Microsoft has been ahead of the curve in terms of giving consumers the option to store and stream their content for years. Now, you PC users out there are probably shouting at your screens saying things like, “Media Center PC has been around since the Dark Ages!” And you’re right. If anything, they find ways to make it worse. iTunes video sucks and, odd as it may sound, Apple has never bothered to fix it. It’s fair to say iTunes has become something of the standard, or at very least the most popular of all media-serving software, but iTunes’ Achilles’ heel has always been video. iTunes and even Windows Media player will play back lossless audio files with little drama.

Support for CD and DVD database and support for popular handheld players, Sony PSP and PlaysForSure devices.The truth is that music has been able to be enjoyed in its full quality for years now. Unique media browsing views for faster, easier and more powerful file search and play. Drag-and-drop for easy Playlist creation. Media Scheduler for sleep, alarm and recording functions, Media Editor for editing sound files. A Visualization Studio feature lets you create your own visualizations, and a DSP Studio allows personalization of the listening environment. Integration with Facebook, Flickr, Audible, Amazon MP3, Google, Youtube, Wikipedia, Hulu, Last.FM, Twitter. Supports iPods, cameras, 90+ media file formats. Audiophile quality, DSD, madVR, Ten foot mode, remote control, HD TV recording in real time. Rip, Burn, serve to Xbox, PS3, UPnP, DLNA, TiVo.

Organize, play, tag all types of media files. JRiver Media Center is a high quality media solution for large libraries.

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