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I'm new here and want to move to JRiver from iTunes> Good move?

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avjunkie:
HI folks,
I have i all my music in iTunes on network drives. I have really not been that happy with iTunes. I want to good music Media Center. Is JRiver a good place to start?

I just acquired a Teac AI301DA and I have it on my desk next to my mac. Looks nice. I plan on a player so I came looking for input.

thanks,
The AVJunkie

Buddha Boy:
I've tried a multitude of media players and even wrote my own (I'm a software developer).

I'm very pleased with the JRiver features, customization & stability.  It really can't be beat for music quality either or distributing music via DLNA or smartphone players like JRemote.  Very powerful stuff to make your music life more enjoyable. 

I even use it with TV tuners for playing TV .. awesome!  And just recently started cataloging/playing my photos, videos & movies.

I don't use the iTunes store so I can't compare things like downloads, but JRiver has interfaces to HDTracks and Amazon so that's good enough for me.

IMHO JRiver simply blow iTunes away!

JRiver IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Absinthe:

--- Quote from: avjunkie on March 26, 2018, 09:52:24 pm ---HI folks,
I have i all my music in iTunes on network drives. I have really not been that happy with iTunes. I want to good music Media Center. Is JRiver a good place to start?

I just acquired a Teac AI301DA and I have it on my desk next to my mac. Looks nice. I plan on a player so I came looking for input.

thanks,
The AVJunkie

--- End quote ---

I am (unfortunately) an iPod/iPhone/iPad junkie and only recently moved from the iPad to a Surface Pro.  However, I have NEVER cared for/used/appreciated iTunes.  Its lack of handling of industry standard codecs frosts me and its lack of customization is a deal breaker for me.  Added to this is the realization that iTunes cannot identify a large number of my discs due to limited pressings, age or obscurity and it left me with a library full of holes.  In the list of media managers, I put iTunes near the bottom in its capabilities and features.  On the other hand, Media Center has by far the most robust tagging system and the highest level of customization when it comes to use as a HTPC or digital jukebox.  My only con is its lack of native handling for IOS devices.  Also, beware if you use separate media managers to sync your IOS devices and Media Center.  The robust tagging library of Media Center will often not be recognized by the other manager and your ratings (and some other tags) will not propagate from one to the other cleanly

SandsOfArrakis:
It's a solid move. To me iTunes looks like a lot of screaming advertisements. Media Center has a much cleaner and easier to use interface.
iTunes also doesn't want to play FLAC files. Which is also a big no-no for me. Coupled with that I'm also running Media Center as a server on my Mac mini, so I can listen to my music on my mini Windows 10 laptop or my iPhone.

uniman4:
Not if you are using Apple products it isn't

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