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[richromano]

I have a question about My River versus Gizmo and WebGizmo.  This also seems to happen with JRemote.  When I control MC with My River it seems that it takes over the main screen for MC.  Ie the MC screen changes to reflect what My River is looking at.  So if I am looking at one Zone with My River I can't look at a different Zone with MC.  This seems to slow down the interaction and also if something goes wrong (like bad playback) lock up MC.  If I use Gizmo or WebGizmo this doesn't happen.  I can look at one Zone with WebGizmo and a different Zone on MC.  Is this expected or is there a setting somewhere to change this?  I am surprised that this happens since I thought My River and Gizmo are using the same API.  Thanks!

[SvendDellepude]

I have a question about My River versus Gizmo and WebGizmo.  This also seems to happen with JRemote.  When I control MC with My River it seems that it takes over the main screen for MC.  Ie the MC screen changes to reflect what My River is looking at.  So if I am looking at one Zone with My River I can't look at a different Zone with MC.  This seems to slow down the interaction and also if something goes wrong (like bad playback) lock up MC.  If I use Gizmo or WebGizmo this doesn't happen.  I can look at one Zone with WebGizmo and a different Zone on MC.  Is this expected or is there a setting somewhere to change this?  I am surprised that this happens since I thought My River and Gizmo are using the same API.  Thanks!

No this is not expected behavior, I will fix this issue in the next release.

Michael

[cycler2]

Michael,
I am experiencing a glitch when rating tracks in the "playing now" view. The number of stars I select will light up momentarily, but don't persist for more than a couple of seconds. Also the stars I assign are not recorded. My ratings from several weeks ago have been recorded and I can access them. I tried deleting and re-installing My River, but that did not resolve the glitch. The same problem occurs on both my iPhone and iPad. Can you suggest a remedy?
Overall, I continue to enjoy your program.
Rich

[SvendDellepude]

Michael,
I am experiencing a glitch when rating tracks in the "playing now" view. The number of stars I select will light up momentarily, but don't persist for more than a couple of seconds. Also the stars I assign are not recorded. My ratings from several weeks ago have been recorded and I can access them. I tried deleting and re-installing My River, but that did not resolve the glitch. The same problem occurs on both my iPhone and iPad. Can you suggest a remedy?
Overall, I continue to enjoy your program.
Rich

Rating is only possible if you enable authentication in MC.

Once enabled you will get prompted for Username and Password in My River.


Michael

[cycler2]

Thanks, Michael, for your prompt support. Much appreciated.
Rich

[TXgary]

Probably already answered somewhere in here, but did not find it.
Can you show Lyrics.
I know, there is probably a legal issue here, but if not from the web, then from the lyrics field in the JMC database?
Would really be nice to add it in the list just below the Bio button.
Thanks for a really nice app.
Keep up the good work.

[SvendDellepude]

Probably already answered somewhere in here, but did not find it.
Can you show Lyrics.
I know, there is probably a legal issue here, but if not from the web, then from the lyrics field in the JMC database?
Would really be nice to add it in the list just below the Bio button.
Thanks for a really nice app.
Keep up the good work.

Yes there are some legal issues with lyrics from the web, so this will not be an option.

In the next version you will be able to show lyrics (from MC), when tapping the lyrics field from the tags view.


Michael

[suttonn]

Hi,

I just want to say what a great app you've built. It saved my home stereo from the tyranny of rivermote. That app worked OK afor me for about a year, but just started acting up so bad badly I felt I no longer had control of my multi-zone stereo. Your app has restored control of my music system back to me. I do hope you will continue to support it and add to the already awesome features you have.

My music colection is pretty large, and I find that My River sometimes disconnect if I dont interact with it for awhile, but the saving grace is that it is a simple matter to restart it and it catches up and lets me do what I need. The one feature that doesn't seem to work for me is to add a rating to songs. I have triedfrom both the album cover are in the lower left. I can click to display the rating, but it won't store the value when I rate a song. the same thing happens when I do a long click on a song in the Playing Now list and select Rating. Clicking a rating value results in the spinning wheel going for a bit, then the page refreshes, but the rating doesn't take. This is feature I love to use, because as I meander through my music collection and find great songs I haven't rated yet I will rate then and automatically add it to some smart lists I have set up.

