Media Center

All Media--One Interface

Media Center turns your PC into a complete digital entertainment center.

• Media Center connects your PC to a stereo, TV, home theater, remote control devices, digital cameras, scanners, portable music players and UPnP player devices.
• Use Media Center for ripping and playing music, burning cds, listening to Podcasts, copying music onto a portable device and organizing your music collection using a multitude of organization fields. If you can’t find the field you need, create your own custom field.
• Encode and play all popular media formats.
• Play Web radio, TV, DVDs, Podcasts, video files and show digital images on your PC.
• Powerful utilities include three different servers for streaming music and images to remote PC's and standalone networked players.

Media Center has more advanced features than any other application for superior customization and control of a media collection.

Please visit http://www.jrmediacenter.com/ for more information about J River and Media Center.

Table Of Contents

1. Media Center Controls
   1. Screen Parts
   2. Player
      1. Playback
      2. Playback Options
      3. Shuffle Options
      4. DSP
      5. Replay Gain
      6. Album Gain
      7. BPM
      8. Zones
   3. Organization Tree
   4. Menu Bar
   5. Toolbar
   6. Media Mode Buttons
   7. Search Bar
   8. Lower Tool Bar
   9. Status Bar
   10. Navigation (Getting Around)
   11. Display
       1. Display Options (also in view settings)
       2. Display Pane (lots of different uses of this)
       3. View Files and Libraries
       4. Content Pane
   12. Action Window
   13. View Modes & Skins
       1. View Settings (thumbnails/details/split views etc., favorites, playback view options)
   14. Access Control
   15. Startup Settings
   16. Remote Control
   17. Options (Tools->Options)
   18. Media Center in Different Languages
2. Controlling Media Center
   1. File Associations
   2. Shell Integration
   3. Media Scheduler
3. Media Files
   1. Audio Files
   2. Image Files
   3. Video Files
   4. Libraries
   5. File Properties (tags)
   6. Move, Copy, Delete, Upload or Mail Files
   7. Licensed Files (Windows Media Manager)
4. External Content - Playing content from the Internet
   1. Web Media(Radio)
   2. Podcasting
5. Playlists, Smartlists and Playlist Groups - Play your content in the order you want.
   1. Playlists - Arrange content in a fixed order.
   2. Smartlists - Arrange content according to rules, including random ordering.
   3. Playlist Groups - Organize your Playlists.
6. Drives & Devices - Your handheld devices (including Ipod), TV Tuner, My Computer and CD/DVD drives.
7. Plug-ins - Customize Media Center in many different ways.
8. Sharing Plug-ins - Share your digital content with other computers, TiVos and Media Receivers.
9. Services - Online stores where you can purchase digital content.
10. YADB - Lookup CD or track information online.
11. Additional Programs - Various helper programs, such as Media Editor or Media Server.