Release Notes

12.0.164 (02/06/07)

1. 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)
2. Fixed: Files with large album art could cause the iRiver Clix to hang during upload.
3. Fixed: Files with large album art would not show art on the Zen Vision M.
4. NEW: Added Ctrl+5 as a keyboard shortcut to toggle detaching and reattaching the display.
5. Changed: Allow EXIF time to be read if the EXIF and IPTC dates match (IPTC date tag does not include time).
6. Fixed: Clicking videos inside Video > Google Video didn't show the "Download", "Play", etc. options.
7. 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.)
8. NEW: Added the ability to delete albums to the MyGal dialog.
9. Fixed: Scheduled stream recordings did not play SHOUTCast playlists (media type missing).
10. NEW: Choices dialog box for SHOUTcast has option for recording stream.

12.0.163 (02/05/07)

1. Changed: Refined digital TV recording code to try to fix DVB-T recording failure when start recording from a non-time-shifting state.
2. NEW: DVD Lookup/Submission includes cover art.
3. Fixed: TV would error out after scanning for digital channels and before saving the scanned channels (introduced in build 162).
4. Fixed: DVD Lookup would display "DVD not found" error too often (such as during Theater View)
5. Fixed: An MP3 that was playing could not be transferred to a WMDM device.
6. Fixed: Transferring a handheld cancel could fail when conversions were in progress. (especially with 4 running at a time)
7. Fixed: Sorting the "Status" column during a handheld upload (and possibly other status related actions) could cause a hang.
8. Optimized: Improved how responsive Media Center is while performing handheld uploads with several conversions running at once.
9. Fixed: The "Web Media" toolbar button would not work properly.

12.0.162 (02/02/07)

1. NEW: View layouts can be applied to their child views using the view drop menu at the top of every view. (mouse over the view title text to see)
2. Fixed: DVB-T TV would hang on scanning or tuning.
3. Changed: (Experimental) A new method for obtaining digital TV signal strength for both ATSC and DVB-T TV.
4. Changed: More tweaks in DVB-T tuning.

12.0.161 (02/01/07)

1. NEW: (Experimental) Attempt to add desired audio component to a tune request before submitting the request for DVB-T TV.
2. Fixed: DVB-T channel scanning could not be canceled.
3. NEW: Clicking SHOUTcast selects brings up (optional) choices box.
4. Fixed: Minor logging bug in TV.
5. Changed: DVB-T will try activate desired audio stream even though DirectShow reports that it is already active.
6. Changed: Digital TV Channel switching event handler is protected by critical section.
7. Fixed: Columns for renamed library fields couldn't be nicely removed using the "Columns" menu available at the top of the view. (or by right-click)
8. NEW: The "Columns" menu has "Add Expression Column..." at the top of it.
9. Fixed: Some "Logging" changes wouldn't take effect until a program restart.
10. Fixed: Certain MP3s could cause a crash during iPod upload.
11. NEW: Added "Presets" to view header title menu to allow saving and loading all view settings. (columns, sorting, thumb sizes, etc.)
12. NEW: Playlist views inherit view settings from their parent groups. This allows making lots of playlists (or new playlists) all look the same.

       (Pick Preset > Default to reset a playlist so it falls back to the group's settings)
       (You can also customize an individual playlist inside a group)

1. NEW: Library specific options like auto-import folders get stored with a backup.
2. Fixed: View scheme view settings are no longer tied to view scheme names. (so renaming or moving a view scheme won't discard settings)

NOTE: Columns, sorting, and thumbnail sizes will be reset with this build. This is to accomodate all of the view setting related changes. (presets, playlist inheritance, more robust library view storage, etc.) Sorry for any inconvenience.

12.0.159 (01/31/07)

1. Changed: Revised how web page script errors are suppressed so that other (sometimes necessary) messages aren't also suppressed.
2. Optimized: When clicking "Sync" for a large sync, Media Center will no longer pause for a while.
3. Changed: The "Status" column for the handheld sync shows more specific errors for some cases. (trying to transfer a URL, CDA, etc.)
4. Changed: When Theater View runs an external program, it minimizes (and restores when it's done) instead of showing Standard View.
5. Changed: Picking "Close" from the right-click menu of the task bar icon works like other close commands in MC. (exits special view modes, then closes on second press)
6. Fixed: Some right-click task bar system commands wouldn't work nicely with Theater View.
7. Changed: Theater View behaves nicely when minimized, even with "Keep focus" selected in options.
8. Fixed: The system tray icon would not have any text (tooltip or properties dialog) until something was played.
9. Changed: Renamed "Yes (leave network files)" to "Yes (protect network files)".
10. NEW: Additional event handler for digital TV channel changing events.
11. Changed: Simplified tuning procedure when changing from a DVB-T channel to another with only audio stream change.
12. NEW: Rating is supported for WMDM devices. (if the device supports it)

12.0.158 (01/30/07)

1. Updated: Update the version of DCraw used for decoding some RAW image formats.
2. Fixed: In Display View, the visualization picker menu could show in a slightly incorrect position.
3. NEW: DVD Lookup in YADB.
4. Changed: DVB-T audio program selection is done asynchronously (please test both tuning and scanning).
5. NEW: Reworked how duplicate files are handled for a handheld transfer. (instead of a popup warning, the files show in the list with "Duplicate" shown in the status column)
6. Changed: Podcast are now sorted in descending order by date.
7. Fixed: Tag editing universal edit control now saves items selected via "space".
8. Fixed: When hot-swapping skins, the search control wouldn't properly update its shape.
9. NEW: Added DVB-T frequency tables for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg (thanks to thenoob1 for providing the information).
10. Changed: The "Fix broken links: Yes (leave network files)" will still consider a network file missing if the file can not be found but the directory the file is in can be found.

12.0.157 (01/29/07)

1. Fixed: Large handheld transfers could hang, especially with a fast machine.
2. Fixed: ASIO playback could stall on the last track of a playlist.
3. Fixed: Space now works in the typey typey part of the tag edit control.
4. NEW: Added DVB-T frequency table for Ireland (thanks to Tangodude for providing the info).
5. NEW: New Track Info visualizations.
6. 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.
7. 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)
8. Fixed: Comboboxes could fail to skin properly in some cases.
9. Fixed: Skinning in the "File > Open" dialog could show disabled buttons in some cases.
10. Fixed: "File Type" could become "Pane Type" in library browser views.
11. 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)
12. Fixed: Detached display is now "Always on Top" by default. (right-click display and pick "Display Settings..." to change)
13. Fixed: Volume names of DVD discs which weren't in MC's database were showing up as "Unnamed disc".
14. Fixed: When editing dates, an invalid date could show in the list of possible auto-complete choices.
15. Changed: Skin Manager shows an image for "Slim" mini skin.

12.0.156 (01/26/07)

1. Fixed: In rare cases, the MP3 encoder could fail and hang instead of returning an error.
2. Fixed: The "Locate on disk (inside Media Center)" no longer appears when "My Computer" has been disabled in options.
3. NEW: Added a custom dialog for editing a search list item.
4. Changed: Some tuning to how the handheld engine works. (may help deadlock problem, but we still haven't been able to reproduce)
5. Fixed: Hopefully fixed the problem of CD/DVD discs randomly disappearing from MC's view.
6. Changed: (Experimental) DVB-T channel scanning uses GuideDataEvent interface instead of BroadcastEvent interface.
7. NEW: Updated the German translation. (thanks Bytestar)

12.0.155 (01/25/07)

1. Fixed: Certain streaming ram audio would not play.
2. Fixed: ASIO playback would not work properly when a card requested the 24-bit LSB format. (M-Audio Transit USB, etc.)
3. Changed: ASIO playback is less likely to hiccup when applying CPU-intensive DSP effects.
4. Fixed: Playing DVD while another DVD is being played froze MC.
5. Fixed: Using CTRL+P to start playing DVD in Theater View froze MC.
6. Optimized: Reworked how ASIO playback works so that almost no work happens inside the sound card driver's callback -- improves skip-resistance and also allows smaller soundcard buffers.
7. Fixed: Pressing Play on a remote (or doing Ctrl+P) in Theater View could actually fire two play commands, causing some strange behavior.
8. Changed: Updated the "Folder" image in the Noire Theater View skin.
9. Fixed: Search list browser components wouldn't work properly with searches that had "or" in them.
10. NEW: Theater View supports audio, image, and video specific "no thumb" images. (see Noire for an example)
11. Changed: Theater View behaves more nicely when viewing while thumbnails are being built.
12. Optimized: Theater View gets files and images for view items in most views in a background thread.
13. Changed: A few tweaks to the "View Scheme Component" dialog.
14. Changed: For DVB-T TV audio PID will not be mapped if correct audio program is already mapped.
15. NEW: (Experimental) For DVB-T TV we attempt to inform the system of audio preference before submitting tune request.
16. NEW: MyGal now checks if you are about to overwrite a gallery before creating the gallery.

12.0.154 (01/24/07)

1. NEW: Added the ability to acquire images from the clipboard. (useful for taking screenshots or getting images from other programs) (Action Window > Camera)
2. Changed: Increased the JPEG quality for "Normal" when acquiring from the clipboard or scanner.
3. Fixed: Creating a web gallery with images not imported to the main database would not work properly.
4. Changed: Decreased the size of the optional stop button in the Noire skin.
5. Fixed: Webpages with script errors could show a popup dialog. (TV Guide, Yahoo TV, etc.)
6. Changed: Revised the layout of the view scheme component dialog so that it fits nicely on small displays.
7. Fixed: Resetting view schemes in some library views could cause a crash.
8. NEW: When clearing a library, only one dialog is shown instead of two yes / no popups. (dialog includes both questions)
9. Fixed: Toggling the "Advanced" button in the Import Folder dialog could leave the folder combobox in a partially drawn state.
10. Fixed: When editing panes in place, it was possible to have a pane draw with a missing scrollbar.
11. 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.
12. NEW: A "Wait Longer" checkbox on Scan Channels dialog window for digital TV. Hopefully this will solve the missing channels problem.
13. Fixed: Assorted Web Gallery bugs.

