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Where We're Going Next
JimH:
Warning: This is not a feature request thread.
Matt's off to the Boundary Waters for a few days. Before he left, we were talking about "The Big Picture". Linux, iOS, etc. What's important.
So we're thinking about where MC will go next and I'd like to ask for your input. Please don't discuss this elsewhere.
Here's my view of where we are now. MC covers a lot of ground:
A solid and very fast database core
A powerful and versatile 64bit datapath audio engine with audiophile quality
A DirectShow video engine which can use the audio engine and sets up automatically
Whole house networking using DLNA or Library Server
Support for Androids and MC Remotes
Broad support for player devices
CD, DVD, & Blu-ray ripping
CD and DVD burning
Extensively multi-threaded
Good metadata for music
Live TV, Recorded TV, and Client/Server TV
Support for Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, etc.
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In short, MC is a very powerful, and full featured entertainment system.
While we expect to continue to improve the quality of what we currently do, I'm also interested in filling in some of the missing pieces.
Here's my list of the big pieces we'd like to add. Please suggest other big pieces that may be missing.
1. Better metadata
2. Better EPG for TV
3. Broader support for TV (DVB-S, etc)
4. iPod/iPhone sync
5. iPhone/iPad version of Gizmo
6. JRiver extender devices -- one PC based, one DLNA
7. Live TV on clients when used with Library Server
8. Carnac assisted tagging
[more from below -- through message 26]
glynor
Better resources for beginners and intermediate users
gvanbrunt
dynamic streaming to devices
marko
Raw file development and management. Ability to export to a choice of file types jpg, png tif etc. in a choice of formats for a choice of destinations, flickr, email, local HD etc. etc. which would
rjm
books – index epub/mobi
[Audiobooks]pop up info when I hover or click something.
Lise
playback of notes
MrHaugen
improved Theater View skinning
Series art and Season art (episode would just be standard folder.jpg)
TheLion
Blu-Ray playback - full menu support
Picture/Photo viewer - support for color management and HQ scaling algorithms (Lanczos). To make it viable for viewing HiRes/HQ photos from DSLRs and not just snapshots.
rpalmer68
suggest that MC start making more efficient use of a tuner by being able to record multiple streams off the one tuner, or at least not use two tuners to record two recordings that are one after the other on the same channel!
upload photos to google+ and picassa
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=65228.msg446996#msg446996
KingSparta:
Boundary Waters = Boundary Waters canoe area of northeastern Minnesota
>> A solid and very fast database core
Anything faster is better
>> Live TV, Recorded TV, and Client/Server TV
I love my TV
> Support for Netflix, Hulu, YouTube
I thought it was in there already, In theater mode (that I don't use)
>> iPod/iPhone sync
Have you gotten Apple support yet?
Are people still using Ipods, I figured that this device would go bye bye after the Iphone came out.
glynor:
--- Quote from: JimH on September 20, 2011, 06:04:46 pm ---1. Better metadata
2. Better EPG for TV
3. Broader support for TV (DVB-S, etc)
4. iPod/iPhone sync
5. iPhone/iPad version of Gizmo
6. JRiver extender devices -- one PC based, one DLNA
7. Live TV on clients when used with Library Server
8. Carnac assisted tagging
--- End quote ---
That's a very good list.
The only things I can think of other than those are small potatoes.
EDIT: Well, one thing...
9. Better resources for beginners and intermediate users.
rick.ca:
In the interest of keeping the list short...Item 1 won't work without 8. More to the point, what's needed is automatic identification and tagging using available meta data sources—on import and as required.
gvanbrunt:
As much as I hate to use the overused term, Cloud is going to be very important. MC has actually been a for runner in the this area with it's client server support long before the term was coined. My take is this:
MC should be "cloud" provider. It should offer:
- Gizmo like support to all major devices. So iOS, Blackberry, Android and Windows Phone 7, and Windows clients.
- dynamic streaming to these devices so steaming adjusts to the bandwidth available.
- access to the library through web services. This support is there now, but there may be some things still missing.
- access to the library through a web site. This support is already there as well.
- access to these services in an easy to setup, and secure fashion. JR has made some great strides in the ease to setup department, however I would suggest creating a few Wizards to walk end users through setting things up.
MC should also be "cloud" consumer. It should
- have a frame work for easilly writing "drivers" to connect to cloud services that will be offerd. I expect a great many of these in the near future, so the more the better. It would be ideal if it was something end users could extend...
- be able to offer these services to any of MC's clients.
For both of these it should do this in a way that is easy for anyone to use.
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