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J River Media Center is an All Media Center, Connect with MEDIA CENTER, Add a digital camera, Connect a handheld player, iPod setup, Hook up your stereo, Connect a TV to your PC, Remote control for MC, Play music across a network, Connect TiVo™ to MC, Add a UPnP device. Copy music from MEDIA CENTER to a portable digital audio player or move digital camera photos into MC's powerful image library. Make a CD of music for your car. Record your favorite shows and watch them on your TV. More than one soundcard? Play different music simultaneously in different rooms. MC's Media Server can even stream your music to your PC at work! Master License costs $70 (works on all OS).
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Download JRiver Media Center 35.0.38 Windows 64-bit 42MB Win64
Download JRiver Media Center 35.0.31 Mac 64-bit 42MB Mac64
Download JRiver Media Center 35.0.37 Linux 64-bit Linux64
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35.0.38 (1/22/2026)
1. Fixed: A crash in DLNA caused by a missing lock on startup of the DLNA Web Engine.
2. Changed: When the window is restored from a MCC_MINIMIZE_WINDOW it is brought to the foreground.
3. NEW: Opus encoder for audio file conversions.
35.0.37 (1/20/2026)
1. Changed: Cover Art in video file tooltips has a more consistent size, as well as handle display scaling properly.
2. Changed: The text in Playing Now uses list colors (since the background is list-based).
3. Fixed: Playing Now did not update nicely when skins were changed.
4. Changed: Updated to WavPack 5.9.0.
5. NEW: MCC_MINIMIZE_WINDOW takes a boolean to toggle, so MC35 /MCC 10014,1 will minimize and restore.
35.0.36 (1/15/2026)
1. Fixed: Fixed an error in the Spanish translation that caused the onscreen keyboard to not work (now the alphabet is a single string for translation instead of each letter).
2. Changed: Updated all translations to the latest strings from the code.
3. NEW: Added an audio option "Maximize volume for peak level normalization" instead of looking at albums and using R128 (will play 0.01 dB from the absolute loudest a track can play without clipping).
4. Fixed: Importing DSP effects didn't show the channels -- now import is always set to L and R so add additional channels when needed.
5. Changed: Update libplacebo used in JRVR to the latest version.
6. Changed: File tooltips in Standard View will use the extra large thumbnails to avoid errant disc access, unless the new setting in Tree & View -> Thumbnails is set to keep using full resolution covers.
7. Changed: The size of the cover art in tooltips is capped to a reasonable size, rather then dependent on the image dimensions.
35.0.35 (1/13/2026)
1. Fixed: Improved thumbnails for the Thunderstorm skin (thanks markf2748 and Marko).
2. NEW: Added a "Close Other Tabs" menu choice to view headers.
3. Fixed: Running a MCWS command through the command-line launcher (eg. MC35.exe) could fail due to missing authentication.
4. Changed: Removed Search DJ from the tools menu. It's in Playing Now now.
5. Changed: Updated LAV Filters to 0.81, fixing an issue with TrueHD Bitstreaming on seamless branching Blu-ray discs.
35.0.34 (1/8/2026)
1. Changed: Shortened Spotlight search suggestions to just the field name.
2. Changed: Some Thunderstorm skin updates (thanks EnglishTiger).
3. Fixed: Skins without a menu selection image did not draw properly in build 33.
4. Changed: JRVR will ignore DV brightness metadata on Profile7 FEL titles if it vastly differs from the HDR10 data (indicating the enhancement layer would boost its brightness substantially).
35.0.33 (1/6/2026)
1. Fixed: Menus could draw incorrectly in some cases.
2. Changed: Enhancements to "Opus MC (Blue)" (thanks Marko).
3. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Luká).
4. Fixed: The CompareDates() expression function could fail with date spans above 69 years.
5. Changed: Updated Simplified Chinese translation file (thanks YanJun Sun).
35.0.32 (12/23/2025)
1. Changed: APE tags show the number of bytes for tag values that are too large to display (like waveform or cover art).
2. Changed: Updated the Catalan language (thanks Josep).
1. Fixed: A crash in DLNA caused by a missing lock on startup of the DLNA Web Engine.
2. Changed: When the window is restored from a MCC_MINIMIZE_WINDOW it is brought to the foreground.
3. NEW: Opus encoder for audio file conversions.
35.0.37 (1/20/2026)
1. Changed: Cover Art in video file tooltips has a more consistent size, as well as handle display scaling properly.
2. Changed: The text in Playing Now uses list colors (since the background is list-based).
3. Fixed: Playing Now did not update nicely when skins were changed.
4. Changed: Updated to WavPack 5.9.0.
5. NEW: MCC_MINIMIZE_WINDOW takes a boolean to toggle, so MC35 /MCC 10014,1 will minimize and restore.
35.0.36 (1/15/2026)
1. Fixed: Fixed an error in the Spanish translation that caused the onscreen keyboard to not work (now the alphabet is a single string for translation instead of each letter).
2. Changed: Updated all translations to the latest strings from the code.
3. NEW: Added an audio option "Maximize volume for peak level normalization" instead of looking at albums and using R128 (will play 0.01 dB from the absolute loudest a track can play without clipping).
4. Fixed: Importing DSP effects didn't show the channels -- now import is always set to L and R so add additional channels when needed.
5. Changed: Update libplacebo used in JRVR to the latest version.
6. Changed: File tooltips in Standard View will use the extra large thumbnails to avoid errant disc access, unless the new setting in Tree & View -> Thumbnails is set to keep using full resolution covers.
7. Changed: The size of the cover art in tooltips is capped to a reasonable size, rather then dependent on the image dimensions.
35.0.35 (1/13/2026)
1. Fixed: Improved thumbnails for the Thunderstorm skin (thanks markf2748 and Marko).
2. NEW: Added a "Close Other Tabs" menu choice to view headers.
3. Fixed: Running a MCWS command through the command-line launcher (eg. MC35.exe) could fail due to missing authentication.
4. Changed: Removed Search DJ from the tools menu. It's in Playing Now now.
5. Changed: Updated LAV Filters to 0.81, fixing an issue with TrueHD Bitstreaming on seamless branching Blu-ray discs.
35.0.34 (1/8/2026)
1. Changed: Shortened Spotlight search suggestions to just the field name.
2. Changed: Some Thunderstorm skin updates (thanks EnglishTiger).
3. Fixed: Skins without a menu selection image did not draw properly in build 33.
4. Changed: JRVR will ignore DV brightness metadata on Profile7 FEL titles if it vastly differs from the HDR10 data (indicating the enhancement layer would boost its brightness substantially).
35.0.33 (1/6/2026)
1. Fixed: Menus could draw incorrectly in some cases.
2. Changed: Enhancements to "Opus MC (Blue)" (thanks Marko).
3. Changed: Slovak translation updated (thanks Peter Luká).
4. Fixed: The CompareDates() expression function could fail with date spans above 69 years.
5. Changed: Updated Simplified Chinese translation file (thanks YanJun Sun).
35.0.32 (12/23/2025)
1. Changed: APE tags show the number of bytes for tag values that are too large to display (like waveform or cover art).
2. Changed: Updated the Catalan language (thanks Josep).
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