12.0.153 (01/23/07)

1. NEW: Added new view scheme component type "Search list" for displaying a custom list of searches.
2. NEW: Revised how the default image view schemes look, and included the new search list "Quickies". (do Edit > Reset All View Schemes To Default to see)
3. NEW: Added Options > General > Show stop button. (applies to all skins)
4. Optimized: Loading a skin or applying a skin effect is many times faster. (please report anything that doesn't nicely switch right away)
5. Changed: Web Templates now set to a charset of utf-8.
6. Fixed: Web Gallery Creator now specifies utf-8 for its charset.
7. Changed: To reset panes, wording revised to "Reset Selection" from "Click Here To Reset Selection".
8. Changed: Updated Dutch translation. (thanks BennyD!)
9. Fixed: Handheld uploads with conversion enabled could get stuck. (introduced in build 152)
10. Changed: Searching while drilled into a pane or library view no longer resets the pane / library view context. (allowing searching inside a subset)
11. NEW: When searching with a selection made in the panes, when there are no hits, MC will show "double click here to search entire library" in the list.
12. Fixed: A possible Theater View leak that could cause rapidly leaving and entering Theater View to fail.
13. Fixed: utf-16 gallery names handled better.
14. Changed: Renamed "Backup Library" to "Back Up Library".
15. Fixed: Selected text in the tree with the Thunderstorm skin was not readable.

12.0.152 (01/22/07)

1. Changed: When acquiring images, if one or less image is acquired (scanner, error, etc), the acquire Action Window will be shown again.
2. Changed: Added circular hit regions to the player buttons in the Noire skin.
3. Fixed: Seeking to the very end of an MP3 could cause the seek to actually seek to the beginning, causing seek cursor problems.
4. Fixed: Problem burning data CD and DVDs (introduced in 148).
5. Fixed: Assorted list control focus during tagging issues sorted.
6. Changed: Jpeg quality settings for the gallery revised upwards.
7. NEW: Main program tree will use the skin item "Tree" > "Background" for its background instead of a solid color if it exists.
8. Fixed: Empty country name list problem in TV.
9. Changed: Country name list in TV is now sorted alphabetically.
10. Fixed: When CD burn queue is not cleared, # of disks needed doesn't get displayed.
11. Fixed: Cancelling from a multi CD burn, subequent burn doesn't start at the beginning.
12. Changed: TV tries to reset demultiplexer audio output format upon channel switching for DVB-T. Please rescan your channels before trying to tune to any channel.
13. NEW: Tag Action window list control now has an edit control at the top.
14. Changed: The web gallery creator send to dialog has been reorganized.
15. Changed: Removed "beta" from the splash screen.
16. NEW: Added Brightness and Contrast sliders to the skin effects dialog.

12.0.151 (01/19/07)

1. Fixed: After uploading to some WM5 devices, the file size would be reported as 0, causing several issues.
2. Fixed: The duration field for a WMA file could incorrectly be blank. (Library Tools > Update Library (from tags) to fix)
3. Changed: APE and MP3 report their duration with more accuracy for storage in the database. (internal change, but please report any strangeness)
4. Fixed: Trying to set a numeric database field to a value longer than 12 characters would not work.
5. Fixed: Playlists were not working properly on Windows Mobile 5 devices.
6. Fixed: With WMDM devices, the Data / Year could appear blank after reconnecting the device.
7. Changed: WMDM devices that don't support meta-data will need a one-time resync with this version.
8. Changed: Up, down, space and return work in the tag list control.
9. NEW: MyGal now features lost password retrieval.
10. Change: DVB-T channel changing remaps audio PID on demultiplexor, to try to show ac3 audio.

12.0.150 (01/08/07)

1. Changed: Changed the way DVB-T channel names are constructed.
2. Changed: More tweaks in DVT-T tuning for AC3/HD channels.
3. NEW: MyGal URL run through tinyurl.com and clipboarded.
4. Fixed: Web Gallery was dropping large images.
5. Fixed: Digital TV channel name edited on Scan Channels dialog was not saved.
6. Fixed: Add (Modify) Digital Channel dialog for DVB-T would ask user to enter "7 or 8" for bandwidth even if correct value has already been entered.
7. Fixed: Clicking the "Play" button in a playlist view header wouldn't start an image slideshow in an audio + image playlist.
8. Fixed: Theater View application root items wouldn't work properly. (custom items will need to be re-added -- remember exe names may need quotes)

12.0.149 (01/17/07)

1. Fixed: Editing custom root items for Theater View did not work properly.
2. Fixed: Picking "Send To > Playlist > Create Playlist..." would duplicate the files in the new playlist.
3. Changed: Tag > Playlists window no longer shows the root tree item "Playlists".
4. Changed: The Send To > Email message is now translatable.
5. Fixed: When emailing non-JPEG images with resizing enabled, the resized JPEG could retain a .NEF, .CR2, etc. extension.
6. Changed: Digital TV channel switching is now faster.
7. Changed: More logging for DVB-T tuning.
8. Fixed: Subsequent discs in multi-disc data burns were coming up with an error about capacity being less than the first disc.
9. NEW: Upload progress added to My Gal upload.
10. Changed: Max size for images uploaded with the web gallery creator set at 1280x1024 if uploading to My Gal.
11. NEW: More cancel options during gallery creation.
12. Fixed: Erasing a Podcast Feed could cause a crash in rare cases.
13. Fixed: In rare cases, Media Center trial period could be confused with a previous version trial period (i.e. MC 12 and MC 11, not MC 12.0.100 and MC 12.0.99)
14. Fixed: DVB-T bandwidth for United Kingdom was wrong.
15. Changed: Web Gallery Creator set to a 60 image limit if uploading to My Gal.

12.0.148 (01/16/07)

1. NEW: Added J. River "MyGal" upload to image uploader -- allows easy, free, creation of web galleries.
2. Changed: Logging entries all contain a thread ID to help with multi-threaded debugging.
3. Changed: Added more logging to handheld transfers to help solve a sporadic hang. (please send a log if you experience a hang)
4. NEW: Command line playback supports "JumpMode=1" to disable jumping to Display View or Playing Now.
5. Fixed: Adding large (multi-disk) files in the CD burn queue did not get add to duration total and 'disks needed' display.
6. Changed: Main program menu / toolbar reworked to better support tools like image editor, etc. (mostly internal change -- but please report any strangeness)
7. Fixed: Data burning large numbers of files was failing because MC was writing beyond the storage capacity of the media.
8. NEW: Upload to J. River My Gal (Free!)
9. NEW: Wait dialog added to gallery creation.

12.0.147 (01/12/07)

1. Fixed: The "Print Images..." command wouldn't always work as an MRU item.
2. Fixed: End of file condition for some malformed WAV files was not detected, so the playback or Audio Analysis of the files would not stop.
3. Fixed: CD Burn queue Status column did not display properly for multiple entries of the same file (during burn).
4. Fixed: right-click menu options for CD/DVD drives no longer show CD options when a DVD is inserted.
5. Changed: The Create Web Gallery dialog has been reworked. (More to come.) Note that you now have to specify the full ftp and full web paths.
6. Fixed: Frequency and some other data were not saved in channels info for DVB-T TV.
7. Changed: Network Type is now also saved with channel info for DVB-T TV.
8. Fixed: Some bugs related to logging for DVB-T TV.
9. Fixed: ATSC channels scanning was messed up in the last build.
10. NEW: Preview button added to web gallery creator. (Actually builds the gallery.)
11. Fixed: The [IMAGE:ORIGINAL] tag could cause invalid image files to be written to the gallery.
12. Fixed: Searching after drilling into a library view tile wouldn't properly reset the title text.
13. Fixed: Some icons could be incorrect.
14. Fixed: For developers, removing skinning from a single window that had been subclassed by MFC (or custom subclassing) could result in dropped messages.
15. NEW: Skinning engine supports windows that use the internal client edge style.
16. Fixed: Handheld syncs involving conversion could hang in some cases.
17. Fixed: Sometimes shutdown of the program wouldn't nicely unload all helper DLLs. (possibly causing stale processes to hang around)
18. NEW: Image editor is skinned. (still a work in progress)
19. NEW: Image editor is translatable.
20. Changed: Image editor is modeless so it doesn't block usage of Media Center while it's open.

12.0.146 (01/10/07)

1. Changed: Switched the view header expand / collapse button to a more discrete double-arrow. (double arrow can be skin customized as Frame::CollapseArrowsUp and Frame::CollapseArrowsDown)
2. NEW: The expanded / collapsed state of a view header is remembered. (all playlists, all podcast views, etc. share the same state)
3. NEW: The root of "Podcasts" has the add to favorites / remove from favorites command in the favorites drop list. (mouse-over the title to see the drop list)
4. Changed: Removed the "Edit" button from the playlist view header. (use right-click "Edit Playlist in Action Window..." to use the Action Window)
5. Changed: Removed the "Enable / Disable Auto Download" button individual Podcast Feed views since it's a global setting. (available in the view header of the root or right-click on Podcasts)
6. Changed: Added a "Play" button to the view header of podcasts.
7. NEW: Send To > Playlist > Create Playlist... creates a new playlist without a dialog, and also saves the new playlist as the MRU entry.
8. Fixed: Viewing a playlist, then viewing something else, then erasing the playlist, and going back would show an empty playlist view.
9. Changed: Tooltips can no longer partially cover an item in thumbnail lists.
10. Changed: When the "Menu" thumbnail item is showing its menu, the links no longer fade out.
11. Fixed: In Audio Analysis, the reported number of files analyzed could be larger than the number of files to be analyzed (when user clicked Stop and then clicked Analyze again).
12. Fixed: Digital TV would not play if the channel attempted was the last channel played in the previous session (Introduced in 12.0.145).
13. Fixed: MC saved wrong file size to database for very large files, causing it to re-import the files repeatedly on ground of "external file size change".
14. Fixed: Reordering columns by dragging the headers could cause the drag image to blink.
15. Changed: Photo Print Wizard is integrated into JRImage.dll instead of being a standalone program. (mostly internal change, but makes the build slightly smaller)

12.0.145 (01/09/07)

1. Change: A number of changes in DVB-T scanning and tuning (experimental).
2. NEW: The "Exit" button on the root of Theater View can be moved or removed like other root items in Options.
3. NEW: Gripper controls on the bottom right of some system dialogs are now skinned. (override Frame::SizeBox in a custom skin to customize)
4. Changed: Theater View "Home", "Page Up", and "Page Down" buttons can be turned on and off in Options > Theater View > Advanced.
5. Fixed: The preset view scheme "People/Places/Events" no longer contains "Caption" at the left.
6. Fixed: Changing a CD with autorun enabled in the first few seconds of Media Center startup could cause a crash.
7. Fixed: Starting with a blank disc in the drive and then proceeding to rip a CD could cause strange behavior.
8. Fixed: CD burning Action Window wouldn't size nicely with some settings.
9. Changed: By default, cover art will be saved in a file's tag. (configurable in Options > File Location)
10. NEW: Gribber controls on the bottom right of some system dialogs are now skinned. (override Frame::SizeBox in a custom skin to customize)
11. NEW: 3gp, 3g2 and rmvb are added to the list of supported media types.

