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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: JimH on March 20, 2004, 07:29:22 am
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You may receive a SPAM e-mail from us next week. I thought you might like to see it here first. The contents will be more or less like this.
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We are pleased to announce the release of JRiver Media Center 10 software on [ some date soon ]. New features include slicker interface, additional file format support, quicker file navigation with Media Mode buttons, more customization options and many usability improvements.
Special prices now apply:
Media Center 9.1 (current version) for $19.98 USD (save $20)
Media Center 10.0 only $24.98 USD (save $15) A purchase of 10.0 will also allow you to use 9.1.
If you already own an MC 9.1 license, you can upgrade to 10.0 for $9.98 USD
Media Jukebox 8 owners can upgrade to Media Center 10 for $14.98 USD
License and purchase details are at: http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/purchase.html
Download MC here: http://www.jrmediacenter.com and purchase from the Help menu of the program.
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Here's a list of features:
New in MC 10:
Photo printing
Auto zoom & pan of images
Many improvements to Action Window
Many improvements to Theater View (hit F11)
Media mode buttons to show only music, video, images, or all
Integration into Action Window of CD ripping and photo acquisition
Improvements of Action Window for other functions
Improved handheld support, including synch and WMDM support
Content access control
Definable actions for auto-run of CD and DVD
Many improvements in playback and management of WM
Numerous miscellaneous improvements, particularly in ease of use
More user customizability
New features in developer interfaces
UPnP support in Media Server for media receivers -- still not global
Significant other work not yet visible
Here is a list of features and fixes compiled by imjustagamer (thanks!) :
http://www3.sympatico.ca/imjustagamer/MC10His.txt
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Significant other work not yet visible
built-in beer chiller?
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New features in developer interfaces
What are these?
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Very nice Jim ;D
So MC 10 is going Gold
I LOVE Gold ;D
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New features in developer interfaces
What are these?
Build 74: 6. Fixed: MC was not visible in task bar if invoked through automation interface.
Nikolay's fixes in your thread on the developer board
command line additions for zones in build 95
changes for netremote support
changes for musiclobby support
If you want to discuss, please move to the dev board.
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Pricing sounds fair.
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Here's another thread on MC10. It's a poll asking why people with MC9 would upgrade to MC10. 81% of people said they had already upgraded to MC10.
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=3;action=display;start=0;threadid=19475;viewResults=1
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Sweet news...
Pricing sounds fair.
I'd say extremely fair for all that you get.
I'm penciling the date on my calendar as we speak ;D
GDaddy
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I agree that the prcing is very fair and would like to congratulate you all on a good release. I think it's fair to say that MC10.0 (until we see the hidden stuff) has added polish rather than innovation and that is a good thing.
This is now a good platform for 10.1 which I hope will add the innovation and exciting new features that will set MC even further apart from it's main competitors. Is this how you see 10.1 developing?
Again, great job despite a bumpy ride. Well done.
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... If you already own an MC 9.1 license, you can upgrade to 10.0 for $9.98 USD
Media Jukebox 8 owners can upgrade to Media Center 10 for $14.98 USD ...
Hmmmm(?) ... I believe I was charged $24.98 when I purchased MC10 with my MJ8 license just a couple of weeks ago. Could this be right?? Although, still worth the extra $$ ...
shAf :)
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... If you already own an MC 9.1 license, you can upgrade to 10.0 for $9.98 USD
Media Jukebox 8 owners can upgrade to Media Center 10 for $14.98 USD ...
Hmmmm(?) ... I believe I was charged $24.98 when I purchased MC10 with my MJ8 license just a couple of weeks ago. Could this be right?? Although, still worth the extra $$ ...
shAf :)
That's business. Didn't you ever buy something in a store only to discover that it was in the sale 2 weeks later, I know I did. :(
JRiver have the right to alter their pricing policy whenever they like to remain competitive.
A couple of weeks ago you exercised a judgement as to whether MC10 was worth $24.98. Your judgement was good. Your clairvoyency powers were bad but you still got a good deal.
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Hi,
I can't wait to get the final version of MC10! It works great with all these Greek names of songs, artists etc.
One question, though: I've already purchased a 10 Beta license. When I upgrade to final version of MC, how much will I be charged??
One more thing. The country code for Greece (30) does't work in the TV tuner!!!
