<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On 29-Jun-07, at 2:51 PM, Steve MacLaren wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">I would be grateful if someone could run down a quick pros/cons of using XBMC vs Xebian for something that would be a dedicated MythFrontend.</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This isn't exhaustive but in rough:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Xebian</DIV><DIV>+ gives you a full myth frontend same as you'd see on any other platform</DIV><DIV>- you have to wait a minute or so for linux to boot</DIV><DIV>- the myth frontend needs more memory than an xbox has so when you do something that crosses code libraries, like moving between plugins, there's a pause while the system swaps code in and out</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Personally I spend most of my myth time watching shows rather than moving between menus so I feel the memory issue is overstated.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>XBMC</DIV><DIV>+ looks and feels like an xbox app</DIV><DIV>+ has the full power of the video hardware so it looks slick too</DIV><DIV>+ you can have it as your dashboard so it's maybe 5 seconds from power up to having the menus available</DIV><DIV>- limited number of myth features: live TV and prerecorded shows (w/ commercial skip) but no access to scheduling (as I recall)</DIV><DIV>- myth plugin's UI is weird in places</DIV><DIV>- development lags myth svn, sometimes by quite a bit</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It's perfectly reasonable to use XMBC as your dashboard and have Xebian configured as an entry in its programs section. I do something like this and get the best of both worlds.</DIV><BR><DIV>- George</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>