crash.
16.0.92 (5/18/2011)
1. Fixed: In some cases, an existing installation of ffdshow could cause video playback to fail.
2. Fixed: On XP systems, if VMR 9 was not available, video playback would fail.
3. Changed: Internal changes to how video playback is configured and played.
16.0.91 (5/17/2011)
1. NEW: When in Red October automatic config mode for DirectShow video playback, all filters are now directly connected instead of using "smart" connection.
2. NEW: When in Red October automatic config mode for DirectShow, known safe filters are loaded explicitly instead of using filters registered on the system.
3. Fixed: DLNA playback was unnecessarily causing conversion stacks to be created for non-MP3 file types.
4. Fixed: When controlling a DLNA device, Last.fm Scrobbling could trigger twice if the playback server was the same as the controlling machine.
5. Fixed: The location text used by Theater View skins was not updating correctly in some cases when using the new Theater View navigation components.
6. Changed: Updated the default Theater View theme to match the new Theater View layout.
7. NEW: Theater View theme images that are downloaded are cached between runs (previously it used a runtime only cache).
8. Fixed: Tivo music playback wasn't working with conversion enabled.
16.0.90 (5/13/2011)
1. Fixed: Possible crash in 16.0.89 related to querying output plugins for their bitstreaming status.
2. Fixed: Added a workaround that would cause the audio renderer to not get fully released when stopping playback due to an ffdshow leak.
3. Fixed: After leaving Theater View while in Live TV or Guide view and then returning, navigation could be broken.
4. Fixed: Library views that only had one item in the root level grouping could cause problems in Theater View.
5. Fixed: A few bugs regarding Theater View 'Items To Show' customization when using nesting.
6. NEW: Added Blu-ray support to file associations, auto-run actions, etc. (configure in Options > File Types and Options > CD & DVD).
7. Fixed: With UAC, auto-run disabling (if selected in Options > CD & DVD) would not always work.
16.0.89 (5/12/2011)
1. NEW: Renamed 'Check for Updates' to 'Update Channels' in the Help menu and added channel selection and other options right there.
2. NEW: Added the ability to choose a download folder and number of downloads to keep to the update channel system.
3. Fixed: Changing Update Channel options in Options and clicking 'Cancel' would not discard changes.
4. Changed: Importing of mp4 videos will use direct parsing method as used in importing of m4a audios.
5. Faster: MP4 (M4A, ALAC, MP4 video) importing / parsing is 10 to 30 times faster (was about 16.5 times faster on a test suite of many files).
6. Changed: When looking up a series from TheTVDB.com for Theater View backdrops, all languages are searched instead of only English.
7. Changed: Update Channels will better handle cases where two or more updates are pushed before the user allows installation.
8. NEW: Added bitstreaming support for Dolby True HD and DTS-HD to the J. River audio engine.
9. SDK: Added support for Location=Next to MCWS/v1/Playback/PlayByKey so that a file can be set as the next to play.
10. Fixed: When using ASIO, audio format changes in the middle of a video stream were not always supported nicely.
11. Changed: Added support for the non-standard TXXX(RATING) ID3v2 tag used by some programs.
12. Changed: The J. River audio engine resampler did not cope nicely with 11024 Hz input (used by some cameras in recorded video, etc.)
13. NEW: While bitstreaming audio during video playback, the volume slider, volume tooltip, and volume menu update nicely to reflect that bitstreaming is occurring.
14. Fixed: Displaying filter property pages in television would hang MC.
15. NEW: Many improvements to the automatic filter configuration system for video playback.
16.0.88 (5/10/2011)
1. Fixed: Clicking 'Details' while downloading in the Action Window would show the downloads view but the tab / header would not be labeled 'Downloads'.
2. Changed: Improved the quality of the artwork provided to Gizmo when browsing.
3. NEW: Added ability to select a different aspect ratio from the OSD menu while viewing Netflix instant videos in Theater View.
4. Fixed: Hitting Enter (or OK on a remote) was not working as a pause/play shortcut while viewing Netflix videos.
16.0.87 (5/10/2011)
1. Changed: The update system uses the standard "MediaCenter16008x.exe" naming instead of "Install (16.0.8x).exe" naming.
2. Fixed: The update system could fallback from 'Beta' to 'Development' on a single server failure (now requires multiple failures where Beta fails but Latest works).
3. Changed: Tuned the check for update frequency for the 'Latest' channel so that it checks for updates more often.
4. Changed: If the update system runs a pending update but it's cancelled or fails for some reason, relaunching Media Center will show a message that allows discarding the update (previously an endless loop was possible with a corrupted download).
1. Fixed: During video playback, the channel headroom was not being provided to Room Correction, so the total output level could be lower than necessary.
