Release Notes MC33

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33.0.17 (8/29/2024)
1. Changed: Theater View returns no files instead of all the files when nothing is selected when querying with MCWS.
2. Fixed: The Netflix player augmentation for higher quality and 5.1 audio did not work after Netflix made some changes.
3. Fixed: Interlaced videos did not play in JRVR when using D3D11 hardware deinterlacing.
4. NEW: Metadata will be saved to XMP block in HEIF/HEIC images.


33.0.16 (8/27/2024)
1. Fixed: The new playlist expressions would crash if they couldn't find the playlist (now it throws nice errors).
2. Changed: Custom colors can be specified for tooltips in Playing Now Popup (see Wiki).
3. NEW: EXIF data will be editable in HEIF images.
4. Changed: Searching options for things like "Disk Writer" work better (they had a backslash in the name so weren't being found).
5. Fixed: WMA audio files did not play properly since 33.0.2.
6. Changed: 3-Track skin for the Playing Now Popup now always goes to the previous track when clicking on the thumbnail.
7. Changed: Now can specify output file name for Playing Now Popup.
8. Changed: Default size/scaling for Playing Now Popup is now the same as the View UI size setting.


33.0.15 (8/22/2024)
1. NEW: Added PlaylistAdd and PlaylistRemove expression functions.
2. Changed: Playing Now Popup output files are generated when manually showing it.
3. Changed: Playback time is displayed in Popup content when stopped.


33.0.14 (8/20/2024)
1. Fixed: Playing Now Popup would not handle output directory with missing path separator at the end.
2. NEW: Added "time" content item type for Playing Now Popup to display current playback times.
3. Changed: When dragging a file that is already imported into the program it will no longer analyze the file again.
4. Changed: Updated the "New / Improved This Version" to point to v33.
5. Fixed: Popup output image would not include background image when using alternate skin.
6. Changed: Padding channels that are marked as not having data will still be filled with input data by the mixing engine. So 5.1 with 4 extra playing 10 channel will play the extra channels.
7. Changed: Tooltips for Playing Now Popup show even when it does not have focus.
8. Fixed: Global shortcut setting for Playing Now Popup was not sticking for most installations.


33.0.13 (8/15/2024)
1. NEW: Playing Now Popup can output an image or text file for external processing (upload, etc.).


33.0.12 (8/12/2024)
1. Fixed: YouTube clip playback works better (was trying to get URLs that would not always resolve).
2. Changed: Added option for Playing Now Popup keyboard shortcut to be global.
3. Changed: The keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+I) closes the Playing Now Popup if it is currently displayed.


33.0.11 (8/8/2024)
1. Changed: DSP Presets now include the setting for whether a VST effect should be on or off.
2. Fixed: Loading DSP Presets for conversion could crash when loading some VST3 effects.
3. Changed: Playing Now Popup now supports real background transparency (Windows-only).


33.0.10 (8/6/2024)
1. Changed: [pn_mcversion] can now be used in Playing Now Popup expression to display the current MC version.
2. Changed: Re-designed the refresh rate tracking in JRVR for a more accurate VideoClock behavior.
3. Changed: Added Close to Playing Now Popup context menu.


33.0.9 (8/1/2024)
1. Changed: Library backup when connected to a library server makes a settings only backup (requires only checking the settings box when you restore).


33.0.8 (7/30/2024)
1. Changed: Playing Now Popup skin now accepts BackColor="Transparent" to simulate background transparency for the window.
2. Changed: The extra channels in Parametric Equalizer load the number configured and show exactly that many.
3. Fixed: The Playing Now Popup settings dialog could have multiple instances open.
4. Changed: The order channels Parametric Equalizer effect better supports the new extra channels configurations.
5. Fixed: Showing the playing now popup from the right-click menu Settings could crash when closing the dialog.
6. Fixed: YouTube playback was not working.
7. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukáč).
8. Fixed: Fixed a potential crash when stopping JRVR playback.


33.0.7 (7/25/2024)
1. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Lukáč).
2. Changed: Added option for Playing Now Popup skins to have mouse over ignore transparent areas of images.
3. Fixed: Improved resilience to transient VSYNC measurement changes in JRVR.
4. Fixed: Resolved a timing issue in JRVR that would result in erroneous dropped frames.


33.0.6 (7/24/2024)
1. Fixed: Improved resilience to timing fluctuation in JRVRs new presentation mode.

33.0.5 (7/23/2024)
1. Fixed: Pressing escape after showing all the tag suggestions would not work nicely.
2. Changed: Added an option "Advance tracks when stopping after" so track advancement can be configured.
3. Changed: Re-designed how JRVR interacts with hardware decoders to decouple decoding and rendering.


33.0.4 (7/18/2024)
1. Fixed: Playing Now Popup would grab focus when displayed.
2. Changed: Made some change to font rendering to better preserve monospace behavior in Theater View when mixing different formatting.
3. Changed: Disabled the new JRVR Presentation mode by default until more work can be done on it.
4. Fixed: The Playing Now popup could show when reordering tracks in Playing Now.
5. Changed: Switched back to making the new channel system optional since it requires a one-time update to some Parametric Equalizer effects.
6. Changed: The new channel layout system defaults to on (and moved settings, so will need to be turned off when wanted).


33.0.3 (7/16/2024)
1. Changed: Analyzer in DSP Studio includes channels not marked as having data (like extra channels) because they could get filled by other DSP.
2. Changed: Extra channels could appear two ways in Parametric Equalizer.
3. Changed: Updated Greek translation (thanks Panagiotis).
4. Changed: Updated German translation file (thanks Bytestar).
5. Fixed: MC would sometimes crash after moving the Playing Now Popup.
6. Changed: JRVR shows upload and render queue sizes on the OSD for performance tracking.


33.0.2 (7/13/2024)
1. Changed: Added another Playing Now Popup skin that shows 3 tracks (previous, current, next) that can all be rated.
2. Changed: Updated FFmpeg used for video analysis, transcoding, and playback.
3. Changed: Updated the JRVR Frame Time log for the new presentation method, as well as improved its decoupling from the rendering to avoid interference.
4. Changed: Playing Now Popup - Added size/scaling and "always on top" settings.
5. Changed: Playing Now Popup - Only display for audio files and for track changes when not stopped.
6. Changed: Playing Now Popup - Click on popup text when done moving to show normally.
7. Fixed: Playing Now Popup - Pressed image was not displaying at the proper times.


33.0.1 (7/3/2024)
1. NEW: Introduced a new default presentation mode for JRVR that presents several frames in advance, one for every VSYNC, for more accuracy and better timing.
2. Changed: JRVR will try to restore monitor profiles if the monitor ID changes.
3. Changed: Updated Spanish translation (thanks Leandro Botella Penalva).
4. Changed: What was the new extra channels mode in the previous version is now the only extra channels mode.
5. Fixed: Improved rendering of text with italics at large sizes, which was causing some pixels to be cut off.
6. Changed: Updated all translations to the latest strings from the code.
7. NEW: Added customizable Playing Now popup window that displays at track change and playback resume. Ctrl+I is the default shortcut to show it manually.


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