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Why did you choose JRiver?
Fred H:
My first stop on the way to JRiver was a streaming box with an attached hard drive. This worked well for me using an open source interface. However, I was away for a week and my wife couldn't use it -- being less computer-savvy and easily frustrated by them.
The next stop was Sonos, using a Wyred 4 Sound Connect. As this software was designed for consumers, my wife found it usable (and I found the sound acceptable). However, after a few years I started reading about JRiver and liked what I read. So I installed it on my PC, where I do most of my listening; I liked its sound and found it easy to use. As I used it I kept finding features that I liked. So I thought about replacing the Sonos Connect and bought an IdPi.
I hooked up the IdPi in parallel with the Sonos and began to use it. Anytime I encountered a technical difficulty I received help (thank you, Bob), and found both the tone of the forums pleasant and a lot of useful information that helped me over usability hitches just by reading others' experiences.
The next trouble spot I see on my horizon is the end of TiVo. We've gotten accustomed to having local copies of things that we want to watch (we're both wary of relying on streaming) and like being able to view a schedule to give us ideas. So I plan to begin reading about MC's video portion, hoping that it's being developed in directions that will work for us. And that the needed services and hardware suppliers are finding enough support to still exist when we're finally ready to switch.
RayG:
Very prosaic reason for me.
I was controlling itunes on a Mac Mini with an app on an Android tablet. Then the Android version was updated to one that wouldn't play with Macs (don't remember the details).
So I got JRiver MC.
Later I swapped out my iPod for a different DAP, so stopped converting everything to ALAC. As a result, it's too much trouble to go back.
esotericxa:
Now coming up to V 30, I have been using this since V22. It is the real swiss army knife of media centers for me.
It has now reached a stage of capability that as far as I can tell, every thing I want to do works perfectly. If I need something, I can usually find it built in within minutes.
I particularly like to be able to use it for Television and then switch to movie mode without changing product.
I find it fantastic for compiling music for events as well as playing same at the event.
For me, nothing I am aware of comes close.
Congratulation guys. Awesome scope and capability. nailed.
Now 2024_05_31 and, To cut a long story short, Video drivers must have stopped supporting HDMI 1.4a because
I got lots of weird intermittent problems playing films etc. and my Rotel RSP 1570 was limited to HDMI 1.4a.
Eventually the ROTEL died, so I got a Marantz AV7706.
For the first time since I began trying to get media centers to work, as in decades, my system now just works.
No bugs, no issues, nothing at all. Turn it on, use it, turn it off. No tweaking, no problems, so far, amazing.
So for me JRiver, used on modern gear, is back to doing everything I want.
Bottom line, in my view, if your processor is HDMI 1.4a or worse, you will have a lot of issues unless you stay with a suitably old
Video driver. For me, the upgrade was amazingly successful and highly recommended.
MusicGuy:
Thanks for the question,
I've been a user before 64 Byte window was released, believe release 3 of JR MC.
At that time Window, Apple, etc only supported a maximum of 64k files, plus took days to load very a small amount of music into their library. Also, MC's abilities in managing library meta data is the best I've ever found.
Being a Database IT Professional, I loved the method JR built.
I have upgraded to each new release and now am waiting for the release of Release 30.
Love the instantaneously search capabilities, allowing me to find and play what I'm looking for.
Thanks, love your product, MusicGuy
Bannion:
--- Quote from: JimH on March 24, 2015, 06:05:35 pm ---So help me out. Why did you choose JRiver?
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6. As a Frenchman would say: C'est Magnifique!!
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