Hi!
First of all I just want to say that XBMC with MediaStream skin is all I´m been looking for in an HTCP-software. It´s fast, good looking and easy to use, except one thing.
I´m really having trouble finding an easy way to play music. I´ve been looking at Vista MC and find it really easy to play music and enqueue new songs in the playlist aswell as modify the playlist during playback. Unfortenatly I can´t find the same possibilitys in MediaStream.
Is it much to ask for if I request an easier way to play music? Maybe something like it is in Vista MC?
Malte_mus Wrote:Hi!
First of all I just want to say that XBMC with MediaStream skin is all I´m been looking for in an HTCP-software. It´s fast, good looking and easy to use, except one thing.
I´m really having trouble finding an easy way to play music. I´ve been looking at Vista MC and find it really easy to play music and enqueue new songs in the playlist aswell as modify the playlist during playback. Unfortenatly I can´t find the same possibilitys in MediaStream.
Is it much to ask for if I request an easier way to play music? Maybe something like it is in Vista MC?
What on earth can be easier to use than xbmc running media stream,
and as for vista running Mediacentre it cant hold a light to XBMC but if you prefer that overbloated piece of software then who am i to argue
Malte_mus Wrote:Hi!
First of all I just want to say that XBMC with MediaStream skin is all I´m been looking for in an HTCP-software. It´s fast, good looking and easy to use, except one thing.
I´m really having trouble finding an easy way to play music. I´ve been looking at Vista MC and find it really easy to play music and enqueue new songs in the playlist aswell as modify the playlist during playback. Unfortenatly I can´t find the same possibilitys in MediaStream.
Is it much to ask for if I request an easier way to play music? Maybe something like it is in Vista MC?
Maybe you could be more descriptive in how Vista MC is easier to use than XBMC for queuing songs and managing the playlist?
What's easier than rightclick>queue?
rwparris2 Wrote:Maybe you could be more descriptive in how Vista MC is easier to use than XBMC for queuing songs and managing the playlist?
What's easier than rightclick>queue?
You missed my point i was being sarcastic!
as in my humble opinion XBMC is the most advanced Mediaplayer ever
it is also very easy to use unlike microsofts mediacentre which is huge and unreliable.
You stick with vista and Microsoft media centre I will stick with Windows xp pro running XBMC
paul Wrote:You missed my point i was being sarcastic!
Obviously that was directed at Malte_mus, I even quoted him.
rwparris2 Wrote:Obviously that was directed at Malte_mus, I even quoted him.
Yes rwparris2 it was meant for malte_mus
He should stick with vista and MC if he finds xbmc to hard to use.
How easy do they want it to be
rwparris2 Wrote:Maybe you could be more descriptive in how Vista MC is easier to use than XBMC for queuing songs and managing the playlist?
What's easier than rightclick>queue?
I don´t use a mouse so its pretty hard to right-click. :p
I´m not saying that Vista MC is better than XBMC. No way! I just find it easier to add songs to the playlist aswell as see and manage the playlist.
In Vista MC you just select a song, then a meny appears and "add to playlist" is pre-selected. you just press "OK" twice so add a song to the playlist.
Maybe the song is automaticly added to the playlist in XBMC too but it´s in no way obviuos. The song starts to play and that´s it.
In Vista MC you can go to the playlist and manage it with your remote. Delete and move songs up and down in the playlist. It is possible in XBMC?
Im new to XBMC so maybe there is that possibility but as I haven´t found it, I would be really happy if someone could tell me how to do it.
Malte_mus Wrote:I don´t use a mouse so its pretty hard to right-click. :p
I´m not saying that Vista MC is better than XBMC. No way! I just find it easier to add songs to the playlist aswell as see and manage the playlist.
In Vista MC you just select a song, then a meny appears and "add to playlist" is pre-selected. you just press "OK" twice so add a song to the playlist.
Maybe the song is automaticly added to the playlist in XBMC too but it´s in no way obviuos. The song starts to play and that´s it.
In Vista MC you can go to the playlist and manage it with your remote. Delete and move songs up and down in the playlist. It is possible in XBMC?
Im new to XBMC so maybe there is that possibility but as I haven´t found it, I would be really happy if someone could tell me how to do it.
Context Menu (usually info button on a remote, c on keyboard)>Add to Queue.
Context Menu>Now Playing
Context Menu>Move Up, Move Down, Remove
Sounds like its just like Vista MC except you can't just hit OK twice to queue.
Pressing '0' on the remote for me adds a track to the playlist/queue
rwparris2 Wrote:Context Menu (usually info button on a remote, c on keyboard)>Add to Queue.
Context Menu>Now Playing
Context Menu>Move Up, Move Down, Remove
Sounds like its just like Vista MC except you can't just hit OK twice to queue.
Oh! OK. I´ll look into that. I guess XBMC can do what I want, I just don´t know how
Í´ll just have to explore it a bit more and ask if there is something I wonder about. ´It seems like you guys know it inside out
Thanks for the time beeing.
/M
Malte_mus Wrote:... In Vista MC you just select a song, then a meny appears and "add to playlist" is pre-selected. you just press "OK" twice so add a song to the playlist. ...
Is this like a popup? Like XBMC when you have played a movie for say 10mins and stops and when you play it again it will popup and ask you if you want to continue from 10min or restart.
If that is the general idea but a popup to add to queue or play when something is already playing I think this is a good idea.
The context menu is powerfull but it can bring abit of a headache as it can feel off in the couch, if you havent gotten used to it though
Pressing "c" on the keyboard would bring it up aswell, and its mappable in keymap.xml so you can bring it up on any remote on any key.
Cheers,
Tobias
You are all right. I just haven´t given it time enough. At first Vista MC seems a lot better but after giving XBMC some time I think I´m falling in love. The thing I was talking about in Vista MC is the context-meny in XBMC. I just didn´t know it existed.
I just installed IntelliRemote om my computer and customized the remote to suite my needs. There is no way I´ll ever start Vista MC again.
Thanx a lot for the info guys. When I get the time I´ll take a look at keymapping too. Seems like XBMC has a lot more potential than I fisrt thought.
/M
Topfs2 Wrote:Is this like a popup? Like XBMC when you have played a movie for say 10mins and stops and when you play it again it will popup and ask you if you want to continue from 10min or restart.
If that is the general idea but a popup to add to queue or play when something is already playing I think this is a good idea.
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Cheers,
Tobias
Agreed & Formally requested
http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/5403
This also brings to light the fact that the most important part of xbmc (the context menu) is a
hidden menu.
Maybe skinners could put something that says "Press Guide for more options" when you're selecting items in a list.
Of course thats tricky because of how many different control devices there are, and how many configurations are available for each of those devices.
