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Why did you choose JRiver?
terrym@tassie:
Red October HQ was what hooked me, suddenly I could watch high quality video without all the issues relating to managing directshow filters (and all the crashes!).
After months of using JRiver in the same way I had used products like WMP and MPC-HC (file and folder based) I started to discover the true power of the library and the ability to customise views. Then I discovered the server client capability and Theaterview. The product enabled me to embark upon the "Big Rip" which took all my discrete media sources and put them in one place and manage them all effectively. I could now also listen to them anywhere I wished.
Did I mention the sound quality? It was a revelation from day one but now I have worked on it with the dsp facilities over the years it is AMAZING!
The forum remains a very valued source of information and on occasions entertainment.
I wouldn't choose anything else now and for what it does I think it is very reasonably priced.
culliganman:
I use it to hear bit perfect music.
I use it to record tv.
I use it to organize photos.
I chose JRiver because it does all of this better than iTunes and windows media center.
I chose it because even after two months of using it I still don't know about all its features.
I choose it because of all the helpful people on Interact.
BillT:
I didn't specifically but JRiver at all, I bought Media Lobby, which had a nice interface but used JRiver behind the scenes. That was in 2003!
Long abandoned Media Lobby, but I keep using JRiver because the database can be easily configured to suit my (mainly classical) music collection. (Of course, if Gizmo worked properly with classical music it would be even better!)
--- Quote from: glynor on March 24, 2015, 09:58:05 pm ---This isn't exactly the same question, Jim, but I thought it was worth answering.
Why do I pay for Media Center, when there are free alternatives available?
Well, I think MC is best at many functions. But, even if you ignore all of that, the biggest reason I don't mind paying for MC? Because now ten years have got behind me, and you're still here, still making it better every day. The incremental improvements MC has made over the years have been nothing short of astounding.
But, to me, one of the biggest "features" of MC is actually the fact that you:
* Charge a fair price
* Are still around, and MC hasn't suddenly become something else, or disappeared.
Of the applications I was considering as alternatives when I settled on MC way back when (before iTunes got purchased by Apple, I'll note) none of them still exist at all anymore. Seriously. I can't think of one. Winamp? RealJukebox? MusicMatch Jukebox? All gone. Even with more modern stuff, if they still exist in name, they bear essentially zero relation to the original product. And you know what? Most of them were free.
I like that I pay you, and you keep making good software, and keep making it better. You improve MC incrementally, without the (marketing/investment-driven) need to "revolutionize" the interface every few years, or tear up and throw away the business model to embrace this years new fancy trend. It doesn't get all mucked up with ads and malware and junk. And the person running the open-source project doesn't decide to re-write the whole thing in node.js and then get distracted half-way through because "ooh something shiny over here".
We get cool toys, but more importantly, I've had a stable platform for what? 13 years? 14? I don't even remember anymore.
Your sustainable business model where you do the "crazy" thing and build a nice product and charge a fair price for it is a beneficial to me as a user. The price is a feature, not a bug.
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+1 to all that. I'm sure that JRiver 9 would still do most of what I want, but I keep upgrading for all of these reasons.
MikeO:
To start with probably hype & reputation.
Like any software you cannot possibly evaluate it the 30 day trial period(I have come across developers who hate Resharper , when questioned deeply they never got past stage one of using it before the trial ran out !!! After many years I still find surprises. MC is the same )
The more interesting question is why stay and why buy a license every year (however often it is ?)
Value for money (have you seen the price of some developer software !!)
Database management
Flexible Views - The ability to create your own view using custom tags eg Box Sets of classical music.
Hi quality music output -- must be a given
Gapless Playback ( a biggie for me - I have a Mede8er that blips at every track change simply because it's single thread stops playback when it refreshes the Image rendered on the screen , hence even if gapless track you get a split second silence eg Pink Floyd)
Theatre View & Remote Control -- I am lazy ;D
AND the biggest -- JRemote , the ability to be working in the kitchen and being able to select and control (esp Volume) what I listen that has changed how I listen.
"Agile" , the speed at which releases add new stuff or fix stuff that's broken
Keep up the good work
Mike
Mike
BabyFace:
Obviously the sound quality and user interface. I do believe I could find other programs that do what I need in those areas.
To me it's the automation features (MC20.exe) that keep me with JRiver.
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