Every one is tagged correctly with genre/artist/album/song title, and they all have the correct cover art. (My cassettes had typed labels and I filed them alphabetically.) I’ve got 48,000 songs in my digital library. I’ve always been obsessive about my music collection. Let me give you an idea by explaining some of the ways I use the program. You can get the idea by looking around the web site and reading the newsletter about recent changes and improvements. There are a rather extraordinary number of things that can be done with JRiver Media Center. JRiver Media Center version 17 may not be perfect but it reigns supreme as the playback application by which all others should be judged.” Conclusion: “There’s no such thing as a perfect piece of software. It starts with a number of ways to customize and simplify the program that might be of interest to anyone using the program, then has a lot of details for audiophiles only. Recently a long article was written for Computer Audiophile about JRiver Media Center 17. There is a wealth of documentation, including this “ Getting Started” page. If you install it, it will automatically import your music (including your iTunes library). It’s not just for audiophiles! I think it’s the best media program across the board for anyone who wants to get away from iTunes. In the last few years, JRiver has focused on audiophiles – a notoriously picky and disputatious group – and many people believe it is now the best program available for playing bit perfect audio on high end equipment. JRiver Media Center is suited for people who have a large music or video library and are willing to spend some time learning their way around.

If you’re happy with iTunes, keep using it. There are some advantages to using iTunes, especially if you have an iPhone or iPad.

JRiver Media Center 17 is a Windows program for music and video.

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