Media Center, or formally, "J. River Media Center" is a multimedia application that allows the user to play and organize various types of media on a Windows® based machine.

Media Center organises files using a cached Media Library, which lets the user customise searches down to the finest detail, and have them carried out instantly across a range of imported media.

Media Center is a "jukebox"-style media player, like Musicmatch Jukebox or iTunes, which usually takes up most of the screen in order to display a potentially very large library of files. It has, however, a skinnable "mini" view similar to that of Winamp.

Regular (usually daily) beta builds are posted on the Media Center forum implementing requested features and fixing reported bugs. There is an active user community centered around this forum (which hosts more than 12,500 users as of early 2005).

There is an Audioscrobbler plugin for Media Center, and G-Force, a popular visualisation, also is available for Media Center.

It can also convert music formats very easily within the library, and it is well known that the creator of Monkey's Audio, the .APE format, is involved with Media Center, and thus, APE format comes included with Media Center. It can also rip CDs, and burn them. You can create playlists, static and dynamic.

Compatibility

Formats

Devices

• iPod
• TiVo

See also

• List of audio players
• Comparison of media players

External links

• Official Media Center site
• Official Media Center forum