I'm wondering why I am having this problem. It seemed to me it did work when I first downloaded the app though I cant be sure because I was having some memory problem with the app due to very large smarlists being loaded into several zones at the time. But I have been able to work around that easily enough by 'cleaning up' after myself when I use the app.

Any suggestions on the rating problem? I'd love to have that feature working for me.


Thanks!!!

[SvendDellepude]

Any suggestions on the rating problem? I'd love to have that feature working for me.

Rating only works if you enable authentication in MC.

Once enabled you will get prompted for Username and Password in My River.


Michael

[TXgary]

Any progress on the next release?  Looking for the Lyrics field to be displayed on my iphone from tags. 

[SvendDellepude]

Any progress on the next release?  Looking for the Lyrics field to be displayed on my iphone from tags. 

The new version will be released ASAP, hopefully this weekend.

Michael

[cycler2]

Thanks, Michael.  I look forward to the update.
Rich

[BayensF]

The new version will be released ASAP, hopefully this weekend.

Michael

Hi Michael,

I have the latest version in use but sorry to say I have problems now. I did not have them before. The result is now that often the complete system is blocking. Only a hard restart of the JRmc soft is solving it.

How can I go back to the previous version?

[SvendDellepude]

I have the latest version in use but sorry to say I have problems now. I did not have them before. The result is now that often the complete system is blocking. Only a hard restart of the MC soft is solving it.

Please try to remove My River from your device and reinstall it.

How can I go back to the previous version?

According to this guide it is possible (haven't tried it myself):
How to Downgrade an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch App to a Previous Version

Michael

[GuffensR]

Good evening,
I'm afraid I have the same problem with the last version : after a few minutes, JRiver crashes and I have the restart everything. After a few days, it was even impossible to use My River : it kept asking for the use rid and the password - I then reinstalled My River - everything has been working fine for half an hour, and then the problems started again.
I've been using My River for months now, because it has really useful functions and I never had problems before, only since the new version has been installed
other interfaces, like Gizmo, are working fine, but they are not as nice as My River
Help would be welcome

Regards

[Poulou]

Good morning,
Mee too...
I'm afraid I have the same problem with the last version : after a few minutes, JRiver crashes and I have to restart everything.
I baught JRiver for My River!!!
Please do something, 
Thanks for your fantastic soft...when it was working well.
Poulou

[SvendDellepude]

Good morning,
Mee too...
I'm afraid I have the same problem with the last version : after a few minutes, JRiver crashes and I have to restart everything.
I baught JRiver for My River!!!
Please do something, 
Thanks for your fantastic soft...when it was working well.
Poulou

I'll see what I can do to replicate this error, and release a bug-fix ASAP.

In the meantime you can try to downgrade My River to the previous version.
According to this guide it is possible (haven't tried it myself):
How to Downgrade an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch App to a Previous Version

Michael

[BayensF]

Please try to remove My River from your device and reinstall it.
According to this guide it is possible (haven't tried it myself):
How to Downgrade an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch App to a Previous Version

Michael

Hi, it does not solve the issue, but looking at the messages after mine others have the same problem.'

Wish you all the best with fixing it.

[SvendDellepude]

Hi, it does not solve the issue, but looking at the messages after mine others have the same problem.'

Wish you all the best with fixing it.

Just uploaded a new version to Apple, with bug fixes. Hopefully the upgrade will hit the App Store in about a week.
Sorry for the inconvenience

Michael

[Poulou]

Thanks, Michael, for your prompt answer...
Poulou, french user..

[GuffensR]

Hi Michael
thanks for the feedback ... and congratulations again for the app - My River is the only app I like to use to control JRiver

[TXgary]

Michael,
Have you given any consideration of releasing as app that is hard wired to "play here"?
This would allow me to share my music library remotely with myself and kids without messing up the currently playing music.  I believe this would be another avenue for revenue.

[SvendDellepude]

Michael,
Have you given any consideration of releasing as app that is hard wired to "play here"?
This would allow me to share my music library remotely with myself and kids without messing up the currently playing music.  I believe this would be another avenue for revenue.

