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Rootdown4594:
Great!
Pesaudio:
I know if you pay for JRiver you are "enough" hardcore to experiment a bit but what if the pros already know the best settings for you? And this is what I want a "Simple mode" for, or less advanced. Whenever I try to recommend JRiver to my friends they always tell me it is way too complicated and I hope there would be some feature in the future that will change that.
RD James:
--- Quote from: Pesaudio on July 21, 2020, 04:21:41 pm ---I know if you pay for JRiver you are "enough" hardcore to experiment a bit but what if the pros already know the best settings for you? And this is what I want a "Simple mode" for, or less advanced. Whenever I try to recommend JRiver to my friends they always tell me it is way too complicated and I hope there would be some feature in the future that will change that.
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View > Audio Only Mode ?
RD James:
1. Database searching in JRemote.
For years now, I've been saying that I'd like navigation in Media Center to be search-driven rather than library-driven.
I'd still like to see that happen, but it's doubly-important for mobile apps like JRemote.
JRemote only searches the current list view, not the MC database. If I want to search for an album name, I need to first navigate to a view which includes it - I can't just hit the search button and type the name.
2. User support for JRemote clients.
Being able to log in with a specific user for JRemote, which only grants them access to specific views tailored to them, is crucial for a family-friendly setup, or making things easier for a spouse when they get views tailored to their media.
3. JRemote support for the 2018 iPads.
JRemote still doesn't support the new aspect ratio of the 2018 iPads. It will have been two years in October.
4. AirPlay support for Zones.
Every new mid-range/high-end smart TV now has AirPlay 2 built in.
Every new networked/smart speaker that isn't produced by Amazon/Google.
And most new home theater equipment too - whether it's a sound bar or an AVR.
As a result, every room in my house is now equipped with AirPlay 2 receivers; and Media Center can't interface with them at all.
There have been workarounds using multiple third-party tools duct-taped together to kind-of make AirPlay work, but it doesn't integrate well.
You can have an "AirPlay zone" in Media Center but need to be at the computer to control which device that plays to, and it doesn't work so reliably for me now.
Look, I know that you don't like interfacing with Apple APIs, but AirPlay has been around since 2004 now, and AirPlay 2 was announced in 2017.
To have AirPlay support for Zones, where each zone can transmit to a specific individual device, would make a huge difference to how well Media Center integrates into a modern home media setup.
5. Official voice assistant integration
Alexa support is nearly as ubiquitous as AirPlay 2 support these days, and the least-expensive way to make an existing setup "smart".
6. Apple TV JRemote client.
We can dream, right?
JimH:
That's a pretty Apple-centric list.
Don't the Airplay devices also support UPnP?
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