A Media Center Id firmware upgrade is available for the JRiver Id's that are based on Intel NUC's, both the original 2820's and NUC5's (the NUC6's already have the Media Center Id firmware).
You do not need to upgrade your Id firmware if you don't need the extra features (image support, library compatibility with MC22 or later for Windows/linux, etc).
Note: This will require an empty USB stick with at least 2GB of storage.
To complete the upgrade, follow these steps carefully.
1) If you already have a Media Center 22 Id license (or above), skip to step 2, otherwise:
Send an email to superid (at) jriver (dot) com to get a new Id license.
Please include will your Id Model and Serial number from the bottom of the Id.
2) Back up your existing Id libraries and
any media files contained on the Id's internal storage!
DO NOT do this upgrade without a backup! DO NOT do this upgrade without a backup!2a) To back up the library, go into MediaCenter on the Id and do:
File->Library->Backup Library
In the left Pane click on
File SystemIn the right Pane double click on
exportThen in the right pane double click on
mediaClick on save (accepting the default file name as displayed).
2b) Connect to your Id with a PC or Mac. Retrieve the Id's IP address with function 11 in the Id menu. Then on a PC browse to the address like this:
\\192.168.0.100\InternalStorage\media
or on a Mac
Go->Connect to Server
smb://192.168.0.100/InternalStorage/media
Where you should find your library backup. Copy it to your Mac or PC.
Do not proceed without this step working!3)
Make sure all of your media files on the Id (if any) are backed up off of the Id! They are in the same place as in step 2b. You should
always have a backup of your media!
4) Download the appropriate repair image (just over 1 GB) from the list below.
Media Center 20 repair image
(for the 2820 Id's):
http://files.jriver.com/Id/idrepair13.isoMedia Center 20 repair image
(for the NUC5CPYH Id's):
http://files.jriver.com/Id/Id2/id2repair5.isoMedia Center 22 repair image
(for the 2820 and NUC5CPYH):
http://files.jriver.com/Id/Id3/id3repair4.isoMedia Center Id repair image (MC24 updatable online to MC25)
(all NUC models):
http://files.jriver.com/Id/IdX/idXrepair7.imgMedia Center Id repair image (MC25)
(all NUC models):
http://files.jriver.com/Id/IdX/idXrepair8.img (Latest)Important: If you're using an older repair image with a .iso extension, change the downloaded image extension to
.img (Example: Change
id3repair4.iso to
id3repair4.img)
Next, you will need to burn this image to the USB stick using
Rufus (if on Windows) or
dd (if on Linux or Mac).
dd is for experts ONLY. You can easily destroy your OS if you make a mistake with
dd.
Using Rufus5) You can download Rufus for free here:
https://rufus.ie/downloads/ The following instructions were written for
version 2.3 (rufus-2.3.exe).
Once downloaded, make sure the USB stick is plugged into your computer and run Rufus by using the .exe file.
5a) With Rufus running, make sure the checkbox item:
Create a bootable disk using is checked,
and make sure
DD Image is selected in the dropdown menu next to it. The rest of the fields should be correct by default.
5b) Click the disk picture to the right of the dropdown menu to find and select the repair image you downloaded.
Important: Once you select the image, the dropdown menu will change to ISO Image.
Make sure to change it back to DD Image. If you don't, it will pop-up a message that it detected an ISOhybrid image. If this happens, make sure to choose "Write in DD image mode" before clicking OK.
5c) Make sure your USB stick is the selected device then hit start.
5d) When finished, eject the USB stick.
6) Remove any external drives you may have had connected to the Id. Plug the USB stick you made in your Id and power on the Id. Boot the USB stick by hitting F10 during the boot process and selecting the USB drive.
(note: the Id requires an Ethernet connection to install firmware and the license).
Note: With slower monitors, the BIOS check may complete before anything shows up on the monitor. If you see the blue GRUB boot loader screen, you missed the boot menu. Reboot the Id and try again, but this time, try pressing F10 slowly and repeatedly (about once a second), once you see the light on the USB stick start blinking. If the USB stick does not have a light, start pressing F10 before anything shows up on the monitor. If you press F10 too quickly, you may cause the Id to freeze.
7) At that point you'll see the screen with the red cloud background and 4 options. Select the first choice:
Repair.
Note: When finished booting it will come up to a menu with the repair options. Starting with the IdX image we've added a version string to the bottom of that menu so you can be certain you are booting the correct image, if you DON'T SEE THE VERSION STRING you are booting an older repair image!
8 ) When you get to the repair menu, just to make sure everything on your Id file system is OK, choose option 1 to check/repair the Id file system.
9) Next, select option 4 (Restore the Id firmware).
10) Next, you will be shown your drives. Only one drive should appear! If you have more than one, remove the external drives and reboot and try again.
In the prompt 'Enter the name of the drive to reinstall to.' You SHOULD see 'default =
sda.' If you do, just hit enter without entering anything.
10) You'll then be provided with the details of your existing drive. If everything looks good hit
y and enter to continue.
11) At this point you'll be given the option to try to preserve (migrate) your MC20 or MC22 settings and Library.
You will want to do this! Hit
y and enter to continue.
12) The settings and library will be saved and new firmware will be installed, then the settings and library will be restored. This will take a couple of minutes.
13) When finished you will be prompted to reboot. When the reboot gets back to the bios level remove the USB stick.
14) The system should boot into text mode with HDMI initialization. If you were in headless text mode or GUI mode before, select the proper menu entry to reboot into that mode.
15) You'll need to put the new license onto your Id. You should do this through the Id menu option 18 and follow the prompts and select.
16) When it asks if this is the first time this license was used, enter 'y' only if you had to request a new license. If you're using a Media Center 22 Id license that your IdNUC shipped with, answer 'n'.
Possible issues, you MAY lose the access key you had before the update. If you do, go into Options->Media Network and reset the access key, then click to get a new one.
If your library is missing, you can copy it back to the Id share (though it should be there already) and restore using the
File->Library->Restore Library option.
Please post any problems here. Thanks.
Lat update January 7 2019