(2024-12-02, 11:16)Chillbo Wrote: Honestly, I'd never want Netflix, Amazon Prime, ATV+, YouTube or whatever streaming videos cluttering my local library.
I'm quite confident that having "apps" sections is exactly what most users actually want for streaming content, not have that content pour into a carefully curated local library.
The thing that's missing is proper support for visually managing those sections addons like YouTube provide IMHO.
"pour" isn't exactly the idea, more of a selective import from streaming apps
i too would not want 10,000 episodes of reality tv pouring into my library
i purchase movies and tv on prime video, the movies are ones not available on bluray, only dvd
but somehow amazon has 1080p content for this, accepted a limited bitrate but still looks better than dvd
as well when you purchase tv shows on prime video, if it is currently airing they are available next day to you as if you had a dvr
without commercials or editing and at a better quality than OTA with no storage cost to you for the lifetime of your account
i would like those added to my library
coupled with bridging media from Disney+ where it has movies maybe you don't already own and TV shows you may not care to purchase
without the storage cost or time in copying and editing
as well, when all your content is in 1 place instead of across multiple platforms or addons you can have a cohesive "Watch Next"
populated from everywhere, the latest episode from any platform, the latest youtube videos from your favorite subscriptions
then a complete unparalleled "What's New?" section that shows the latest movie you just copied from the disc with the latest from Hulu, if they get a little too muddy then split them up into a Whats New for each
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i will never stop purchasing physical media, i love my steelbooks, but some content bridging is definitely useful
some users agree with me
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https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=327514
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https://github.com/stereodruid/plugin.video.osmosis
while some don't
some people like having a PVR, some don't
some people like having retro gaming in kodi, some don't
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in a content ecosystem some things like
Kaleidescape could be possible in the future which provides your Kodi library instead of physical media
if movies anywhere ever delivered a decent quality then sure them too
closing Kodi off from a growing trend is only going to hurt Kodi users
alright, climbing down from my soapbox now
take care