I see no point in releasing another app just for that, why not just set it to streaming and leave it there?

Michael

[BayensF]

Michael,

I have downloaded the update, and it did NOT solve the issue.

When I select one album and listen to it then it works. When after a while I select an other song from an other album J River is blocked and the app as well.

?

[TXgary]

Artist Biography appears to be not functioning.... with new release.

[TXgary]

Are you working with Video currently?
How do we tag videos to distinguish them from "movies" "tv shows" and music "concerts"?
Also, JRiver Media Center recognizes MKV, ISO, VOB, and other file types that are not showing up in My River lists.
I have complete music concerts with ISO format and have broken those concerts out into individual songs that are vob format.
JRiver allows me to create different video library views so I have:
Childrens movies
Movies (not including childrens)
Concerts (complete)
Individual concert songs in song name order
Individual concert songs in artist, concert, song
and others....
Not sure how you can differentiate from the different lists.  Would be nice.
You have a great product, keep the stuff coming.

[SvendDellepude]

Michael,

I have downloaded the update, and it did NOT solve the issue.

When I select one album and listen to it then it works. When after a while I select an other song from an other album J River is blocked and the app as well.

?

Please try to remove My River from your device and reinstall it.

[SvendDellepude]

Artist Biography appears to be not functioning.... with new release.

I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the latest version.
Last.fm has decided that the API key has been deprecated (without informing me)
I will try to implement a new API key in My River asap.  

Michael

[SvendDellepude]

Are you working with Video currently?

For streaming....? no not yet, but.......

How do we tag videos to distinguish them from "movies" "tv shows" and music "concerts"?
Also, JRiver Media Center recognizes MKV, ISO, VOB, and other file types that are not showing up in My River lists.
I have complete music concerts with ISO format and have broken those concerts out into individual songs that are vob format.
JRiver allows me to create different video library views so I have:
Childrens movies
Movies (not including childrens)
Concerts (complete)
Individual concert songs in song name order
Individual concert songs in artist, concert, song
and others....
Not sure how you can differentiate from the different lists.  Would be nice.
You have a great product, keep the stuff coming.

You can add views from JRiver, select Customize views for Gizmo, WebRemote, & Webplay... under Media Network in Options, and add your views (see below) and they will show up in My River.


Michael

[TXgary]

Streaming video is not my area of interest currently, I was thinking of using it as a remote to select videos for jriver to play locally.  With the above information this will be what I needed with one exception.  Do need for the video formats to be included (ISO, VOB, MKV).
Where do the "views" show in My River after they have been selected in JRiver Media Center?
Good stuff, thanks

[csimon]

The views that are set up in "Customise Views for WebGizmo...." are the ones that My River uses.  So, in answer to your question "Where do the views show in My River after they have been selected in JRiver Media Center", the answer is "on My River's display".

You probably have default views set up in there already which are excluding ISO, VOB, MKV, or not including the various categories that you want or grouping by them.

My River is a remote control for J River and you use it to select videos for J River to play locally. Although you can select a different zone to play in, e.g. the device that is being used as the remote control, to stream to instead. This has no effect on how the views are set up, it is an independent thing.

If you already have views set up the way you want them in Standard View then follow the screenshot shown above to copy them into the Gizmo views.

[TXgary]

They have to be rebuilt but will show up and will work as advertised. 
This is great.  Thanks

[BayensF]

Please try to remove My River from your device and reinstall it.

Thanks, it works, good job!

Sorry, I have to come back to the above, it does not work. ?

[maliceme]

Is there a way to apply "Play All" or "Play Shuffled" to the results of a Search?

[SvendDellepude]

Is there a way to apply "Play All" or "Play Shuffled" to the results of a Search?

Yes there is a way..... I'll see what I can do about it.

Michael

[sp33dy]

Hi,

First of all, I'm a newbie to J River Media Center and My River. I only downloaded yesterday and purchased the App. I want to use it with my shiny new Cambridge Stream Magic 6 device. I've posted several message in other threads, but it looks as if I'm down to believing the app is the problem. Having just flicked through the articles here, it looks as if you might have encountered this already; so I'm trying to work out if there is a new version just coming or whether I'm on the latest?

