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Title: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: JimH on June 25, 2019, 06:23:25 pm

NEW: Blackbox Version of JRiver Media Center

Aimed at manufacturers of audio and video hardware, a new "Blackbox" version of JRiver can now be hosted on ARM hardware and provide Media Center features such as Library Server and DLNA / UPnP, without a user interface.  All control, including setup, is done from a phone, tablet, or PC.  An Android app makes it easy to find the device on a network. 

JRiver has partnered with Austrian system integration company, StreamUnlimited (http://www.streamunlimited.com/) Engineering, to build products for manufacturers.

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: AndrewFG on June 26, 2019, 02:49:08 am

Interesting..

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: RoderickGI on June 26, 2019, 03:29:57 am

Quote from: AndrewFG on June 26, 2019, 02:49:08 am

Interesting..

That's what I thought, and almost posted. Many questions, but not for now.

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: JimH on June 26, 2019, 06:54:01 am

I posted on Audiophilestyle.com (formerly Computeraudiophile.com) and answered a couple questions there:

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/13448-jriver-tips-and-techniques-user-experiences-repository/page/29/?tab=comments#comment-968326

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: nickvaf on June 30, 2019, 07:37:12 am

Just saw this in the latest email and it peaked my interest. Could this open doors to installing the Library Server / DLNA renderer on a Synology (or similar) server using docker then using the traditional Media Center w/ Windows as client?

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: Inquisition on June 30, 2019, 09:14:26 am

Hmm interesting question with synology

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: JimH on June 30, 2019, 05:30:54 pm

Unlikely.  It would require compatible hardware.

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: rolf_eigenheer on September 22, 2019, 06:41:36 am

Great idea!!!

I often wished I could organize my DB on a PC and run Media Server with this DB on a raspberry Pi.

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: tij on September 22, 2019, 08:51:30 am

is this “Blackbox” only available to manufacturers? ... would be great to get my hands on it and put headless MC server on rack and control it remotely with proper tools instead of remote desktop 😎

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: JimH on September 22, 2019, 10:36:18 am

Quote from: tij on September 22, 2019, 08:51:30 am

is this “Blackbox” only available to manufacturers? ... would be great to get my hands on it and put headless MC server on rack and control it remotely with proper tools instead of remote desktop 😎

It's for manufacturers, but you can do most of what it does with an Id.  The Id can be operated without a user interface.

Title: Re: NEW: JRiver Blackbox
Post by: DrKNo on September 24, 2019, 04:52:03 pm

Quote from: rolf_eigenheer on September 22, 2019, 06:41:36 am

I often wished I could organize my DB on a PC and run Media Server with this DB on a raspberry Pi.

Running JRiver on a PI is absolutely possible already now. The forum contains excellent step by step tutorials that worked perfectly for me.