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In Reply to: Choosing a media player for data management and interface posted by rick57 on October 23, 2006 at 19:45:41:
Of many features we all will not use, WMP has the odd nice unique one.For video, screen capture.
For audio, er, variable speed playback. Make Meatloaf sound like Pavlovs Dog?
Seriously, if your HD can sacrifice enough space, is there anything wrong with WMP?Cheers
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Seems like j River is quite flexible. Has anyone compared J River wtih foobar? Both use ASIO, is one bettern than the other?
J. River is a finished software application with lots of features and flexibility. It scales very well to handle large libraries and lots of tags. Take a look at the J. River forums.http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php
A number of people use ASIO with J. River and say it works fine. MC 11 includes some DSP features including a well implemented resampler.
Foobar is a framework with an architecture for adding on with plugin DLLs using a language it provides. The s/w doesn't come with much documentation. There is a lot of advice online and components are available. I might have been able to duplicate some of the functionality in J. River Media Center with Foobar if I had worked hard enough.
You can use J. River Media Center immediately. You can use a very minimal set of Foobar features immediately. Getting to the point where you have just what you want in Foobar is a hobby project. The Hydrogen Audio website is a good place to look for advice and links:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?act=idx
The Head-Fi Computers-As_Source forum also has message threads about configuring Foobar
http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=59
Using ASIO (or Direct Sound or WaveOut) isn't rocket science.
Bill
JRMC has support for ASIO output which provides bit-transparent playback for many sound cards.JRMC also supports syncing of music to many different portable music players, UPnP server support for networked music players, and can drive multiple sound cards for multi-zone applications.
It also provides a plugin so you load a wide variety of DX and VST plugins for eq. etc.
The database language allows for very flexble and customized views.
Cheers
Thomas
Not a big deal, but simple EQ is not built in?Thanks
Some J. River Media Center 11 strengths:- good support for custom tags and support for database only fields.
- secure CD ripper.
- you can set up as many views as you like. You can define browser panes, file list columns and sort order for each view.
- library database backup and restore using built-in commands.
- multiple libraries with same or different music files.
- uses a wide variety of audio formats.
It isn't free.
I don't use WMP so i can't compare it to MC 11.
Bill
Thanks for sharing your experiences with the latest J-R.How would it stack up against Win Media Player 11?
Cheers
> Thanks for sharing your experiences with the latest J-R.I'm using MC 11. MC 12 is in an open beta test stage now. Some changes to the UI for tagging but no big changes to functionality.
> How would it stack up against Win Media Player 11?
I don't know.
Bill
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