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When will it be released? ... Feb 22

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JimH:

--- Quote from: Elvis133 on February 18, 2013, 12:53:54 am ---Just to be sure, the Mac license is a totally different product? You don't get a mac-license if you have a windows-license, or any kind of lower price if you have a windows-version?

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Correct.  Separate and the Mac license is the same price for all (at this time).

JimH:

--- Quote from: cubbie5150 on February 17, 2013, 11:07:04 pm ---Long time Mac user here...  I've never used a J River product; I've been locked into Apple's ecosystem for so long, my heart was actually palpitating while I was purchasing the intro-priced license for Mac MC. =)

Anywho, I figure for $25, I'll give this public beta a shot.  It can't be any worse than what iTunes has become.  And I've heard great things about J River in general, & MC in particular, on forums like head-fi.  I'd like to find a "better sounding" software player.

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Welcome and thanks for the purchase.  Please be patient with us for the first few months.  It will be a little ragged sometimes.  Let us know what you find and we can usually fix it.

iansr:

--- Quote from: JimH on February 18, 2013, 06:48:29 am ---Correct.  Separate and the Mac license is the same price for all (at this time).

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You really ought to give a discount to exisitng Windows licensees.

Do you anticipate it will run on an ipad in due course?

bspachman:

--- Quote from: iansr on February 18, 2013, 07:12:25 am ---Do you anticipate it will run on an ipad in due course?

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Macintosh programs are unable to run natively on iPads/iPhones--different processor architectures...

However, I believe they are hoping to include much of the current Windows network/server/client functionality in the Mac version (though probably not at first). If the Mac version becomes a full-fledged DLNA citizen, then some of the already-existing iPad control options will work great--the Windows version has a built-in feature called WebRemote to allow you to control MC; there's also WebPlay built-in; and I've just been turned on to the 3rd party app JRemote--check it out at the iPad app store...

brad

JimH:
We released a partly broken Mac version to the beta board on Friday and got a lot of useful feedback.  There are still lots of problems and unimplemented features, and the minimum OS is apparently 10.7 at this time.

The feedback was generally encouraging.  Most installations went reasonably well.  Import worked.  Playback worked for most music codecs.  The exceptions are ogg and wavepack.  No encoders are working yet.

The program still looks like the Windows version, but we plan to tune it a little for Mac.

Switching views doesn't work.  Volume control in the program doesn't work, but the Mac volume control does.  There were a few crashes.

We will put out a couple more of these "pre-alpha" builds on the beta board, and then release an alpha version on this board on Friday, February 22.  

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