12.0.144 (01/08/07)

1. NEW: When copying any files in Media Center, the image of the first file is also copied to the clipboard. (along with the text, Media Center clipboard object, etc.)
2. Fixed: The image columns in a details list could cause clipboard data pasted to Excel (or similar) to have their columns shifted.
3. Changed: Switched handheld transfer reporting to "MB/sec" instead of "mb/sec" to more clearly show it's megabytes per second.
4. Fixed: Handheld uploads with conversion enabled would want to resend files over and over.
5. Fixed: Data CD or DVD action window now sized correctly.
6. Changed: "All" item shown in Theater View and UPnP views again.
7. Fixed: Files larger than 2GB would continually be considered out of sync with the database and get automatically updated.
8. Optimized: Auto-Import can more quickly reconcile the disk and database in most cases.
9. Changed: Protocol web browser commands support play. (i.e. mc12://play/?file=c:\1.mp3)
10. Fixed: Some MP3 streams with Icy data had glitches when played.
11. Changed: When auto-import reconciles the disk and database in the background, it runs at 1/3 speed. (and also using the lowest thread priority)
12. Changed: Updated the view header images for "Drives & Devices" and "Services & Plugins".
13. Changed: Selection skin images that use transparency provide better results.
14. Fixed: Search for Library Servers didn't work.
15. Changed: Revised selection look-n-feel with Noire skin.
16. Fixed: When putting the same file in the burn queue multiple times, deleting one of the files could remove both from the queue.
17. Fixed: Dropping a file into a specific burn folder wouldn't always work properly.
18. Fixed: Play and Add to Playing Now not working in file list context menus.

12.0.143 (01/05/07)

1. Changed: "Search for Media Servers" is now "Search for Library Servers"
2. Fixed: Burning flows where data and audio discs were burned in the same session could work incorrectly.
3. Changed: Deleting files from the CD burn queue no longer asks for confirmation.
4. Changed: Starting a burn queue, cancelling while keeping the queue, then starting a new burn will start at the previous queue instead of giving a "what drive" choice.
5. Changed: When dropping a data file on a burn during the "select burn type" stage, the burn is automatically switched to a data burn and the user is informed.
6. Fixed: The disk type tooltip in the "Burn Disc" action window would appear over all controls, instead of only over the disk type.
7. Changed: When CD ripping is complete and a CD track is playing, user will be asked to confirm the CD ejection.
8. Fixed: Encoding options dialog wasn't properly saving items when switching between ripping, encoding, etc.

12.0.142 (01/04/07)

1. Fixed: Mime Types reported incorrectly, causing TiVo not to show pictures
2. Changed: Bookmarks are not preserved when there's less than a minute of progress into the file when stopping.
3. NEW: New DVB-T channel scanning code.
4. Fixed: ATSC and DVB-T radio buttons would both appear to be selected when user selected DVB-T.
5. Fixed: "Add Digital Channel" or "Modify Digital Channel" dialog showed "Major Channel", "Minor Channel" etc. instead of "Tranport Stream ID", "Service ID" etc.
6. Changed: ATSC HDTV channel scanning takes longer time, so more channels can be found.
7. Changed: Minor changes to the "Noire New" web gallery template.
8. Changed: Web Gallery would resave jpegs using the [IMAGE:ORIGINAL] tag rather than just copying the file. (Will still save non jpegs as jpeg.)
9. Changed: Read-only database open message has a "don't show again" tick box.
10. Changed: Removed audio renderer selection from TV options as TV now uses global zone-specific audio renderer selection.
11. Changed: Many more changes to burn queue system.

12.0.141 (01/03/07)

1. Changed: Removed "..." from the end of "Export All Playlists" and "Run Auto-Import Now" menu items.
2. Changed: Standardized how options dialogs look when showing options for a specific tool. (handheld, playback, etc.)
3. Fixed: When deleting many files during a sync, the time estimate could be slightly less accurate.
4. NEW: Handheld time and progress estimates take the relative file size of each file into account.
5. NEW: Handheld time estimates nicely handle files in the conversion cache to provide a more accurate estimate.
6. Fixed: In some cases, pressing the "Cancel" button during a handheld upload could cause a crash.
7. Changed: Escape and Enter no longer close the "Edit Disc Information" dialog. (since they are commonly used during data entry)
8. Fixed: Some Theater View screen components would properly hide when they weren't needed. (keyboard, etc.)
9. Changed: Playlists are in sorted order in the Tag window.
10. Fixed: After resizing an image using "Resize Images", a new thumbnail wouldn't appear until leaving and returning to the view.
11. Fixed: Some converted files cropping off about 10 seconds early in iPods.
12. Fixed: Putting the same file in a burn multiple times could cause issues.

12.0.140 (01/02/07)

1. NEW: Output Format DSP can convert 1-channel mono to 4.0 and 5.1 sound. (would previously display an error)
2. Fixed: Doing a Google Video or YouTube download could cause a crash.
3. NEW: Media Center now tracks skip count and last skipped. (play is when at least half the song is played, skip is when less than half the song is played)
4. Fixed: The "Edit CD Information" dialog was not properly saving the year.
5. Fixed: Doing "Edit CD Information" on a multi-artist disc would change all the artists back to the same artist.
6. Changed: Several revisions to included webpages.
7. Changed: Reworked how the Podcasts view header looks / operates.
8. Changed: Podcasts view header includes "Home" icon by other navigation buttons.
9. NEW: TV audio is sent to zone-specific audio renderer whenever possible.
10. Fixed: Some text was cut off on "player warning" dialogs ("QuickTime Player must be installed to play selected file" etc.).
11. Fixed: "Print" commands wouldn't work for files not in the main database. (so images you viewed on a CD, etc.)

12.0.139 (12/28/06)

1. Fixed: Odd "invalid package cannot continue" error with jrshellext.dll on restart. (The DLL should now get properly registered.)
2. Fixed: View header wouldn't always resize the image nicely to accomodate the aspect ratio of the image.
3. Fixed: Deleting all files from a list could cause a hang in thumbnail mode.
4. Changed: Reworked view headers in many areas.
5. Changed: Updated included webpages. (still a work in progress)
6. NEW: When searching a list-type field, you can specify whether you want to match all or match any. ([People]=Bob,John matches any; +[People]=Bob,John matches all)
7. NEW: Smartlist wizard dialog supports "Include (matches all)" for list-type fields. (mode combobox at the bottom of the dialog)
8. NEW: View scheme component configuration includes the option to match any or match all when selecting multiple values.
9. NEW: View scheme components (panes, tree, Theater View, etc.) allow the sorting to be configured for the list of values.

1. 0.138 (for internal testing only)

12.0.137 (12/20/06)

1. Fixed: Shell extensions could still cause issues in some cases.

12.0.136 (12/20/06)

1. Fixed: CUE files would not import / analyze properly.
2. Changed: Reverted interface compatibility to prevent shell extension crashes. (could still affect beta team users)
3. Changed: Shell extension menu items can now be translated.
4. Changed: Shuffle mode no longer applies to list with TV stations in them.
5. Changed: PDT and file association updates are now listed in the "Check for Updates" dialog as line items. (so they're optional)
6. Fixed: Check for Updates could appear behind the player in some cases.
7. NEW: Changed player webpages to local pages that get updated by "Check for Updates".
8. Changed: Made the root of "Playlists" show a webpage. (webpage a work in progress)

12.0.135 (12/19/06)

1. Changed: When setting a numeric field, 0 and empty are not treated the same.
2. Fixed: The space bar would not work properly in Options edit controls.
3. Fixed: Tag finds were a little too successful in the Web Gallery.
4. Fixed: Thumb sizes and names could get bozo'd in the Web Gallery.
5. Fixed: The Web Gallery templates are reasonably documented.

12.0.134 (12/18/06)

1. Fixed: Recording options page would not show properly.
2. Fixed: Advaned Ripping Options tab control could draw over the controls inside it.
3. Changed: DVR-MS files are analyzed in a different routine in hopes of eliminating Otto crashes.
4. Optimized: Improved performance of audio format converter, especially when resampling AND outputting as 5.1 at the same time.
5. Fixed: In tree controls with two scrollbars, sometimes the last item couldn't be reached by scrolling.
6. Changed: Bookmarks aren't saved for videos that are less than one minute long.
7. Changed: "Check for Updates" won't blink a progress interface (with a cancel button) if it finishes within a few seconds.
8. Changed: Invalid "Send To" recent right-click commands get pruned from the list. (after a playlist deletion, etc.)
9. Changed: When sorting numbers, an empty string will sort above "0". (instead of treating them as equals)

12.0.133 (12/15/06)

1. Fixed: Misspelled the word 'Swap' on DVD properties.
2. NEW: Tempo, pitch, and rate DSP included as a default DSP.
3. NEW: Tempo & Pitch plugin nicely handles 4.0 and 5.1 sound.
4. NEW: Added "Rate" to the Tempo & Pitch plugin. (discovery: Bon Jovi at +0.3x = Stevie Nicks)
5. Changed: Tempo & Pitch plugin frees all resources and doesn't touch the input data when enabled with all sliders at +0.00x.
6. Changed: Made default DSP Studio studio pages more visually similar.
7. Fixed: Could not start playing TV in Theater View.
8. Fixed: Playback time display wouldn't nicely handle DSP plugins that changed the length / rate of playback.
9. NEW: Tapping "Pause / Break" in Theater View will loop through on screen status messages. (draw speed, some video card capabilities, etc.)
10. Optimized: Several Theater View optimizations to improve draw performance and lower CPU usage. (<5% CPU usage is typical with a modern video card)

12.0.132 (12/14/06)

1. Changed: Reworked YADB data entry / submission flows.
2. NEW: Added an "Edit Disc Information" button to the top of an audio CD view.
3. NEW: DVD option "Swap Fast Play and Jump commands".
4. Changed: Option to submit CD information to YADB is in Options > CD. (instead of using a popup)
5. Changed: Root of "Drives & Devices" is a webpage. (real webpage coming soon)
6. Changed: When a CD burn will overflow to a second disc, user is given options to overburn, span discs, or trim to fit.
7. Fixed: Bug in "Clean" web gallery template.
8. NEW: Noire web gallery template. (Still a work in progress but very usable.)

