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Linux => JRiver Media Center 32 for Linux => Topic started by: iPanini on January 05, 2025, 10:28:00 am

Title: build your own JRiver Id - Howto?
Post by: iPanini on January 05, 2025, 10:28:00 am

Hi folks,

First of all, a happy 2025!

I would like to get going again with JRiver after it has been out of my sight for the last couple of years..

Question:
I have a couple of NUC's laying around, and would like, as an experiment, to try and build my own JRiver Id.
I have a JRiver Master License. At the same time I have a couple of elder Promis Pegasus RAID chassis, and these have thunderbolt. Two of my NUC's also have thunderbolt, and I would like to see if I can Linux will "see" the thunderbolt connected RAID chassis.

But mainly I would like to build that JRiver Id of my own.
Now, I read that the Linux version is mainly Debian https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Linux_Installation_%26_Removal (https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Linux_Installation_%26_Removal) based.

- What version of Debian would you recommend?
- Is there any HOWO that explains how to best build your own JRiver ID?

Thanks for helping out!

(b.t.w. What's wrong with the above link? Purpose was to add the URL to the word "read", not to show the whole URL. Where's the typo?

Title: Re: build your own JRiver Id - Howto?
Post by: Awesome Donkey on January 05, 2025, 10:39:08 am

It actually, technically wouldn't be an Id, as an Id is its own thing sold with the NUC hardware with its own customized Debian-based operating system preinstalled (and its own license). You can't buy an image of the Id OS or make your own version of the Id unless you have a Raspberry Pi and buy one of the Id Pi SD cards that has everything preinstalled. Id info can be found here (https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Id) if needed.

That said, all you have to do if you want a NUC with Media Center on it is install the operating system of your choice on the NUC (Windows or Linux) and just install Media Center on it. If opting for Linux use either Debian (latest stable version) or Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Ubuntu 24.10 and use the InstallJRMC script to install and set everything up. Then you're off to the races, assuming Thunderbolt works (if not you'd probably have to switch to Windows to use it).