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J. River Media Center -> Version History

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Version 17.0.82 Beta Version 17.0.68 Beta
  • Release Date: Jan 19, 2012
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=69233.0 for a full list of changes
Version 17.0.59 Beta
  • Release Date: Dec 22, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=68611.0 for a full list of changes
Version 17.0.46 Beta
  • Release Date: Dec 6, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=68179.0 for a full list of changes
Version 17.0.38 Beta
  • Release Date: Nov 20, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=67881.0 for a full list of changes
Version 17.0.33 Beta
  • Release Date: Nov 19, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=67725.0 for a full list of changes
Version 17.0.31 Beta
  • Release Date: Nov 9, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=67589.0 for a full list of changes
Version 17.0.27 Beta
  • Release Date: Nov 4, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=67443.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.176
  • Release Date: Sep 20, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=66513.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.168
  • Release Date: Sep 2, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=66222.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.149
  • Release Date: Aug 13, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=65784.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.128
  • Release Date: Jul 15, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=65226.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.121
  • Release Date: Jun 29, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=64955.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.115
  • Release Date: Jun 22, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=64786.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.111
  • Release Date: Jun 16, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=64682.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.105
  • Release Date: Jun 8, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=64521.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.86
  • Release Date: May 20, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=64019.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.81
  • Release Date: May 6, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=63934.0 for a full list of changes
Version 16.0.75
  • Release Date: Apr 28, 2011
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=63766.0 for a full list of changes
Version 15.0.174
  • Release Date: Feb 9, 2011
  • 15.0.174:
    • Changed: When acquiring images from a camera, the file system dates of the acquired files are set to exactly match the dates of the files on the camera.
    • Changed: Obsidian Touchscreen (or other skins derived from Base 3.xml) will use left-alignment of rollers inside views.
    • Fixed: When switching playback engines (like from a natively supported audio file like an MP3 to a Quicktime file like an M4P) could block waiting for the first file to finish.
    • Changed: Refined how some Quicktime file types are routed to different playback engines.
    • Fixed: A typo on the Output Format DSP page.
    • Fixed: Scheduling recordings and doing file deletes from a library server client would not always sync back to the server.
  • 15.0.173:
    • Fixed: If thumbnails were not built for files, Action Window > Tag > Image could incorrectly report .
    • Fixed: Pausing playback on DLNA to the J. River Id didn't work.
Version 15.0.172
  • Release Date: Jan 6, 2011
  • Fixed: "DVD Menu" item on OSD menu was shown without any text or graphics during DVD playback.
  • Fixed: Build 171 did not contain a digital signature.
Version 15.0.171
  • Release Date: Dec 24, 2010
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=60667.0 for a full list of changes
Version 15.0.163
  • Release Date: Dec 10, 2010
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Version 15.0.159
  • Release Date: Nov 30, 2010
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Version 15.0.142
  • Release Date: Nov 2, 2010
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=60234.0 for a full list of changes
Version 15.0.95
  • Release Date: Aug 17, 2010
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=59127.0 for a full list of changes
Version 15.0.80
  • Release Date: Jul 31, 2010
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=58734.0 for a full list of changes
Version 15.0.70
  • Release Date: Jul 8, 2010
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=58467.0 for a full list of changes
Version 15.0.58
  • Release Date: Jun 15, 2010
  • Changed: JRSS improvements to matrixing algorithms used for rear channel creation. (applies to 2.0 -> 7.1 and 5.1 -> 7.1 conversion)
  • Changed: The 'hardware style previous' button mode will use a 10 second cutoff when controlling a DLNA device unlike the 1.5 second cutoff during regular playback.
  • Changed: The 'Play / Pause' command for WebRemote plays the current file instead of visible files if playback is stopped.
  • Fixed: WebRemote commands like 'Play' could get cached by the browser and stop working.
  • Fixed: Using WebRemote with an Android, links could fail to work properly after navigating back due to AJAX caching.
  • Optimized: Improved cache-ability of WebRemote / WebPlay webpages, helping browsing performance.
  • Fixed: In rare cases, a core string function could read one character too far and cause a crash.
  • Fixed: When syncing content from Library Server to a handheld, extra unneeded numbers could end up in the final filename that were used during download time.
Version 15.0.57
  • Release Date: Jun 12, 2010
  • Optimized: Search engine uses more sophisticated logic for deciding the order to evaluate pieces of a database query, providing substantial speed improvements in some cases.
  • Optimized: Database search engine can better discard duplicate search terms, helping performance in applicable cases. (stacking of similar searches is common in nested views, etc.)
