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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 20 for Mac => Topic started by: dougbath on July 15, 2015, 09:22:12 pm

Title: Media center nor appearing
Post by: dougbath on July 15, 2015, 09:22:12 pm

 just downloaded mediacenter for Mac. I have it running on a Mac Mini headless sharing the screen with a macbook air.
The music plays fine but I want to set up JRemote and I need to activate Tools/options/media center. I click on Tools/options and nothing happens. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

Thanks


Doug

Title: Re: Media center nor appearing
Post by: JimH on July 15, 2015, 09:34:58 pm

Are you connected to the machine directly?

Title: Re: Media center nor appearing
Post by: dougbath on July 15, 2015, 09:45:41 pm

I use screen sharing on my macbook air to control the mini where JRiver resides.

Title: Re: Media center nor appearing
Post by: JimH on July 15, 2015, 10:06:51 pm

Could be related.

Title: Re: Media center nor appearing
Post by: dougbath on July 15, 2015, 11:01:40 pm

Can't get remote to work. Going back to Audirvana. Wish I hadn't spent $12.00 on a worthless app.

Title: Re: Media center nor appearing
Post by: blgentry on July 15, 2015, 11:04:02 pm

I would probably try to quit MC on the mini.  Then restart it and before you do anything else, try to open the Options dialog.  If that still doesn't work, I would recommend trying a different remote access system.  Team Viewer is extremely sophisticated, reliable, fast, and configurable.  It's free for personal use.  The paid version is SUPER expensive, but personal use doesn't require a license.

There are also several VNC variants available, but (as I understand it) OSX "screen sharing" is actually using VNC under the covers.  So using a different VNC server/client may or may not be helpful.  I'd try Team Viewer.

It's an odd problem.  I'll be interested to hear what you find.  Good luck!

Brian.

Title: Re: Media center nor appearing
Post by: JimH on July 16, 2015, 07:00:45 am

Quote from: dougbath on July 15, 2015, 11:01:40 pm

Can't get remote to work. Going back to Audirvana. Wish I hadn't spent $12.00 on a worthless app.

The problem you're seeing is almost certain to be one with the remote desktop app you're using, not with MC or JRemote.

Title: Re: Media center nor appearing
Post by: dougbath on July 16, 2015, 11:26:49 am

First of all I would like to apologize for my late night grumpiness.
I was able to bring up the media center dialog after shutting JRiver down and restarting it. I have an access key but JRemote is complaining about a connection failure. I believe I have to make some changes in my router concerning ports. I will have a look through the documentation.
JRiver plays my music files with no problem and I like the interface. My complaint with Audirvana is the lack of an IOS remote which means I have to use my macbook to control it. I have high hopes for JRiver and JRemote.

Thank you everyone for your responses.

Doug

Title: Re: Media center nor appearing
Post by: dougbath on July 16, 2015, 11:45:05 am

Got JRemote working, My ipad  was connected to a different network from my Macbook. Dumb!

Really like the interface with JRemote. Looking forward to testing out JRiver.

Doug

Title: Re: Media center nor appearing
Post by: blgentry on July 16, 2015, 05:14:16 pm

Glad to hear it was simple and you got it working.  Enjoy JRemote and JRiver.

Brian.