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Re: Which Media Center ?



Here's a list
http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/20347.aspx


Shaf Ali wrote:

> Mal got any url's : Typically am looking at the bare neccessities as
> provided by gbpvr : weather, imap connector, rss etc
>
> Cheers,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mal Lansell" <mal@xxxxxxx <mailto:mal%40lansell.org>>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 11:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Which Media Center ?
>
> > What plugins do you want? Quantity of available plugins is no
> > indication of suitability - lots of plugins could just as well
mean that
> > the basic software is lacking in features.
> >
> > The only issues I have with MCE and Vista are that they insist on
using
> > their dumb database approach to browsing music and movies.
HELLO!!! I
> > want to browse by folder, not filter by genre or artist. I listen
to
> > ALBUMS, not tracks - an alphabetic list of 15000 mp3s is no
f***ing use
> > whatsoever.
> >
> > Grrr...
> >
> > Mal
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Shaf Ali wrote:
> >
> >> Was wondering what software you guys are using for a media
center.
> >>
> >> I have just just tried WCE - YUK big time very slick n flashy
but no
> >> *real* decent plugins ?
> >>
> >> Also tried gbpvr which is great but a little rough over the
edges -
> >>
> >> Looks Like I might end up going linux ? with mythTV /
MediaMVP.
> >>
> >> Anyone have any suggestions or recommendations ?
> >>
> >> Many thanks in advance.
> >> Shaf
> >>
> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>





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