12.0.131 (12/13/06)

1. NEW: "Clean" web gallery template added. (Really simple.)
2. Changed: Media Jukebox\Data\HTML Gallery renamed Media Jukebox\Data\Web Gallery.
3. Changed: By default, sorting changes made by clicking column headers are automatically remembered. (Options > Tree & View > Sorting)
4. Fixed: Seeking DVD while paused was not responsive.
5. Changed: DVD buffer is flushed on certain commands.
6. Changed: Removed plurals in library views (like "Artists", "Albums", etc.) because they're problematic for translations.
7. Changed: Switched the names of new playlist objects to "New Playlist" and "New Group" instead of "My Playlist" and "My Playlist Group".
8. Changed: Made smartlist picker dialogs have more translation friendly titles and use field display names instead of internal names.
9. Fixed: Drag-n-drop menu for playlist move / copy didn't translate "Move".
10. Fixed: Artist names with the form "Artist, The" would always require re-syncing on iPods.
11. NEW: Some root level menu items can also get added to the right-click recent command list.
12. Changed: Using a recent command moves it to the top of the list.
13. Changed: Programming guide webpages in "TV Tuner" view display progress in the status bar when navigating.
14. Fixed: AAC+ streams from Shoutcast were not properly recognized. Now AAC+ streams can be played if proper DirectShow filters exist.
15. Optimized: Installation can run up to two times faster. (Or not.)

12.0.130 (12/12/06)

1. Fixed: The volume label of a CD wouldn't update in the tree after doing a CD database lookup.
2. Fixed: Doing a CD update from YADB or submit when looking at a view other than the root of the CD drive wouldn't work properly.
3. Changed: Seperated the Recently Imported / Recently Ripped playlist icon from the Scheduler icon. (and changed the playlist icon)
4. Changed: System playlists (like Recently Imported, Top Hits, etc.) sort above user created playlists.
5. Fixed: Logging settings would not always be honored.
6. Changed: Added some new path options to the gallery.
7. New: Will open the gallery once it has been uploaded.
8. Fixed: A CD view's view header could show "0 files" even with a CD inserted.
9. Changed: After editing a CD's information, you will be asked to submit the information back to YADB.
10. Fixed: List checkboxes would look uncentered on Vista.
11. Fixed: In rare cases, files could have a large thumbnail but not a small thumbnail.
12. Optimized: Improved Tag Action Window's load speed in many cases.
13. Changed: The Tag > Image Action Window will still show the internal image when selecting more than one file. (instead of saying "only visible for single selections")
14. Changed: Theater View search keyboard didn't nicely handle going to the backspace button from all logical buttons.
15. Changed: Updated all Theater View skins to work with current Theater View.
16. Fixed: In Thumbnail mode, Theater View wouldn't honor a list's selected color.
17. Changed: [EXISTS] tags removed from Web Gallery Templates. Replaced with [IF:] tags.
18. NEW: Added a template picker to the Web Gallery Creator. New templates can be added by creating directories under C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 12\Data\HTML Gallery.
19. Changed: Media Center no longer requests administrative rights on Vista with UAC enabled. (please report any problems)

12.0.129 (12/08/06)

1. Changed: Video Renderer selection for DX Video Player is now moved to DirectShow Filter Selection window. You can therefore select different video renderer for different file types. "Video Mixing Renderer 7" also becomes one of the possible choices.
2. Fixed: Web Gallery was having issues with gallery of 1.
3. Changed: Web Gallery index and slide files are now .html and not .htm.
4. Fixed: DVB-T channel scanning was not advancing to the next frequencies.
5. Fixed: When showing the "Camera" Action Window, the drop list of choices could be invisible.
6. Fixed: Some duplicate entries in the list of "Other filters" on Filter Selection window are eliminated.
7. NEW: Additional Web Gallery options added.
8. Fixed: Videos with subtypes Music video, TV show, etc. would always require re-syncing on iPods.
9. Fixed: Rotation honored on Web Gallery output.
10. Changed: Several Noire skin updates.

12.0.128 (12/07/06)

1. Fixed: Starting TV by clicking "TV Tuner" tool button did not work.
2. Fixed: Skinning should now be enabled on the Web Gallery Creator.
3. Changed: HTML Gallery renamed Web Gallery.
4. Changed: Web Gallery counts start at 1 instead of 0. (index and total)
5. Fixed: Seek works on TiVo.

12.0.127 (12/07/06)

1. NEW: New DVB-T digital TV channel scanning method. Australia and UK users please test.
2. Fixed: Cancel acquire camera images not working.
3. Changed: Acquire images from camera now includes 'avi' file types.
4. Fixed: iPod with 'DCIM' folder at the root was mistaken for a camera.
5. Fixed: The TiVo cache was being cleared too aggressively. This caused smartlist with a variable length (like the 100 random songs) to not play.
6. Fixed: Drop down menus would randomly appear way too "skinny".
7. Fixed: HTML gallery creator "remember password" check box state remembered.
8. Fixed: Tab stops on HTML gallery creator should make more sense.

1. 0.126 (for internal testing only)

12.0.125 (12/05/06)

1. Fixed: When a combobox was disabled, the inside of the box could draw a non-skin color.
2. Fixed: When an edit control switched from disabled to enabled, its border wouldn't always redraw properly.
3. Changed: Many dialogs were using an older dialog font that didn't support ClearType.
4. Fixed: Options tree image drop shadows were running together from one image to the next.
5. NEW: More areas of the program use the font chosen in Options > Tree & View.
6. NEW: Edit control borders are skinnable.
7. Fixed: The DSM-320 would not play videos.
8. Fixed: Restored writing out IPTC and fixed cases where PS2 would generate an error when trying to read new IPTC header from JPG files.

12.0.124 (12/04/06)

1. Changed: Wording for CD burn capacity did not fit nicely in standard window size.
2. Fixed: HTML Gallery threading fixed.
3. NEW: Remember password checkbox for the HTML Gallery.
4. Fixed: HTML Gallery output path was not getting updated if user used the browse button.
5. NEW: Reworked the "Encoding" options page.
6. Fixed: "Fill Properties From Filename" wasn't supporting translated field names.
7. Fixed: Parts of the options dialog would always use MS Sans font istead of the font chosen in Options.
8. Fixed: Menus were not using the font selected in options.
9. Fixed: Dragging and dropping tracks onto the audio CD burn action window was unduly slow.
10. Fixed: OSD of "Playing Channel n" would display nonsense text when playing a TV channel (using keypad) that is not among the list of previously scanned channels.
11. Changed: Streamlined how TV channels are handled in database.
12. Changed: TV engine is no longer unloaded and reloaded when playing a channel using keypad.
13. NEW: Reworked View Scheme component dialog. (combined expression and other types, automatically show when picking "Add Pane To Left", etc.)

12.0.123 (12/01/06)

1. Fixed: Returning from fullscreen display could shift the focus to a different view in a split view configuration.
2. Fixed: Web radio stations that didn't provide a proper MIME type wouldn't play.
3. Changed: Added zone information and playerstate changes to automation event notifications.
4. Fixed: UPnP (and other SDK users) would not work on view schemes with items that had a backslash in their name.
5. NEW: Revised the look-n-feel of the options tree used throughout options.
6. Fixed: Some html gallery creation bugs.
7. New: FTP uploader added to html gallery creator.

12.0.122 (11/30/06)

1. NEW: Video conversion is supported for handheld transfers. (currently only supports conversion to WMV) (experimental -- may not remain)
2. Fixed: Switching TV channels sometimes would unload and reload TV engine.
3. Fixed: Auto-import wasn't reconciling the disk and database at program startup. (introduced in 121)
4. Changed: Revised Theater View rubber-banding of list items to snap items to their final location so there won't be a final shift of one pixel a few seconds later.
5. Fixed: Scrollbar in Tag > Format page wouldn't always work.
6. Changed: Darkened disabled menu color text of Noire skin.
7. NEW: Combobox look-n-feel is completely determined by the skin instead of using Windows borders. (please report any droplist / combobox strageness)
8. Changed: Added more combobox skin items for background, arrow sizing, etc. (see Noire for an example)
9. NEW: Tab controls support over text color and selected text color for skinning. (see Noire for an example)
10. NEW: An HTML Gallery Generator has been added to "send to." (Sad little template exists under "DATA\HTML Gallery." More work to be done on the template.) Upload to be added.

12.0.121 (11/29/06)

1. NEW: Recent right-click commands and send to commands are remembered between sessions.
2. NEW: Theater View sizing and layout better accounts for varying aspect ratios. (widescreen, etc.)
3. Changed: In video and DVD player unconnected filters are removed from filter graph to avoid complications.
4. Fixed: Canceling a transcoding data burn was not working correctly.
5. Fixed: Disc capacity for transcoded data burns was still not calculated correctly in some cases.
6. Changed: Recent Playing Now playlists show in the tree immediately instead of after a view refresh.
7. Optimized: Improved tree building / refresh speed.
8. Changed: Navigation tree did not support Page Up / Page Down keys.
9. Fixed: Scrolling in the tree while renaming an item didn't cancel the edit.
10. Fixed: In certain cases, image playback could start with the last image instead of the first image in a list.
11. Changed: List skinning supports "HotSelectedText" color.
12. Changed: Scrollbar skinning supports 4 states for the scrollbar background.
13. Fixed: Clicking on the player area while in display view would steal the focus from the display, making keyboard shortcuts stop working.
14. NEW: URL filetypes are determined by the mime-type provided by the server. (NOTE: the usage of SkeeterfoodstreamSkeeterfood.mp3, etc. is now obsolete -- only enter the URL in the Open URL dialog)
15. Fixed: In rare cases, switching skins while playing music could cause a crash.
16. Fixed: Previously scheduled events wouldn't run until the "Scheduler" was visited once in the tree.
17. Changed: Album analyzer works better when dealing with multi-disc sets. (where the disc number is set)
18. Changed: Added "track change" notification to the automation event mechanism.
19. Changed: Updated height, width, and dimensions to also be available for video files.

12.0.120 (11/27/06)

1. NEW: JRSS surround sound processing is optional when converting 2 channel audio to 4 or 5.1 channel audio.
2. NEW: Subwoofer cutoff frequency is customizable when converting 2 channel audio to 5.1 sound.
3. NEW: Equalizer works with 4 channel, 5.1 channel, etc. audio sources.
4. NEW: Equalizer equalizes each channel in a separate thread (improves performance on HT and multi-core machines)
5. NEW: DSP "Effects" works with 4, 5.1, etc. channel sources. (unlike equalizer, effects only apply to main left and right channels)
6. Fixed: If "update from cd database" was selected for a CD and no matches were found or user canceled, existing tag values were still getting wiped out.
7. Fixed: Playing a flv video directly from YouTube or Google Video would not work unless the user has previously played a local flv file.
8. Fixed: The selected 3D visualization could revert to "Picture Terrain" in some cases.
9. Fixed: Temporarily disabled writing out IPTC headers to prevent problems when loading jpeg files in PhotoShop.

