Phat,
I agree that it would be great to have these issues fixed in MJ and be able to use only MJ by itself.
I think it would take much more significant development time and resources to implement all the wish-list items various users have. ASIO output, higher sampled rate, higher sourcebit, LCDC, LCD driver support, ATI remote, keyboard control..... And these are just from 3 users.. the list goes on and on.
I am not sure, but having an external player interface shouldn't necessarily take as much time as development of all of the above. It is a matter of sending a file/playlist to an external player, right? (MJ developers can correct me if I am out of line). Much simpler to implement. It can work as a great workaround. Also, doing this has advantage that any new developments in "open source player/plugins" can be useful to media jukebox users - a win/win situation.
Just to be clear, I am not asking this because I do not want to pay for MJ. I already did and don't regret it
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Osho