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    J. River Media Center 17.0.85

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    Softpedia Editor's Review for J. River Media Center

    This application will collect, organize, and play media files

    Written by Bogdan Popa on November 2nd, 2011

    We really don’t know how many users wish to replace a traditional audio player with a comprehensive media center, but J. River Media Center definitely has the power to attract fans on its side.

    By definition, this is a media center that’s able to handle multimedia files, be them photos, music or videos, so it could easily replace not only one, not two, but three programs altogether.

    J. River Media Center’s setup procedure takes a while because it has so many features that the user needs to configure them from the get go and thus be able to fully experience its great powers from the first run.

    Still, we didn’t need more than 2 minutes during our test, but we’d recommend paying focus to each step, just to be sure everything will work the way it’s supposed to.

    The interface might be a bit overwhelming when you’ll first see it, but it’s just the way things are supposed to be. J. River Media Center is meant to work with three different file types, so the same interface must comprise them all.

    The application comes with theme support, and although the number of skins included in the standard pack isn’t quite impressive, you can still play a little bit with the layout using the “View” menu that lets you choose between multiple predefined setups.

    J. River Media Center has almost everything you’ll ever need from a media center, regardless if we’re talking about music, images and videos. It has podcasts support, covert art downloaders, a powerful file manager for each of the aforementioned type of file, playlists, plugins, CD and DVD burners, portable devices managers and many, many other features.

    The settings menu is one of the largest we’ve ever seen in this type of application, with options for basically every tiny function that’s offered with J. River Media Center, so power users will be absolutely delighted.

    All in all, J. River Media Center is one of the best media centers out there, and although it comes with a pretty hefty price, it could be a pretty handy acquisition.


    Read an in-depth analysis in our professional review for J. River Media Center

    J. River Media Center description

    Here are some key features of "J. River Media Center":

    · Copy music from MEDIA CENTER to a portable digital audio player or move digital camera photos into MC's powerful image library. Make a CD of music for your car. Record your favorite shows and watch them on your TV. More than one soundcard? Play different music simultaneously in different rooms. MC's Media Server can even stream your music to your PC at work!
    · Camera and Images
    · Support for Canon and Kodak cameras and others that use the WIA interface. Almost all cameras are supported.
    · Image enhancement during slide show or for e-mail and web upload.
    · Display color images as black-and-white or sepia.
    · JPG, BMP, TIFF, RAW and PNG support.
    · With one click, acquire images from your camera and load them into your media library.
    · Basic image editing.
    · Remote control Improved learning mode and additional commands.
    · Handheld Devices
    For the iPod:
    · Single Click Synchronization of iPod audio and data with MC.
    · Apply Replay Gain to files on iPod.
    · Dynamically adjust playback volumes.
    · Audible file bookmarking.
    · iPod playcounts, date last played, and rating transfer to MC from iPod.
    For players that support synchronization or appear as a drive:
    · Drag and Drop on Handheld image in the Action Window.
    · One click synchronization.
    For players that appear as a drive:
    · Auto create a folder structure based on tags.
    · Designate a root directory.
    · For Microsoft PlaysForSure devices
    · Support for handhelds that play Microsoft protected files and the WMDM standard.
    · Cover View
    · MC has a new view showing album covers for audio tracks Note the new "My Computer" section of the organization tree, where you can browse your drives without leaving the application. Digital Images
    · The main image screen, showing thumbnails of digital camera images. An optional properties window can be opened for details about each image Minor edits can be made with the included Image Editor.
    · Theater View Prefer to browse your media from the comfort of the couch? This customizable view is designed for use from across the room on a monitor or TV. Type is enlarged and navigation is simplified so it's easy to use with a remote.
    · PLAY your media YOUR way
    · Create a slideshow of your vacation photos, and add a music soundtrack from your song library. Get the party started with a playlist of hot tunes. Or let MC do the work by picking an Auto Smartlist, such as an hour of random music, a CD of MP3 favorites, an audio CD of recently played tracks etc.
    · Slideshow
    · Digital images can be screened in an automated slideshow. You can stop to zoom in on a single image, pan from side to side, and then resume. All with your favorite music playing in the background. Slideshow options
    · Change the look of your slide show by altering the timing between images, transition effects and more.
    · Auto Smartlists
    · An hour of random music, a CD of MP3 favorites, an audio CD of recently played tracks, all tracks with empty properties. These and more are what "Auto Smartlists" are about. Powerful TV Features
    · TV recording, pause, resume, fast forward and re-wind. Control it using a remote device across the room or a PDA, PocketPC or TabletPC.
    · ORGANIZE your media YOUR way
    · Want to arrange your pictures by subject, date, and location? Categorize your music by artist, album, genre and assign a star-rating to your favorite songs? Or sort your videos by director, cast and year? Do it easily with the world's most powerful and flexible media library. Even add your own custom categories.
    · File Browser
    · A new section of the Organization Tree called "My Computer" lets you browse all your files and folders as with Windows Explorer. You can even see files you haven't imported and files on your portable music player. Flexible views
    · You can add new "view schemes" under any media type so you can see your files, arranged as you want to see them.
    · CD and Track Lookup
    · J. River's YADB database is the most trouble-free and accurate database available for CD titles and tracks. Audio fingerprinting also lets you look up track names on individual tracks. Extensive Tagging Capabilities
    · MC supports ID3v1 and ID3v2 for music. It supports J. River tags for photos. It can also import MusicMatch tags. You can fill the tags from the file names, re-name files from the tags, clean tags and much more. When the files are moved and re-imported, the organization is restored.

    Requirements:

    · 600 MHz Pentium
    · 32 MB RAM
    · 40 MB Free hard drive space
    · Sound card
    · Video card
    · Microsoft Internet Explorer I.E. 5.0 or above
    · Internet connection (recommended).

    Limitations:

    · 30 days trial
    · Nag screen

    What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

    · NEW: Theater View themes support showing different images depending on the root roller selection (put images in [Theme Folder]\Root\Audio, [Theme Folder]\Root\Movies, etc.).
    · Changed: The 'Don't ask me again' box when prompting about removing empty folders will save both a yes or no answer (previously by design it would only save a yes answer).
    · Changed: DLNA:Try to return a valid container ID for browsemetadata.
    · NEW: (Clear) QAM digital cable television support.
    · Fixed: Internal Volume was not being honored when doing level calibration with Room Correction.
    · Fixed: When going back a level in Theater View sometimes the focus could shift unexpectedly to the top roller.
    · Changed: Theater View themes use a faster fade when switching to a different set of images (but still the same fade time between images in a slideshow set).
    · Fixed: Browsing into a Netflix series entry in Theater View was not working properly.
    · Faster: Theater View online theme handling better cach...

    Users are advised to pay attention while installing this ad-supported application:

    · Displays ad banners or other types of advertising material during its runtime

       


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