2011-01-17, 18:44
Quote:Where will be located the thumbs and fanarts images in your diagram? If we replace the launchers.xml file by NFO files, where will be located the thumbs and fanarts images path informations? Into the NFO files? If you have XBMC installed on different computers you will still have the modify those path. Also, where will be located the launchers settings informations? We still need to use a central file to manage all this.
Here:
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| |----Comic 2
[b]| |___ Comic 2 Media files[/b]
| |___ Comic 2 nfo
You would need a central file to handle sources, yes
Quote:No more flexibility you mean. If your media files are located on different hard drives or into several network servers or shares, using your files organization, users will be forced to put all their media into the same place and using and forced to use a specific organization. With this organization, Advanced Launcher will become a roms/games manager instead of a flexible applications launcher.
That's exactly why I said less flexibility (less= no more) I agree with you on this
Quote:Ember software is a Windows application (not on LInux) that only exists because there is no internal option into XBMC that allows users to directly edit their media infos. With Advanced Launcher you can actually do all of this using the edit option. So no need to use a third party software or create intermediate NFO files.
True
Quote:One big central file vs. One big central database + thousand redundant individual NFO files... personally the first option look more manageable for me. Also, since the latest ALA versions, you do not need anymore to touch at the launchers.xml file to manage your roms and launchers. You can do all directly from XBMC. Seriuosly, I would be very happy if this kind of management functionality would exist in XBMC to manage all my other media (video and audio).
Just a different point of view
Quote:Heuuu... you simply ask me to restart all from zero and make an add-on quite similar to RCB.
Nonono you got me wrong, I don't ask for anything, I said I'm happy the way it is now and I was stating that It would be far too much work to implement this, why reinvent the wheel? it's working already. I just said it was a good idea nothing else