George
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You will not be charged any extra for v10 when it's released if you already have a v10 license. The license you have now is fully valid for the released version.
JRiver may or may not decide to charge an upgrade fee for the next beta (10.1). This information has not yet been released.
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May I ask what has changed between MC9 & MC10 regarding iPod support ?
What are the NEW features within MC10 regarding iPod ?
TIA
I am going to upgrade to 10 very soon !
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May I ask what has changed between MC9 & MC10 regarding iPod support ?
It works better, and about 200+ bug fixes
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That's business. ...
JRiver have the right to alter their pricing policy whenever they like to remain competitive.
... but you still got a good deal.
Don't get me wrong ... I still got a good deal. However, JRiver's policy seems to be to charge more for the beta version ... and I thought that was strange relative to all other JRiver's policies ... just checking :)
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Great timing -- I was just finishing up my trial of MC 10 (4 days left) and had decided to buy it. How wonderful to get an unexpected price drop of $15!
Note: when I went to purchase it, all the screens and the confirmation email say the purchase price was $24.88 (not 24.98). Just FYI.
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I just downloaded 10 beta. I am a licensed 9.1 user. I went to the purchase function and the cost is listed as $14.98 which differs from what I read here. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need anything else?
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Will flac be a registered file type for release?
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I am a licensed 9.1 user. I went to the purchase function and the cost is listed as $14.98 which differs from what I read here. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need anything else?
It sounds like you're using 9.1 with a V8 license. There is a FAQ here that explains which programs work with which licenses:
www.mediajukebox.com/license
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Will flac be a registered file type for release?
I second that request. I know that it's been discussed before and that having .ape seems to make flac not necessary. But still.
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Congratulations.
MC10 is very nice.
You might want to look at the way your online purchasing works once the user has purchased a licence, seeing as presumablu you'll be getting a lof of new registrations soon.
Being presented with "Welcome to Media Jukebox" is a little silly after you've just purchased Media Center.
This little thing would make the whole process a little more professional.
Again, congrats.
Can't wait to see what the 1/3 we haven't seen yet looks like... hope it doesn't break too much :)
Scott.
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Current Build 10.0.95 as of 3/19...
Next Build 10.0.96 on 3/22...
Then 10.0.97 on 3/23
10.0.98 on 3/24,
10.0.99 on 3/25, and finally
10.1.0 on 3/26 (Final Release Date)
Coincidence or good planning?
You tell me...
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10.1.0 on 3/26 (Final Release Date)
Coincidence or good planning?
You tell me...
Well....the thing is they'll most likely call the build 10.0.100...... so it may be good planning.... or coincidence....
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New features in developer interfaces
What are these?
Build 74: 6. Fixed: MC was not visible in task bar if invoked through automation interface.
Nikolay's fixes in your thread on the developer board
command line additions for zones in build 95
changes for netremote support
changes for musiclobby support
If you want to discuss, please move to the dev board.
Is the Music Lobby support the cover art conversion thing, or does it include discrete zone control and Multi server databases as well?
Regards,
John
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Also is the "musiclobby support" feature implemented now in the current beta, or will it have to wait until the final release to play with it? If it is supposed to be there now, the cover art conversion is not working yet.
JP
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How long is this special pricing going to last?
I see too many "First 50 callers" ads on T.V. :D
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Right now, the website says 39.98 for 10 beta. Could the administrator let me know where I can buy for 24.88?
thanks.
drb
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When you begin the purchase, you will see the special price.
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Hey Jim,
No answer to my question ?
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JohnP,
If your asking whether any music service through MC has been unveiled yet then the answer is no (inc 10.0.100). Look for it in the released product which has been bumped into the future a bit.
Rx
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One of the many new, cool features added for MC10 is the ability to play back WMA streams through the TiVo HMO. However, this functionality is not working for all WM audio streams (as has been reported numerous times on both the TiVo and the MC10 discussion boards), since MC mistakenly identifies some audio-only WM streams as WM video streams instead.
My question is this: Does JRiver intend to release ver 10 with this HUGE (at least for those of us using the TiVo HMO with MC) bug unfixed and undocumented? It would seem to me to be a showstopper bug if you are indeed going to advertise that MC can now do WMA stream playback via the TiVo HMO. To say that your product has this functionality, and to release a version of it that only partially implements the functionality seems to me to be a fundamentally inconsistent practice.
