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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 22 for Windows => Topic started by: dallasjustice on August 15, 2016, 09:35:22 pm

Title: Focus on Unimportant Fixes
Post by: dallasjustice on August 15, 2016, 09:35:22 pm

Maybe JRiver is a victim of its own success or maybe there's just a slow down in interesting new features. IMO, JRiver's business model seems increasingly focused on unimportant fixes instead of bold new features.  ::)

Title: Re: Focus on Unimportant Fixes
Post by: JimH on August 15, 2016, 09:40:04 pm

Here's one coming soon:

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,106565.0.html

Title: Re: Focus on Unimportant Fixes
Post by: JimH on August 16, 2016, 09:49:45 am

I moved this from another thread and I'd like to respond to it.

"Fixes" are at least as important to us as features, though we're sometimes accused of the opposite.

"Unimportant" to you may be very important to someone else. 

What's "important" to me is that we move as quickly as we can to fix problems and add useful features. 

In the last year or so, our work has included these:

• The web app Panel
• Lighting control
• Video support on Linux and Mac
• SoX resampling
• Doctor Who Playlist and View sharing
• MC for Linux on Raspberry Pi
• Many incremental improvements for the JRiver Id
• Remote setup for the JRiver Id
• Video foundation work for Linux and Mac to be able to do Theater View
• OneRemote
• DSP over DLNA
• 3D Blu-Ray
• Many minor changes to enhance usability
• Many minor features requested by users

I realize that none of these may matter to you.  They do matter to me.  I'm doing the best I can to help steer our work in directions which will have lasting impact for our products and for JRiver.

You may have your own list of essential changes for JRiver Media Center.  We try to pay attention when our customers ask for things, but in the end, we have to build a product that makes sense to us, even if we lose a few customers along the way.

Title: Re: Focus on Unimportant Fixes
Post by: JohnnyFire on August 16, 2016, 10:56:33 am

i know what you mean, but its important for all of us i believe to have the stability and the bug freedom!
the features is good to be added, but first its vital to eliminate the ghost bug from the past....

Title: Re: Focus on Unimportant Fixes
Post by: CountryBumkin on August 16, 2016, 01:25:04 pm

There is a list of features/improvements that JRiver said they were going to do, but have still not appeared.

So in my opinion, I'd rather they work on those items before jumping into the next big thing.

Title: Re: Focus on Unimportant Fixes
Post by: eddyshere on August 16, 2016, 01:45:41 pm

+1