2. Fixed: AC3 was appearing twice in File Types.
3. Faster: JRSS down-mix processing is 245% faster (i.e. 5.1 to 2.0, etc.).
4. Fixed: Navigating in Theater View could crash when skipping multiple browse levels that only contained a single choice.
5. Fixed: When scanning for television channels, the new channels would show in 'Recently Imported'.
6. Fixed: Shutting down the program could be unnecessarily stalled for a second by the remote control engine.
7. Changed: Updated German language file (thanks Bytestar).
8. Changed: Added the ability to add a 'Mute' filter to DSP Studio > Parametric Equalizer.
9. Changed: With Red October off, user selected audio or video decoders will be used (if a decoder you would like to use does not get used, please report the filter details -- support is currently done on a white-list basis).
10. Changed: With Red October off, when ffdshow is manually selected as a decoder for a file type, auto-configuration of ffdshow will be disabled.
11. Changed: Microsoft's "Stream Buffer Source" filter is used to render dvr-ms and wtv files.
12. Changed: Updated to latest LAV splitter (.27) which better handles TS files.
16.0.96 (5/24/2011)
1. Fixed: When JRSS mixed from 5.1 or 7.1 to 4.0 or lower, the subwoofer level could be too low (now respects the option 'Source is correctly mastered for +10 dB calibration').
2. Fixed: Videos with low sample rates could fail to play if the sound card did not support a low sample rate (DSP Studio > Output Format is now automatically configured if necessary).
3. Changed: Removed skinning from system Font dialog because skinning doesn't nicely support all of the controls used by the dialog on some versions of Windows.
4. Fixed: DLNA Servers would expose a new ID each run until they were configured once.
5. Changed: Red October now sets the "threadsnum" parameter for ffdshow to 4.
6. NEW: "FPS" (frame rate) field for video, filled in during import time.
7. Changed: Tuned how MC16.exe /MonitorToggle works so that it should work with more configurations.
8. Changed: Allow DLNA server to serve unconverted streaming content.
9. Fixed: WMV files that contained video that the system Windows Media video decoder filter did not support would not work properly with Red October.
10. Changed: Red October subtitle handling is improved.
11. Fixed: Toggling in and out of Theater View could be problematic.
12. Changed: Android video conversion now uses the Red October system.
13. NEW: Media Center adds itself to the 'Default programs' list on Vista and Windows 7.
14. Fixed: At system shutdown time, Media Center could hold up the shutdown because it was trying to communicate with the Service which was already shut down.
16.0.95 (5/20/2011)
1. Fixed: WOL for WAN hosts and fixed to handle multiple interfaces properly.
2. Changed: Red October will use PowerDVD 9 when available for video decoding on systems where the Microsoft decoders are not available (normally XP systems).
3. Changed: Updated to new version of ffdshow (ffdshow_rev3850_20110511_xhmikosr_MSVC2010.exe).
4. Fixed: VMR 9 was not working nicely with DVD.
5. Changed: Removed the option DSP Studio > Output Format option 'Something outside Media Center will make the subwoofer +10 dB (standard calibration)'. All level calibration should be done using Room Correction.
6. Changed: Room Correction allows setting levels from -20dB to +20dB (previously it had a range of -12dB to +12dB).
7. NEW: The Output Format and Room Correction systems work together better to track the available headroom in each audio channel so that unnecessary attenuation is never performed.
8. Fixed: DSP Studio > Room Correction would unnecessarily attenuate all channels when they all had negative volume levels (only the relative differences should matter).
9. Changed: Library and playlist views do not show a playing overlay on a thumbnail when it's the active playback file but playback is stopped (or else the green play overlay causes confusion with the 'Play' text link).
10. Changed: Tuned the slow double click mechanism for in-place list editing so that a fast double-click that just misses being a double-click won't start editing.
11. Fixed: Thumbnailing and analyzing of video files now works with Red October.
12. Changed: Enabled more subtitle options in Red October mode, hopefully they improve subtitle activation.
16.0.94 (5/19/2011)
1. Fixed: Video volume normalization did not work nicely with VideoClock enabled.
2. Changed: Updated ffdshow download to "rev3832 Apr 29 2011 ICL 12"
3. Fixed: Video playback of files with AC3 audio (HDTV, DVD, etc.) could make goose honking noises on seek.
4. Fixed: With VideoClock enabled, if the video took more than a couple seconds to start, the lip sync would take longer than expected to lock on.
5. Changed: Red October will not use madVR for DVD.
6. Changed: Turned off ffdshow tray icon in auto config mode.
7. Fixed: The direct show connection info now reports the correct filename path for filters when using auto config.
8. Changed: Improved the support of WMV files with Red October.
9. Fixed: Starting TS playback with a bookmark saved could be problematic when using Red October.
10. Changed: Theater View theme video backgrounds use Red October.
11. NEW: Video audio volume normalization considers the video type being played so that it can make better decisions about the levels.
