JRiver Media Center is a multimedia center. It plays almost all popular audio and video formats, including MP3, audio CD and DVD, can convert CD audio tracks to WAV and MP3, copy vinyl discs and cassettes to a hard drive, and create audio CDs, and the program contains many customizable parameters to perform these tasks. In addition, it includes a functional organizer of multimedia files, a media editor, an equalizer, a built-in DSP and a convenient task scheduler for automating playback/recording processes, and also supports a remote control. Optional but nice features include the ability to modify the appearance using skins, a mini-player mode and a “TV” that is becoming almost a standard for quality programs.

This is not only and not so much a universal player and viewer, as a good organizer of various multimedia files and a set of utilities for working with them. Can play DVD, independently download music from the Internet, edit tags, supports work with a TV tuner and portable devices (mp3 players, etc.).

The player supports “mini” mode and can change skins. There are very good tools for preparing CDs and recording music, for example, from audio cassettes.Connect your PC with your home entertainment hardware, and control it all remotely! Load your music on your iPUKEsPAM, while you watch TV! All with one easy-to-use program – MEDIA CENTER! Media Center connects a PC with a stereo, television, remote control devices, digital cameras, scanners, and portable MP3 players. Media Center plays all your media, rips, burns, and organizes all your music, pictures, and video. Media Center encodes and plays all popular media formats. Powerful utilities include a Media Server for streaming music and pictures to remote PCs. PLUS Media Center features: – CD-quality MP3 encoding up to 320 KB bit per second.

Key features of the program:

  • Support for over 80 file formats
  • Create custom playlists and Smartlists from the library
  • Burn CDs and DVDs
  • Support for popular MP3 devices, including iPod ®, Creative ® and SanDisk ®
  • Ability to select skins
  • Search, download and play from Google Video / Images, YouTube and SHOUTcast
  • Media Mode – a button for quick access to information such as: music, photos, videos
  • Built-in CD Labeler for printing labels
  • Automatic control and import of recently added files
  • Scroll and zoom wheel for photos, videos, DVDs and TV
  • Support for Winamp 2 skins
  • New View Mode display
  • Remote control
  • Media Server – Home Network
  • Replay Gain (volume equalization)
  • B-line editing of file properties
  • Web TV and radio
  • Visualization Studio – create and save your own visualizations
  • Media Scheduler
  • Built-in Manager downloads
  • DSP / EQ Studio
  • Media editor for editing music files
  • Watching TV (from a tuner)
  • Recording and watching DVDs
  • Organizing and enhancing digital images
  • 3D visualization
  • Flexible database that allows an unlimited number of new fields to be added
  • View panel – shows album covers / images for each track or CD or DVD
  • Built-in music editor Slideshow
  • ASIO playback
  • Multi-Zone playback
  • Web or FTP upload of media files
  • Support for Play ‘N’ Universal Plug devices, such as Media streamers
  • Basic image editing
  • Multi-Zone synchronization

Features of the JRiver Media Center repack:

  • Combined in one distribution, installation of the program or unpacking the portable version
  • Does not require registration (patch pawel97)
  • Multilingual interface (including Russian)
  • The portable version already includes the necessary codecs
  • Picks up the external settings file settings.reg (for installation) or the user settings file of the portable version User Settings.ini (if located next to the installer)