![]() This mode allowed you to setup a password, so at the party the guests would not be allowed to mess around with the current playlist and do whatever they please. In the previous MC releases there was a party mode available. The navigation can be done with some smart phones or wireless keyboard or a remote control. The theatre one can be used with your large TV or projector screen. Those are standard, mini, display, theatre, and cover art views. The player is somewhat customizable as you can choose what skin to use but it won't change the location of all panes of the player. This application supports various remote controls, handheld devices, services, media networks, and various media types. This Media Center comes with many settings for all supported types of files, hardware, and software plug-ins. The action menu content changes depending on available tasks for a particular file type (pictures shared online, audio converted, video shared on Youtube or something). It is a short access to some interesting options for the files you are working with, such as burn CDs, rip media, explore pictures on your camera, or edit a files meta tag data. Action Window is my favorite pane in the program. ![]() Playing now will show you all the recently played files along with what's âplaying nowâ. You can create your custom smart lists under Playlists option. Smart playlists are attributes of all modern media players and MC15 is no exception to this rule. Performer store allows you to purchase certain tracks after previewing it for 30 seconds from some online store that J. The program supports podcasting, which many internet users will find an attractive feature. Drivers and Devices option gives you a chance to add media from your external media. A view includes the library items sorted in a specific way, such as Date, Filename, Author and so on. Within audio, video, and images menu you will find "views". The application automatically scans the storage media for the supported files and adds them to the library into appropriate category: audio, video, and bitmap. Those disadvantages are in addition that Linux already has some good players available for free, making the MC15 worthless for use on Linux-based systems. It is possible to run it using Wine but it will be highly unstable and will be lacking some of the Window's based features. ![]() River Media Center can only run on Windows operating system. River Media Center will allow you to playback files from your computer elsewhere in the house or the office wirelessly. A device that cost less than 100 dollars (according to the press release) paired up with the 50 dollars J. As of January 2011, the company now entered the wireless media hardware market. Meanwhile the company concentrated on bringing the new updates and features to the MC, which is currently available in version 15 (MC15). In 2008, I guess to celebrate a decade of improvements, the company released a free, many features stripped version of the Media Center version 12 and called it by the application's original name: Media Jukebox. As the program evolved and the new features were added, it was decided to rebrand the application into Media Center sometime early 2000s. ![]() River's Media Jukebox was released sometime in 1998-1999. Media Center over XBMC and other Media Centers, so let's take a look at it. In fact, there are many advantages of J.R. Your parties can still be hot without additional expenses. But if you do not have money, this alternative requires your own computer (hopefully with a wide large display) hooked up to some sort of amplifier and the Windows operating system installed only. In my previous article I talked about XBMC and how I am going to use it for the hot parties in summer 2011, but to do so, I will need some expensive tech. ![]() Once you used a Media Center, it is hard to imagine how you can live without one, take my word for it. Media Centers, Part II: J.River Media Center ![]()
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