12.0.119 (11/22/06)

1. Fixed: Playing files with internal art could stack images in the temporary folder until the program was closed.
2. Fixed: Adding a large number of files to a data disk burn would freeze MC for an extended time.
3. Fixed: Folder renaming for a data disk burn wasn't working correctly.
4. NEW: When emailing log files (Help > Logging...), both logs are placed in a single zip file.
5. Fixed: "Burn Disc" start page didn't have a border on the Data Disc name field, making it hard to read.
6. Fixed: "Burn Disc" start page would be too tall in data mode.
7. Fixed: In some Action Window pages, controls could draw with black backgrounds in certain cases.
8. Changed: In a new library, "Camera" is a default search field.
9. NEW: During image playback, the next and previous image are preloaded in a background thread for near-instant image switching.

12.0.118 (11/21/06)

1. Fixed: The "Compression" field would not be properly filled when ripping a track. (use "Update Library (from tags)" to fill in any files missing this field)
2. Changed: Replaced "Category" in field properties dialog with "Flags". (to pick what media type a field belongs to, etc.)
3. Fixed: "Playing Now" would display properly with translation enabled.
4. Fixed: Text and images in Theater View that keyed off of location didn't work properly with translation enabled.
5. Fixed: Video podcasts could still have an unknown media type.
6. Fixed: "Crop" aspect ratio setting did not work properly in video player and TV when video window was resized.
7. Changed: Changed how FF and REW are carried out. Some MPEG-2 files previously had problem updating image should perform better now.
8. Fixed: Ratings not getting posted back to MC from iPod if the files were manually transferred.
9. Fixed: Transferring protected files to an iPod could case MC to hang.
10. Fixed: Some asx streams wouldn't play.
11. Fixed: MC was identifying non-iPod devices as though they were iPods.
12. Fixed: Files with internal art wouldn't show their art when switching from G-Force to another visualization.
13. NEW: Theater View uses an on-screen keyboard for performing searches. (NOTE: only Noire skin updated -- others to follow)

12.0.117 (11/20/06)

1. NEW: Added "Move Next To Play" to file commands in Theater View Playing Now list.
2. NEW: Theater View list-style shows small icons next to the text.
3. Fixed: Gridlines were not appearing in lists.
4. NEW: Dropping files onto "Playlists" or any playlist group will create a new playlist with those files.
5. NEW: Right-click "Playing Now" in the tree has "Edit Playing Now..." for drag-n-drop editing in the Action Window.
6. NEW: Streamlined the Action Window "Build Playlist" so only a single-click (or drag-n-drop) is required to make a playlist.
7. Fixed: Scrollbars wouldn't redraw properly when releasing them when the mouse wasn't over the scrollbar.
8. Changed: "Playlists" view header has a "Add Playlist Group" button.
9. Fixed: When burning a data disc, the "disc name" field allowed an illegal length name to be typed in.
10. Optimized: Skin switching looks smoother and happens faster.
11. Changed: Playlist groups have a unique icon in the tree.
12. Fixed: Seeking from the start of a converted on-the-fly file with the UPnP Server (and DSM32 e.g.) didn't work.
13. Fixed: Some UPnP playback types could fail.
14. Fixed: Podcasts wouldn't properly understand some file types.
15. Fixed: Data disc folder naming option was broken.
16. Fixed: MP3 files not playing on some iPods.
17. Fixed: In very rare situations MC was analizing non-iPod devices as though they were iPods.
18. Fixed: With a multi-monitor system, maximizing app, showing fullscreen display on a different monitor, and then returning could switch the monitor the program was on.
19. Changed: Reworked how stacks of audio images are generated so that stack images are broken on album boundaries instead of image boundaries. (this fixes some library server stack issues)
20. Fixed: MP4 file types occasionally listed as 'not supported' for transfer to iPods.

12.0.116 (11/17/06)

1. Fixed: The TiVo Server was displaying "Unknown Request" error messages.
2. NEW: Many enhancements to how list, tree, options, menu, etc. selections can be drawn. (see Noire skin for an example)
3. Changed: Options tree expand/collapse caret now flips as the tree is expanded and collapsed.
4. NEW: When burning a data disc, new option for creating a UDF file system rather than ISO9660. Strictly for beta testing.
5. NEW: Added support for compilations on iPods.
6. Changed: Added support for gapless playback of mp3 files specifically containing gapless playback information.

12.0.115 (11/16/06)

1. Change: Default internal volume for DX video player is increased.
2. Fixed: Panes could draw strangely after resize in some cases.
3. Optimized: Improved view switching times.
4. Changed: When switching focus away from a list, the selection wouldn't properly redraw.
5. Fixed: Some system skinned list controls could flicker when they didn't have a horizontal scrollbar.
6. Change: DX video player and DVD player will not try setting internal volume when the user chooses system volume.
7. Fixed: MP3's not playing on iPods - temporarily removed gapless playback.
8. Fixed: Info box didn't display number of discs required when files in burn queue exceeded capacity for a one disc.
9. Changed: Switched escape keyboard shortcut back to MC 11 style for search box. (Shift+Escape to clear, Escape to stop editing)

12.0.114 (11/14/06)

1. Fixed: Audible files wouldn't load images.
2. Fixed: Menu transparency could be one-step behind when right-clicking a pane item.
3. Changed: Documents work better over Media Server. (requires a program / editor that supports http://)
4. Changed: Added .log to the list of text filetypes along with .txt and .rtf.
5. Changed: Reworked the "Burning" options page to look more like other options pages. (and have nicer filtering of audio / data options based on burn mode)
6. Fixed: MC better identifies Toshiba Gigabeat S and F models.
7. Fixed: Album art not showing up in Gigabeat S and similar devices.
8. Fixed: Skinning enabled on file browser control under vista. (Associated crash fixed.)
9. NEW: Scheduled recording handles asx streams.
10. Fixed: Thumbnail generation for videos with relative path image files wouldn't always work.
11. Changed: The "image file" field is honored for data files just like for audio and video files.

12.0.113 (11/14/06)

1. NEW: Internal volume control is available for DX video player and DVD player (may not work for all sound cards, but should work for most).
2. Fixed: MC hang when stopping video player while FF/REWing.
3. Changed: Filter selection is allowed for Windows Media types (transform filters, i.e. decoders only - the source filter will always be WM Asf Reader).
4. Changed: Changing debug logging options doesn't require restart of Media Center.
5. Fixed: Some long or international filenames would not work properly over Library Server.
6. NEW: Revised how menu alpha works so text isn't alphed, background is blurred, and it won't cause issues with VNC, etc.
7. Changed: Reworked how MIME types are handled for Podcasting and sharing plugins. (hopefully transparent, but please report any issues)
8. Fixed: Empty thumbnail list in vista fixed.
9. Fixed: RAW Image cache files could be deleted in certain situations.

12.0.112 (11/13/06)

1. Fixed: Find albums in gallery uploader updates the list with "Title: %s (Album: %s)"
2. Changed: Removed Media Jukebox 8 library upgrader. (it's best to reimport when coming from MJ
3. Changed: Right-click option on Playlists in the tree "Create Stock Smartlists" will also (re)create Top Hits and Recently Played if they were deleted.
4. Fixed: Page Up / Page Down work more logically in Theater View.
5. Changed: Main navigation tree uses tree-style keyboard navigation. (instead of list-style navigation proposed in build 111)
6. Fixed: Mouse-wheeling over the volume slider with the mouse perfectly still and playback stopped would leave "Volume xx%" stuck in the player area.
7. Fixed: iPod database corruption introduced in build 12.0.111.
8. Changed: Stock smartlists (like Top Hits and Recently Played) work correctly after being renamed or moved. (pick Tree > Right-Click > Playlists > Create Stock Smartlists to recreate missing playlists)
9. Changed: When rotating an image that's playing using the right-click menu or toolbar button, the playback display now updated immediately.
10. Fixed: Command line TreePath=... didn't work properly when firing while MC wasn't running.
11. Fixed: IPTC 'Date Created' Tag gets properly imported (mapped to Date field).
12. Changed: Ctrl+Right Arrow / Ctrl+Left Arrow change playback rate (fast forward/rewind) in DX video player, just as in DVD and TV.

12.0.111 (11/10/06)

1. Changed: Display uses a black background color when in display view, theater view, or detached mode. (still uses skin color when in Standard or Mini View)
2. Changed: When scheduling a task, the start time is disabled when the "Now" checkbox is marked.
3. Changed: Tree keyboard navigation up / down caps at the ends. (instead of selecting none when pressing up at the top)
4. Fixed: Image and Video web media views wouldn't properly keep their tree selection.
5. Changed: Revised how up, down, left, and right navigate the tree to be more logical. (use space bar to toggle expansion)
6. Changed: Theater View list menus stretch across the entire item again. (instead of stopping in some cases)
7. Changed: Theater View webpage views don't show "Display View" and "Play All" buttons.
8. Changed: Opening the Burn or Handheld action window no longer sometimes jumps to "Audio". (was done to make "Drop files here" obvious, but jump logic was too elaborate to be helpful)
9. Fixed: Missing CDA files queued for burning to an audio CD wouldn't be properly handled. (burning would start and fail in the middle)
10. Changed: After cancelling a burn, the sequence and disc number columns wouldn't disappear from the CD view.
11. Changed: Library Server adds a custom HTTP server.
12. Fixed: The CD Labeler could crash when dealing with an album name that had an invalid file system character in it.
13. Fixed: Album list no longer sorts in the gallery upload.

12.0.110 (11/9/06)

1. Changed: When ejecting a CD during YADB data entry, another CD information entry boxes could appear at the same time.
2. Changed: When viewing a CD, the UI won't stop painting if the YADB lookup / submit dialog boxes are shown.
3. Changed: Revised how shortcut creation is handled during an upgrade install when choosing "Custom". (so that if you check a box to create a shortcut, it always will)
4. Fixed: Folder watching didn't nicely handle when a folder would fail to watch. (because it was missing, etc.)
5. Changed: Added logging to Auto-Import folder watching to assist with finding problems.
6. Fixed: Some PocketPC's did not reliably show up when connecting while Media Center was running.
7. Optimized: Further improvements to program load speed.
8. NEW: Added ability to add a "Zones" button to the toolbar.
9. Changed: The "Locate" right-click command better handles all media types.
10. Fixed: The "Automatic based on current playlist" Replay Gain adjustment would incorrectly jump to "0" when unananlzyed files were in the playlist.
11. NEW: Max height and max width settings for menalto gallery upload.
12. NEW: Mildly friendlier album picklist for menalto gallery upload.
13. NEW: Mildly more ui feedback from gallery upload.
14. Changed: Unimported files now use the track replay gain for the album gain. (instead of having a blank album gain)
15. Changed: Revised URL-shortening system for online video playback. (please try playing Google Video videos in the player from Video > Google Video in the tree)
16. NEW: WMA streams can be scheduled for recording.
17. NEW: Added convert to Jpeg option for gallery upload.

