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Θέμα:
Is JRiver Better than iTunes?
Friends of JRiver
At CES this year, most high end audio manufacturers were using JRiver Media Center. More than 50 manufacturers now recommend JRiver to their customers.
JRiver is often recommended over iTunes by well regarded sources. Here are two of the most recent.
Crutchfield in their March catalog (page 80):
"Although iTunes is great at organizing your music, it doesn't provide the best sound quality, and won't play some file types. One popular and great-sounding alternative is JRiver Media Center." Crutchfield
TheStreet.com's Gary Krakow, in his article on high end audio:
" You can use iTunes if you'd like, but better sound quality can be obtained by using dedicated software from JRiver ..." TheStreet
Music Services
Neil Young's Pono service is having a successful Kickstarter campaign to launch a high end audio service that proposes to deliver access to studio quality sound. The Kickstarter goal was $800,000, but they've raised over $4,000,000. Pono on Kickstarter
Whose media player will they use?
JRiver's Downloader has been used by HDtracks customers for about a year. Now Acoustic Sounds also offers it. Both are leaders in the delivery of High Resolution audio. HDtracks is in MC's tree under Services.
Record Year
Thanks to you, for the fourth straight year, JRiver Media Center sales grew by 40% or more. This success lets us continue to build a world class media development team.
TV and Video
JRiver now supports multiple set top boxes, XBMC file compatibility, and HTTP Live Streaming to Gizmo. MC19 Features
Gizmo
Reliability has been improved. Gizmo now has a user configurable cache, so it can load music to play when you leave home, or when Internet connections are unreliable. This also saves on data plan use.
Ratings are now available on Gizmo. Play and rate on your Android, and Gizmo will update the server.
Update or Upgrade?
If you purchased MC for Windows any time after July 1, you can update by downloading the latest and installing it. You'll get all these new features and more, with no additional cost.
Download
If you have an older version of MC for Windows, and haven't purchased MC19 yet, you can upgrade now for $26.98 Upgrade to MC19 (Windows) . MC18 for Mac users can upgrade to MC19 for Mac for $26.98. No discount is available from one OS to the other.
Overlooked Features
For cover art or other images, MC for Windows has a simple photo editor. Select any image, right click and choose "Edit image" to begin. You can crop, rotate, etc. Old faded color photos can be improved by using "Adjust". Out of focus pictures may benefit from "Sharpen". "Heal" lets you repair minor defects. When you save your work, MC won't overwrite your original unless you tell it to. It saves a "version" (changes only) so you can always return to an earlier version and start over. The best way to learn is to try it on an image you don't care about.
That brings up MC's ability to capture a screenshot. On the desktop, you can copy an image to the clipboard. Use your keyboard's Print Screen key to copy the whole desktop image to the clipboard. Or use Alt and Print Screen keys to copy the window in focus. In MC, open Camera in the lower left corner, and select Copy from Clipboard, then Acquire.
More on Keyboard Shortcuts shortcuts from Wikipedia.
Best regards,
JRiver
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