Basically, using MC17 to the Stream Magic 6 device works flawlessly from the Win7 PC. In fact, I can't believe how great it is! However, as soon as I start to connect to MC17 from My River and try to either look at the current playing list or add new tracks, randomly, I get a complete lockup in MC; whilst the My River app remains in a 'doing something' state.

Initially, I thought this must be a Stream Magic 6 problem, then a MC17 problem; given these two work together with absolutely no problem, it has to be the App.

Unfortunately, I'd sent you an email via the Apple Contact link rather than posting here.

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.

Kind regards

Carl

[SvendDellepude]

Hi,

First of all, I'm a newbie to J River Media Center and My River. I only downloaded yesterday and purchased the App. I want to use it with my shiny new Cambridge Stream Magic 6 device. I've posted several message in other threads, but it looks as if I'm down to believing the app is the problem. Having just flicked through the articles here, it looks as if you might have encountered this already; so I'm trying to work out if there is a new version just coming or whether I'm on the latest?

Basically, using MC17 to the Stream Magic 6 device works flawlessly from the Win7 PC. In fact, I can't believe how great it is! However, as soon as I start to connect to MC17 from My River and try to either look at the current playing list or add new tracks, randomly, I get a complete lockup in MC; whilst the My River app remains in a 'doing something' state.

Initially, I thought this must be a Stream Magic 6 problem, then a MC17 problem; given these two work together with absolutely no problem, it has to be the App.

Unfortunately, I'd sent you an email via the Apple Contact link rather than posting here.

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated.

Kind regards

Carl

Have you tried controlling MC with WebGizmo to see if the problem occurs here as well?
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/WebGizmo

Michael

[sp33dy]

Hi Michael,

No I hadn't! That looks extremely useful; I can't wait to get home from work now! I'd also be able to stick Charles Proxy server between the browser and MC, therefore I'd be able to look at all traffic. Thanks for the heads up. I'll will post my findings later.

Kind regards

Carl

[sp33dy]

For a start, wow! WebGizmo is awesome. It is controlling the Stream Magic 6 very well, as does it control the player on the MC17 machine and locally it's playing the music. No crashes yet! In fact, it seems to be a rock over the past 2hrs!! This is all from my laptop. So, I'm now moving over to the website from my ipad.

[sp33dy]

A bit early, but the iPad version of it appears to be stable too. I have to head to bed early.. but will keep trying. Does this help to pin down My River as having some issue?? Or does the mystery become even more magical??

[sp33dy]

Hi Michael,

I can confirm that the WebGizmo works perfectly! It's controls the Magic 6 streamer, streams FLAC audio from browser and controls the playing on the MC17 server. Test setup:

PC with MC17
Cambridge Magic Streamer 6
iPad
Laptop

Both the iPad and Laptop control the playing of music through WebGizmo, perfectly.

As soon as I start up My River. I find it painfully slow. It will eventually crash MC17; not necessarily straight away. It does seem to be a lot more stable when controlling the PC/MC17 player or streaming locally. However, it is unusable really for Magic Streamer.

Where do I go from here? I'm now convinced this isn't a MC17 or MC18 problem (tried the new version), so will continue to purchase a license.

I'm a little disappointed I've purchased an iPad app that doesn't operate as I would expect; although WebGizmo is a great trade off. I'm tempted to tailour this, given my web developer background..

Kind regards

Carl

[SvendDellepude]

As soon as I start up My River. I find it painfully slow. It will eventually crash MC17; not necessarily straight away. It does seem to be a lot more stable when controlling the PC/MC17 player or streaming locally. However, it is unusable really for Magic Streamer.

Unfortunately, I don't have a Magic Streamer, so it's a little hard for me to test, but I'll try to see if I can optimize the app further

Where do I go from here? I'm now convinced this isn't a MC17 or MC18 problem (tried the new version), so will continue to purchase a license.