  • Changed: Numerous Gizmo improvements: loads images in background thread, adds ability to enter a library server access key to get to library, etc.
  • Changed: Gizmo should be installed from the Android Market (it's free).Search for "Gizmo" in Market on your phone.
  • Fixed: WebPlay was not showing Play / Shuffle buttons for playlists.
  • Fixed: Mouse wheeling on a horizontal scrollbar could scroll diagonally.
  • Fixed: The player window buttons could highlight on mouse over, even when the mouse was actually over a window on top of the player.
  • Changed: Increased maximum boost / gain available in DSP Studio > Volume Leveling to 18 dB from 12 dB.
  • Fixed: The in-place edit available choices for fields with a fixed list of acceptable values was not working properly.
  • Changed: Reworked how link bar at top right of view is loaded so that it is pulled from disk less often.
  • Changed: Link bar allows creating link rules like '[Genre]=[Rock]' and the available links nicely update as different files are selected.
  • Optimized: Improved performance of link bar system, so that evaluating what links should be shown is much faster.
  • Optimized: Revised view header update system works to provide better view performance.
  • Fixed: The 'Previous' button did not seek to the beginning of the current track when controlling a DLNA device.
  • Optimized: Improved performance of seeking when controlling DLNA devices.
  • Changed: The /MCWS/v1/Alive function does not require password authorization to make checking for running servers possible from MC, Gizmo, etc. without requiring a password prompt.
  • Changed: Added additional handling to prevent DLNA control from skipping two (or more) files when pressing 'Next'.
Version 15.0.56
  • Release Date: Jun 11, 2010
  • Please refer to this forum post http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=58119.0 for a full list of changes
Version 15.0.46
  • Release Date: May 21, 2010
  • Please refer to this forum thread for a full list of changes
Version 15.0.35
  • Release Date: May 5, 2010
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Version 14.0.161
  • Release Date: Apr 6, 2010
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Version 14.0.155
  • Release Date: Mar 10, 2010
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Version 14.0.151
  • Release Date: Feb 26, 2010
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Version 14.0.147
  • Release Date: Feb 24, 2010
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Version 14.0.140
  • Release Date: Feb 9, 2010
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Version 14.0.130
  • Release Date: Jan 21, 2010
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Version 14.0.96
  • Release Date: Nov 12, 2009
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Version 14.0.79
  • Release Date: Oct 6, 2009
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Version 14.0.71
  • Release Date: Sep 23, 2009
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Version 14.0.50
  • Release Date: Aug 15, 2009
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Version 14.0.46
  • Release Date: Aug 7, 2009
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Version 14.0.45 Beta
  • Release Date: Aug 4, 2009
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Version 13.0.172
  • Release Date: Jul 22, 2009
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Version 13.0.171
  • Release Date: Jun 2, 2009
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Version 13.0.152
  • Release Date: Apr 17, 2009
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Version 13.0.132
  • Release Date: Mar 6, 2009
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Version 13.0.119
  • Release Date: Feb 10, 2009
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Version 13.0.115
  • Release Date: Feb 5, 2009
  • 13.0.115 (01/30/2009):
    • Optimized: Several optimizations that help performance of library and views (example: loading complicated library view with 450,000 album library went from 756 seconds to 19 seconds for about a 40x speedup)
    • Fixed: In Television view, recently recorded programs using the jtv file type were not properly being shown / treated like a recorded show.
    • NEW: Added an "Add Channel" button on "Edit Channel List" window for users to manually add a television channel.
    • NEW: Television channel details are shown on "Edit Channel List" window.
    • Fixed: When drilling into a library thumbnail and then pressing back, the scroll position / selection would not be restored.
    • Changed: Semi-colon is no longer considered an invalid character for use in filenames. (could lead to strange behavior when creating files next to a file that had a semi-colon in the path)
    • Fixed: Playback of DVD files (ifo, vob) would fail if "J. River video engine (using DirectShow)" was selected as Playback Method.
    • Fixed: ATSC digital TV over-the-air EPG scanning could fail if no digital channel data was found in the registry.
    • Changed: DCRaw.exe to version 8.90.
    • Changed: Removed the success message box shown after manually loading television program guide information from XMLTV.
  • 13.0.114 (01/28/2009):
    • Changed: The file info panel in Theater View shows a no art image when there is no art for a file.
    • Changed: Grouping in lists will draw a no art image for the group when there is no art for the files in the group.
    • Fixed: Using an overscan setting in Theater View could lead to drawing artifacts.
    • Fixed: Doing Update Library (from tags) could switch named imported DVDs to the name "VIDEO_TS".