1. 0.109 (11.8.06)

1. Fixed: The UPnP Server was not broadcasting on multiple interfaces.
2. NEW: "Start Now" checkbox added to Schedule Task dialog box.
3. Fixed: One minute duration scheduled events will always record at least a full minute (if "Start Now" checkbox is checked).
4. Optimized: Faster program startup in most cases.
5. Fixed: Clicking on "Podcasts" in the first few seconds the program was running could cause a crash. (introduced in 108)
6. Changed: Drag-n-drop uses the word "Analyzing" instead of "Importing" to avoid confusion.
7. Optimized: Improved string engine loading time, resulting in faster program startup.
8. Fixed: Purchase / upgrade images could appear slightly blurry.
9. Optimized: When double-clicking an image in Explorer, fullscreen playback will start much faster.
10. New: Additional status messages for gallery upload.
11. New: Picklist option for finding gallery albums.
12. Fixed: The DSM-520 UPnP Device now works.
13. Fixed: Setting the Media Center shortcut to "Minimized" would cause the program to not be able to be restored.
14. Changed: DCRaw's priority set to Idle priority when thumbnailing.
15. Changed: The "Album Gain" for a file with no album is now the same as the track gain for that file. (so it's treated like an album of one)

12.0.108 (11/07/06)

1. Fixed: Filenames with .'s in them would bozo the handheld cache.
2. Fixed: Handheld cache prune no longer prunes with extreme prejudice.
3. Optimized: Faster load times due to internal architecture updates.
4. Optimized: More components dynamic or delay load, improving startup performance.

12.0.107 (11/06/06)

1. Fixed: Video bookmarks wouldn't load properly.
2. Changed: Detached view responds to Escape to exit maximized and to reattach.
3. Changed: Revised detached display right-click menu to be more clear.
4. Fixed: Incomplete URL option logic was backwards.
5. Changed: Added recognition of second generation iPod Shuffles.
6. Changed: Removed drop arrow from pane headers.
7. Fixed: Theater View "Jump on Play" was jumping to standard view instead of display view.
8. Fixed: In certain cases, Mini View could get stuck transparent until switching away and back to the program.
9. Changed: With "Play visible files" selected as the play button mode, the current playlist will be played if there are no visible files. (minimized, display view, Start view, etc.)
10. Fixed: Scheduled MP3 streams with "SkeeterfoodstreamSkeeterfood.mp3" didn't record.
11. Fixed: Scheduled record streams is now placed in Output File Location instead of Music Directory.
12. Fixed: TiVO Server would crash on browsing.
13. Changed: more debugging for multiple network interface machines in UPnP Server.
14. New: Upload to Menalto Gallery added to the Send to menu. (Caption is an expression. Defaults to [Caption]. Test feature. May not remain.)

12.0.106 (11/02/06)

1. Fixed: Video bookmarks didn't play nicely with the pause button.
2. Fixed: FormatDate(...) expressions didn't properly support the 3 parameter version for display with no dates.
3. Fixed: Right-click on "Start" view header text would cause a crash.
4. Fixed: Rated pictures would sync over-and-over to an iPod.
5. Changed: When editing a view scheme, removing or adding a component doesn't discard the list position. (so it takes less clicks to remove all, etc.)
6. Changed: Expressions support tabs and new line formatting in functions to increase readability.

     Example: IF(A,B,C) becomes
        IF(A,
           B
        ,
           C
        )

1. NEW: Expression editor shows large, multiline text area. (instead of single line)
2. Changed: When editing lyrics, bios, expressions, etc. tab inserts tabs in the text instead of switching focus.
3. Changed: Added recognition of some of the new iPods.
4. Changed: Added option to omit host portion of UPnP URLs, to work with Denon.
5. Changed: Right-click on a pane entry would show all send to items at the root. (instead of nesting like other areas of the app)
6. NEW: View scheme editing can be done "in-place" so you can quickly change the panes by clicking on the pane headers. (EXPERIMENTAL -- MAY NOT REMAIN)

12.0.105 (11/01/06)

1. Fixed: Using a handheld while switching libraries or closing the program could cause a crash. (by design, handheld operations are cancelled when switching libraries)
2. NEW: DirectX video playback automatically bookmarks videos. (tap previous button to seek to the beginning) (doesn't apply to non-DirectX playback, or internet streams)
3. NEW: CTRL+SHIFT+L selects the next available audio stream in DVD.
4. Fixed: iPod image sync would send the same images over and over.
5. Fixed: Windows Media 11 would not support lossless WMA encoding.
6. Fixed: mp4 media streamed from Media Server could not play in DirectShow.
7. Fixed: Real media (ra, rm, ram) streamed from Media Server could not play in DirectShow.

12.0.104 (10/31/06)

1. Fixed: Plugin Manager would not use the correct art for Output plugins.
2. Changed: Keyboard shortcut for clearing the search box is now "Escape" instead of "Shift+Escape".
3. Fixed: Editing Lyrics, and then clicking to a different Action Window could cause a crash.
4. Changed: More art updates.
5. Fixed: Playing a small image with transparency fullscreen wouldn't always fill the background with a checkerboard pattern properly.
6. Changed: When seeking (or jumping to skip commercials in TV), the current on-screen-display shows the new position.
7. NEW: Added DVB-T frequency maps for Australia and UK, and hoping it will have some effect.
8. Fixed: Improved handling for severe scratches when secure ripping CD's. UI used to freeze.
9. Changed: Video zooming takes much finer steps.
10. Optimized: Image playback now faster.
11. Optimized: Handheld cache pruning (happens at the end of a transfer) is much faster.
12. Changed: Revised default expansion states in the handheld options tree.
13. Changed: Action Window "Display" has independent visualization selection from Standard View. (much like Mini View already works)
14. Changed: Files with an empty album are now considered from an incomplete album instead of a complete album.
15. Changed: Google Video playback would fail in some cases.
16. Fixed: Library Server playback could hang at the end of a track with audio conversion enabled.

12.0.103 (10/30/06)

1. Changed: List and tree controls no longer track mouse movement when MC isn't the active application.
2. Changed: URLs or filenames in a playlist with (invalid) spaces at the head or tail are better supported.
3. Changed: Tree auto-expand and auto-collapse works nicer when selecting nested items from the navigation menu.
4. Changed: Theater View left-hand navigation highlight could disappear in certain cases.
5. Changed: When at the root of Theater View, the "Display View" button changes to Exit. (which goes to standard view)
6. Changed: ESC skips "Display View" when leaving Theater View. (use F11 or Shift+F11 to roll modes)
7. Changed: Improved translation support for Theater View.
8. Changed: Configured Theater View root items are stored per-language. (necessary to support translation nicely)
9. Fixed: Theater View button list wasn't always ensuring that the selection was visible when scrolling.
10. Changed: Scheduler uses the time format of the computer for creating a new event. (instead of always using 12-hr time)
11. Changed: More updated art. (should be final -- let us know if anything doesn't match the new look)
12. Fixed: Position slider handle would not appear on the Noire skin.

12.0.102 (10/26/06)

1. NEW: Scheduler can now record internet streams. (radio stations, etc.)
2. Changed: Removed experimental "advanced play" right click option.
3. Fixed: Clicking from one tag field to another in the Action Window could cause issues.
4. Fixed: When switching directly from Standard View to Theater View, the mouse would not hide until it was moved a little.
5. Fixed: The detached display window would not be properly skinned.
6. NEW: On screen display of zooming percentage when zooming video, DVD, or TV.
7. NEW: +/- keys zoom video in or out.
8. Fixed: In-place editing of pane values wouldn't update the panes until a manual refresh was performed.
9. Fixed: Panes wouldn't update right away when adding a new value in tagging mode.
10. Optimized: Minimizing and restoring the application is much faster. (skin, database, etc. are still unloaded for background usage efficiency on minimize, so some lag is expected)
11. Fixed: Compressed WAV files would not import properly.
12. Changed: Converter, Recorder, and Audio Analyzer minimize more nicely.
13. Fixed: When burning an mp3 or wma transcoded data disc, the displayed burn size and number of disks was incorrect.

12.0.101 (10/25/06)

1. NEW: Better handling of FFDShow and FLVSplitter installation and registration when playing FLV files.
2. Changed: Theater View picture skin items and backgrounds support matrix-style drawing.
3. Fixed: Theater View item positions could be shifted down one pixel.
4. Changed: Some tuning to the Noire Theater View skin.
5. Fixed: Some 3D visualizations would not handle sizing nicely.
6. Changed: Revised how FilePath(...) and FileName(...) parse URLs.
7. Fixed: Filter names in "List of DVD filters" was editable.
8. Fixed: FLAC (or other input plugin delivered types) would not properly appear in the file types list.
9. Fixed: Theater View button menus wouldn't show in exactly the correct location.
10. Fixed: Misbehaviors when selecting entries on TV channels lists on TV configuration dialogs.
11. Changed: When adding or removing files from a playlist in the Action Window, the ideal size is updated.
12. Fixed: In some cases, the tag window could apply changes to the new selection instead of the old selection when clicking around. (hopefully fixed, please let us know)
13. Changed: Fullscreen bars only appear when the mouse enters the border area, instead of automatically when switching into Display View.
14. Changed: When changing the large underlying file for CUE files, the database could incorrectly update the CUE files that link into the large file.

12.0.100 (10/24/06)

1. Changed: Made list-type field range filtering work more like v11.
2. Changed: Theater View stacks were not re-randomized on restart.
3. Changed: When Theater View skips a single item level, it still adds it to the breadcrumbs.
4. Changed: Pressing Ctrl+A while editing lyrics or bios will select all the text.
5. Fixed: The tree and Action Windows wouldn't always renegotiate for space when collapsing a tree item.
6. Fixed: Right-click "Import Into Library" did not work for CUE files.
7. Fixed: DirectShow video playback would not work after MC is started by importing a track from Windows Explorer.
8. Changed: Enumerating devices better handles memory readers with no memory in them.
9. Optimized: Starting the program with a large log file could cause startup to be slower than expected.
10. Fixed: The UPnP Server would crash if left idle before connecting.
11. Changed: CUE files work nicer with the auto-import system. (they don't show as new files each import, but instead nicely detect changes, etc.)
12. Fixed: Forward and back keyboard shortcuts would get translated when in Display View. (switching hidden views)
13. Changed: In file renaming expressions, "Unknown Artist" (or similar) is only used when formatting a field for display. (so not when doing [Duration, 0], etc.)

