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New to JRiver - what features functions are available in the Linux version?

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roadkil401:
To start, I was once a diehard foobar supporter.  But I give up with FooBar. I have had it up and working for a bit, but it seems that every time I turn around something else had gone wrong and I don't know why.   So I made up my mind that I will chuck FooBar and spend the money for a JRiver license with the hopes that I can get something that is rock solid stable and just stays that way.

So the question to ask is how would you set it up?  I have two intel NUC's that I could use.

an Intel NUC NUC5PGYH - Intel Pentium N3700 1.60 GHz - 4 GB Ram (might be 8, I can't remember). with a 32gb SSD. with Win10 installed

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Intel NUC5CPYH - Intel Celeron N3050 1.60 GHz 2Gb ram and 64gb HD to run Debian Linux as I read that is the best distro for support with JRiver.

The Win10 box will be also running the Anthem ARC software along with a few other background apps. The Linux box can be a dedicated device all to itself. The Win10 is effectively a faster processor, but the Celeron N3050 has worked pretty fine when I had it running OpenELEC (kodi), so it should be able to handle JRiver as a stand sole app under Debian Linux.

So The ultimate question will be, so I run through the process of setting up Debian on the Celeron?  And what features and functionality will I be giving up in the process of going with a Linux install over a Windows one?   I am mainly looking to get music out of the box, but as I was using this celeron to run Kodi, and I hear that JRiver can do pretty much everything kodi does for watching the occasional movie or TV show that I have on my NAS (mkv), if the Linux install of JRiver will do that, then I will be golden tickled pink and be more than happy to splash down my $100 (cdn) and buy my license.

Are there other considerations of things that I would need to know before I delve in?

JimH:
Either NUC will work.  We used the Celeron one for the JRiver Id until recently.

The Linux version has video.  It should work.  The other NUC might be better if you plan to do much video.  Either is fine for audio.

bazder:
I am thinking of installing Ubuntu on a Azule Byte PC and running JRiver to manage audio files on connected drive.  My question is whether I can access JRiver on this mini-PC (running Linux) by using the JRiver app on my iPad?   If I bought a Mac Mini to do the same job I would definitely be able to access JRiver running on the Mac Mini from the iPad - is that correct ?

JimH:
Any JRiver remote will work with any Linux or Mac or Windows installation of JRiver.

roadkil401:
Is there any way to try out JRiver on the Linux NUC (even with a very limited capacity) just to make sure I can get it to work?  I guess the cost of a universal license would allow me to give it a try on both.  If push comes to shove, the cost of a cheap Andriod box and run kodi off of that won't be the end of the world.  Would be nice however to streamline down to a single device/platform to listen to my flac collection and watch the occasional tv show.

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