12. Fixed: MC crashed in some cases when playing videos with Red October turned off.
16.0.93 (5/18/2011)
1. NEW: Television time-shifting filters will now properly handle channel switching that involves audio format changes (from AC3 to MPEG and vice versa).
2. NEW: Added support for .ac3 audio files.
3. Fixed: Mpeg-1 video from a URL was not playing in auto config mode.
4. Fixed: The volume control was not updating properly to connect to the proper sound card for video playback.
5. Fixed: When the audio stream format changes in the middle of a video, the volume control would not be updated to reflect the bitstreaming status.
6. NEW: DVD playback uses the new video graph building system.
7. NEW: Added Options > Video > Audio for Video, DVD, & Television > Normalize volume.
8. Changed: Properties for ffdshow audio/video decoders can no longer be shown when in auto config mode. Previously this caused a crash.
16.0.92 (5/18/2011)
1. Fixed: In some cases, an existing installation of ffdshow could cause video playback to fail.
2. Fixed: On XP systems, if VMR 9 was not available, video playback would fail.
3. Changed: Internal changes to how video playback is configured and played.
16.0.91 (5/17/2011)
1. NEW: When in Red October automatic config mode for DirectShow video playback, all filters are now directly connected instead of using "smart" connection.
2. NEW: When in Red October automatic config mode for DirectShow, known safe filters are loaded explicitly instead of using filters registered on the system.
3. Fixed: DLNA playback was unnecessarily causing conversion stacks to be created for non-MP3 file types.
4. Fixed: When controlling a DLNA device, Last.fm Scrobbling could trigger twice if the playback server was the same as the controlling machine.
5. Fixed: The location text used by Theater View skins was not updating correctly in some cases when using the new Theater View navigation components.
6. Changed: Updated the default Theater View theme to match the new Theater View layout.
7. NEW: Theater View theme images that are downloaded are cached between runs (previously it used a runtime only cache).
8. Fixed: Tivo music playback wasn't working with conversion enabled.
16.0.90 (5/13/2011)
1. Fixed: Possible crash in 16.0.89 related to querying output plugins for their bitstreaming status.
2. Fixed: Added a workaround that would cause the audio renderer to not get fully released when stopping playback due to an ffdshow leak.
3. Fixed: After leaving Theater View while in Live TV or Guide view and then returning, navigation could be broken.
4. Fixed: Library views that only had one item in the root level grouping could cause problems in Theater View.
5. Fixed: A few bugs regarding Theater View 'Items To Show' customization when using nesting.
6. NEW: Added Blu-ray support to file associations, auto-run actions, etc. (configure in Options > File Types and Options > CD & DVD).
7. Fixed: With UAC, auto-run disabling (if selected in Options > CD & DVD) would not always work.
16.0.89 (5/12/2011)
1. NEW: Renamed 'Check for Updates' to 'Update Channels' in the Help menu and added channel selection and other options right there.
2. NEW: Added the ability to choose a download folder and number of downloads to keep to the update channel system.
3. Fixed: Changing Update Channel options in Options and clicking 'Cancel' would not discard changes.
4. Changed: Importing of mp4 videos will use direct parsing method as used in importing of m4a audios.
5. Faster: MP4 (M4A, ALAC, MP4 video) importing / parsing is 10 to 30 times faster (was about 16.5 times faster on a test suite of many files).
6. Changed: When looking up a series from TheTVDB.com for Theater View backdrops, all languages are searched instead of only English.
7. Changed: Update Channels will better handle cases where two or more updates are pushed before the user allows installation.
8. NEW: Added bitstreaming support for Dolby True HD and DTS-HD to the J. River audio engine.
9. SDK: Added support for Location=Next to MCWS/v1/Playback/PlayByKey so that a file can be set as the next to play.
10. Fixed: When using ASIO, audio format changes in the middle of a video stream were not always supported nicely.
11. Changed: Added support for the non-standard TXXX(RATING) ID3v2 tag used by some programs.
12. Changed: The J. River audio engine resampler did not cope nicely with 11024 Hz input (used by some cameras in recorded video, etc.)
13. NEW: While bitstreaming audio during video playback, the volume slider, volume tooltip, and volume menu update nicely to reflect that bitstreaming is occurring.
14. Fixed: Displaying filter property pages in television would hang MC.
15. NEW: Many improvements to the automatic filter configuration system for video playback.
16.0.88 (5/10/2011)
1. Fixed: Clicking 'Details' while downloading in the Action Window would show the downloads view but the tab / header would not be labeled 'Downloads'.
2. Changed: Improved the quality of the artwork provided to Gizmo when browsing.
3. NEW: Added ability to select a different aspect ratio from the OSD menu while viewing Netflix instant videos in Theater View.