    • Fixed: Importing a ripped DVD would not properly fill the name using the naming scheme provided in Options > File Location.
    • NEW: Added new configuration interface for Theater View views -- allows adding, renaming, and removing library roots; allows full control over included files; etc.
    • Changed: Theater View list style is stored per view-scheme in library views instead of being the same for _all_ views in that media type.
    • Fixed: Showing a custom webpage in Theater View could cause a crash.
    • Changed: Tuned the list of words that will not get capitalized when using "Title Case" in the tag cleaner tool.
    • Changed: Some television playback internal changes.
    • Changed: Television recording via Right-click menu -> TV Recording is removed.
    • Changed: Revised the stock Theater View views (will require views to be reconfigured).
Version 13.0.113
  • Release Date: Jan 28, 2009
  • Please refer to this forum thread for a full list of changes
Version 13.0.78 Beta
  • Release Date: Nov 27, 2008
  • Please refer to this forum thread for a full list of changes
Version 12.0.534
  • Release Date: Sep 24, 2008
  • Fixed: The cache building thread didn't clean up nicely if there was nothing to do.
  • Changed: Finnish and French DVB-T frequency tables are included in the DVB-T frequency file.
  • Fixed: Media Center could fail to detect an iPod in some cases.
Version 12.0.533
  • Release Date: Sep 5, 2008
  • Please refer to this forum thread for a full list of changes
Version 12.0.529
  • Release Date: Aug 6, 2008
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Version 12.0.497
  • Release Date: May 16, 2008
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Version 12.0.495
  • Release Date: May 10, 2008
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Version 12.0.493
  • Release Date: May 8, 2008
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Version 12.0.487
  • Release Date: Apr 26, 2008
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Version 12.0.473
  • Release Date: Apr 11, 2008
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Version 12.0.450
  • Release Date: Mar 3, 2008
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Version 12.0.403
  • Release Date: Dec 28, 2007
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Version 12.0.399
  • Release Date: Dec 21, 2007
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Version 12.0.380
  • Release Date: Dec 5, 2007
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Version 12.0.363
  • Release Date: Nov 6, 2007
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Version 12.0.329
  • Release Date: Sep 19, 2007
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Version 12.0.318
  • Release Date: Sep 6, 2007
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Version 12.0.301
  • Release Date: Aug 8, 2007
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Version 12.0.294
  • Release Date: Jul 31, 2007
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Version 12.0.279
  • Release Date: Jul 12, 2007
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Version 12.0.267
  • Release Date: Jun 26, 2007
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Version 12.0.251
  • Release Date: Jun 8, 2007
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Version 12.0.240
  • Release Date: May 30, 2007
  • Changed: The shortcut for paste "Listening To" into another program is Ctrl+Shift+F12. (instead of Ctrl+Alt+F12)
  • NEW: Shortcuts in Resource.xml can be specified "global" so that they are translated even if MC is minimized or not the current application.
  • Changed: Revised new playback command system for DVD, video, TV, etc. (please report any keyboard shortcuts that don't work as expected)
Version 12.0.333
  • Release Date: May 18, 2007
  • Please refer to this forum thread for a full list of changes
Version 12.0.226
  • Release Date: May 10, 2007
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Version 12.0.222
  • Release Date: May 2, 2007
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Version 12.0.198
  • Release Date: Mar 27, 2007
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Version 12.0.185
  • Release Date: Mar 4, 2007
  • Please refer to this forum thread for a full list of changes
Version 12.0.179
  • Release Date: Feb 25, 2007
  • Fixed: Downloader views wouldn't work nicely with the forward / back commands.
  • Fixed: The names of some Google videos would show escape characters. (like ')
  • Fixed: MC instaler did not properly detect Windows Media Format installation failures.
  • Changed: Create Web gallery replaced in topmost right click menu with create mygal gallery.
  • NEW: Create MyGal Gallery action window.(Not complete.No progress AW.)It is invoked by the right click menu in item 4.
  • Changed: More tweaks in DVB-T audio tuning.
  • NEW: Added experimental Theater View option to integrate playing video into the background. (Options > Theater View > Advanced)
Version 12.0.164
  • Release Date: Feb 9, 2007
  • Fixed: WMA importer would only read synchronized lyrics instead of reading both standard or synchronized lyrics. (use Library Tools > Update Library (from tags) to fix)
  • Fixed: Files with large album art could cause the iRiver Clix to hang during upload.
  • Fixed: Files with large album art would not show art on the Zen Vision M.
