Startup Settings

The Startup Settings page is where you determine the look and behavior of Media Center when you open the program. You can set Media Center to open in "mini-me" mode, you can have it automatically start playing the "Playing Now" Playlist (which means whatever you were listening to when you last exited the program), and you can even set Media Center to open directly to Media Library, or any other part of the organization tree.

INTERFACE

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Startup mode. Choose how you want Media Center to open (mega-me mode, mini-me mode, last exit mode, or full screen).

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Show splash screen. Check this option if you want the introductory splash screen. Tip: you can change the graphic that is displayed by going to C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\Default and changing the Startup.jpg

ACTION

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Check for updates every X day(s). When selected, Media Center checks for updates of the program and plug-ins (an internet connection is required). You can specify the number of days between checks.

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Start playing current Playlist. When Media Center opens, it starts playing the "Playing Now" playlist; so whatever you were listening to when you exited the program will be played when you next start the program. This could be used in combination with Media Scheduler: if you set Media Scheduler to start Media Center every morning at 8am, add the files you want to wake up to in the "Playing Now" playlist before you exit the program the night before.

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Run Remote Server on port: Waiting for Peter’s reply

STARTUP VOLUME

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Enable Use the slider control to set the volume to where you want it to be each time Media Center is started.

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Optimize volume By default, Media Center is set to optimize the volume on startup. This maximizes the "Wave" volume slider and turns the master slider (the one Media Center runs) down by the corresponding amount.  This gives the best S/N ratios possible at a given volume for most cards.

STARTUP PAGE (PLUS feature

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Start Media Center in: If you have purchased the "Plus" version, you can select which item in the organization tree will be active when Media Center is started. The drop down menu offers the following choices: Last Location, Start, Playing Now, Media Library, Media View, Playlists, CD, DVD & Handhelds, TV Tuner and Web Media, and Plug-ins.

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Expand subfolders. Check this option to expand the subfolders of the item selected in “Start Media Center in”.