2008-11-29, 22:56
Quickstrike Wrote:Thank you, Konfoo!
I absolutely love XBMC - been using it since the first release on the Xbox. It is a shame that the current codecs available are limiting the HD XBMC experience, as this definitely is the best front-end around. Just look at other HTPC software available right now -- the most popular skins are XBMC clones, and even then it still won't look or feel as good as the original XBMC version.
To me this is the best of both worlds, until the XBMC HD codecs mature more.
I think that it would be a good idea to implement this feature into the official build. I agree that it shouldn't be enabled by default - more of a hidden feature that can be unlocked by power-users until newer internal codecs are released.
Thanks again to the XBMC team and Konfoo. I still use XBMC on my xbox daily. Every time it loads, I am amazed at the capabilities, ease of use, aesthetics, performance, constant improvements.. it really is one of the finest open-source products available anywhere
What he said!
I think a lot of people are in this same boat: we love XBMC and can appreciate the work that's gone into MPlayer, but need a solution for the more system intensive video files that are out there at the moment. I think huge hi-def video files have become something of a standard for some people now and with the huge differences in users wants/needs and different hardware setups, a selection of different media players rather than restricting users to MPlayer really seems to be the way forward.
I was about to move over to MediaPortal until I came across LaunchPlayer; so thanks for taking the incentive Konfoo!