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MC for Mac OS?
Lasse_Lus:
--- Quote from: MrHaugen on April 04, 2011, 08:37:14 am ---I would not be surprised if J River Media Center is 100 times as complex as XBMC.
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if i remember correctly, Jim once said it was like an OS
preproman:
--- Quote from: Lasse_Lus on April 04, 2011, 08:42:06 am ---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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Lasse_Lus, what you and MrHaugen both said does not take away from the fact that they are both media centers both have MC at the end of there names - correct. Now both of you may be developers of some sort - or maybe not. However, cominimg from a pure end users point of view. I'm not really concerned with what goes on in the back end. I just want my media center to work.
MrHaugen said "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" That is what I said - correct? you can also say that JR shines where XBMC is the weakest and that's audio. Both have there strengths - but both are media centers non the less.
Lesse_Lus said "regarding video and audio playback, for me it's all the same" That's fine for you. However, audio is a very important aspect for lots of people and they are very different in many, many ways.
MrHaugen you said "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" " Huh? really? That's what makes XBMC soooo good for video is under the hood.. They make all the moving parts work and work great. You said yourself "they shine in video".
I myself run XBMC (Video only) on two different Windows desktops - why? Because I can build them to my liking. I also run JR (audio only) on two different and separate (laptops) - why? Because I want the best sound possible and having JR on my XBMC machines would just be to loud - (lots of fans).
So what goes on in the back end does not matter to the end user. As long as we get the quality playback that we desire being it be audio or video.
JimH:
--- Quote from: Lasse_Lus on April 04, 2011, 08:57:05 am ---if i remember correctly, Jim once said it was like an OS
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I did. At one time, we owned Esix, a version of UNIX that was used by Intel to make chips. MC is at least as deep.
Here's a list of the components that make up MC:
Components of JRiver Media Center
Copyright, 2009 - 2011
GENERAL
Full 32 Bit Datapath Player
Comprehensive Codec Support
ASIO Support
Custom High Capacity Database - Extensible
DSP
Audio Analysis
Audio Recording
Photo Editing
Audio Editing
Rename and Move from Properties
Shell Integration
3D Graphics
Flick Gesture Control
Scheduler
Zoom, Pan, Drag, Ken Burns
Thumbnailing
Audio Conversion
Video Conversion
Link Management
Favorites
Smartlists
Display on Multiple Screens
Zoned Playback
Auto-Import
Translation System
CD & DVD
CD Ripping
CD Burning
DVD Ripping
DVD Burning
CD Labeler
VIDEO AND TV
TV Support, Including HD
TV Recording
TV Time-shifting
TV Streaming (Mach)
TV EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
On Screen Display (OSD)
DirectShow Support
Realtime Video Compression
Support for Third Party Players by Filetype
DEVICES
Handheld Management
Camera Management
Sync to Cell Phone
Phone as Camera
Phone as Handheld
Portable Device Table
Conversion Cache
PLAYER CONTROLS & SERVERS
PC to PC Playback
PC to PC Control
Tivo Server
UPnP Server
Movie and Music Server
Library Server
DLNA Server, Renderer, and Controller
Media Server
Ten Foot Interface
Browser Control of Player
Remote Playback
Rest/WebService Interface
IR Learning and Transmitting
REMOTE CONTROL
Media Center Remote
Tremote (graphical)
Gizmo for Android
WebRemote for iPhone and browser based devices
WEB CONNECTED
Netflix
YouTube
Hulu
Facebook upload
Flickr upload
Pix01 upload
Gallery upload
Shoutcast
Last.fm
Gracenote
FreeDB
AMG
MediaNet
MediaNet
Amazon Unbox
Amazon MP3
Audible
Ad Insertion
Demographic Association
Playback in browser (similar to Flash)
Podcast Support
Personal Broadcasting
Link Bar metadata
CUSTOMIZATION
Custom Feature Set
Custom Services
Custom Naming
Custom Install
Usage Reporting
Service SDK
SERVERS
CD metadata
DVD metadata
Track metadata
Cover art metadata
Voting system for metadata
License Server
Forum
Wiki
DEVELOPER TOOLS
Command Line Interface
Automation Interface
Core Commands
Expression Language
Mini View Skinning
Standard View Skinning
Theater View Skinning
Track Info template SDK
Media Center Plug-ins
OTHER
Installer
Logging
Encoding
Browser as a control, with hooks
Native Drawing
Skinning Engine
Visualization Engine
Update System
Package Install System
Language System
Recommendation System
Portable Install for USB drives
WM DRM
JRiver DRM
E-commerce
License Management
WebMedia Recording
jkemers:
It's in impressive list. I really loved MC, and I miss it now on OSX.
JRiver has the best audio and photo library management, I have seen.
Plex is good for video, but absolutely useless on Music and so so on Photo.
Some of you were recommending to put W7 on Mac.
First, I don't find it very useful.
Second, the reason why I stopped using MC15 was no compatibility with Apple Lossless Format. MC15 can play these files with difficulties, and doesn't read from them the cover art. So, even if I would put MC on Mac Mini, and it wouldn't work anyway.
MrHaugen:
Why not convert it to something that really works, like flac?
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