  • NEW: Added Ctrl+5 as a keyboard shortcut to toggle detaching and reattaching the display.
  • Changed: Allow EXIF time to be read if the EXIF and IPTC dates match (IPTC date tag does not include time).
  • Fixed: Clicking videos inside Video > Google Video didn't show the "Download", "Play", etc. options.
  • NEW: Added a function PadNumber(...) to allow forcing numbers to a certain number of digits. (for example, when renaming, use PadNumber([Track #], 3) to get 001, 002, 003, etc.)
  • NEW: Added the ability to delete albums to the MyGal dialog.
  • Fixed: Scheduled stream recordings did not play SHOUTCast playlists (media type missing).
  • NEW: Choices dialog box for SHOUTcast has option for recording stream.
Version 12.0.157
  • Release Date: Jan 31, 2007
  • Fixed: Large handheld transfers could hang, especially with a fast machine.
  • Fixed: ASIO playback could stall on the last track of a playlist.
  • Fixed: Space now works in the typey typey part of the tag edit control.
  • NEW: Added DVB-T frequency table for Ireland (thanks to Tangodude for providing the info).
  • NEW: New Track Info visualizations.
  • Changed: Removed a handful Track Info visualizations.
  • Fixed: When playing a folder of images from Explorer while audio was playing, the images wouldn't start in slideshow mode. (use spacebar or right-click to toggle slideshow)
  • Fixed: Comboboxes could fail to skin properly in some cases.
  • Fixed: Skinning in the "File > Open" dialog could show disabled buttons in some cases.
  • Fixed: "File Type" could become "Pane Type" in library browser views.
  • Changed: The "Add" button in the view scheme editing dialog doesn't show a menu anymore. (redundant since the add dialog has expression on it)
  • Fixed: Detached display is now "Always on Top" by default. (right-click display and pick "Display Settings..." to change)
  • Fixed: Volume names of DVD discs which weren't in MC's database were showing up as "Unnamed disc".
  • Fixed: When editing dates, an invalid date could show in the list of possible auto-complete choices.
  • Changed: Skin Manager shows an image for "Slim" mini skin.
  • NEW: The "on screen display" (info text at the bottom of playback display) is now a skinnable item instead of always being white on grey.
Version 12.0.154
  • Release Date: Jan 26, 2007
  • NEW: Added the ability to acquire images from the clipboard. (useful for taking screenshots or getting images from other programs) (Action Window > Camera)
  • Changed: Increased the JPEG quality for "Normal" when acquiring from the clipboard or scanner.
  • Fixed: Creating a web gallery with images not imported to the main database would not work properly.
  • Changed: Decreased the size of the optional stop button in the Noire skin.
  • Fixed: Webpages with script errors could show a popup dialog. (TV Guide, Yahoo TV, etc.)
  • Changed: Revised the layout of the view scheme component dialog so that it fits nicely on small displays.
  • Fixed: Resetting view schemes in some library views could cause a crash.
  • NEW: When clearing a library, only one dialog is shown instead of two yes / no popups. (dialog includes both questions)
  • Fixed: Toggling the "Advanced" button in the Import Folder dialog could leave the folder combobox in a partially drawn state.
  • Fixed: When editing panes in place, it was possible to have a pane draw with a missing scrollbar.
  • Changed: Initialization of analog TV device is delayed until actual play request, to avoid problems with digital TV devices that have a bogus analog tuner.
  • NEW: A "Wait Longer" checkbox on Scan Channels dialog window for digital TV. Hopefully this will solve the missing channels problem.
  • Fixed: Assorted Web Gallery bugs.
Version 12.0.151
  • Release Date: Jan 23, 2007
  • Fixed: After uploading to some WM5 devices, the file size would be reported as 0, causing several issues.
  • Fixed: The duration field for a WMA file could incorrectly be blank. (Library Tools > Update Library (from tags) to fix)
  • Changed: APE and MP3 report their duration with more accuracy for storage in the database. (internal change, but please report any strangeness)
  • Fixed: Trying to set a numeric database field to a value longer than 12 characters would not work.
  • Fixed: Playlists were not working properly on Windows Mobile 5 devices.
  • Fixed: With WMDM devices, the Data / Year could appear blank after reconnecting the device.
  • Changed: WMDM devices that don't support meta-data will need a one-time resync with this version.
  • Changed: Up, down, space and return work in the tag list control.
  • NEW: MyGal now features lost password retrieval. 10. Change: DVB-T channel changing remaps audio PID on demultiplexor, to try to show ac3 audio.
Version 12.0.139 Beta
  • Release Date: Jan 8, 2007

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