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This is InflatableMouse' scratch page.
Note: this page is not done yet!
Overview
MC is usually a pretty well-behaved application. I have it installed on a wide variety of known-stable hardware, and on most of them, it runs well trouble-free with little needed system modification. However, it is also a powerful application. It has a high-speed database at its core, that is custom designed to do what it does, and do it with the lowest possible latency. Going hand in hand with this, it needs to be able to access this library data quickly, and the UI is built around the fact that it (in most circumstances) can "in real time". This fact can sometimes magnify the appearance of responsiveness if you have another underlying issue. And, of course, it has a raft of options, some esoteric, and supports an immense amount of weirdo, high-end, often misbehaving, nerd hardware.
And, of course, it runs on a computer. Which is... Well, a computer. So it is subject to all of that regular stuff too.
This won't solve everything, or every issue. But, if you post here and ask for help with a "performance" or "crashing" related issue, this is what we're (not just me, but a bunch of us here) are going to think about and suggest:
Make Sure You Are Running The Latest Build
The version of MC available on the main external JRiver Download Page is not always, or even typically, the most recent build. They are builds that are older, and were (usually) pushed there because they were generally stable or fixed some particularly nasty bug they want to push out to everyone. It is tempered, and only updated once in a while, if for no other reason than it isn't annoying that it pops up the "Update Me" dialog as often.
But there are also public builds available here on Interact, which generally come every week or so (though this timing fluctuates throughout development). You can get these by either:
- Go to: Options > Startup > Update Channels and change it to Latest.
- Download them manually here from Interact. The latest build is always "pinned" inside a thread at the top of the main board for your particular version of MC (such as: JRiver Media Center 19 for Windows, or JRiver Media Center 19 for Mac). When you open the board, it will appear as a thread near the top, and will contain the build notes and a download link for the build.
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