User Reviews and Votes for J.River Media Center

Summary: Media player for the power user.

Details: Nothing comes close to Media Center in terms of managing, editing, and playing audio files.

Pros: Very powerful; flexible; always evolving

Cons: Looks complicated to those used to WinAmp, iTunes, etc. Learning curve.

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: WinAmp, iTunes, QCD, Sonique, Foobar 2k, WMP, MediaMonkey, MusicMatch

Submitted by Camp Murphy on 29-Aug-2004 14:57:51

Submitted by Jake on 15-Sep-2004 16:35:51

Details: Too early to make constructive criticisms (just installed it). Confused on why players show up in Player>Select and also in Player>Options. Can't get it to work with Media Center at the moment, but does work with WMP (yuk!). Have WinAmp 2.91 and 1by1 1.45. Programs must have to have a Registry entry cause it won't fire up WinAmp...which exists on HD but hasn't been reinstalled since XP sidegrade (refuse to call it an upgrade, many glitches compared to W2k).

Pros: Has alot of potential

Cons: Not very useable for me yet

Period used: starting 9/16/04

Submitted by xen-uno on 16-Sep-2004 16:28:01

Summary: Media Center Rocks! Very powerful.

Details: A very powerful database with a very smooth interface!

Period used: 2 Years

Other products used: Microsoft, Winamp, Musicmatch (yech!)

Submitted by TimB on 17-Sep-2004 06:35:00

Summary: New version 11 is in Alpha

Details: It may be in Alpha, but it's very solid, and features an extremely robust database, iPod synching, and all the "new" features that MS just added to v10 of their Media Player

Submitted by Ben Radlinski on 17-Sep-2004 09:00:22

Submitted by kain on 17-Sep-2004 11:23:26

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Submitted by Sean Higgins on 02-Oct-2004 05:52:28

Summary: excellent piece of software

Pros: everything

Cons: nothing

Period used: 3 years

Other products used: to many to name

Submitted by Toon van den Bersselaar on 19-Sep-2004 13:41:59

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: winamp, itunes, wmp, musicmatch, soniquie, realplayer, mpc, bsplayer, nero, radlight

Submitted by David R. on 17-Oct-2004 12:33:22

Summary: Awesome Music Player and Organier

Details: Only drawbac is when it comes to video it is limited. MJ8 is now free, but J.River hs also ome out with Media Center which utterly amazing in all it can do. I bought MC10 for my desktop(which is supported by FoxyTunes), but still use MJ8 on my laptop since it is free(FoxyTunes supports MJ7, but not MJ8 :( -hopefully to change.)

Pros: Best organization of music files, and all formats supported. Excellent tools encluded for recording and editing files as well as the standard rip/burn tools. ++too much to mention

Cons: Limited video file support. Lack of inovative pic/vid organization. All problems are however solved in Media Center.

Period used: 2000 to present used Media Jukebox of some version

Other products used: WMP, WinAmp, MusicMatch, Real Player, iTunes, Rhapsody and some oters

Submitted by Jpiter Cabrera on 17-Oct-2004 18:54:25

Summary: Best media organizer/player on the market.

Pros: Best cataloging/organization available, bar none.

Cons: somewhat steep learning curve, but good user support

Period used: 5 years

Other products used: most

Submitted by Chris on 19-Oct-2004 11:50:45

Summary: Ganz good

Details: Hey, I use your plugi w/MC11, which btw is great softwear. However you haven't implied it as well as it could be. Did you know mjextman.exe? It's a commandline interface for MC which can control pretty much everything in the player. Should be useful when you make better support for MC in the next version. check it out here:www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/DevZone/CommandLine.html

Pros: It's in firefox !

Cons: need better support for JR MC

Submitted by Rasmus Pank Roulund on 19-Oct-2004 12:09:35

Summary: the best all-media player/database combination

Pros: about everything

Cons: quite heavy - needs a modern PC

Period used: 3 years

Other products used: WMP, iTunes, Winamp, MMJB, Foobar2000

Submitted by Alex on 19-Oct-2004 12:12:28

Submitted by Richard Kemp on 19-Oct-2004 12:20:49

Summary: the best music player

Period used: 4 years

Other products used: most

Submitted by Richard Kemp on 19-Oct-2004 12:21:30

Period used: 2 years

Submitted by Paul on 19-Oct-2004 12:32:47

Submitted by Ludo on 19-Oct-2004 14:34:07

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: Lots of others!

