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236,525
- Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
- Limitations:
30-day trial
- Date Added:
May 06, 2008
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Publisher's description of J. River Media Center 12.0.492
From J. River:Collect, Organize and Play. Experience all your media -- music, photos, and video your way - all from a single software program. Connect your PC to your home entertainment hardware and control it all with a remote. Load your music on your iPod while you watch TV. Media Center is software that helps you manage all your media files in one place. Copy music from Media Center to a portable digital audio player or move digital camera photos into MC's powerful image library. Make a CD of music for your car. Record your favorite shows and watch them on your TV.
Version 12.0.492 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Editor's review of J. River Media Center 12.0.492
5.0 stars
- "A full-blown multimedia powerhouse"
Boasting an attractive interface and an extensive feature set, J. River Media Center leads the pack of media browsers. The installation takes some time, but it's time well spent.
The program's appeal is apparent even during installation, when you can select from six program skins. Moreover, you can choose a small or a large interface, depending on how much space you'd like the program to occupy on your desktop. Upon launch, it automatically ferrets out media files on your PC and lets you preview details such as resolution, production date, and size. Toggling full-screen views or starting a comprehensive slide show is a mere click away. We were impressed with the program's ability to browse all sorts of media, including photos, videos, and audio files, without relying on external players.
Some of the apps many powers include the ability to burn, rip, and play CDs; to generate playlists; to record sound; to create disc labels; and support and synchronization options for external devices like iPods. To boot, the program even comes with a TV tuner. Media junkies with high standards will wonder how they did without J. River Media Center for so long.
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User reviews of J. River Media Center 12.0.492
- Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 174 votes
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Version: J. River Media Center 12.0.492
"Will be excellent, if they can work out the kinks."
Pros: The CNET review is spot on. Great, versatile and free program.
Cons: The problem is that it freezes my computer every time I try to Sync with my Ipod Classic. I am looking for a program that is not Itunes to use with my Ipod and will enable my to keep photos, video and music organized. If future upgrades to Media Jukebox can iron out some of the problems that cause your computer to crash, it will be a great addition to your audio software.
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Version: J. River Media Center 12.0.492
Pros: Realy nice! Loads fast (even on old computers) and the tools are VERY impressive. I would have given this software 5 stars if it wasn't for the two reasons
below.
Summary: Fast, good looking application, that just needs to be enhanced a few places. I should also be noticed that I experienced no crashes or other problems than the once described below.
Cons: 1. There are too many settings that needs to be set. It's fine to have the possibilities, but having to find 3 different settings to specify that I prefer MP3 as my prefered format when ripping etc. is plain stupid. There should be a wizard or something like that, which would ask you some general questions on first use to get generel settings set once and for all. For instance is it realy annyinf to find out the format copied to MP3 player isn't as expected.
2. It appears to support MP3 player well, but too often I experienced my MP3 player didn't have the songs on it I belived to have syncronized from within the application. The songs were simply missing. Also the first time the application detects a new MP3 player it should ask you some questions, like media formats supported by the player (as the application can convert songs to supported formats when copying to different diveces, which is very cool).
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Version: J. River Media Center 12.0.492
"CLOGGED UP MY COMPUTER -took forever to remove-still left stuff there"
Cons: I never buy from companies with 500 versions!
Then they charge you all over again whenever they want, by making yet another release.
try mediamonkey.com - a company that plays nice.
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Version: J. River Media Center 12.0.492
"Good but computer stalls when using the program"
Pros: Great recording quality
Cons: My computer would actually freeze after downloading this.
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