Media Center (software application)

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This article is about the Media Center application by J. River. For treatment of Media centers in general, see Media center.


Media Center
Media Center 11.0.219
Maintainer:	J. River
Stable release:	12.0.164 (January 29, 2007) _[+/-]
Preview release:	none (none) _[+/-]
OS:	Windows
Use:	Audio player
License:	Proprietary
Website:	www.jrmediacenter.com

Media Center, or formally, "J. River Media Center" is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a Windows based machine.

Media Center organises files using a cached Media Library, which lets the user customise searches down to the finest detail, and have them carried out instantly across a range of imported media.

Media Center is a "jukebox"-style media player, like Musicmatch Jukebox, iTunes or Amarok, which usually takes up most of the screen in order to display a potentially very large library of files. It has, however, a skinnable "mini" view similar to that of Winamp.

Regular (usually daily) beta builds are posted on the Media Center forum implementing requested features and fixing reported bugs. There is an active user community centered around this forum (which hosts more than 12,500 users as of early 2005).

There is an Audioscrobbler plugin for Media Center, and G-Force, a popular visualisation, also is available for Media Center.

It can also convert music formats very easily within the library, and it is well known that the creator of Monkey's Audio, the .APE format, is involved with Media Center, and thus, APE format comes included with Media Center. It can also rip CDs, and burn them. You can create playlists, static and dynamic.

1 Compatibility
- 1.1 Formats
- 1.2 Devices
2 Media Center's predecessor
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Compatibility

[edit] Formats

[edit] Devices

iPod
TiVo

[edit] Media Center's predecessor

Media Center's predecessor was known as Media Jukebox, but it is no longer developed. Media Jukebox's free "Basic" version 8 with a 30-day trial of "Plus" features is still available for download. The "Plus" version 8 can still be purchased for $14.00, compared to Media Center's higher price tag of $40.00.