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What are the new features? Also some website feedback

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blgentry:
Most of you posting here don't seem to be aware of JRiver's release methodology.  There's a post about it in the windows forum called something like "JRiver's Business Model". You might enjoy reading it.  Here's the summary:

JRiver doesn't really do major versions like other companies.  With most software a major version is something that's been worked on, in secret, for months.  The code can be radically different.  The interface and features might be very different.  It all seems "new".  JRiver does not do that.

Instead they make incremental changes all year, week after week, month after month.  The software slowly changes as they add, fix, and remove.  At some point they decide to call their effort a new major version.  Sometimes they will hold back a feature or two that is in development and include that early on in the release cycle of the new major version.  But it gets rolled in just like everything else:  One piece at a time.

The day MC31 is released, it's probably going to be nearly identical to the last release of 30.  They might throw in a feature or two they've been working on.  But it won't be some major departure or redesign or anything else.  It's all incremental.

I'm quite surprised that there are several complaints of instability and slow performance.  My experience has not shown either of those things.  I mean I see that the scrolling on Mac is "slow" compared to Windows, but it's not actually "slow".  It's just visually ugly as it stutters and jumps, as opposed to being smooth.  Playback of various files all works correctly without interruptions, drop outs, etc.  It plays an incredible array of audio and video; all properly.

I'm not denying that any of you have real issues with MC.  I'm just saying that I haven't seen any real issues in a while.  Some minor little things; sure.  But the product overall is extremely solid and has been for a very long time.

Brian.

JimH:

--- Quote from: cshl on April 21, 2023, 06:53:26 pm ---It is taking too long to get stable versions.

Look at this thread here:https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,135524.0.html

Download Universal Silicon/Intel 64 bit build
https://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v30/latest/MediaCenter300087-Universal.dmg (minimum requirement MacOS 10.11)

Note: This should be considered a beta build. We are not auto-updating to anything past 30.0.25 yet.


You are up to version 30.0.87 but your stable version is only 30.0.25!

Yet you want us to fill your pockets with more money for a 31 version.

Where in the world this happens?

Peace!

--- End quote ---
Our primary developer on Mac is Bob.  He's as good as they get on both hardware and software.  He's been very cautious about pushing an update to everyone, but the Latest channel has very recent builds.  You could subscribe to it under the Help Menu.

Apple has updated their development tools several times during the transition to M1, and we have seen some issues.  They are careless about backward compatibility.  I consider their development tools to be flawed.  Bob is probably too kind to say so.

aliciaviola:
I am now for many years a user of MediaCenter for Mac and a big fan, telling everyone that this is absolutely the best software you can get for any kind of media.
On a Mac you had iTunes and now have Apple music - with much more restrictions and less possibilities but and this may be important for many: it's free and it's
fully integrated into the Apple system. All things like window management, special characters and much more work as in every other Mac program
MC changed many things over the years and is much more integrated now but still feels like Windows program translated for Mac bu not fully integrated or working
like all other programs on the Mac - many of them first developed for Windows.
And: MC is not free.
I understand that you guys and girls have to live and it's fair to pay every year something that MediaCenter can survive (even if a new version doesn't offer really important new things).
Up to now I bought every new update and will do once again but certainly no more if the distance between new versions becomes shorter and shorter.
In this case the previous announcement for a new version has been in September, the rolling-out in October. Now it's end of April.
Frank

Maeghaus:
I'm still getting an MC 31 Master License regardless of any critical views I have of MC Mac 30. And I also agree that Media Center is a tremendous program. It only seems that I am not getting anywhere with my issue with MC 30 Mac (I am posting a topic on this forum about what's going on to see if anyone knows the solution). Since I've been a member on this forum since over a decade ago, this complaint is the only time I wasn't satisfied with the program.

I do have feature requests for MC Mac I am planning on asking about. MC has so many features in it that I haven't used. It is a very powerful program. I'm staying with JRiver because I know everyone there listens to us. That is unlike the product support of most software.

-- Maeghaus (Tom)

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