12.0.99 (10/23/06)

1. Fixed: Playback of http:// images could cause a crash. (also applies to Google Images)
2. Changed: Google Images "Show webpage" option works better.
3. Fixed: In-place tree editing was not the correct size.
4. Changed: Disc # is now available for video files.
5. Changed: English words could get wrongly translated in the rename from tags dialog when using a non-English language.
6. Fixed: During background thumbnail building, the status message (with cancel button) could fight with the main UI.
7. Fixed: CUE file importing / playback was not working.
8. Fixed: Theater View could hang when viewing TV or CD files.
9. Changed: Improved how and when Theater View preserves list and button selection and scroll position.
10. Fixed: When entering Theater View from windowed Display View, the mouse cursor wouldn't hide until the mouse was moved.
11. Changed: Column headers for fields with an ampersand (&) in the name wouldn't draw properly.
12. Fixed: When playing streams, failure to open temporary files may cause problems.

12.0.98 (10/19/06)

1. NEW: Introduced new Web Media system to allow downloads, native playback, and more from major media sites. (Shoutcast, Google Images, Google Video, and YouTube (more to follow))
2. Fixed: Download Action Window looked crowded towards the bottom.
3. Changed: Checkbox has replaced [HHDevice] in the HH Cache options. Default behavior is to reset the cache rule and enable the checkbox.
4. Changed: Enter and Shift+Enter will both give new lines when editing lyrics, bios, etc.

12.0.97 (10/19/06)

1. Fixed: Animation controls didn't have skin colored backgrounds.
2. Fixed: Videos not playing on Sony PSP.
3. Changed: Tuned how image playback handles preserving vs discarding zoom when changing size.
4. NEW: Holding "Shift" while switching images will preserve the scroll and zoom settings from the previous image. (nice for pixel-peeping)
5. Changed: Theater View image stacks are now randomized just like Standard View stacks. (consistent through a run, but change each run)
6. Changed: When in a stacks view, sorting "Default" will sort exactly like the panes for that grouping. (instead of sorting by name)
7. Optimized: Stack views can be faster to load or refresh when "Default" sorting is used.
8. Changed: When adding multiple library fields in Options > Library, the tree won't collapse in between additions.
9. Changed: Expressions support field display names (as well as English internal names) for easier use. (especially when using a non-English language)
10. Fixed: "Rename Files From Properties" dialog better fits translated text.

12.0.96 (10/18/06)

1. Optimized: View switching is much faster in all cases.
2. Changed: Handheld cache is now placed in a "JRHHCache" subdirectory under the user selected directory.
3. Changed: RAW Image cache is now placed in a "JRImgCache" subdirectory under the user selected directory.
4. NEW: Handheld cache option to set max cache size. (This is pruned to the max size AFTER transfer.)
5. NEW: Views and columns using Year, Month, and Day are much faster.
6. Changed: When using the FormatDate(...) expression, FormatDate([Date, 0], Year) can be rewritten FormatDate(Year). (this will also make the expression faster)
7. Changed: When using "Tagging Mode" in the panes, other panes are no longer updated when checking or unchecking a box. (updating is too slow for complex views -- click refresh button at top of view to refresh all panes)
8. Changed: Thumbnails could show "Play" and "Tag" links even if the mouse was over the toolbar.
9. Changed: Tooltips are more multi-monitor aware, just like popup menus.
10. Changed: Podcasting no longer rejects Podcast Feeds that exceed 1 MB. (cap is now 4 MB)
11. Changed: Image captions no longer use "Unknown Camera", etc. for blank fields.
12. Changed: Closing a Tag page like people, places, etc. while it had the focus would leave the mouse wheel inoperable until someplace was clicked.
13. Changed: Revised how interface plugins should attach to the Media Center SDK in their Init(...) function. (hopefully transparent change -- let us know if any plugins start having problems)
14. Optimized: Playlists tree in Tag window is many times faster.

12.0.95 (10/17/06)

1. Changed: Expansion state of playlist groups is preserved even after collapsing the playlists root.
2. NEW: The tooltip in the "Image" tag window (click small image in tag window to zoom in) shows the image dimensions and size.
3. Changed: View header buttons use similar widths when possible.
4. NEW: Added an "Eject" button to the top of an iPod or removable disk view.
5. Changed: Limit style smartlists are now left in random order in the view instead of applying the view's sorting.
6. Changed: The "Sort" menu selection works nicer for smartlists. ("Default" leaves ordered smartlists, but other choices use view setting instead of smartlist order)
7. NEW: Added "Options > Tree & View > Advanced > Right click advanced play menu" to allow full zoned play commands to show at root of menu.
8. Changed: Sequence column is wider by default so it holds sequence numbers into the thousands without overflowing.
9. NEW: Three different image columns are available, and can be placed anywhere in a list and made any size. (old-style icon, alexicon, large album thumbnails)
10. Changed: The column list available from the "Columns" menu matches the list in "Customize Current View".
11. Changed: Any time the image player window is resized, it zooms so the whole image fits. (instead of only doing this if the image wasn't manually zoomed or scrolled)

12.0.94 (10/16/06)

1. Fixed: Remote Server was not included in Options > Startup.
2. Changed: When entering fullscreen mode from Theater View, the borders and mouse cursor are not automatically shown.
3. Fixed: The last action menu item at the top of a right-click menu wasn't working properly for Playlists.
4. Changed: The confirmation message box that is displayed when Media Scheduler tries to start recording TV while TV engine is already running will self-destruct in 10 seconds in case the user has left it running unattended.
5. Changed: Double-clicking on "Playlists" in the tree for playback would not properly honor Access Control.
6. Changed: The "Play" link on a thumbnail honors the double-click setting to "replace one file" so it won't use the full list.
7. Fixed: RAW files should return correct tag information.
8. New: Added a "Rule" to the HH Cache. Default is [HHDevice]\[Artist]\[Album].
9. Changed: Post extension data is returned for the "Filename (name)" field / expression when dealing with CUE files.
10. Fixed: Library specific library import options were not being honored. (so Otto wouldn't see external changes)
11. Fixed: Library backups could cause a hang in some cases.
12. Fixed: Some MP3 based radio streams fail to open.
13. Changed: Media Center does a better job of not allowing the start menu to show over the top of a fullscreen mode.
14. Changed: Installer no longer recommends uninstalling other versions of Media Center.
15. Changed: Installer will no longer allow Media Center 12 to be installed into a folder with a previous version MC installed. (if you did this, uninstall all versions, reboot, and reinstall v12)
16. Optimized: Loading views with panes is faster.
17. Optimized: Improved performance of player window redraws.

12.0.93 (10/13/06)

1. Fixed: CUE file import would not properly get the genre, date, or length of the last track.
2. Fixed: Importing an MPL file with CUE tracks in it did not work properly.
3. NEW: Added more handheld lossy cache options.

12.0.92 (10/13/06)

1. Changed: Removed monochrome effect of unselected option pages.
2. Fixed: Library Server (and library backups) could fail.
3. Fixed: Podcast downloads would not show a download percentage.
4. Fixed: Some Theater View textures could still appear torn.
5. Changed: Tools that operate on selected files no longer ignore list selection state if the tree is focused. (like rotating images with Playing Now selected)
6. Changed: iPod syncing rules have been changed so that most tag changes will require a file to be re-sync'd.
7. Changed: Theater View searches now include numbers as well as letters. (U2, etc.)
8. Fixed: When editing fields that don't show a drop-list, the text could appear scrolled to the left.
9. Changed: A field's acceptable values are all listed when tagging. (instead of only values that file has)
10. Fixed: While editing a field like "People" in the Action Window, keyboard list navigation didn't work nicely.
11. Optimized: Improved how edit controls (and list edit controls) are created to improve speed. (please report any in-place or AW tagging strangeness)

12.0.91 (10/12/06)

1. Fixed: Library Server would only serve a partial library. (introduced in build 90)
2. Changed: Added a couple of tooltips over the TV channels list on "TV Channels" property page.
3. NEW: Options dialog uses faded images for unselected items.
4. Changed: Tuned the coloring used by Noire for Options page selection.
5. Fixed: If "Name" was listed twice in the tag window, editing either would always edit the second one.
6. Fixed: Auto-library upgrade from Media Center 11 was not working properly. (didn't find MC 11 libraries)
7. NEW: Windows Media (wma) streaming buffered for seeking.
8. NEW: User can choose whether to use "Video Mixing Renderer 9" or "Overlay Mixer" to play video.
9. Fixed: In some cases the aspect ratio setting did not take effect.
10. NEW: Added an "Edit Playlist" menu item for playlist right-click to open in the Action Window.
11. NEW: Added an "Edit" button to the top of a playlist view.
12. Fixed: Library backups could fail. (introduced with build 90)
13. NEW: Added the ability to change the Audible download path (right-click on service in tree).
14. Fixed: Visual Basic interface plugin controls could use skin coloring, even with skinning disabled.
15. Fixed: Theater View textures (buttons, text, etc.) could look torn through the middle.

12.0.90 (10/11/06)

1. Changed: When picking auto-import with no folders configured, a message will be shown.
2. Changed: Removed "run now" from auto-import options. (since it's in the main menu / toolbar)
3. Changed: Direct3D views (Theater View / 3D visualizations) target the video card where the window first appears. (old video cards may render slowly when switching monitors after this)
4. Fixed: TV recording by Scheduler would fail if the user is currently using TV engine.
5. NEW: If Media Scheduler starts a TV recording task while the user is using TV engine in any zone, MC will ask user to confirm interrupting current activity and starting recording scheduled program.
6. Changed: Installer, uninstaller, package installer, and Media Center ask to be a trusted program when running on Vista.
7. Changed: Removed beta timeout.
8. Fixed: Mouse tracking / highlighting of list controls could get stuck on in some cases.
9. Fixed: List control mouse tracking would still operate even if a window was over the top of the list.
10. Changed: In Theater View root configuration, the full row is selectable for an item instead of only the text.
11. Changed: Removed a level of nesting in Options > Playback > Audio.
12. Changed: "Image File" field is now available (and used) for videos as well as audio.
13. NEW: More updated art.
14. NEW: When opening a Media Center library that's already in use by another computer, a read-only version will be opened. (each user computer will have its own thumbnail cache, like with Library Server)
15. NEW: Improved "Party Mode" so that the library lives in its own sandbox -- making it impossible for changes to leak back to the main database.

