johncarm
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It's pretty obvious right away when using JRiver on Mac that it's awful software.
It sounds good and is the only thing that does what I need, such as play FLAC and DSD files, and provide a good way of browsing files at the same time.
However, the user interface is an overcomplicated mess. Things weren't too bad until I tried to use JRiver to update some tags. First it hung, and I had to force-quit it. Then I discovered my external drive, the one holding my music library, wouldn't mount. I tried to run Disk Repair and it wouldn't complete. The drive file structure was seriously damaged. I was eventually able to repair the drive... only to find that 99% of my files were gone.
Fortunately I had a backup. It's not completely up to date but I can get back most of my library.
I just moved to Mac from Windows, and I never expected this much trouble. Not only is JRiver a piece of ****, most audiophile-oriented programs on the Mac are expensive and generally badly designed.
On Windows, all you have to do is download Foobar2000 for free and never look back.
I thought Macs were the cool computers for audio/video guys!
It sounds good and is the only thing that does what I need, such as play FLAC and DSD files, and provide a good way of browsing files at the same time.
However, the user interface is an overcomplicated mess. Things weren't too bad until I tried to use JRiver to update some tags. First it hung, and I had to force-quit it. Then I discovered my external drive, the one holding my music library, wouldn't mount. I tried to run Disk Repair and it wouldn't complete. The drive file structure was seriously damaged. I was eventually able to repair the drive... only to find that 99% of my files were gone.
Fortunately I had a backup. It's not completely up to date but I can get back most of my library.
I just moved to Mac from Windows, and I never expected this much trouble. Not only is JRiver a piece of ****, most audiophile-oriented programs on the Mac are expensive and generally badly designed.
On Windows, all you have to do is download Foobar2000 for free and never look back.
I thought Macs were the cool computers for audio/video guys!