J. River Media Center 15.0.167

Rated 10/50 by Undesired Username at Oct 2, 2008

You must have never had a problem that didn't have an immediate solution. Many of us did, which is when we encountered J. River's real "support".

Rated 50/50 by laptopy.net at Oct 2, 2008

Never had problem with support on interact forums.

Rated 50/50 by laptopy.net at Oct 22, 2008

Plays all types of files. The best solution if you got more than 10000 mp3. Some cool feat like 3d wall etc

Rated 50/50 by outofspace at Oct 22, 2008

Multi- customizable player without buggy effect. One of the best players in this planet

Rated 10/50 by Undesired Username at Oct 25, 2008

Plays all types of files, if you're foolish or desperate enough to use it for images or videos. Can create videos, albeit in a very unstable and unreliable manner. Very good at requiring you to install update after update, including paid upgrades, in desperate hope of having longstanding bugs fixed. The #1 choice for nonexistent support.

Rated 50/50 by outofspace at Oct 28, 2008

No Bloatware very fast, try by your self

Rated 10/50 by CyberDoc999 at Oct 28, 2008

Bloatware very slow

Rated 50/50 by laptopy.net at Oct 28, 2008

Only one player for mp3 library users. Support for all formats, flac wavepack etc.

Rated 50/50 by abyss at Oct 28, 2008

Im user of Media Center for over 3 months. Didnt notice no bloadware...? Having lots of mp3 it's very good software , if you want to have tidy library. Fast, very good find and edit options. Some stuff for converting. Overall 5/5 points. Support? I didnt have problems on forums.

Rated 50/50 by Shat221bBS at Nov 6, 2008

@Undesired Username What Bugs are you talking about? I've never had problems with getting help when I needed it. I have to ask have you even tried the latest build? I have to ask cause you seem to say the same stuff over and over and over and etc.. every time a new build is released.

Rated 50/50 by ghammer at Nov 6, 2008

@Undesired Username Got any examples of these 'great bugs'? I run this very build and do not find this sort of thing. As for support, I've had good luck with getting features added or changed. Haven't had to ask for support because something was broken though. Normally if anyone posts and waits a day or so, J. River or another user will get you past whatever the issue is. And, with the build schedule they have if there is an actual bug, it is dealt with in short order, normally a day or two. Find me a better app for audio and I'll use it. Find me a better all round tool for media of all sorts and I'll buy it. There simply aren't any.

Rated 10/50 by Undesired Username at Nov 6, 2008

Great features, great bugs, awful support. People always complain that I'm not specific enough. But if I were to detail all of MC's hassles, I'd crash this server with all the text. One of the bugs I experienced was a loud, annoying sound in between each track when I would burn multiple MP3 files as a data disc. This is lots of fun when you're listening to an MP3 disc in the car at loud volume. This problem happened no matter what settings I used in MC. When I burn the same exact files using software that doesn't suck (e.g. ImgBurn), there is no such noise. I don't care if you can reproduce this. I also had a problem whereby my MC library kept getting screwed up. No support to be found, anywhere. I don't care if you can reproduce this. The MC lovers keep saying "I've never had trouble getting support", but the point to be made is that there is a difference between getting help with something that has a ready answer, and getting help with a serious problem that involves more than a copy-and-paste of a URL. I got zero help from J. River. I don't care if you can reproduce this. As for me telling you of better software... Why? If I don't know of some wonderful alternative, does that mean that MC is automatically wonderful by default? If I have a car that runs terribly, but I don't know if another type of car would be better, does that mean my car isn't bad after all? I switched to foobar2000, and while it "works", its usability really sucks. And, again, I don't care if you can reproduce this.

Rated 10/50 by ninjeratu at Nov 7, 2008

Terrible. And if you've only got an MP3 library you're better off with Media Monkey or the really free Songbird. And to be honest. The filesystem's got enough tags and folders to be a most effective "library", so having to pay for something like this is not an option to me. It's just inventing the wheel again without any real benefit. I'm sure people who have no clue how to use Windows will find library players useful, but to me it's just a scam.

Rated 50/50 by outofspace at Nov 8, 2008

Its do what it should do. Open Support on forum.

Rated 50/50 by Shat221bBS at Nov 11, 2008

@ Undesired Username I have to say I read your review and LOVE your use of "I don't care if you can reproduce this." I mean it nice to know that you hate J. River Media Center so much that you seem to have invented bugs that no one can reproduce. @ other negative reviewers You say it bloated and slow. I have to disagree. Whether you have 10,000 songs or 200,000 J. River Media Center is fast and the only software that can organize it the way you want it to. And for those that only want a free music organizer you can use the FREE version. Just click the homepage link at the top.

Rated 50/50 by outofspace at Nov 11, 2008

1. NEW: Added "File Types" options page that allows configuring the file association and playback method (including external applications) for each file type. cool feature

Rated 50/50 by laptopy.net at Nov 11, 2008

Fast, Smart. It is what it should be Itunes! User friendly, and great support on users forum

Rated 50/50 by abyss at Nov 11, 2008

Please use MC13 then comment. It better to write something than sharing complexs on thius forum. MC13 - more features like 3d wall, also more autotaging. Very fast scanning if you got large library. No bloadware.

Rated 10/50 by Undesired Username at Nov 11, 2008

If your support issue can't be solved with a three-word answer or a URL, start shopping for another media player because you're out of luck. @Shat221bBS: I say "I don't care if you can reproduce this" specifically and only because whenever a problem is mentioned, people chime in to say "I don't have that problem", as if that magically yet inexplicably mitigates the problems that I do have with Media Center. And as far as MC library corruption goes, I'm FAR from the only one who has had that problem. I started using "Media Center" back in 2002 when it was still Media Jukebox. I paid for every upgrade and pretty much liked the product. Then I started having serious problems with my library, and got NO assistance. Do you know how much HASSLE it has been to switch away from this product I used for 6 years? Yeah, I wanted this to happen. I "invented" this problem. I'd like to see how appreciative you'd be if you went through the problems and hassles I have.

Rated 10/50 by CyberDoc999 at Nov 11, 2008

Very bloated and slow