Hi
I follow JRiver since more 15 years without buy it ( Microsoft mediaCenter was very nice ) and see in 2019 many good tool since there is no really master tool that do all very well .
I see many good tools like android media services ( play film , youtube music .....) , vlc , kodi , cyberlink powerDVD, DVB Dream . I read that Windows media center can now be install on windows 10 and that Xbox can be use with windows 10 PC using IP and windows app lle be run on XBox !
My Question is does dll install by power DVD are install in OS level so any media/TV softwares like JRiver can use the functionnalities install by cyberlink ?
I really like the way DVB Dream work for render media content : it can use MPC or VLC and VLC is really good when se e the number of supported codec ! In a way Microsoft is OLE environnement and why implement the wheel if the wheel alread exist !! Android do that for all application and many application use tiers applications even if the name of application is hidden by it parent application but the look and feel let us discover which tool is use !!
Even google film don't seem to support cast the same media ( video track , subtitle track , audio track) to different rendering device ( screen for image and speaker for audio), the main functionalities ll be to be able to configure sync of audio refer to video when use wifi or bluetooth audio speaker ( chromecsast audio, monitoring powered speaker ) ! VLC seem to do that ( red not test) . Cast protocol base on wifi like Play Fi or chromecast or airplay should be the minimal default supported protocol !
Using google ok speaker is really nice since it use tuneIn service for ear music , JRiver should be control by voice and i sure that remote bluetooth microphone ll appear soon ( bluetooth headset with microphone let do that so need feedback using speech voice like cortana).
Does the funcionalities above are already implemented in JRiver ?!
I know it is a lot of work but i want only to know what JRiver support in june 2019 ( i see there is a new version each year)
regard's