Submitted by Rob West on 19-Oct-2004 15:03:25

Summary: Best media jukebox overall, but in a class of its own when it comes to audio

Details: It may have a steep learning curve, but once you fully grasp the possibilities of this program you will be amazed.

Pros: amazingly customizable

Cons: tough learning curve

Period used: since 2003

Other products used: MMJB, REALONE, Winamp (many versions), Itunes etc

Submitted by kain on 17-Sep-2004 11:23:26

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: most of them

Submitted by RUNE LSTEDT on 19-Oct-2004 15:39:13

Period used: 1 year

Other products used: more than I'm willing to list

Submitted by Colby Mecher on 19-Oct-2004 15:42:38

Period used: 2 Years

Other products used: WMP, iTunes, WinAmp, MPC, foobar2000, a few others

Submitted by Michael Rummelhoff on 19-Oct-2004 15:48:53

Summary: Killer in every way.

Details: Version 11 is on it's way, and it'll be awesome. More than an audio player.

Period used: 1.5 years

Other products used: MusicMatch, WMP, iTunes, WinAmp, foobar2000, and some others

Submitted by Deanna on 19-Oct-2004 15:52:39

Submitted by Mark on 19-Oct-2004 16:15:50

Submitted by Tara on 19-Oct-2004 16:16:22

Submitted by Lance on 19-Oct-2004 16:16:42

Submitted by Jenny on 19-Oct-2004 16:17:05

Submitted by Todd on 19-Oct-2004 16:17:35

Submitted by Nick on 19-Oct-2004 16:17:54

Submitted by Sean on 19-Oct-2004 16:18:11

Submitted by Aleta on 19-Oct-2004 16:18:32

Submitted by John on 19-Oct-2004 16:18:55

Submitted by Dane on 19-Oct-2004 16:19:16

Submitted by Melissa on 19-Oct-2004 16:19:39

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Submitted by A Marriott on 19-Oct-2004 16:47:59

Submitted by zeltak on 19-Oct-2004 17:04:31

Summary: The best at everything

Details: This player does everything, and does it all well.

Pros: Does it all!!

Cons: Steep learning curve

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: WMP, iTunes, Real, Winamp, Just about everything.

Submitted by Chris on 19-Oct-2004 17:44:01

Summary: Extremely powerful

Pros: Manages large databases well

Cons: Steep learning curve

Period used: 5 years

Other products used: Itunes, Windows Media Player, Winamp, Quinessential

Submitted by Michael J Pfammatter on 19-Oct-2004 18:51:23

Summary: Media Center Rocks!!!

Details: It is thew swiss army knife of audio players. It does everything from mp3 tagging to audio analysis and sound emulation.

Pros: It can do just about anything you can imagine

Cons: hard to find things initially

Period used: 2002-current

Other products used: Winamp, Foobar,Musicmatch, Jetaudio, Sonique

Submitted by Nathan Chavez on 19-Oct-2004 18:51:39

Summary: The BEST

Period used: 1.5 years

Other products used: too many

Submitted by Paul on 19-Oct-2004 21:28:12

Submitted by Dave on 19-Oct-2004 21:39:35

Submitted by Jake on 19-Oct-2004 22:47:28

Summary: Excellent Complete Media System

Details: MC is not just a player. It is a complete system. Rip, burn. label, transcode, play, it's a media server, tags, handles any format I've run into. Give it a try.

Pros: Does it all, and does it well.

Cons: A bit expensive on the surface, but worth it with all the functions.

Period used: 3 Years

Other products used: foobar, WinAmp, XC, QMP, many...

Submitted by GHammer on 19-Oct-2004 23:49:47

Summary: Super

Details: No Other player that I know of can handle 100,000 plus files (art included) plus database Tagging that can be customized to your needs. Imagine being able to let the Computer play by Chart Hits, Album rating's or go as far as Grammey's! Just need to set it up and fill it in.

