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Re: Which Media Center ?



Mal got any url's : Typically am looking at the bare neccessities as
provided by gbpvr : weather, imap connector, rss etc

Cheers,

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Lansell" <mal@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Which Media Center ?


> What plugins do you want?  Quantity of available plugins is no
> indication of suitability - lots of plugins could just as well mean
that
> the basic software is lacking in features.
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> The only issues I have with MCE and Vista are that they insist on
using
> their dumb database approach to browsing music and movies. HELLO!!! I
> want to browse by folder, not filter by genre or artist.  I listen to
> ALBUMS, not tracks - an alphabetic list of 15000 mp3s is no f***ing
use
> whatsoever.
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> Grrr...
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> Mal
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> Shaf Ali wrote:
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>> Was wondering what software you guys are using for a media center.
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>> I have just just tried WCE - YUK big time very slick n flashy but
no
>> *real* decent plugins ?
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>> Also tried gbpvr which is great but a little rough over the edges
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>> Looks Like I might end up going linux ? with mythTV / MediaMVP.
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>> Anyone have any suggestions or recommendations ?
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>> Many thanks in advance.
>> Shaf
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