4. Fixed: Hitting Enter (or OK on a remote) was not working as a pause/play shortcut while viewing Netflix videos.
16.0.87 (5/10/2011)
1. Changed: The update system uses the standard "MediaCenter16008x.exe" naming instead of "Install (16.0.8x).exe" naming.
2. Fixed: The update system could fallback from 'Beta' to 'Development' on a single server failure (now requires multiple failures where Beta fails but Latest works).
3. Changed: Tuned the check for update frequency for the 'Latest' channel so that it checks for updates more often.
4. Changed: If the update system runs a pending update but it's cancelled or fails for some reason, relaunching Media Center will show a message that allows discarding the update (previously an endless loop was possible with a corrupted download).
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The builds 82-86
16.0.86 (5/9/2011)
1. Fixed: Downloaded television was being treated like recorded television with respect to the roller options and file caption display in Theater View.
2. Changed: Added media sub type 'Adult'.
3. Changed: Simplified the play options provided for movies in Theater View.
4. Changed: When using DSP Studio > Output Format with the option 'Move center to front L/R' enabled, simulated center sound (like from JRSS) will not be folded into the front speakers.
5. Changed: The new build update system keeps the last 5 builds (in AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 16\Install).
6. Changed: When watching a video from Theater View in a list of videos where the series is the same (and not empty) for all the videos, the entire set of files will be played so that previous / next can be used to switch episodes.
7. Changed: Added support for Library Server client to the Print Wizard.
8. Changed: The Print Wizard shows a blank image (black frame with failure message inside) if it fails to load one of the images queued for printing (previously missing files would be removed from the queue).
9. Changed: Http server: always return Partial Content for Byte Range requests. Fixed problem with Onkyo receiver when acting as a DLNA renderer.
10. Fixed: In Theater View, entering the 'Television' view and leaving would not preserve the root roller selection 'Television'.
11. SDK: Added MCWS/v1/File/Rotate function to allow rotating images (requires an authenticated connection).
12. NEW: Added the ability to rotate images from a Library Server client (requires an authenticated connection).
13. Fixed: In some cases, deletion of television shows from a Library Server client would not remove disk files on the server.
14. Fixed: Performing an upgrade of a portable installation could cause thumbnails to be deleted.
15. Changed: DirectShow filters needed for video conversions are downloaded at program install/update time if video conversion has been performed in the past.
16. Fixed: Pausing time-shifted television playback and then pushing the Green Button would unexpectedly unpause playback.
17. Fixed: The Tag Action Window would show a non-functional maximize button when minimized.
16.0.85 (5/6/2011)
1. Changed: Tuned media sub type guessing.
16.0.84 (5/6/2011)
1. NEW: Automatic configuration of ffdshow decoder options for DirectShow video playback. First draft, more to come.
2. Changed: Simplified connection type in Options > Video > Audio > Connection Type, and use this information when auto-configuring filters.
16.0.83 (5/6/2011)
1. Changed: Made a few tweaks to DSP Studio > Room Correction to make calibrating with the new 'Level' tool easier.
2. Changed: In cases where the subwoofer channel is created using JRSS Subwoofer, bass redirection 'Move bass to subwoofer' will be treated like 'Remove bass'.
3. Changed: Revised wording for DSP Studio > Output Format > Subwoofer.
4. Fixed: Added special case handling for another Intel GPU that doesn't properly support full screen anti-aliasing.
5. Changed: Removed 'Check For Updates' from Start Menu (now integrated into program).
6. Changed: Improvements to the new check for updates system.
16.0.82 (5/5/2011)
1. Changed: Checking 'Solo' in DSP Studio > Room Correction clears the solo state for any other channels.
2. Changed: Picking 'Mute' or 'Solo' in DSP Studio > Room Correction could unexpectedly change the channel level in certain cases.
3. Changed: Put the 'Distance' section on top of the 'Level' section in DSP Studio > Room Correction, and added a note that distances should be set first.
4. Changed: The pink noise test tone generated by DSP Studio > Room Correction for a subwoofer has a 100 Hz lowpass filter so that high frequencies will never be sent to the subwoofer.
5. Fixed: DV video in an AVI container was failing to convert for Android when LAV splitter was installed on system.
6. NEW: Added 'Level' checkbox to DSP Studio > Room Correction tools. It plays a tone suitable for level calibration out a single speaker.
7. Changed: Tones played by DSP Studio > Room Correction are -12 dB so that there's room for level adjustment without concern over clipping (since the level tool temporarily disables clip prevention).
8. NEW: Started framing in an improved 'Check for updates' system.
1. Fixed: Downloaded television was being treated like recorded television with respect to the roller options and file caption display in Theater View.
2. Changed: Added media sub type 'Adult'.
3. Changed: Simplified the play options provided for movies in Theater View.
4. Changed: When using DSP Studio > Output Format with the option 'Move center to front L/R' enabled, simulated center sound (like from JRSS) will not be folded into the front speakers.