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Hi,
Actually, I was referring to the comment that used to be in the first post in this thread (appears to have been edited out) that talked about additional support for musiclobby and net remote which are 3rd party UI applications.
I was just trying to find out what that was about, I.E. what new cool features would be enabled by that. I have heard that there will be cover art conversion that will be more "Flash Friendly" coming soon. I was trying too see if there wre any other cool features lurking as well.
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If you already own an MC 9.1 license, you can upgrade to 10.0 for $9.98 USD
Download MC here: http://www.jrmediacenter.com and purchase from the Help menu of the program.
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Hi, I own a license of MC 9.1 and want to purchase MC 10. I dowloaded build 100 but did'n installl yet (want to wait until its released).
I cant't find any "purchase" button in the Help section of my V9.1 program... Am I wrong???
Thanx for any help..
Sternwart [Germany]
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To purchase MC10, you need to install it.
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Aah... no risk - no fun??? >:(
Thank you..
Sternwart
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You will not be charged any extra for v10 when it's released if you already have a v10 license. The license you have now is fully valid for the released version.
JRiver may or may not decide to charge an upgrade fee for the next beta (10.1). This information has not yet been released.
I will not buy it if I have to upgrade $10 every couple of months.
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I will not buy it if I have to upgrade $10 every couple of months.
It's voluntary.
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It's funny. I work as a teacher in China. We do not make much money. I have been doing the reliable "format and reinstall XP" every 29 days so I could continue using MC. Now if that's not liking an app, nothing is!
Anyway, today I finally persuaded a friend to get me a license.
The $25.00 is a good fraction of a month's pay, but I am well pleased with MC and they deserve the money they make from it.
My points are, first, where are you going to find as many well thought out features in any software for that price?
Second, to JRiver, at this price even a cheapskate like me can justify the purchase. At $40.00 I could not.
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At the top of this thread JimH listed upgrade prices as:
Special prices now apply:
Media Center 9.1 (current version) for $19.98 USD (save $20)
Media Center 10.0 only $24.98 USD (save $15) A purchase of 10.0 will also allow you to use 9.1.
If you already own an MC 9.1 license, you can upgrade to 10.0 for $9.98 USD
Media Jukebox 8 owners can upgrade to Media Center 10 for $14.98 USD
I am a registered user of MC 9.1 but when I attempted to purchase 10 got an upgrade price of $14.98.
In a previous message, JimH responded to someone else having this same query that he was probably using MC 9.1 as a MediaJukebox 8 registered user. How do I know? Is there some way to find out?
Thanks,
charlie
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cfastner,
If you still got your mjr registration file it'll say. you can either just look at the name of the mjr file (should be called media center/jukebox-reg# where reg# is your reg issue.) You can also open the file and it'll tell you the version in line 5
Hope it helps,
- Rasmus
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I am a registered user of MC 9.1 but when I attempted to purchase 10 got an upgrade price of $14.98.
That means you have a version 8 license. MC 9.1 will work with a version 8 license.
The $14.98 price is correct.
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Did you have MJ8?
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I will not buy it if I have to upgrade $10 every couple of months.
It's voluntary.
Most things are voluntary in this world. I can see paying from version 9 > 10 but not 10 > 10.1.
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I will not buy it if I have to upgrade $10 every couple of months.
It's voluntary.
Most things are voluntary in this world. I can see paying from version 9 > 10 but not 10 > 10.1.
its free to upgrade from 10 to 10.1 - only when the big number on the left increases does it cost
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So J River only charges for betas and if you allready own MC 10 then its free to upgrade(not beta) until MC 11?
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its free to upgrade from 10 to 10.1 - only when the big number on the left increases does it cost
That may or may not be true in the future. We don't make commitments about future pricing.
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sorry jim, should have siad 'historically'
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I'm using MJ8 with a MJ7 license. I don't suppose I qualify for the $15 deal?
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its free to upgrade from 10 to 10.1 - only when the big number on the left increases does it cost
That may or may not be true in the future. We don't make commitments about future pricing.
That's cool with me. :D You guys are doing such a great job! So far this software has been worth every penny i put into it.
