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Alex B:
Jim,
Actually, I am trying to not think about my personal wish list. It consists mostly of small enhancements to the already available MC functions (like the one imjustagamer mentioned.)
Personally, I have been satisfied with the functionality of MC11.1 (including my workarounds, which are possibly not for everyone). Besides the lack of visual indicator of imported files and file types in multi-format list views I could live with MC12 fine.
The features you mentioned may well be "must-have" to some others as you said.
I don't see a big difference with manually pressing "start" for import or with running Otto. Personally, I have not used even the old import menu since the initial import years ago. The new video functions and image tag support are great news, but not quite "must-have" for me. Also, I am not currently interested in services.
However, as far as I can see, the most requested features have been related to server/client/portable functions in a multi-user home environment. I don't think this area has been addressed at all. I believe that many potentional MC users are seeking for LAN functions that are beyond what e.g. iTunes or WMP can do.
Alex B:
--- Quote from: jgreen on August 09, 2006, 11:49:30 am ---I also like to recall that at this point in development (rev .50), 11.1x was still just getting its sea legs, and really hadn't acquired much yet in the way of "must-haves". And then you guys really went to work, and by the time you reached rev .100 the program was bursting with new stuff.
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I recall that I was very critical of MC11.1 at first. However, it ended up fine, the best MC so far.
--- Quote ---Bottom line, I think this is an exciting new release, especially considering the new Alexicons feature.
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:P
Alex B:
--- Quote from: jgreen on August 09, 2006, 11:49:30 am -----Otto file backup with full paths and former path embedded into comment field, for:
--Otto restore: right-click on a track that's showing not connected, and select "restore". It will go look in the place that you Otto backed it up to.
--Otto analyze
--Otto convert
--Otto chainable events (import+analyze+convert, etc)
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In addition, I am surprised that Otto cannot move files to a predefined folder structure on import. iTunes has this function.
Marty3d:
I, as many others, want certain new features and am somewhat disappointed that those features didn't make it. I also think, personally, that JRiver might have taken a wrong turn or at least a detour with the decisions about the new feature set. Like automatic import, it has been around for a couple of years in other programs and I think Sparta even did a plugin to do this (or was it someone else?). So for me, MC 12 doesn't revolutionize anything. And for the rest of the features, I haven't found anyone to useful enough to make the switch from 11 to 12. But honestly, that's just me! Perhaps I use MC in a very special and narrow way. There are probably thousands of users that's gonna jump out of their shorts about MC12.
But we've all seen this discussion before. It always pop up when we (the "power" users) get a bit too excited about MC's development. Perhaps that's why I haven't said much about it. So please (if not for your own sake), lower your expectations. We are merely a beta band, and personally I'm happy to be chosen for this.
And for a wider release, shoot! I think it's stable enough for the mass to try it out. The pricing thingy could be biting back. If one rise the price that much for the beta, isn't the risk that users believe that's the standard price or something?
Thank you!
/Martin
Deivit:
I'm currently on vacation in New York City, far away from my main home computer. I had installed MC 11.1 in this laptop and therefore I haven't tried the latest builds of MC.12 yet.
I haven't read anything in the new builds about it, so... is the "rip refresh bug" already solved? Has anybody tried? May I suggest that you don't release MC.12 to a wider audience without fixing that bug... it'll give an undeserved poor image. You cannot rip a second CD without rebooting your computer to get rid of the information of the previous one... and ripping CD's is a basic non-advanced feature.
Apart from that, I agree with much of what's been said in this thread. Currently, this is more 11.2 than 12.0 to me... but I'm sure there's more coming up ;)
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