5. Changed: The new build update system keeps the last 5 builds (in AppData\Roaming\J River\Media Center 16\Install).
6. Changed: When watching a video from Theater View in a list of videos where the series is the same (and not empty) for all the videos, the entire set of files will be played so that previous / next can be used to switch episodes.
7. Changed: Added support for Library Server client to the Print Wizard.
8. Changed: The Print Wizard shows a blank image (black frame with failure message inside) if it fails to load one of the images queued for printing (previously missing files would be removed from the queue).
9. Changed: Http server: always return Partial Content for Byte Range requests. Fixed problem with Onkyo receiver when acting as a DLNA renderer.
10. Fixed: In Theater View, entering the 'Television' view and leaving would not preserve the root roller selection 'Television'.
11. SDK: Added MCWS/v1/File/Rotate function to allow rotating images (requires an authenticated connection).
12. NEW: Added the ability to rotate images from a Library Server client (requires an authenticated connection).
13. Fixed: In some cases, deletion of television shows from a Library Server client would not remove disk files on the server.
14. Fixed: Performing an upgrade of a portable installation could cause thumbnails to be deleted.
15. Changed: DirectShow filters needed for video conversions are downloaded at program install/update time if video conversion has been performed in the past.
16. Fixed: Pausing time-shifted television playback and then pushing the Green Button would unexpectedly unpause playback.
17. Fixed: The Tag Action Window would show a non-functional maximize button when minimized.
16.0.85 (5/6/2011)
1. Changed: Tuned media sub type guessing.
16.0.84 (5/6/2011)
1. NEW: Automatic configuration of ffdshow decoder options for DirectShow video playback. First draft, more to come.
2. Changed: Simplified connection type in Options > Video > Audio > Connection Type, and use this information when auto-configuring filters.
16.0.83 (5/6/2011)
1. Changed: Made a few tweaks to DSP Studio > Room Correction to make calibrating with the new 'Level' tool easier.
2. Changed: In cases where the subwoofer channel is created using JRSS Subwoofer, bass redirection 'Move bass to subwoofer' will be treated like 'Remove bass'.
3. Changed: Revised wording for DSP Studio > Output Format > Subwoofer.
4. Fixed: Added special case handling for another Intel GPU that doesn't properly support full screen anti-aliasing.
5. Changed: Removed 'Check For Updates' from Start Menu (now integrated into program).
6. Changed: Improvements to the new check for updates system.
16.0.82 (5/5/2011)
1. Changed: Checking 'Solo' in DSP Studio > Room Correction clears the solo state for any other channels.
2. Changed: Picking 'Mute' or 'Solo' in DSP Studio > Room Correction could unexpectedly change the channel level in certain cases.
3. Changed: Put the 'Distance' section on top of the 'Level' section in DSP Studio > Room Correction, and added a note that distances should be set first.
4. Changed: The pink noise test tone generated by DSP Studio > Room Correction for a subwoofer has a 100 Hz lowpass filter so that high frequencies will never be sent to the subwoofer.
5. Fixed: DV video in an AVI container was failing to convert for Android when LAV splitter was installed on system.
6. NEW: Added 'Level' checkbox to DSP Studio > Room Correction tools. It plays a tone suitable for level calibration out a single speaker.
7. Changed: Tones played by DSP Studio > Room Correction are -12 dB so that there's room for level adjustment without concern over clipping (since the level tool temporarily disables clip prevention).
8. NEW: Started framing in an improved 'Check for updates' system.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The builds 76-81
16.0.81 (5/4/2011)
1. Fixed: Viewing the files inside a Netflix series in Theater View was not possible with the last few builds.
2. NEW: The optical drive entry in Theater View can be configured to only show when certain disk types are in the drive.
3. Changed: Revised default Theater View layout so that DVD and Blu-ray discs appear under video, and audio discs appear at the root (if there's a disc in the drive).
4. Changed: It is possible to browse optical disks using Theater View > Gadgets > Explorer.
5. Changed: Revised default Theater View layout (resetting of views is strongly recommended for users of builds 76 - 80, but optional).
6. Changed: Theater View will update when an optical disc is added or removed (instead of requiring a manual refresh).
7. Changed: Inserting or removing an optical disc does a less disruptive update to views that are not related to optical discs.
8. Changed: Removed 'Play All' Theater View top roller option at the root of a video library view and playlists view.
9. Fixed: Playlist deletion was disabled in Theater View for the last few builds.
10. Changed: Netflix entries under the "Television" category now group TV episodes into series, as in the instant queue.
11. Changed: Improved support for XMLTV genre parsing.
12. Fixed: Ctrl+O in a web view would show an IE open dialog instead of Media Center's options when using the Internet Explorer engine.
