Topic: MC 10.0 Released -- April, 2004 (Read 10960 times)

JimH · « **on:** April 08, 2004, 09:06:48 am »

April 8, 2004 -- MC 10.0 has been released.

Don't worry about problems you find. Please report them as usual and we will fix them. A maintenance release a few weeks from now will incorporate any fixes we make.

Thanks again for all your help and congratulations to Team JRiver. A job well done!

Here's a page that has a few screenshots.
http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/mc10/features_10.html

Answers to purchase or upgrade questions can be found here:
http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/purchase.html

LonWar · « **Reply #1 on:** April 08, 2004, 09:12:26 am »

So when will the "Other third" be released?

LonWar · « **Reply #2 on:** April 08, 2004, 09:18:20 am »

Quote from: imjustagamer on April 08, 2004, 09:12:26 am

So when will the "Other third" be released?

How RUDE of me.... Congrats on the release of 10!

Monkeyboy · « **Reply #3 on:** April 08, 2004, 09:24:10 am »

Congratulations, the most polished release yet I think.
Well done for all hard work you have put into it.
Jim, I think you need to stop working 24/7 now, take a break and chill

Rich

elpaolo · « **Reply #4 on:** April 08, 2004, 09:52:09 am »

Another fine chapter in the MC story, JimH and Co. Get outside today in this gorgeous Twin Cities air. That is, before it snows again on Friday. (?!)

lee269 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2004, 10:03:57 am »

Congratulations to all the team.

Now crack open a bottle of something cold and toast your hard work. Have a Good Friday and a Happy Easter.

Quisp · « **Reply #6 on:** April 08, 2004, 10:09:43 am »

Quote from: imjustagamer on April 08, 2004, 09:12:26 am

So when will the "Other third" be released?

Congrats and good question!

DJ_Hazelwood · « **Reply #7 on:** April 08, 2004, 10:10:50 am »

Quote from: JimH on April 08, 2004, 09:06:48 am

April 8, 2004 -- MC 10.0 has been released.

JustinChase · « **Reply #8 on:** April 08, 2004, 10:21:27 am »

Quote from: DJ_Hazelwood on April 08, 2004, 10:10:50 am

Yeah, what he said...

Great job guys!

Rob L · « **Reply #9 on:** April 08, 2004, 12:27:50 pm »

Can't rest yet! You need to update the start page, so it doesn't say "Just Released - MEDIA CENTER 9.1". It needs to say "retired" not "released"! ;-)

EpF · « **Reply #10 on:** April 08, 2004, 12:31:55 pm »

Congratulations and thanks!

TimB · « **Reply #11 on:** April 08, 2004, 12:34:25 pm »

Quote from: JimH on April 08, 2004, 09:06:48 am

April 8, 2004 -- MC 10.0 has been released.

Don't worry about problems you find. Please report them as usual and we will fix them. A maintenance release a few weeks from now will incorporate any fixes we make.

Thanks again for all your help and congratulations to Team JRiver. A job well done!

Congratulations for a very stable version of MC.

So when's 10.1 due?

-=Tim=-

Berto · « **Reply #12 on:** April 08, 2004, 12:43:56 pm »

Quote from: imjustagamer on April 08, 2004, 09:18:20 am

Quote from: imjustagamer on April 08, 2004, 09:12:26 am
So when will the "Other third" be released?

How RUDE of me.... Congrats on the release of 10!

But the question still stands I guess?

drb · « **Reply #13 on:** April 08, 2004, 01:38:14 pm »

sorry to be naive. Is version 10 is 10.0.110? (download link in the home page says 17 MB, my computer says 16.6 MB)

Thanks for getting this great program to all of us.

drb

JimH · « **Reply #14 on:** April 08, 2004, 01:49:13 pm »

Quote from: drb on April 08, 2004, 01:38:14 pm

sorry to be naive. Is version 10 is 10.0.110? (download link in the home page says 17 MB, my computer says 16.6 MB)

Yes. Our release was build 110 of 10.0.

Quisp · « **Reply #15 on:** April 08, 2004, 02:21:15 pm »

Hmmm....so I guess it was pong all along...

nivw · « **Reply #16 on:** April 08, 2004, 03:06:47 pm »

just to say thanks for all the work you did.
I can't belive that the first program I bought was musicmatch...
Your tagging support sure paved the way for today moden homr music archive.

Enjoy the weekend,
Niv

Cmagic · « **Reply #17 on:** April 08, 2004, 03:48:35 pm »

Hi JR Folks,

Congrats on 10 release...

Also wishing you a happy easter week-end

Rock'n roll,

C.

DocLotus · « **Reply #18 on:** April 08, 2004, 04:36:56 pm »

BEST ONE YET

JimH · « **Reply #19 on:** April 08, 2004, 04:55:33 pm »

Here's a page (still under construction) that has a few screenshots.
http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/mc10/features_10.html

Old news to most people here, I think, but it may be useful for people who just stumble on this crusty place.

