JRiver tips and techniques: user experiences repository

[jriver]

Neat little thing you can do...

 

If you are running JRemote with JRMC and you have a bluetooth enabled stereo system in your vehicle, you can play your entire library, streamed at CD quality, to your vehicle system. ...

Gizmo (part of MC) does the same on Android.

Gizmo - JRiverWiki

[jriver]

Keeping it as a pure music player: I wonder if we will be able to disable video, photo and other non music data when this is finally added to the OSX version? The OSX version is so clean compared to the Win Version.

 

In the Windows version, you can customize what you see. Tools/Options/General/Features.

[jriver]

Thanks for your patience, Ted.

 

Audiodoctor,

It's never to late to ask.

[jriver]

MC19 has an option for ignoring articles like "the".

Definite Articles (non English ones)

[jriver]

It safe to do.

[jriver]

In Startup options, try setting MC to start in "Last Location". It may work.

[jriver]

It's a fixable problem. Just one they don't want to address.

 

Problems reported by several users have a higher priority.

[jriver]

@Skeptic - looks like you want people/JRiver to accept your design idea of keeping data compressed in memory. As somebody who has programmed with uncompressed/compressed data on disk/memory my take is - the performance benefits can only conclusively be told with a benchmark. In the case of audio, this memory playback itself, is a very, "esoteric" feature. It may or may not have effects on sound quality. DSD/High-Res is used mainly by audiophiles and not mainstream customers. I am pretty sure JRiver will handle well without memory playback. If you have memory playback turned on you are an audiophile and now we are in a different discussion. I am with Paul on this. It is highly likely with the current CPU powers, a single thread de-compressing and playing back the data may lose the 'supposed' advantages of memory playback.

 

Well said.

[jriver]

Chris,

Could you split the jplay discussion?

 

Jim

[jriver]

JRiver uses YADB (JRiver's own) and FreeDB.

 

Gracenote is owned by Sony.

 

If the data is written in standard tags, you should be able to display it in MC.

[jriver]

Try an Internet search for addthis. It's not malware.

 

Sorry if this question has been asked before. When JRiver starts a Windows explorer page loads up with this web address:

 

s7.addthis.com

 

Internet Explorer with enhanced security blocks this web site.

 

What is this? Is this malware?

[jriver]

I can play my favorite stations from a browser but the stream is not routed thru my DAC. I can play the MC18 preloaded stations thru my DAC but not the 2 stations I most want to listen to. I've used the "Add website" with the "Connected media" on MC18 but the stream does not start (it opens a browser - which doesn't happen with the pre-loads - but no music). I went to "Tools>Options" to allow access thru the firewall. No go.

Try opening the stream with File > Open URL. If it plays, go to Playing Now and right click on the stream, then save it as a playlist. It may work.

 

Web radio has a lot of variations, some of them to hide the URL. An Internet search for the station name might give you the correct URL.

[jriver]

You can get MC to open any web page by dragging the page onto a view that uses a browser window. Start, for example.

[jriver]

Sometimes, you can view the web page's source and spot the correct link.

 

An Internet search also often works.

[jriver]

Amar,

You're just such a sweet person. I don't know how you do it. You're everywhere. You know everything. Things I didn't even know about JRiver. It's astounding.

[jriver]

What is the version? And what is the popup?

[jriver]

Version 20.0.64

 

I do not have to do anything. This popup menu shows up within seconds of every launch.

That's the help menu. I don't know why you're seeing it.

[jriver]

JRemote for Android is now available for testing.

 

JRemote for Android -- Now available for testing

 

It's not finished, but it is useable.

[jriver]

Here are some of the changes in MC21:

 

New Features in MC21

[jriver]

You could read about JRemote here:

Remotes - JRiverWiki

 

It sounds like your files are ALAC. You can convert those to FLAC with JRiver.

[jriver]

You should be able to use bitstreaming settings.

 

DSD - JRiverWiki

[jriver]

I'm posting a few JRiver Media Center 25.0 links here.

 

HDCD Support

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,121124.0.html

 

Cloudplay (lossless streaming)

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,120166.0.html

 

iTunes Import

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,120942.0.html

 

New in MC25

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,119217.0.html
 

[jriver]

On 10/18/2018 at 7:21 AM, beautiful music said:

@ted_b I would like to ask you about using jRiver in Server and in Renderer NUC's.

 

Since the NUC Server (that has HDD) and NUC Renderer matter and this observed by Audiophiles who are using Roon as Roon Server in NUC Server and Roon Endpoint in NUC Renderer, can I use jRiver in NUC server to control jRiver in NUC renderer as same as Roon or not?

 

Any thoughts is highly appreciated.

 

Edit: The NUC Renderer actually is diskless.

Here's the page on the JRiver Id:

https://jriver.com/Id/

 

All of the Id's have some storage.  The Id 300 has a 120GB SSD.

 

They all function as a server or renderer.  

[jriver]

For any manufacturers who may be reading, we're announcing this today:

 

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 Engineering, to build products for manufacturers.

 

[jriver]

57 minutes ago, firedog said:

Did you ever update your android app so it looks and works properly and fills a tablet screen, instead of just looking like a phone app sitting in the middle of the screen?

Gizmo or JRemote?  We're working on the Android version of JRemote now.

 

Panel is an easy to use interface that runs in any web browser.

https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Panel

 

You could try it now if you have MC installed.  Type localhost:52199 in your web browser on any machine where MC is running.