13. Fixed: Installing new versions of existing filters wasn't working during android video conversions.
14. Fixed: Theater View Weather would not properly display Weather icons in some cases.
15. Changed: Added media sub type 'Short'.
16. Changed: Revised how filter detection is performed so that the filter is not loaded when testing if it exists on the system.
17. Fixed: m4a audio file tagger could not remove embedded cover art.
18. Fixed: m4a audio file tagger would not remove disk # and track # fields from the file.
19. Changed: Theater View configuration no longer limits adding multiple of the same type of item (i.e. adding a plugin in more than one place, etc.).
20. NEW: Added the ability to create Theater View navigation items that point to particular playlist groups instead of the root of playlists.
21. Changed: When a television recording is being deleted by user, MC will no longer keep the underlining time-shifting files if the only other reference to these files is the "Saved time-shifting".
16.0.80 (5/3/2011)
1. SDK: MJZoneAutomation::GetName() was not working properly in certain cases.
2. Changed: When editing Smartlist rules, only relevant values are presented in the rule drop boxes (previously relevant values were shown, then a divider, then a list of all values).
3. Optimized: Starting video playback is faster in some cases.
4. Fixed: Determining the type of optical disk in the drive could cause a handle leak on Windows 7 with certain optical drives.
5. Changed: Improved how optical disks are detected (should be an internal change, but please report any issues).
6. Fixed: Television component did not handle error conditions properly in the last few builds.
7. Fixed: Television component could crash if the tuner device failed in the last few builds.
8. Changed: Dutch language translation updated (thanks bennyd).
9. NEW: Added 24 bit transcode to wave audio option for the DLNA server.
16.0.79 (5/2/2011)
1. Changed: Added media sub type option of 'Other'.
2. Fixed: Playback of mono video files would not work properly in some cases.
3. Fixed: Returning to Theater View could crash (only applies to last couple builds).
4. Changed: Improved Television views in Theater View to work better for users that don't record their television (sorting by date imported instead of date recorded, addition of season view, addition of genre view, etc.)
5. Changed: Renamed 'My Computer' to 'Explorer' (applies to Standard View and Theater View).
6. Fixed: In Theater View, when certain confirmation boxes were shown, it would be possible to arrow the focus out of the dialog.
7. Fixed: If a background thread showed a message box while Theater View was showing, it would be skinned by Theater View but then not work properly.
8. Changed: Numerous enhancements to the automatic media sub type guessing system used for video categorization in Theater View (remember you can manually set the Media Sub Type for files that are incorrectly categorized).
9. Fixed: Connecting to a library via DLNA could hang.
10. NEW: Options > Theater View > Theme > Fadeout Cover Art In Playing Now Display is a three-state option: No / Only for online media slideshow (recommended) / Always
11. Changed: New stock views for Theater View (requires one time over-write of user customization).
12. Faster: Improved performance of Theater View library views.
13. Changed: Removed edge fading from Theater View online slideshow images (since they're now cropped to fill the entire screen).
16.0.78 (4/29/2011)
1. Changed: Default video sorting is by name instead of date / name.
2. Changed: Tuned default thumbnail size in Theater View slightly to show 3 wide instead of 2 wide in movie views on a 720p display.
3. Changed: When using a secondary roller in Theater View, returning from a view will preserve the focus and selection state of the secondary roller.
4. Changed: Merged standard and alternate Theater View navigation modes, and removed advanced Theater View option to toggle (the differences were subtle anyway).
5. Changed: When using 'Same as source' for the bitdepth for MP3 and M4A, the output will be 24-bit instead of 64-bit (choosing a higher bit depth manually is still supported).
6. Changed: Added 16-bit output as one of the audio auto-configure formats to try when failing to open a soundcard.
7. NEW: Theater View scrollbar sizing is user-configurable in Options > Theater View.
8. Fixed: Theater View list style customization was not saving the category and file level independently.
9. Changed: New stock views for Theater View (sorry, will require reconfiguration of user customization).
10. NEW: Added 'Decade' as one of the date formatting options for the FormatDate(...) expression function.
16.0.77 (4/28/2011)
1. NEW: New stock views for Theater View (sorry, will require reconfiguration of user customization).
2. NEW: Theater View stores all view configuration in the library so that settings move nicely with Library Server Client, library restore, etc.
3. NEW: Theater View '3D Wall' style can be used for any list by using 'Toggle List Style' (previously required a special view named 'Showroom').
4. NEW: Added new Theater View category style that shows a single root item and puts child items on the top roller once entering.
5. NEW: Showing of the 'All ...' items in Theater View browsing is optional on a per-view basis (configure in Options > Theater View).
6. NEW: File system browsing is possible in Theater View (under More > My Computer by default).
7. NEW: Added expression MediaSubType() that guesses on the sub type of a file if no actual sub type is stored in the database (used to auto-categorize videos in Theater View).
