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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: sapnho on January 01, 2005, 09:33:51 am

Title: Advantage of using Media/Library Server
Post by: sapnho on January 01, 2005, 09:33:51 am

What is the advantage of using the media server (I like my MC10 ;)) vs. importing the files from a fileserver directly?

Title: Re: Advantage of using Media/Library Server
Post by: John Gateley on January 03, 2005, 12:05:22 pm

No corruption of the DB when the DB files are accessed by two machines at once.
The same is true for the tags in the content files.

j

Title: Re: Advantage of using Media/Library Server
Post by: sapnho on January 04, 2005, 02:00:53 pm

As much as I liked the idea of the media server, I have stopped using it again because the performance was much slower than "importing" the files from a file server. Also, I started getting problems with cover art which I didn't have before. I'll give library server a try when MC 11 alpha turns to beta to see if these problems have been solved.

The thing is that people who prefer silence over a 3000Mhz actively cooled system often have problems that are not visible when you are only working with fast machines. I use my fast machines for decoding and ripping, but prefer an EPIA 600Mhz computer (no noise) when playing back in the living room.

Having said that, MC is by far the best tool out these in the market. Things like smartlists and the allround compatibility with NetRemote and other apps and formats remains outstanding and unique. No other tool comes anywhere near. So, I will not complain but appreciate the support on this forum even if it sometimes means bringing up threads again that haven't provided a solution yet... ;)

Title: Re: Advantage of using Media/Library Server
Post by: hit_ny on January 05, 2005, 03:04:53 am

Quote from: sapnho on January 04, 2005, 02:00:53 pm

Having said that, MC is by far the best tool out these in the market. Things like smartlists and the allround compatibility with NetRemote and other apps and formats remains outstanding and unique. No other tool comes anywhere near. So, I will not complain but appreciate the support on this forum even if it sometimes means bringing up threads again that haven't provided a solution yet... ;)

Thats the way...keep it up regularly as the JRiver folks have different priorities at each point in time.  It can take a while, patience, expressing it in a way that others understand helps to lobby support with others. Which then gets to a point where they look at it.

I found this effective in getting requests implemented but man oh man ..it can take forever some times.  Every one has thier fav feature of MC that they would like to improve hehe.

Title: Re: Advantage of using Media/Library Server
Post by: sapnho on January 05, 2005, 03:09:11 am

Quote from: hit_ny on January 05, 2005, 03:04:53 am

Every one has thier fav feature of MC that they would like to improve hehe.

I'd settle for bug fixes at the moment... ;)