Rob L · « **Reply #20 on:** April 08, 2004, 05:02:47 pm »

Would it earn me a slap if I said that that page could do with jazzing up a bit?

just don't think the design of the page does the product justice. (Not that I'd be able to improve on it myself!)

JimH · « **Reply #21 on:** April 08, 2004, 06:15:01 pm »

Quote from: Rob L on April 08, 2004, 05:02:47 pm

Would it earn me a slap if I said that that page could do with jazzing up a bit?

just don't think the design of the page does the product justice. (Not that I'd be able to improve on it myself!)

You're right. But we're trying to get the information right first. Then we'll go back and tune it.

Rob L · « **Reply #22 on:** April 08, 2004, 06:17:56 pm »

Yeah, that's fair enough, I see that :-)

Quisp · « **Reply #23 on:** April 08, 2004, 06:22:46 pm »

I'll be the whipping boy!

I agree. Take a look at how Macromedia sells their stuff. They break their product features down into three major categories of problem solving or audience. Then they work up a grid and stick to it.

And they spread their features out over 3 pages with nice, tight, clean, easy to use navigation with enough visual and textural interest to keep you going for more. This lets them use images that actually mean something even when small since they aren't trying to cram everything into one page. They also use bold first sentences if my memory serves to highlight the feature that will be discussed in 2-3 sentences.

Don't be afaid to zoom up and create a thumbnail that has a certain abstrct beauty that screams "click me to find out the whole story". Entire screen shots that are reduced to 1/2 the size of a postage stamp just aren't conveying any useful information and gives little incentive for clicking. Want to highlight album views? Put some in my face, take a look at iTunes, I see Beck, people!

I must say that I'm glad that you've gone with a font size that is legible.

Please don't skimp on the Web site, outside of a free version bundled with another's marketing machine, this is the most effective way to get the word out and for a lot of people, the only way they'll be convinced to download.

[Edit: Just read Jim's post made while writing this. I'm looking at it from the design standpoint, I wouldn't use an HTML program to write, but that's me. Obviously this is a work in progress, just hope the presentation progresses also, I've got the same issues with the current site]

JimH · « **Reply #24 on:** April 08, 2004, 06:24:47 pm »

Quote from: Quisp on April 08, 2004, 06:22:46 pm

I'll be the whipping boy!

I agree. Take a look at how Macromedia sells their stuff. They break their product features down into three major categories of problem solving or audience. Then they work up a grid and stick to it.

And they spread their features out over 3 pages with nice, tight, clean, easy to use navigation with enough visual and textural interest to keep you going for more. This lets them use images that actually mean something even when small since they aren't trying to cram everything into one page. They also use bold first sentences if my memory serves to highlight the feature that will be discussed in 2-3 sentences.

Don't be afaid to zoom up and create a thumbnail that has a certain abstrct beauty that screams "click me to find out the whole story". Entire screen shots that are reduced to 1/2 the size of a postage stamp just aren't conveying any useful information and gives little incentive for clicking. Want to highlight album views? Put some in my face, take a look at iTunes, I see Beck, people!

I must say that I'm glad that you've gone with a font size that is legible.

Please don't skimp on the Web site, outside of a free version bundled with another's marketing machine, this is the most effective way to get the word out and for a lot of people, the only way they'll be convinced to download.

Quisp,
Make and We Will Buy It. Probably.

Quisp · « **Reply #25 on:** April 08, 2004, 06:35:18 pm »

Quote from: JimH on April 08, 2004, 06:24:47 pm

Quisp,
Make and We Will Buy It. Probably.

Just kidding.

No really, I'll be happy to work something up, no obligations. Just give me a couple days.

JimH · « **Reply #26 on:** April 08, 2004, 06:37:45 pm »

Thanks!

mkutsen · « **Reply #27 on:** April 08, 2004, 07:45:55 pm »

How come I don't have those cool new icons in the tree?

JimH · « **Reply #28 on:** April 08, 2004, 07:47:22 pm »

Quote from: mkutsen on April 08, 2004, 07:45:55 pm

How come I don't have those cool new icons in the tree?

Try the Thunderstorm skin.

Omni · « **Reply #29 on:** April 08, 2004, 07:57:04 pm »

Maybe I am just too easy to please, but I don't see anything so wrong with that MC 10 feature page. I rather like it actually. It's simple, informative, colorful (a la thumbnails), and most importantly, it makes MC come across as very enticing.

mkutsen · « **Reply #30 on:** April 08, 2004, 08:01:46 pm »

How about including a lit of formats MC 10 supports on the feature page?

mkutsen · « **Reply #31 on:** April 08, 2004, 08:03:30 pm »

Quote from: JimH on April 08, 2004, 07:47:22 pm

Try the Thunderstorm skin.