Pros: J. River is Headed for the Best Media Player Ever!

Cons: Please, Use the Beta only If you hsve Nerves of steel. Otherwise Break in with Ver. 10.

Period used: 2 Years

Other products used: All

Submitted by C Green on 20-Oct-2004 00:31:38

Submitted by Phil Lee on 20-Oct-2004 05:08:35

Details: THe greatest all in 1 support with second to none support.

Pros: Full support for Monkey's Audio. Also the Panes are amazing

Period used: 2 Years

Other products used: WMP9, 10, Winamp, MMJB, Other smaller ones.

Submitted by Lonnie Warner on 20-Oct-2004 07:25:14

Submitted by Tracey Warner on 20-Oct-2004 07:26:18

Submitted by Rebecca Warner on 20-Oct-2004 07:27:10

Submitted by MC Junkie on 20-Oct-2004 08:54:32

Summary: Generally good

Details: It is easy, good looking, and it have got at bunch of handy features f.x. tha audio analysis wich enables you to make all the music play at the same volume regardles of how heigh the sound was when recorded.

Pros: Its easy, and it godt loads of features

Cons: price, quality costs

Period used: 2-3 months

Other products used: winamp, windows media player, Musicmatch jukebox and some other ones that i don't remember

Submitted by Jakob Pedersen on 20-Oct-2004 11:25:33

Submitted by Johnny Jonasson on 20-Oct-2004 11:49:28

Summary: Best one ever

Period used: 18 months

Other products used: Windows Media Player, iTunes, WinAmp, etc.

Submitted by Amanda on 20-Oct-2004 19:54:43

Summary: An amazingly versatile player, and organizer of all your media files.

Details: While the player is the best around, the organizational aspects of this player are what makes it really shine. Of course, the reason I bought the software was not because of its great features. Rather, it was because of the amazing development team and the speedy fix they provided for a problem I was having tagging my mp3s. I reported a bug, and it was fixed the very next day! I was impressed, and started to read their Interact support forums. I quickly realized that I was not the only one finding incredible support... better than any I had previously witnessed. So I was happy to hand them some of my money so that they could continue their work.

Pros: Amazing customizability and far more features than any other player

Cons: There are so many features, there are probably a lot of them that you won't use.

Period used: 4 years (approx.)

Other products used: Winamp, Musicmatch Jukebox, RealOne Player, Sonique, Window Media Player (none of these come close to J. River Media Center)

Submitted by Denis on 20-Oct-2004 21:01:52

Summary: Great for managing huge collections

Details: Complex collections can be managed with ease using Media Center. In addition, it does a great job of syncing with portable players like the iPod, has powerful plugins, and can even feed a Tivo through their built-in Media Server. The features are too numerous to talk about. Truly a dream come true.

Pros: Feature rich

Cons: Maybe too feature rich for the average user

Period used: 2.5 years

Other products used: iTunes, Musicmatch, Ephpod

Submitted by Gautam Desai on 20-Oct-2004 21:22:43

Summary: Great player

Pros: Support many formats

Cons: not may skins

Period used: 2 years

Submitted by CJ Walker on 20-Oct-2004 23:20:53

Summary: Simply the best! Better than all the rest!

Details: The most comprehensive and powerful Media Player on the market today!

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: Real, WMP, Musicmatch (yech!)

Submitted by TimB on 17-Sep-2004 06:35:00

Summary: Full featured audio library and player

Details: MC10 is one of the more network aware music players out there, it would be great to see it extended via FoxyTunes...

Pros: Full featured

Cons: Heavyweight

Period used: 3 years

Other products used: Winamp, foobar, MusicMatch, WMP

Submitted by Gian Pablo Villamil on 21-Oct-2004 00:17:01

Submitted by Derrick on 21-Oct-2004 01:03:36

Submitted by kevin paine on 21-Oct-2004 01:10:43

Summary: Best by a million miles

Details: So many features it's impossible to mention - very cheap too (although not free like Winamp/Mediaplayer)

Pros: Fantastic organisation of all media

Cons: Sometimes hard to work out how to do things

Period used: 2003-present

Other products used: Winamp, Sonique, Mediaplayer

Submitted by Paul Adams on 21-Oct-2004 05:13:40

Summary: My fave

Pros: It's got it all for music, video, pics and docs.

