Hi everyone, hoping to tap into the global know-how on this board. I'm basically looking to know if what I want to achieve here is possible; if you have a link to a tutorial, that would be great, but as long as you say it's possible, I don't mind searching myself.
Just a bit of background: I bought JRiver 19 a while back but have since switched back to XBMC (Gotham). Thing is, I much prefer JRiver for various reasons, most notably the playback quality, but XBMC seems to have an edge on certain things.
I have a HTPC running Media Center Master for fetching metadata and subtitles. This is the main HTPC in the living room, it's also used as the main viewer (Windows 8.1, but I could roll back to 7 if necessary). I control it with a MCE remote (not Microsoft, I forget which brand at the moment).
I also have a Mac Mini connected to a TV in the bedroom. It's currently running Mac OS (Mountain Lion, haven't upgraded it to Mavericks yet). It's controlled by an Apple Remote. I also have a Win7 license available for it, if need be, but I'm slightly concerned about Apple Remote compatibility if I do that.
The current setup is XBMC Gotham with SQL database, so that if I stop something in the living room, I can pick it right back up in the bedroom, etc. It's actually working great, but I don't like the playback quality and would like to go back to JRiver if possible. Everything's networked via ethernet cable.
The problem is, when I first setup JRiver a while back, I never could get it to share the library as smoothly as XBMC can, and it was awkward accessing the main library from the bedroom. The other issue is that sometimes MCM screws up on the subtitles, and XBMC makes it really easy to grab a new set from OpenSubtitles or whatnot.
So the question is, is it possible to have a seamless library share between the main Windows JRiver library and a satellite OSX JRiver? (think SAF here; while I personally may not mind going through extra steps, the goal is to have the same interface in the bedroom as in the living room, same number of steps, etc.) Also, is there a plugin to easily get subtitles by now?
One more thing, I enjoy the YouTube plugins in XBMC, is there something similar for JRiver?
I'm sure this has been covered ad nauseum, but I thought I'd ask as I just received the upgrade email and am wondering if it's worth upgrading.
Thanks for the help!