2014-05-14, 13:14
Hi everyone, this is my first post on the XBMC forums. I have spent many hours tinkering with XBMC on a RPi, Windows and Mac. I felt compelled to register in order to add my dissatisfaction to the others that have expressed about this plugin.
On my Windows machine I was able to hack around to try the "fixed" plugin on my favourite skin (Quartz) however sadly the login still does not work for me.
I don't wish to offend any volunteers in the community but there's something wrong here, not just with the plugin, but with the apparent strategy to address these problems.
What doesn't seem right to me is that fact that given that YouTube is such a hugely popular site and is a core part of many people's media experience these days (where it is an essential app on many commercial streamers and devices like TVs and Blu Ray players) it doesn't make any sense to me that it's fallen into a state of neglect on XBMC.
If anyone is serious about the user experience on XBMC, then apps like this should not be allowed to break for any extended length of time - can the core team do anything about it? Can it be brought into the core product as a kind of "protected" app?
For my practical day to day purposes, what this means for me is that whilst I use XBMC for streaming movies off my NAS, which it does fine, the lack of YouTube unfortunately now sidelines my XBMC machine as more of an occasional living room curiosity and nothing more... sorry.
On my Windows machine I was able to hack around to try the "fixed" plugin on my favourite skin (Quartz) however sadly the login still does not work for me.
I don't wish to offend any volunteers in the community but there's something wrong here, not just with the plugin, but with the apparent strategy to address these problems.
What doesn't seem right to me is that fact that given that YouTube is such a hugely popular site and is a core part of many people's media experience these days (where it is an essential app on many commercial streamers and devices like TVs and Blu Ray players) it doesn't make any sense to me that it's fallen into a state of neglect on XBMC.
If anyone is serious about the user experience on XBMC, then apps like this should not be allowed to break for any extended length of time - can the core team do anything about it? Can it be brought into the core product as a kind of "protected" app?
For my practical day to day purposes, what this means for me is that whilst I use XBMC for streaming movies off my NAS, which it does fine, the lack of YouTube unfortunately now sidelines my XBMC machine as more of an occasional living room curiosity and nothing more... sorry.