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MrHaugen:

--- Quote from: preproman on April 05, 2011, 06:47:00 am ---I think we agree on more things than it seems.  I have a few questions though.  Please explain what you mean by XBMC is not so flexible?  Also please explain the difference between presentation and playback - are we are talking about the ability to play Full HD 1080p) while decoding Trued and DTS-MA with out stutter, pauses and dropouts?
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Is there a getting started video wiki?

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Yes. Check out the wiki for more video info. There is not well described setup guides there I think. But you'll get a better understanding of the underlaying possibilities. If you have problems, just write a post, and I'll sure that some will help you out with detailed instructions :)

When I talk about playback I talk about the stutter free pixel perfect decoding I aim at. When I mention presentation, I talk about the user interface and the information shown for the videos and series. There is a huge difference.

2-3 Years ago when I checked out XBMC the options for video was very few. There is a good reason. XBMC only have a Theater View, if I recall right.  To have 1000 different options there would be a no go. If you check out the Video options and File Types option for MC you'll see that the combinations of Source Filters, Other filters, renderers is almost endlessly. You can configure all of this to suite your taste, together with a bunch of other options like Aspect ratios, external playback, bitrate monitors and reclock, subtitle options, cropping, different video renderers and so on and so forth. Some of the absolute best filters, splitters and renderers like madvr are now available to us. I used to use Zoom Player because of all the options and all the customizations you could do to your setup. But MC almost have the same options now, and it sure was enough for me to drop that standalone player.

Only thing I'm dreaming of now, is a way to present my medium video collection in the best possible way (ie Presentation). I do think that J Rivers have some plans for the future though.

preproman:

--- Quote from: MrHaugen on April 05, 2011, 07:48:36 am ---2-3 Years ago when I checked out XBMC the options for video was very few.
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WOW 2-3 years ago by our definition now is a very long time ago.  It's free, check it out. As I will do with JR and lets give our fair and unbiased opinions.

JimH:
New topic here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=63475.0

Closing this one.

JimH:
New Mac board here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=31.0

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