[mythtv-users] 0.25 Music & Videos Questions

[Nasa]

----- Original Message -----
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Scott & Nicole Harris
> <snharris99 at live.com> wrote:
> 
> > Has MythMusic actually been reduced to such a level that it is
> > actually this
> > clumsy and unusable?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
> Hate to say it, but mythmusic is next to useless for me now. The last
> thing I want to do is complain about such a core part of MythTV, as
> I'm a huge evangelist for MythTV, but I feel as though I'm obligated
> to give my opinion in the hopes that the developers will see that
> there are basically no users out there who like and/or understand how

I hate it when people talk for me...  I use the new UI on a daily basis and
feel it is MUCH improved.  Period.  Does it still have some issues, sure. 
But overall, I am happeir.

Nasa

whom can talk for himself.

> to use it - and that UX is pretty much in the tubes at this point.
> 
> - No way to just easily play the music you want
> - Everything is playlist based (really????)
> - Menus and options are extremely confusing and convoluted
> - Counter-(and non)-intuitive interface
> 



> I was looking forward to Paul's work for so long, but it's obvious to
> me that in this case the fact that it sat in his private branch for so
> long, without input and feedback from users and developers, led to a
> product built without a feedback loop and on one person's vision on
> what people might want versus what they actual want. Now, it sounds
> as though he's backed away based on the negative feedback instead of
> listening to what users are saying - that we love MythMusic but it's
> just too hard to use - and trying to do something about it. While I'm
> definitely appreciative that Paul took on the challenge, I'd rather
> have the old, basic mythmusic back at this point. Although it was
> simple, it worked - it was easy to navigate, it was a good "10 ft
> from-the-couch" interface, etc. My wife basically said that she'll
> just revert to using itunes and our airport express hooked to our
> receiver since she has no clue how to use the new mythmusic. I don't
> blame her - if someone who's career is in tech and has been using
> MythTV for 8 years can't figure it out after 30 minutes, how would I
> expect the average TV viewer/music listener figure it out?
> 
> I think the key goal should be: Allow a user to play the music they
> want to play in less than 10 seconds.
> 
> Anyway - Perhaps the foundation that Paul's built is strong enough
> that it'll take little effort to make this one of the best
> "from-the-couch" music players available. But right now, I just can't
> convince people to overlook the faults, since they seem to be pretty
> core to the experience - which from all reports, is extremely
> frustrating. I'm really hoping that a developer will step up and take
> on the challenge of interacting with our music libraries as great of
> an experience as it is interacting with our recording and video
> libraries.
> 
> Thanks!
> Matt
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