8. NEW: The 'DVD' entry in Theater View will say 'Blu-ray' or 'CD' when the corresponding disc types are in the drive.
9. Changed: Sorting of categories will always put (Unassigned) last (previously unassigned could show first if descending sort order was used).
10. Changed: Improved support for Theater View background images from HTBackdrops.com by using the native API provided by HTBackdrops.com.
11. NEW: Theater View shows fan art from TheTVDB.com when viewing a series (configurable in Options > Theater View > Theme).
12. Changed: Slowed down the Theater View theme slideshow speed a little.
13. Fixed: Pressing Shift+F10 or the menu key while in Display View or Theater View could show the main program menu.
14. Fixed: Problem painting border area of video when playing television using EVR (only applies to build 76).
15. Fixed: Right-click and double-click in video window did not work when watching television using Enhanced Video Renderer(only applies to build 76).
16. Changed: Television component will load zone 1 settings, if available, when doing scheduled recording.
17. Fixed: Android video conversion wasn't handling files with only a video stream or only an audio stream.
18. Fixed: Made internal ffdshow configuration more bullet-proof for Android video conversions.
16.0.76 (4/26/2011)
1. Changed: Updated the channel mask provided for 5.1 and 7.1 output to use a more modern Microsoft recommendation.
2. Fixed: The channel ordering used for the new 6.1 support in build 75 was not correct.
3. Fixed: In rare cases with large libraries, it was possible for a value to not appear in the panes.
4. Fixed: Starting television playback while recording could fail when using madVR as the renderer.
5. Internal: DirectShow graph-building and many related operations in television are done in a worker thread to work better with madVR (should be internal change, but please report any issues).
6. Fixed: MP3 playback could output a little hiccup on seek (only applies to last few builds).
7. Fixed: The enabled / disabled state for the Output Format DSP was not working properly in certain cases.
1. Fixed: Viewing the files inside a Netflix series in Theater View was not possible with the last few builds.
2. NEW: The optical drive entry in Theater View can be configured to only show when certain disk types are in the drive.
3. Changed: Revised default Theater View layout so that DVD and Blu-ray discs appear under video, and audio discs appear at the root (if there's a disc in the drive).
4. Changed: It is possible to browse optical disks using Theater View > Gadgets > Explorer.
5. Changed: Revised default Theater View layout (resetting of views is strongly recommended for users of builds 76 - 80, but optional).
6. Changed: Theater View will update when an optical disc is added or removed (instead of requiring a manual refresh).
7. Changed: Inserting or removing an optical disc does a less disruptive update to views that are not related to optical discs.
8. Changed: Removed 'Play All' Theater View top roller option at the root of a video library view and playlists view.
9. Fixed: Playlist deletion was disabled in Theater View for the last few builds.
10. Changed: Netflix entries under the "Television" category now group TV episodes into series, as in the instant queue.
11. Changed: Improved support for XMLTV genre parsing.
12. Fixed: Ctrl+O in a web view would show an IE open dialog instead of Media Center's options when using the Internet Explorer engine.
13. Fixed: Installing new versions of existing filters wasn't working during android video conversions.
14. Fixed: Theater View Weather would not properly display Weather icons in some cases.
15. Changed: Added media sub type 'Short'.
16. Changed: Revised how filter detection is performed so that the filter is not loaded when testing if it exists on the system.
17. Fixed: m4a audio file tagger could not remove embedded cover art.
18. Fixed: m4a audio file tagger would not remove disk # and track # fields from the file.
19. Changed: Theater View configuration no longer limits adding multiple of the same type of item (i.e. adding a plugin in more than one place, etc.).
20. NEW: Added the ability to create Theater View navigation items that point to particular playlist groups instead of the root of playlists.
21. Changed: When a television recording is being deleted by user, MC will no longer keep the underlining time-shifting files if the only other reference to these files is the "Saved time-shifting".
16.0.80 (5/3/2011)
1. SDK: MJZoneAutomation::GetName() was not working properly in certain cases.
2. Changed: When editing Smartlist rules, only relevant values are presented in the rule drop boxes (previously relevant values were shown, then a divider, then a list of all values).
3. Optimized: Starting video playback is faster in some cases.
4. Fixed: Determining the type of optical disk in the drive could cause a handle leak on Windows 7 with certain optical drives.
5. Changed: Improved how optical disks are detected (should be an internal change, but please report any issues).
6. Fixed: Television component did not handle error conditions properly in the last few builds.
7. Fixed: Television component could crash if the tuner device failed in the last few builds.
8. Changed: Dutch language translation updated (thanks bennyd).
9. NEW: Added 24 bit transcode to wave audio option for the DLNA server.
16.0.79 (5/2/2011)
1. Changed: Added media sub type option of 'Other'.
2. Fixed: Playback of mono video files would not work properly in some cases.
3. Fixed: Returning to Theater View could crash (only applies to last couple builds).
4. Changed: Improved Television views in Theater View to work better for users that don't record their television (sorting by date imported instead of date recorded, addition of season view, addition of genre view, etc.)