That's what I have now, except the tree icons are the same as before.

Platu · « **Reply #32 on:** April 08, 2004, 08:23:59 pm »

Quote from: mkutsen on April 08, 2004, 08:03:30 pm

Quote from: JimH on April 08, 2004, 07:47:22 pm
Try the Thunderstorm skin.

That's what I have now, except the tree icons are the same as before.

Ditto here.

cattani · « **Reply #33 on:** April 08, 2004, 08:52:02 pm »

Congratulations for Media Center 10.
Very good work and superb new skin, Thunderstorm.

2004 is a good year for mc !!!
thank you !!!

pipsqueak · « **Reply #34 on:** April 08, 2004, 08:58:57 pm »

Quote from: Platu on April 08, 2004, 08:23:59 pm

Quote from: mkutsen on April 08, 2004, 08:03:30 pm
Quote from: JimH on April 08, 2004, 07:47:22 pm
Try the Thunderstorm skin.

That's what I have now, except the tree icons are the same as before.

Ditto here.

i was just about to ask the same question. i still have the old icons...

i want the new ones...

Magicland · « **Reply #35 on:** April 09, 2004, 03:17:12 am »

I don't have the new icons either, and I'm running with the thunderstorm skin too.

ChicoSelfs · « **Reply #36 on:** April 09, 2004, 04:03:51 am »

I did a news submission on hydrogenaudio

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?act=ST&f=22&t=20579

hope you don't mind

JustinChase · « **Reply #37 on:** April 09, 2004, 10:53:41 am »

Quote from: JimH on April 08, 2004, 04:55:33 pm

Here's a page (still under construction) that has a few screenshots.
http://www.musicex.com/mediacenter/mc10/features_10.html

Old news to most people here, I think, but it may be useful for people who just stumble on this crusty place.

Jim, some/most of the links don't work. Might want to get them updated.

Have a great weekend

Havana · « **Reply #38 on:** April 12, 2004, 02:22:06 pm »

The question about the other third of Media Center is still floating.

JimH · « **Reply #39 on:** April 12, 2004, 02:25:07 pm »

Quote from: havanna on April 12, 2004, 02:22:06 pm

The question about the other third of Media Center is still floating.

I noticed the same thing.

Havana · « **Reply #40 on:** April 12, 2004, 02:28:16 pm »

aww man! Dish out the goods! lol

IanH · « **Reply #41 on:** April 12, 2004, 06:13:43 pm »

Congrats guys, great product!

Now, if I can just figure out how to use all the cool features!

Polonio · « **Reply #42 on:** April 13, 2004, 03:51:49 am »

I've never seen this icons:

MC10 major upgrade seems to be the improved GUI. However, toolbar's icons are out-dated, and some functions share the very same icon.

MartinH · « **Reply #43 on:** April 13, 2004, 04:06:56 am »

Yeah it looks like the Smallicons.png file is the old one, can we have the new one? Not important really but y'know.

Good work on MC10 btw

.

shawnholt · « **Reply #44 on:** May 07, 2004, 12:26:33 pm »

when will you release an ipaq / windows ce plug-in for 10?

thx,

S.

daven · « **Reply #45 on:** May 08, 2004, 08:49:58 am »

i have not been following MC 10 development. could someone tell me exactly what is new and improved over 9? I have to say, I did like version 8 better than 9, so I am not sure if I should upgrade again. also, i am just interested in the music capabilities, not photo or movies. have there been significant changes? thanks

-dave

Wile E. One · « **Reply #46 on:** May 08, 2004, 12:59:23 pm »

Imjustagamer has been keeping a nice list of things that are different between MC 9 and 10.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/imjustagamer/MC10His.txt

Bill Ko · « **Reply #47 on:** May 19, 2004, 01:52:40 pm »

How can I specify where MediaCenter will be installed to?

Thanks,

Bill

Matt · « **Reply #48 on:** May 19, 2004, 03:57:04 pm »

Quote from: Bill Ko on May 19, 2004, 01:52:40 pm

How can I specify where MediaCenter will be installed to?

Thanks,

Bill

The first screen of the installer has two "Accept the license modes" -- simple and advanced. Read it carefully when you install.

Bill Ko · « **Reply #49 on:** May 19, 2004, 04:05:36 pm »

Quote from: Matt on May 19, 2004, 03:57:04 pm

Quote from: Bill Ko on May 19, 2004, 01:52:40 pm
How can I specify where MediaCenter will be installed to?

Thanks,

Bill

The first screen of the installer has two "Accept the license modes" -- simple and advanced. Read it carefully when you install.

No! I DON'T want to read ANYthing carefully and want to blunder my way through this, thank you very much!

Thanks for the response

Bill

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