What's great about it is that it works flawlessly and I had nothing but trouble with version 12. Since 8 does all I want it to do, it wasn't worth the hassle
It might work great for what you need right now. But as you learn more of the features that MJ12 and MC12 have, I'm sure you would find other uses for it as well.
I was only using MC12 for audio, untill I found out it was great for tagging, listening to radio, watching videos, Theater View, videos with post processing, using media server, playback of image DVD and HD movies etc etc. The list is almost endless.
I'm sure most of you're problem is to find out exactly how to do the things you want, and to do it right. It's probably there, but it might be a bit burried from what you are used to?
Only problem with MJ and MC 12 is that it takes some time getting used to....