[Netjuke-devel] [Fwd: Jinzora 2.0 released - upcoming merger with Netjuke]

[Art M. <bi...@gm...>]

Is this real?  What's going to happen to my beloved netjuke?  I like
jinzora, but the netjuke implementation fits better for larger libraries
(no preloading everything on the html).  I tried both, but netjuke was
such a better fit :) How is the merger going to happen? is Netjuke done
and over with?  Please, shed some light on this!

Thanks,

Art

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Subject: Jinzora 2.0 released - upcoming merger with Netjuke
From:    "Jinzora Announcement" <ann...@ji...>
Date:    Tue, April 19, 2005 10:37 pm
To:      ann...@ji...
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Jinzora, the leading provider of web-based media management
solutions announced today the release of Jinzora 2.0 and an upcoming
merger with Netjuke.   Jinzora, an open source cross-platform, web-based
streaming media management application,  enables people to quickly and
easily organize and stream their digital music and video to  any internet
connected computer. Jinzora 2.0 introduces significant new features over
its 1.1  predecessor and is the culmination of over a year of hard work by
project leader Ross Carlson  and chief software architect Ben Dodson.  A
brief list of Jinzora 2.0 enhancements is listed  below. For a more
detailed list of enhancements see the Changelog
(http://www.jinzora.com/changelog/),  drop by our downloads page
(http://www.jinzora.com/pages.php?pn=3Ddownloads) and visit our Support
Forums (http://www.jinzora.com/forums/)

The Jinzora development team is also pleased to announce our upcoming
merger with Netjuke,  an open source, cross-platform, web-based streaming
media jukebox powered by PHP 4.   Blake Watters, project leader of Netjuke
will soon be joining the Jinzora development  team. Jinzora is committed
to working closely with the Netjuke community to ease this  transition and
to ensure that both the Jinzora and Netjuke communities benefit as much=20
as possible from this merger.  Jinzora would like to thank Blake Watters
for making this  possible and we are very excited about working with Blake
for future versions.

Jinzora 2.0 feature enhancements
* The ability to stream media outside of your web path
* Quick import tracks - skip pulling tag data - pulled on the fly
* Embedded players - have media stream to flash based (Wimpy, XSPF Player)
or Windows Media Player embedded in a popup page * Dynamic image resizing
- dramatically speed up viewing album art * "Who is where" and "Now
streaming" blocks - see what's happening in real time * A Netjuke style
interface to help people transition to Jinzora
* Full support for Real Media (audio and video)
* Ability to download full albums/tracks - displays the size of the
download before the download begins * Server side playlist support - save
and recall playlists
* Full Jukebox support (MPD, Winamp, Audiotron, SlimServer)
* Automatically pull metadata for artist/album information
* Power Search page
* The ability to view album art stored in the ID3 tags
* Sort albums by year or album name
* Upload media using a web based interface
* On the fly resampling using Lame
* User browsing history - easily go back to previous pages
* Write images to the ID3 tags of tracks
* "View all art" - see all albums by art on a single page
* User registration engine - allow users to sign up to access a Jinzora
based site * Dynamically create images for items missing album/artist art
* Request Manager - give users the ability to request tracks to be added

About Jinzora
Jinzora is the premiere web based media management solution capable  of
streaming both audio and video content to Internet or LAN based users.=20
Jinzora also  features a powerful jukebox module allowing for control of
multiple software and hardware playback platforms.  Jinzora's focus on
ease of use and powerful interface design makes  it the choice for web
based media management.  Whether you are a small user who wishes  to
access your media from anywhere or a large organization sharing media with
the world,  Jinzora is the most powerful solution available today.
Founded in August of 2003 by Ross Carlson, Jinzora has grown to a team of
8,  with more than 20,000 installs and an estimated user base of 6,000.

Contact info:
Jinzora Project Leader: Ross Carlson - ro...@ji...
Jinzora Chief Software Architect: Ben Dodson - be...@ji...
Netjuke Project Leader: Blake Watters - sb...@ib...