Author Topic: JRiver MC18 - MC19 Tips, Tweaks and Setup (Read 16445 times)

jh@meeh · « **on:** Aug 29, 2013 at 03:03 PM »

Mga brader patulong naman po. Baka meron kayong tweaks sa pc setup nyo from Bios to OS for music and movies improvement using Jriver mc18 or 19.
Paki share na rin po ang setup ng MC18 or 19.

Kung pwede sana paki share to this thread para maraming matulungan.
Currently i am using Caps Zuma v3 as my Htpc and Fidelizer 3 for tweaks.

Eto specs ng zuma for info..

16GB Crucial 1600MHz DDR3 Memory
Intel Ivy Bridge Quad Core I7 3770S 3.1GHz Processor
Intel DH77EB micro-ATX Motherboard
Samsung 840 PRO 128GB SSD
SOtM (Soul Of the Music) tx-USBexp Precision Oscillator Card
SOtM SATA Power Filter for SSD
Windows 8 Professional 64Bit

Salamat po sa tulong. Kung meron mang old thread, paki link nalang.

timber715 · « **Reply #1 on:** Aug 29, 2013 at 03:31 PM »

If you can send some screenshot ng bios maybe I can help. I use to have a heavily overclocked asus motherboard kasi and iba iba ang bios ng boards...

jh@meeh · « **Reply #2 on:** Aug 29, 2013 at 03:51 PM »

Ok. Will send pix later. Thanks.

rotciv64 · « **Reply #3 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 01:34 AM »

Suggestion, power the SOtM card from a wall wart instead of the on-board molex connector. Should improve the SQ. If possible the SOtM battery pack or a linear power supply would be the best.

v3 Zuma
SOtM tx-USBexp
SOtM mBPS-d2s

timber715 · « **Reply #4 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 01:51 AM »

Yan na kasunod... Dedicated server.
For mc19 settings if you have a dac that is dsd capable...
Go to tools - options - audio settings - dsp and output format ... In the output encoding section, choose "2xdsd in native format" or "dsd in DoP format"

That will upsample all files to output dsd128

jh@meeh · « **Reply #5 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 02:01 AM »

Quote from: rotciv64 on Sep 06, 2013 at 01:34 AM

Suggestion, power the SOtM card from a wall wart instead of the on-board molex connector. Should improve the SQ. If possible the SOtM battery pack or a linear power supply would be the best.

v3 Zuma
SOtM tx-USBexp
SOtM mBPS-d2s

Thanks...waiting for my Paul Hynes Linear PSU Multi Rail. I hope before end of the month.

jh@meeh · « **Reply #6 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 02:03 AM »

Good new feature for MC19 timber715...Real time conversion from PCM to DSD...

timber715 · « **Reply #7 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 02:25 AM »

Quote from: jh@meeh on Sep 06, 2013 at 02:03 AM

Good new feature for MC19 timber715...Real time conversion from PCM to DSD...

Tried it na brader?

JoeyGS · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 11:22 AM »

Another great tweak is to use the iFi iUSB power and iFi Gemini twinhead USB cable for another level of improvement in addition to the sotm card. I already tried this in a similar music server similar as yours

jh@meeh · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 12:14 PM »

Quote from: timber715 on Sep 06, 2013 at 02:25 AM

Tried it na brader?

Tried na brader, lumakas ng konti ang volume nya...more testing...

jh@meeh · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 12:16 PM »

Hindi compatible ang Fidelizer 3 sa Jriver MC19 kapag naka engage ang PCM to DSD realtime conversion...Nag stutter ang mga songs...Have you tried Timber Fidelizer 3?

timber715 · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 01:01 PM »

Quote from: jh@meeh on Sep 06, 2013 at 12:16 PM

Hindi compatible ang Fidelizer 3 sa Jriver MC19 kapag naka engage ang PCM to DSD realtime conversion...Nag stutter ang mga songs...Have you tried Timber Fidelizer 3?

Tried fidelizer sa mc18. I does nothing to my laptop kasi tweaked na OS nya. So the things it stops are already not running. Also read na hindi nga matched ang fidelizer sa mc19.

timber715 · « **Reply #12 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 02:11 PM »

Try to benchmark your pc using mc18 or 19.
Go to Help - Benchmark..... Make sure nothing is running at the background....
For mc19 it is important to have around 3000 points...
My pc scores 1,420.... Huhuhu

jh@meeh · « **Reply #13 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 02:19 PM »

=== Running Benchmarks (please do not interrupt) ===

Running 'Math' benchmark...
Single-threaded integer math... 3.674 seconds
Single-threaded floating point math... 2.449 seconds
Multi-threaded integer math... 1.116 seconds
Multi-threaded mixed math... 0.714 seconds
Score: 2389

Running 'Image' benchmark...
Image creation / destruction... 0.264 seconds
Flood filling... 0.396 seconds
Direct copying... 0.446 seconds
Small renders... 1.177 seconds
Bilinear rendering... 0.897 seconds
Bicubic rendering... 0.626 seconds
Score: 5780

Running 'Database' benchmark...
Create database... 0.369 seconds
Populate database... 1.185 seconds
Save database... 0.297 seconds
Reload database... 0.050 seconds
Search database... 0.996 seconds
Sort database... 0.913 seconds
Group database... 0.703 seconds
Score: 4765

JRMark (version 19.0.32): 4311

timber715 · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 02:30 PM »

Very nice scores... Iba talaga kung naka i7 ang server....

jh@meeh · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 02:33 PM »

Thank you brader...

