[mythtv-users] OT: I'm streaming Netflix on my Linux box

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Oct 7, 2008, at 6:01 PM, Matt Emmott wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 6:33 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > XBMC, in my opinion, is a much better front end for audio & video  
> than Myth.
> > The interface and usability are slicker and more usable than  
> mythmusic and
> > mythvideo as far as I'm concerned. But yes, it does not add much  
> more in the
>
>    Well, how exactly?
>
>    We can corner some of the devs in a room and not let them leave
> until they make some improvements... '-)
>
> First let me say that I'm in no way poo-pooing on any piece of Myth  
> or its developers. The programmers have done a fantastic job with  
> this product and I don't pretend to know the first thing about  
> programming. Not to mention they do it for no money and the only  
> thing I've ever put money towards other than hardware is a Schedules  
> Direct subscription, andhave received a wonderful product in return.
>
> That being said, the look, feel and general UI of Mythmusic &  
> Mythdvd are just terrible. XBMC looks nice, is very snappy and is  
> (for the most part) pretty intuitive. It's still buggy, sure, but  
> for the most part will throw any video format thrown at it, be it an  
> ISO of a DVD, Xvid / Flash / Mkv / Quicktime / etc. On the audio  
> side it plays all the happy formats you'd expect, offers a library  
> option to index all your songs, will read iTunes DAAP data and  
> playlists, and has some pretty nice fullscreen visualizations. Oh,  
> and it downloads the album art / DVD covers for all your media on  
> the fly without need for a third-party scraper.

I'm not going to pretend I know how xbmc works, but I *guarantee* it  
pulls the CD and DVD cover art from some 3rd party site.

> Obviously the XBMC folks have had a head start. Since, until  
> recently, everything was developed for the same platform (the  
> 733MHZ) Xbox, they could focus more on usability than compatibility.  
> But I love the product and don't see myself using anything else for  
> music / movies on the big screen for quite some time.

We all know the UI sucks. It's being redone. Honestly.

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