5. Changed: Renamed 'My Computer' to 'Explorer' (applies to Standard View and Theater View).
6. Fixed: In Theater View, when certain confirmation boxes were shown, it would be possible to arrow the focus out of the dialog.
7. Fixed: If a background thread showed a message box while Theater View was showing, it would be skinned by Theater View but then not work properly.
8. Changed: Numerous enhancements to the automatic media sub type guessing system used for video categorization in Theater View (remember you can manually set the Media Sub Type for files that are incorrectly categorized).
9. Fixed: Connecting to a library via DLNA could hang.
10. NEW: Options > Theater View > Theme > Fadeout Cover Art In Playing Now Display is a three-state option: No / Only for online media slideshow (recommended) / Always
11. Changed: New stock views for Theater View (requires one time over-write of user customization).
12. Faster: Improved performance of Theater View library views.
13. Changed: Removed edge fading from Theater View online slideshow images (since they're now cropped to fill the entire screen).
16.0.78 (4/29/2011)
1. Changed: Default video sorting is by name instead of date / name.
2. Changed: Tuned default thumbnail size in Theater View slightly to show 3 wide instead of 2 wide in movie views on a 720p display.
3. Changed: When using a secondary roller in Theater View, returning from a view will preserve the focus and selection state of the secondary roller.
4. Changed: Merged standard and alternate Theater View navigation modes, and removed advanced Theater View option to toggle (the differences were subtle anyway).
5. Changed: When using 'Same as source' for the bitdepth for MP3 and M4A, the output will be 24-bit instead of 64-bit (choosing a higher bit depth manually is still supported).
6. Changed: Added 16-bit output as one of the audio auto-configure formats to try when failing to open a soundcard.
7. NEW: Theater View scrollbar sizing is user-configurable in Options > Theater View.
8. Fixed: Theater View list style customization was not saving the category and file level independently.
9. Changed: New stock views for Theater View (sorry, will require reconfiguration of user customization).
10. NEW: Added 'Decade' as one of the date formatting options for the FormatDate(...) expression function.
16.0.77 (4/28/2011)
1. NEW: New stock views for Theater View (sorry, will require reconfiguration of user customization).
2. NEW: Theater View stores all view configuration in the library so that settings move nicely with Library Server Client, library restore, etc.
3. NEW: Theater View '3D Wall' style can be used for any list by using 'Toggle List Style' (previously required a special view named 'Showroom').
4. NEW: Added new Theater View category style that shows a single root item and puts child items on the top roller once entering.
5. NEW: Showing of the 'All ...' items in Theater View browsing is optional on a per-view basis (configure in Options > Theater View).
6. NEW: File system browsing is possible in Theater View (under More > My Computer by default).
7. NEW: Added expression MediaSubType() that guesses on the sub type of a file if no actual sub type is stored in the database (used to auto-categorize videos in Theater View).
8. NEW: The 'DVD' entry in Theater View will say 'Blu-ray' or 'CD' when the corresponding disc types are in the drive.
9. Changed: Sorting of categories will always put (Unassigned) last (previously unassigned could show first if descending sort order was used).
10. Changed: Improved support for Theater View background images from HTBackdrops.com by using the native API provided by HTBackdrops.com.
11. NEW: Theater View shows fan art from TheTVDB.com when viewing a series (configurable in Options > Theater View > Theme).
12. Changed: Slowed down the Theater View theme slideshow speed a little.
13. Fixed: Pressing Shift+F10 or the menu key while in Display View or Theater View could show the main program menu.
14. Fixed: Problem painting border area of video when playing television using EVR (only applies to build 76).
15. Fixed: Right-click and double-click in video window did not work when watching television using Enhanced Video Renderer(only applies to build 76).
16. Changed: Television component will load zone 1 settings, if available, when doing scheduled recording.
17. Fixed: Android video conversion wasn't handling files with only a video stream or only an audio stream.
18. Fixed: Made internal ffdshow configuration more bullet-proof for Android video conversions.
16.0.76 (4/26/2011)
1. Changed: Updated the channel mask provided for 5.1 and 7.1 output to use a more modern Microsoft recommendation.
2. Fixed: The channel ordering used for the new 6.1 support in build 75 was not correct.
3. Fixed: In rare cases with large libraries, it was possible for a value to not appear in the panes.
4. Fixed: Starting television playback while recording could fail when using madVR as the renderer.
5. Internal: DirectShow graph-building and many related operations in television are done in a worker thread to work better with madVR (should be internal change, but please report any issues).
6. Fixed: MP3 playback could output a little hiccup on seek (only applies to last few builds).
7. Fixed: The enabled / disabled state for the Output Format DSP was not working properly in certain cases.
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