2017-05-23, 20:55
I am currently using MediaPortal 1.4, and because it is so bug-ridden, decided to give MP2 a try.
I've been working on it since Friday, and I have grown tired of finding stuff that MediaPortal2 does not appear to support, as well as its seemingly arbitrary design decisions. I'm wondering if Kodi would be a viable replacement. I have simple needs:
0) We do not stream media from the internet, and we don't have a TV tuner in the PC. All of our music, movies, and tv series are located on a number of network shares (close to 15 terabytes of media).
1) MP2 does not have a mechanism for correcting invalid media identification. Instead, it relies on NFO files that need to be created externally of MP. I'm okay with that, I suppose, but there was no heads up regarding this.
2) I want to establish a play list of sorts that allows me to binge watch a series of movies (I suppose you could call this a "marathon"), such as Hunger Games, Star Wars, etc.. MP2 does not support this. Does Kodi?
3) One positive aspect of MP is you can set up a server that busies itself with automatically updating the media database, and attach to the database from other machines on the network via a client app. We mainly watch our media in the living room, but it would be handy to be able to also watch it in other rooms where a PC is installed and running a client app. This would keep the media database on a single system that is then accessed by the other machines. Does Kodi do this?
I've been working on it since Friday, and I have grown tired of finding stuff that MediaPortal2 does not appear to support, as well as its seemingly arbitrary design decisions. I'm wondering if Kodi would be a viable replacement. I have simple needs:
0) We do not stream media from the internet, and we don't have a TV tuner in the PC. All of our music, movies, and tv series are located on a number of network shares (close to 15 terabytes of media).
1) MP2 does not have a mechanism for correcting invalid media identification. Instead, it relies on NFO files that need to be created externally of MP. I'm okay with that, I suppose, but there was no heads up regarding this.
2) I want to establish a play list of sorts that allows me to binge watch a series of movies (I suppose you could call this a "marathon"), such as Hunger Games, Star Wars, etc.. MP2 does not support this. Does Kodi?
3) One positive aspect of MP is you can set up a server that busies itself with automatically updating the media database, and attach to the database from other machines on the network via a client app. We mainly watch our media in the living room, but it would be handy to be able to also watch it in other rooms where a PC is installed and running a client app. This would keep the media database on a single system that is then accessed by the other machines. Does Kodi do this?