If the app doesn't live up to your expectations you could always claim a refund from Apple (use this tutorial):
How to get a refund for an iPhone App

Michael

[sp33dy]

Hi Michael,

First of all, I need to say sorry; I've let my frustration be aired publicly here and I shouldn't have. I've got a nice piece of new tech that works brilliantly with MC17. I've tried it with several apps, including the free one by the Magic 6 makers, and they've all failed in some way or have lacked functionality. I had assumed My River would be the answer, hence my dissatisfaction and grumpy post. I hope you can accept my apology.

I've been deeply impressed with WebGizmo! It works flawlessly and doesn't cause a problem; although its a little lacking in some areas (I plan to look around today to see if it's a closed solution or open to dev).

I appreciate you don't have a Magic 6 device (they are pretty expensive too). I don't suppose you are in Hampshire? If you were, I'd be willing to actually bring it round and lend for a few days to try to resolve. Assuming not, I think I'll continue to try to diagnose the problems. I'll set-up some proxying software to intercept the messages in order to try to trap the error; therefore, if I find something, I would really appreciate your help in trying to fix whatever I need in My River (hence, I'm happy to leave the payment as-is. It is only a few £'s anyway). Ultimately, My River looks like the app I need; given it doesn't work for me yet. I now have WebGizmo to help me compare and contrast to find out in what circumstance the hang occurs.

Kind regards

Carl

[csimon]

I'm afraid it's probably just a case of experimenting, and with separate apps to try out it can get expensive! Although the app costs are not really that expensive in the grand scheme of things.

The MC web based controller was always a bit basic and quite frustrating, it looked like a web site from 15 years ago. Then they released Gizmo for Android, but wouldn't release an iOS version.  So people started looking for generic DLNA controller apps, such as Plugplayer, and then independent developers saw an opportunity for a dedicated app, like My River and J Remote.  Only then did the web-based service get an update in the form of Web Gizmo but to be honest I've never tried it.

I'm currently playing with J Remote. I've got My River too but I find it a bit slow in comparison with J Remote. I may be wrong but I can't imagine that Web Gizmo can surpass a native app for responsiveness and eye candy etc.  Does it have a real-time volume control for example?  I know the old web service didn't.

[sp33dy]

I've been surprised how quick WebGizmo has been to respond in comparison to My River and Magic Stream App. The App's appear to be very cumbersome. I've been put off by J Remote, purely on price. I really would love to try it before I buy. However, I'm interested to read your observation that you find J Remote more responsive. Does it have the 'Zones' feature and what set up are you using?? Just iPad and PC with MC17, or something more???

[csimon]

Yes, J Remote has Zones, although it doesn't yet have linking of zones (I believe this is because MC doesn't expose the function via web services as yet).

I've got two server PCs, one with MC17 and one with MC18 - gradually in the process of replacing the old PC. An iPad for control (with Plugplayer, My River and J Remote), and playing to zones of either the server PC upstairs or a WD TV Live in the living room.

I've been looking at the Cambridge Audio NP30 actually as a "decent" audio renderer. And I may replace the WD TV live with a small media player PC as a MC client (Zotac Zbox for example).

[SvendDellepude]

I appreciate you don't have a Magic 6 device (they are pretty expensive too). I don't suppose you are in Hampshire? If you were, I'd be willing to actually bring it round and lend for a few days to try to resolve.

No, unfortunately I live in Denmark.

Assuming not, I think I'll continue to try to diagnose the problems. I'll set-up some proxying software to intercept the messages in order to try to trap the error; therefore, if I find something, I would really appreciate your help in trying to fix whatever I need in My River (hence, I'm happy to leave the payment as-is. It is only a few £'s anyway). Ultimately, My River looks like the app I need; given it doesn't work for me yet. I now have WebGizmo to help me compare and contrast to find out in what circumstance the hang occurs.

I've found a memory leak caused by the way lists are created I will try to fix this ASAP, hopefully this will help.

Michael

[TXgary]

How do I delete an item that is in "playing now" que?  I tried to swipe left to right but did not work.

[SvendDellepude]

How do I delete an item that is in "playing now" que?  I tried to swipe left to right but did not work.

That's not possible, it's not supported by JRiver's web service

Michael

[SvendDellepude]

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long for the new version, but now it's finally ready.
I submitted the new version to the app store today, with bug fixes and minor design changes.
I've been re-factoring major portions of the app, that's why it took me so long.

Michael