2010-09-25, 06:42
If you want help testing I'll gladly help. I've got all the xbmc iPad remotes, none work correctly. I use ubuntu, darma, and media center scraper in virtual box.
grywnn Wrote:A few quick updates on the current state of this "little" project:
I've run into some serious memory problems and discovered that the open source coverflow implementation i was using didn't do well at all when handling huge numbers of thumbnails (huge meaning more than 100).
While this wasn't a problem when testing on the iPad simulator that is shipped with xcode, the real iPad constantly crashes when confronted with my XBMC library (which obviously has more than 100 items ).
So i made the decision to completely rewrite the interface, this time based on the look and feel of the ibook app.
Imagine rows of shelfs full of video covers, scrollable with top performance (takes me just a few seconds to scroll through my ~200 videos). Tapping on a cover will flip and magnify it, revealing the backside containing all the infos that xbmc scraped for the item plus action controls.
Similar for TV Shows and Music.
Ability to search / filter by genre remains the same.
I just began with this today, will post videos after the weekend.
Anyway i already like it a lot more than coverflow!
@angrycamel:
I'll think about streaming once i've got the basics ready
If you need a good streaming app: Try Airvideo. It's AWSOME.
grywnn Wrote:I'm gonna start on the music library now.
That'll be a tough one though, challenging my photoshop skills