Thumbnails have also been enhanced with a new system that manages their caching to provide better performance and disk utilization.

Navigation has also been enhanced with the addition of smart sorting.  Titles will no longer include the common words the, a, and an when sorting.

In addition to Xbox 360 and PS3 support, Rivet 2.3 adds official support for the CEIVA Pro 80 picture frames from CEIVA Logic Inc., Denon audio/video receivers, and Plex Media Center for OS X.  Rivet 2.3 also adds a number of speed and performance enhancements that  greatly improve parsing of the users media libraries and streaming.

The update can be download from here

The update can be download from here

Update:  This post was originally for 2.2.2.  We had a build error with that version that prevented it from running on most user’s Macs.  2.2.3 is an update to fix that issue.

I also want to give an update on Scorecard for the iPhone.  A new version is coming, hopefully soon.  We submitted a new version of it to Apple approximately one month ago that contains a number of bug fixes.  Unfortunately it is still in app review limbo.  In that time frame, it has been rejected once due to the reviewer’s Mac not showing up for syncing.  So it was rejected for a published feature not working.  The reviewer obviously had something not configured correctly, probably their firewall, because as all of you know, syncing has working since the first release last December.  The new version was re-submitted right away and we’re still waiting for it’s approval.

Good news! Shortly after posting this I received the email from the app store notifying us that the new version has been approved.  It usually takes a few hours before it actually shows up in the store from when we receive the email.  So look for it later tonight or tomorrow in the app store or in your iTunes updates.

The big question that always comes up at OS upgrade time is will my software work on it.  We’re happy to announce that all of Cynical Peak’s applications will run correctly on Snow Leopard. We’ve been running the developer builds for awhile now and have test all of our apps on it.  Cyndicate and Scorecard have no known issues with it.

Rivet will also run and work correctly on it, but there is one small known issue right now.  For some video files, QuickLook is not correctly returning a thumbnail for it.  So when viewing you list of videos, you might get some generic placeholder images.  We’re currently working with Apple on the issue and hope to have it resolved soon.  The issue does not affect streaming of any media and will not prevent you from using Rivet like you normally do.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Support and we’ll get them answered for you right away.

In Scorecard 2.0, 9-hole rounds were paired to form an 18-hole round for all stat calculations with the restriction that the rounds had to be played within 14 days of each other. A nine-hole round that did not have a round to pair with was then dropped from the stat calculation.

In Scorecard 2.1, the nine-hole pairing only occurs when viewing “All Holes.” If you set the stats to only view the front nine, back nine, par 3, par 4, par 5, or an individual hole number the rounds are no longer paired and no rounds will be dropped. The change provides you with a more accurate representation of your entire game play and it also fixes a few anomalies and bugs that the old system presented in some cases.

Changes in Scorecard Mac:

• Changed the method used to pair rounds for stats. The change will provide more accurate stats when mixing nine- and 18-hole rounds by allowing all rounds to be included when not viewing all holes.
• Fixed an issue that caused a stat error in some cases where nine- and 18-hole rounds are mixed.
• Fixed displaying the high and low eclectics.
• Fixed the default update URL.

Changes in Scorecard Windows:

• Changed the method used to pair rounds for stats. The change will provide more accurate stats when mixing nine- and 18-hole rounds by allowing all rounds to be included when not viewing all holes.
• Fixed an issue that caused a stat error in some cases where nine- and 18-hole rounds are mixed.
• Fixed an issue which in some cases could cause an error when saving an edited course.
• Inactive rounds are no longer included in stats and graphs
• Fixed an issue with wrong HTML formatting with negative round differentials
• Improved the error handling when trying to export to a location without proper write permissions
• Removed the requirement for having the Microsoft Chart Controls installed. The controls are now included within the app instead
• Users are no longer required to install Bonjour for Windows to enable syncing with iPhone. Uses Bonjour from iTunes instead.

Feature Highlights:

• Xbox 360 and PS3 support.
• Music streaming of your iTunes library.
• Photo streaming of your iPhoto library, Aperture library, and user defined folders.
• Video streaming from user defines folders.
• Full organization support, your mac is recreated on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
• Video thumbnail and music album art support using QuickLook.
• Quick automatic updating on the Xbox 360 and PS3. when files are added, deleted, or moved.

New in version 2.1:

• Added video thumbnails display (Xbox and PS3).
• Added music album art display (PS3 only).
• Added support for iPhoto Events.
• Added metadata support for the date and duration of movies.
• Improved loading speed of photo thumbnails.
• Improved parsing speed of media and libraries.
• Fixed display of accented characters.
• Fixed an index number issue.
• Fixed an issue that could cause an iPhoto folder to only display movies or photos, not both.
• Fixed an issue that could cause an Aperture folder to only display movies or photos, not both.

Feature Highlights in Version 2.0:

• Nine-hole round support.
• Graphing of all major statistics.
• Per hole notes for additional recording.
• Statistical markers to mark events.
• Track your handicap and anti-handicap to monitor your overall game play.
• Follow over 30 essential stats to monitor all aspects of your game.
• Syncing with Scorecard for the iPhone.
• Easy course and round entry to quickly update your stats after each round.
• HTML export of rounds for displaying on the web.

New in version 2.1:

• Added Italian localization.
• Added Spanish localization.
• Cleaned up the French localization.
• Added a alias loop check for the folder parsing.
• Removed the ability to add / as a shared folder.
• Added a start-up check for / as a saved folder.  This was causing the beachball hangs on launch.
• Fixed the root folder to not show Music when music sharing is off.
• Fixed a crash due to incorrect request counts.
• Fixed a deadlock that could cause Rivet to lock-up during streaming.
• Fixed a crash that could occur during streaming of pictures.

The update features:

• Added PS3 support
• Fixed file size info for files larger than 4 GB
• Fixed Aperture parsing for nested folders
• Fixed folder parsing for folders nested more than 6 levels deep
• Increased the look-up speed of media, photo thumbnail loading to time out less often
• Fixed an issue that caused not all of the media to be shown when a folder contains folders and media
• Fixed an issue that caused the iTunes library parser to abort
• Removed the filtering of iTunes+ files since the PS3 correctly plays them

I did have one small hiccup though that I want to give a heads up on. You have to redownload the media pack again to play some file types. I ran into this the first time I tried to play an xvid file. Fortunately, Microsoft made it really painless. The first time you try to play one, it present an error dialog saying the the update is needed and gives you a prompt to download it from Xbox Live. The screen will say you’ve already downloaded it. Just download to your hard drive again and your good to go. The Xbox will take care of everything else when you try to play the video again.

I have a feeling a couple features that we’ve gotten many requests one might have support now too. I’m not going to say what they are yet to not get people’s hopes up on specific items until I know more. I’m going to be exploring the possibilities and hopefully we’ll be able to add a couple cool new things.