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MC for Mac OS?
preproman:
--- Quote from: MrHaugen on April 04, 2011, 03:54:37 am ---No. Unfortunately, the development cost is not the only problem. The market share is just as important imo. OSx is getting some footing in the OS market, but they are not nearly as huge as Microsoft. Some parts of the world have embraced Steve's restricted policies more than others, but they are still much behind. Also think of how little known MC is in the Apple community. Even though you would have some audiophile people adapting it fast, it would take a lot of time to see the needed income from the OSx part of this big project. Probably several years before the initial cost is covered.
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MrHaugen,
Let me say first that I totally agree with you. However, I'm coming from an audiophile perspective. I really didn't like it when MC went towards the video side. I would have loved for JR to continue make the very best audio player available. However, MC did in fact incorporate the video aspect into the program, so it can be done. Look at XBMC (although it's open source) they run on many platforms not just two, and are very successful. What did they do? Not count on the current staff to do the development, but hired the necessary resources to work on the different platforms. MC could do the same if they want to be committed.
Now from the audiophile families perspective. We are talking about people who are willing to pay for a player in the first place. The people that's willing to pay for a player are not your regular folk. These are the people that's looking for something specific (Quality Sound). You talk about it being more Windows users than OSX users. A better comparisons would be how many people on either platform are paying for an audio (media) player. Once you get those fact I think the number would be more in the OSX favor. Just think how many more Windows players are out there that charge? Not many at all. However on the OSX platform there are many. That's because Mac's are already said to give the best sound? I question that. So there have been many people to go out and get the cost effective Mac Mini just for a dedicated music server - and I mean many. So if only the OSX audiophile community would adopt MC that would be a win for the company.
Lasse_Lus:
--- Quote from: preproman on April 04, 2011, 07:56:38 am ---Look at XBMC (although it's open source) they run on many platforms not just two, and are very successful. What did they do? Not count on the current staff to do the development, but hired the
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i have to ask, i'vre read XBMC so many times now in the same sentance as MC, why are these 2 compared ? Isn't XBMC a player ? while MC is a a player but also the best file administration software there is..
preproman:
--- Quote from: Lasse_Lus on April 04, 2011, 08:04:27 am ---i have to ask, i'vre read XBMC so many times now in the same sentance as MC, why are these 2 compared ? Isn't XBMC a player ? while MC is a a player but also the best file administration software there is..
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Both are media players - correct? Both offer video and audio playback - correct? XBMC can't come close to JR in audio playback. However, JR can't come close to XBMC in video playback. XBMC runs on many platforms, I think that's where the comparisons come in. Media players running on different platforms.
MrHaugen:
XBMC is a Media Center, and that's it. It shines where MC have the biggest weaknesses: Presenting Series and Video in a intuitive and beautiful way. In every other aspects (at least from long ago when I tested it) it lacks very much. It's a very good combination for OSx users really! They tend to go for the shiny and nice looking things, and don't care that much if the functions underneath the hood is not that great, as long as..... here comes the famous Apple line..... "it just works" :)
When you compare XBMC to MC you also have to know what code lies behind it. If you count different functions in both apps, I would not be surprised if J River Media Center is 100 times as complex as XBMC. That means that it also will be a lot harder with cross platform support.
Lasse_Lus:
Preopman, i understand that..but for me having XBMC on my original xbox, as an upnp client it's only a "skin" (and it's shines yes)..it's working super but comparing with ALL 10 000 functions in MC with xbmc, noway :)
regarding video and audio playback, for me it's all the same, but if i don't want to play within MC i can change it to something else under options..
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