Thanks a million,
-Olivier
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its free to upgrade from 10 to 10.1 - only when the big number on the left increases does it cost
That may or may not be true in the future. We don't make commitments about future pricing.
Well, since 10.0 turns out not to have any of the features that were at least hinted at and which helped induce me to buy the upgrade, I for one would be rather annoyed if I also had to pay for 10.1 (but even more annoyed, I suppose, if I still didn't get the features*).
(* For the record, my top priority features were ripping multiple tracks together, and dynamic playlists on iPod. )
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Well since we are on the topic (sort of), MC 10 doesn't do anything for me either that was already in 9.1. As sad is it might be, the things I find important are not very important to the rest of the community or at least not to JRiver.
All that said, MC 9.1 still does more for me than any other player, so I really have nothing to complain about.
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MC 10 doesn't do anything for me either that was already in 9.1.
I believe that MusicLobby support is important to you, John. We added the ability to convert any image to a standard JPG (on Mario's request).
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That is VERY important to me. I didn't realize that was implemented. I tried it on the .097 relase and it did not seem to be implemented. I would be very interested in seeing that work. That one alone would be worth the price of admission for me. Of couse all my other multi zone multi server stuff is still holding me back from having the best Music Server platform on the planet, but I am a patient man.
:)
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I think Mario had to add something in his software.
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Perhaps, I'll ask him.
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Any comment on my licensing situation, Jim?
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Bump in time for my trial to expire...
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I'm using MJ8 with a MJ7 license. I don't suppose I qualify for the $15 deal?
You didn't find this page?
http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/buy_faq.html (http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/buy_faq.html):
MEDIA CENTER Purchase FAQ
Thank you for your interest in JRiver Media Center. This page will answer questions you may have about purchasing or about a license you may already own.
IMPORTANT: MEDIA CENTER 9 is no longer sold. Please download MEDIA CENTER 10.
A Media Center version 9 license will work with Media Jukebox 8.0. A Media Jukebox 8.0 license or a Media Center 10 license will also work with Media Center 9.0 or 9.1.
If you previously purchased MJ version 7.x, that license will NOT work with 9. There are no special upgrade prices from versions prior to 8.0.
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The $ 24.98 offer is still there:
http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/purchase.html (http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/purchase.html):
PURCHASE and LICENSE DETAILS
Please choose one of the following:
Which product is right for me?
JRiver MEDIA CENTER version 10.0 Normally $39.98, but now $24.98 for a limited time
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Gotcha. I'd only searched as far as the purchase page.
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I received the email and saw the upgrade price of $9.98 from Media Centered 9.1 to 10.0. I had 9.1 install and registered but when I went in and installed 10.0 and went to the "Buy" option under help, I was charged $24.98. What's going on? I even found the $9.98 on the web site. :(
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It means that no V8 or V9 license was installed when you purchased.
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I'm using MJ8 with a MJ7 license. I don't suppose I qualify for the $15 deal?
There is no special upgrade price from V7. Sorry.
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Jim, You said that, It means that no V8 or V9 license was installed when you purchased. I doubled checked the registraion Info on the help menu and it had my name and the registration code. ?
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We can sort this out on Monday.
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Jim, Did you come up with anything. I know that I had it registered correctly. Thank you for your help.
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raicard -
I had the same problem you have but found a way around it. Here's what I did:
- Installed MC 10
- Went to Help/Restore License from Internet...
- You'll be prompted to enter your registration code. Enter your 9.1x registration code
- You will then be told this is not a valid MC 10 Reg. Code and be asked if you would like to upgrade. If you answer yes, you will be brought to the purchase page with the price of $9.98
Hope that helps!
Go Timberwolves...
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Sorry. I forgot this one. I've just invalidated the V10 license and you will see a refund in a day or two.
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Jim, I'm not sure what you mean by invalidating the V10 license? I did want to upgrade to version 10 but it should have been at $9.98 and not $24.98.
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Jim, I had posted this the other day and I haven't heard anything back. Could you please explain what you meant by invalidating the V10 license. Thank you.
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Jim, I had posted this the other day and I haven't heard anything back. Could you please explain what you meant by invalidating the V10 license. Thank you.
Jim, I've received the credit buy I still don't understand what you meant by "invalidating the V10 license. I still want V10. Thanks.
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You will need to buy again, but please check that what you're getting (both license and price) are what you want.