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ckrspnl44:
I'm glad you are upgrading JRiver Media Center to accomodate the Pono.  I've not heard good things about Pono Music Vault and am very satisfied with my current Pono Music World software so my current plans are to use the JRiver Media Center.  I understand you will announce here when the new version is ready, hopefully before PMW timesout :)

Jerry

Magic_Randy:

--- Quote from: wisker3600 on December 23, 2016, 01:28:49 pm ---Majic_Randy & JimH,  I did what you said Majic and backed up my library. (I hope:)) What is MC22, how much does it cost and how do I download it??? If the coupon is for $12.50 how much is PMW?? Sounds expensive!!! My wife and I live on a fixed income. I would hate to be forced to use "The Vault". Do I need to buy MC22 to use PMW? I would guess I need to get this done before the 31st? Like I said no computer wiz here but I am trying and learning. I want to Thank you all for the great help!! Bob

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Hi Bob,

PMW (Pono Music World) is a cut down version of JRiver Media Center. This is a product developed by JRiver for Pono Music. Pono Music decided to develop their own software which is PMV (Pono Music Vault) to replace PMW. While Pono Music released their Beta Version of PMV this week, the PMW licenses they acquired from JRiver are still active until December 31, 2016. After that PMW can not be used. This is a Pono Music decision and matter.

JRiver Media Center is the full featured product, the superset if you will, that PMW was developed from. The current version of JRiver Media Center is 22 (MC22). Some PMW users may find that PMV does not meet their needs. As PMW is no longer available from Pono Music, JRiver decided to offer a discount for those users who prefer license MC22 from them.

Hopefully this provides some background on the current situation.

Note: I'm a long term satisfied user of JRiver MC, and I'm a owner and user of the Pono Player, but I work for neither company.

Randy

Magic_Randy:

--- Quote from: ckrspnl44 on December 23, 2016, 01:36:58 pm ---I'm glad you are upgrading JRiver Media Center to accomodate the Pono.  I've not heard good things about Pono Music Vault and am very satisfied with my current Pono Music World software so my current plans are to use the JRiver Media Center.  I understand you will announce here when the new version is ready, hopefully before PMW timesout :)

Jerry

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Hi Jerry,

Pono Music decided to make this change just before the holidays, as such I don't expect that JRiver will be able to push out new versions before the PMW licenses expire. I would look for them early in the new year.

The good news is that MC22 already works pretty well with the Pono Player. In fact I've been using the full versions of MC for the past year. The only time I had to use PMW was for downloading music from the store and updating the Pono Player firmware. Neither of these is critical at the moment as the Pono Music Store is closed and there have not been recent updates to the Pono Player Firmware.

I'd suggest moving forward with MC22 now and take the new versions in the new year. That way you can backup your PMW library and restore it into MC22 - therefore no disruption. If you want to hold off with the purchase, you could start with the 30 day trial.

Randy

l8mdl:
PMV, as issued in the beta version, is a major disaster. Slow, buggy, non-intuitive, etc. Back to the drawing boards, folks. I'll be purchasing JRiver software from now on, even though I really don't need all of the bells and whistles. PMV is useless at this time.

l8mdl:
Question for JRiver: If I purchase the Windows version of MC22, for $49.98 less the $12.50 discount, will it be upgradeable to the new version for Pono? Or do I need a "Master License"? Thanks!

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