12.0.89 (10/10/06)

1. NEW: TV user can configure how much video to retain during time-shifting. The default has been increased from 1.5 hour to 5 hours.
2. NEW: Added two options to cache RAW file output as Jpegs. (This takes the cached file size down from (in the case of a Canon 20D) 25MB's to under 1MB.)
3. NEW: RAW files now provide their ISO, FL, Shutter, Aperature and Camera.
4. NEW: Added grid-lines to Tag window.
5. NEW: Read-only fields show as grey in the Tag window.
6. NEW: MP3 Streams with song titles in the metadata stream: Clicking the >> & << buttons will advance to next or previous title in stream.
7. New: RAW File cache can now be cleared from options. Code added to invalidate cache files.
8. Fixed: Double-clicking in the tree to play images would not properly give the full-screen display the focus.
9. Fixed: Theater View and 3D visualization textures could look garbled on some systems.
10. Fixed: Media Center would close even though Media Server mode was on.
11. NEW: Added ability to add "Check Watch Folders Now" to the toolbars.
12. NEW: Put "Check Watch Folders Now" in the Tools menu.
13. Changed: Reworked Options > Library > Watch Folders layout.
14. NEW: Interface plugins can set a registry DWORD "Skin" and set it to 0 to disable skinning for the plugin and any child windows. (for parentless popups, use pMJ->SkinWindow(m_hWnd, FALSE))
15. Changed: Renamed add folder to library to use "Import" and "Auto-Import" naming.
16. Changed: Removed tree gridlines that appeared with some skins.
17. Changed: Changed how toolbar buttons look when they're disabled. (use only text color instead of grayscaling)

1. 0.88 (for internal testing only)

12.0.87 (10/5/06)

1. Changed: Got rid of the mode skipping while stopped when pressing F11.
2. Changed: Tag Action Window doesn't show "Track #" on the first line any longer.
3. Changed: Tag window no longer uses new line during editing a field.
4. Fixed: Using the Tag window with panes visible could be overly slow.
5. NEW: Tag window uses new (more powerful) visible field selection mechanism.
6. Fixed: Tag window would use inconsistent colors for the text in the header area.
7. Changed: Image in Tag window now has an instructional tooltip.
8. Changed: Reduced the font size of the labels in the Tag window.
9. Fixed: The play link on a grouping tile wouldn't work properly.
10. Changed: For digital TV, changes in video mixing mode can take place immediately even if TV is in time-shifting mode (unless the user choose to delay it until next time TV a channel is played).
11. NEW: User can specify whether to use, and for how long, an automatic cut-off time limit for TV recording (in case you forget to stop recording manually).

Scheduled recording is not affected by this. Previously there has been a 3 hour time limit. The new default is 12 hours.

1. Fixed: 3D Pong did not render properly.
2. Fixed: 3D Pong had too much drag on the ball, causing dead balls, after extended play.
3. Changed: 3D Theater View and 3D Visualizations use a more accurate clock system for moving the world and handling physics.
4. Changed: Theater View "into" animation fades out as it zooms.
5. Fixed: In Theater View, into animations would not play when using the right-arrow in details mode to enter an item.
6. NEW: Added some more art updates.
7. Fixed: Should be the right DCRaw.exe file this time.
8. New: Raw decode quality settings available in playback->Image options.
9. New: Raw decode cache settings available in playback->image options. Cache directory setting there.
10. Fixed: Importing iTunes 7 playlists (saved as a txt file) not working.

12.0.86 (10/4/06)

1. Changed: Pressing the "Play" link on a single-file thumbnail will queue all the files. (like a standard double-click)
2. Fixed: Clicking on a non-item area of a list and then doing Ctrl+A wouldn't update for the new selection as expected.
3. Fixed: Theater View didn't update properly to reflect changes to the playing file.
4. Optimized: Improved Theater View tile loading performance.
5. Fixed: Entering Theater View to a webpage or Playing Now view would not properly show everything.
6. Fixed: Some sloppy TV code that could lead to crashes on computers that do not have digital TV devices.
7. Fixed: Some iPod PDT settings not being honored.
8. Changed: When MC 12 is first run, and the media database is empty, it will search for a database from a previous version of MC and prompt the user if he'd like to use (copy) it.
9. Changed: Tuned roll speed delay in Theater View.
10. NEW: Added animation for entering an item in Theater View.
11. NEW: Updated art in several areas of the program.
12. Changed: Updated DCRaw.
13. Changed: RAW file decodes are now cached on a per session basis. (First file load is slow but subsequent loads should be fast. On a per session basis.)
14. Fixed: Http:// files could show unexpected thumbnails in some cases.
15. Fixed: Field lists would not properly handle translation during sorting.

12.0.85 (10/3/06)

1. Fixed: Pressing the "Play" link on a single image and then pressing page up / page down would not display nicely.
2. Fixed: When starting the program, right-click menus could get clobbered during the first few seconds.
3. Changed: Double-clicking / playing a single image in Playing Now won't automatically start a slideshow.

12.0.84 (10/3/06)

1. Fixed: Quickly switching into and out of Theater View could cause a crash.

12.0.83 (10/3/06)

1. Fixed: When unloading a component that accessed 3D capabilities (visualizations or Theater View), Media Center could crash.
2. Fixed: With the program maximized, the cursor wouldn't always change back to an arrow as expected in some cases.

12.0.82 (10/2/06)

1. Changed: Display Mode is skipped when pressing F11 while stopped.
2. Changed: Rolling in Theater View lists is controlled by time instead of number of clicks, so holding up or down will always stop at the ends.
3. Fixed: Manually collapsing "Services & Plug-ins" was not possible.
4. Fixed: Transparent menus could cause issues during DVD or video playback. (now disabled if overlapping the display)
5. Changed: When starting playback of a new file from a paused state, cross-fading is disabled.
6. Changed: Renamed "Fullscreen" to "Display View" in Theater View menu to align with menu naming.
7. Fixed: Right-clicking on a menu item and choosing "Execute: ..." could show a different menu. (note that menus follow mouse movement by design)
8. Fixed: Podcasts page Google search box was not working.
9. Changed: When the display is detached, the "Display" Action Window will not be as tall.
10. Fixed: The "Display" action window wouldn't appear properly when starting a video with the display detached.
11. Fixed: "System Info" could crash on some machines.
12. Fixed: TV crash in various situations.
13. NEW: MC plays Flash Video (flv). Some third-party DirectShow filters are required.
14. Fixed: Exiting Theater View could cause a crash.

12.0.81 (9/29/06)

1. Fixed: Track info visualizations would crash.
2. Fixed: Pressing 'Enter' on a "Back" command on the right of Theater View didn't work.
3. Changed: Spinning picture cube doesn't spin as fast when entering Theater View.
4. NEW: Theater View lists roll, but require two up or down clicks (instead of one) to initiate the roll.
5. Fixed: When Theater View encountered a Direct3D error, it would appear missing instead of drawing an error screen.
6. Changed: Core drawing engine provides nicer results with alpha on alpha drawing. (effects font smoothness in some Theater View skins)

12.0.80 (9/28/06)

1. Fixed: When running multiple versions of MC at once, they could collide when using some plugin types.
2. Changed: Removed a few obsolete settings from Plugin Manager pages.

12.0.79 (9/28/06)

1. Changed: Video thumbnailing runs at a lower priority so it has less performance impact.
2. Fixed: Video thumbnailing could show a crash message in rare cases where a video thumbnail could not be built.
3. Fixed: If "Slim" was entered the first time while MC was maximized, it could fill the screen.
4. Fixed: Edit drop lists for disc number could sort empty and 1 out of order. (remember that emtpy and 1 sort equally in a file list so tracks without a disc number have an implied disc number of 1)
5. Changed: Menu transparency will not be used if the menu overlaps a hardware accelerated window. (3D visualizations, G-Force, new Theater View, etc.)
6. NEW: MP3 (Internet) streams are buffered to allow seeking anywhere as the stream is received.
7. Fixed: iPods not ejecting correctly after sync or on close.
8. Fixed: Some bad image files could cause the player to hang.
9. Fixed: Not able to recognize non-WMDM handheld devices on operating systems that don't support WMDM.
10. NEW: A new WAVE input plugin that handles uncompressed WAV files, including http:// files and files with UNICODE characters in the path. Compressed WAV files will continue to be handled in DirectShow.
11. Fixed: Audible files not tranferring to iPods.
12. Fixed: Shift-End, Shift-Ctrl-End, Shift-Home, Shift-Ctrl-Home now honored in lyric edit control.
13. Fixed: Not reading Audible tags correctly.
14. Changed: Removed "All" items when browsing in Theater View.
15. Changed: Several improvements to the Noire Theater View skin.
16. NEW: New animated Theater View returns -- many performance improvements from previous release.
17. Changed: Once Theater View gets to a "Files" list, pressing Enter will show a menu instead of replacing Playing Now.
18. Changed: When navigating in Theater View, going into a list with only one item will go in to the next level.
19. Fixed: Possible dead-lock with multithreaded skinning.
20. Changed: Reworked how customization is applied to web browser controls to be more reliable.

12.0.78 (9/26/06)

1. Changed: Double-click on the header while in Slim mode returns to Standard View.
2. NEW: Mouse-wheel works to operate the thumbnail size slider.
3. NEW: View header is shown in library views when filtering using the tree.
4. Changed: Tooltips don't show an image when in a thumbnail mode. (since it's redundant)
5. Fixed: When clicking a tree item with no children, it'd scroll down unexpectedly.
6. Changed: For Quicktime video (such as mp4) that is played in DirectShow, we try DirectShow method for thumbnailing before trying Quicktime method.
7. Changed: Time-out for testing whether a file can be played in DirectShow is increased (to avoid unnecessarily hard-killing a DirectShow graph).
8. NEW: Slim skin Mini View has its own window position instead of being a windowshade of the main position.
9. Fixed: Show Start option now honored.
10. Fixed: Action Window pages wouldn't always set the cursor properly. (hopefully fixed -- please let us know)
11. NEW: Introduced new video thumbnail generation system -- please test if you have had video thumbnail problems in the past.

12.0.77 (9/25/06)

1. Fixed: Not all library watch folder settings were being saved as library specific.
2. Changed: Added portable device information to the system information dump.
3. Changed: Lyrics field allowable with videos.
4. Fixed: Media Editor could have an error when pasting regions of a file.
5. Fixed: Some QuickTime audio files would incorrectly show as having an internal image causing issues.
6. Fixed: WAV (and other DX playback type files) would be slower than expected.