Okay din pala yung Zoning...You could set up Zone 1 for Audio and Zone 2 for Movies. Okay to especially kapag sa Audio naka ASIO driver ka (USB), tapos sa movie naka WASAPI driver ka (HDMI)

timber715 · « **Reply #16 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 02:42 PM »

Supplied ang ASIO drivers mo with the exa dac? Buti na lang wyred included them....
Hehehe, yung mc19 ko pang music lang talaga, got a pch for movies....

jh@meeh · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 02:57 PM »

oo kasama nasa exa yung driver. dedicated asio for e20..All in one na yung Zuma ko...baka benta ko na yung PCH C-200, WD Live at Cambridge Azur 751BD ko.

jh@meeh · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 03:19 PM »

This is the latest version of MC19.
Download: http://files.jriver.com/mediacenter/channels/v19/latest/MediaCenter190036.exe

This is an early build of MC19. Please read what others say before downloading. It may be less trouble free than MC18 for some. Back up your current MC library before installing. Please use the Problems and Questions thread if you need help.

19.0.36 (9/4/2013)

1. NEW: Added native support for little-endian PCM AIFF files (previously only the more common big-endian or floating point AIFF files were supported natively).
2. Changed: Copying list items to the clipboard generated RFC 4180 compliant CSV data (previously some special characters, newlines, etc. were not formatted for RFC 4180 compliance).
3. Changed: Copying list items to the clipboard puts CSV into the text area of the clipboard (instead of having different text and CSV formats).
4. Fixed: If something triggered a Standard View view switch while Theater View was showing, it could steal the keyboard / remote focus.
5. Fixed: MC could not read and write replay gain tags in APE tags that used replaygain_track_gain style naming.
6. Changed: MC no longer adjust replay gain value internally by 6 dB (should be internal change, but please report any issues).

jh@meeh · « **Reply #19 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 03:23 PM »

jh@meeh · « **Reply #20 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 03:45 PM »

Quote from: timber715 on Sep 06, 2013 at 01:01 PM

Tried fidelizer sa mc18. I does nothing to my laptop kasi tweaked na OS nya. So the things it stops are already not running. Also read na hindi nga matched ang fidelizer sa mc19.

I updated to latest build of MC19 19.036 and Fidelizer 3.0 is working again. No more stutter...Good!

♡ lvcdg23™ ✌ · « **Reply #21 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 04:01 PM »

Quote from: jh@meeh on Sep 06, 2013 at 02:57 PM

oo kasama nasa exa yung driver. dedicated asio for e20..All in one na yung Zuma ko...baka benta ko na yung PCH C-200, WD Live at Cambridge Azur 751BD ko.

Brader bentang adik mo na lang sakin yan... Hehehe

jh@meeh · « **Reply #22 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 04:03 PM »

May kasamang 3tb na hard disk at maraming movies...yaan mo brader pag uwi ko sa bakasyon pag usapan natin...

♡ lvcdg23™ ✌ · « **Reply #23 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 04:05 PM »

Quote from: jh@meeh on Sep 06, 2013 at 04:03 PM

May kasamang 3tb na hard disk at maraming movies...yaan mo brader pag uwi ko sa bakasyon pag usapan natin...

Hehehe... Kahit yung player lang brader

jh@meeh · « **Reply #24 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 04:08 PM »

Nasa loob na ng c-200 yung dalawang hard disk, isang 1TB at 2TB..

♡ lvcdg23™ ✌ · « **Reply #25 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 04:10 PM »

Quote from: jh@meeh on Sep 06, 2013 at 04:08 PM

Nasa loob na ng c-200 yung dalawang hard disk, isang 1TB at 2TB..

Ok brader. Sana bukas makauwi kana ng Pinas, hehehe

timber715 · « **Reply #26 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 04:15 PM »

Quote from: ♡ Louie_18™ ✌ on Sep 06, 2013 at 04:05 PM

Hehehe... Kahit yung player lang brader

Tumawad pa, eh halos free na nga yung hdd ayaw pa... Hehehehe

Quote from: jh@meeh on Sep 06, 2013 at 04:08 PM

Nasa loob na ng c-200 yung dalawang hard disk, isang 1TB at 2TB..

Ayan o.... Binibigay na nga.

Regarding the update ng mc19 from 18, yung "Improved audio analysis and volume leveling (R128)" is really a step better.... Di lang sya mag lolower ng malalakas na files, pwede rin sya i-adjust para di masyadong humina yung iba without affecting sonics.

jh@meeh · « **Reply #27 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 04:31 PM »

Maraming ayaw ang naka on/check ang DSP Audio (volume / adaptive levelling) kasi na compromise daw ang SQ..Ano ang experience mo about it?

timber715 · « **Reply #28 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 04:37 PM »

Quote from: jh@meeh on Sep 06, 2013 at 04:31 PM

Maraming ayaw ang naka on/check ang DSP Audio (volume / adaptive levelling) kasi na compromise daw ang SQ..Ano ang experience mo about it?

Ok naman for me at wala naman akong nadidinig na naiiba. Of course most would associate a weaker volume as a degradation in sonics, pero other than a slightly weaker volume for some files I don't find the sonics to be compromised.
Regarding room correction naman tayo... Have you tried it yet? Malaki ang effect nito imo.

♡ lvcdg23™ ✌ · « **Reply #29 on:** Sep 06, 2013 at 04:37 PM »

Quote from: timber715 on Sep 06, 2013 at 04:15 PM

Tumawad pa, eh halos free na nga yung hdd ayaw pa... Hehehehe

Ayan o.... Binibigay na nga.

Ayos!!!
Libre pala yung 3TB, hehehe