Cons: None

Period used: A few years

Other products used: Winamp, MMJB, Windows Media Player, RealJukebox

Submitted by Kwake on 21-Oct-2004 05:56:03

Summary: The best there is

Pros: Outstanding organizational capability

Period used: 1 yr

Other products used: Winamp, Windows Media Player, Quintes

Submitted by Ed on 21-Oct-2004 12:33:12

Submitted by doug on 21-Oct-2004 12:38:40

Submitted by John Reddersen on 21-Oct-2004 13:02:49

Submitted by Eugene Kadish on 21-Oct-2004 13:27:09

Submitted by Neville on 21-Oct-2004 14:20:27

Details: I LOVE, Love, Love this player! MC is feature packed and therfore has a slight learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, you'll never go back to any other player. I can organize all my music, photo's and documents in one place. MC supports all the major file types and players. As for any questions new users or old might have, the support forum is second to none with the programmers themselves participating and always ready to lend a hand. There are many plugins available (many free of charge) and participants who regularily make new skins, track info plugins etc. and encourage user input into the process.

Period used: used for 1 year

Other products used: Musicmatch, Monkey audio, Winamp, Windows Media Player, Nero MX

Submitted by b bull on 21-Oct-2004 14:29:03

Submitted by nj on 21-Oct-2004 14:30:40

Summary: accept no substitutes!

Pros: endless codec support. Multi zone playback. LAn and WAN streaming. Video and photo playback.

Cons: more complex, costs a small bit of cash

Submitted by meehawl on 21-Oct-2004 14:48:00

Submitted by Shamus O'Hoolihan on 21-Oct-2004 14:52:30

Pros: Database for media - fully customizable

Cons: learning curve

Submitted by brent on 21-Oct-2004 15:39:36

Period used: Since ver 8

Submitted by Mats Kristoffersson on 21-Oct-2004 16:04:31

Submitted by Zhongyuo Zhen on 21-Oct-2004 16:08:45

Submitted by l cassell on 21-Oct-2004 20:09:04

Submitted by brian washington on 21-Oct-2004 23:39:25

Submitted by Jorge Esquerrevez on 22-Oct-2004 06:51:23

Submitted by Bill W on 22-Oct-2004 10:38:15

Summary: great

Submitted by Dale Counts on 22-Oct-2004 14:35:33

Summary: I hate sliced bread but love J Rivers MC11

Details: I hate sliced bread but love J Rivers MC11

Other products used: Media Player, WinAmp, Real, MusicMatch

Submitted by Mark Farmer on 22-Oct-2004 14:43:12

Submitted by Butt Muppet on 22-Oct-2004 14:56:17

Summary: The best!

Period used: 2 years

Other products used: itunes, mediaplayer,winamp

Submitted by Debbie Ripps on 22-Oct-2004 14:57:49

Other products used: itunes

Submitted by Zach on 22-Oct-2004 14:59:58

Submitted by fex on 22-Oct-2004 15:07:21

Submitted by dan johnson on 22-Oct-2004 15:40:36

Summary: The best media player and organizer ever

Details: Destroys iTunes

Period used: 3 Years

Other products used: WMP, iTunes, WinAmp, foobar2000, BSPlayer, others

Submitted by David on 22-Oct-2004 16:19:49

Pros: powerfull and flexible

Cons: steeper learning curve

Period used: 3 years

Other products used: winAmp, Musicmatch, Foobar

Submitted by sertua on 22-Oct-2004 17:17:51

Period used: 2 years

Submitted by Johnny Jonasson on 20-Oct-2004 11:49:28

Details: Awesome Plug. Awesome Player. Perfect Match!

Submitted by Josh Lopez on 22-Oct-2004 22:12:27

Submitted by Cengiz Isilay on 22-Oct-2004 22:33:25

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Submitted by william wonka on 23-Oct-2004 07:09:10