This doesn't fit anywhere else, so I'll post it as a cheap thrill.
In case anyone cares, I thought I'd write up a "what would it take for the wife to be okay with me decommissioning the Roku & Sage extenders, and go strictly to JRiver". Right now there's no compelling reason to cut over as I own 2 Roku3's and 2 Sage HD200 (with 1 HD300 as a spare). But that doesn't mean I'm happy with the current state, indeed I'm seriously bugged with a few things. If I can figure out how to do the following, I'd cut over tomorrow.
Note: This isn't meant to be a whiny post asking for JRiver to cater to one customer who only paid $50 for a license. I'm happy to attempt to do this myself, I post this more as a blog entry in case anyone has any guidance. This also assumes I'm keeping the SageTV server to perform recording.
Already exceeds current state[/u]
- Single Video Source for both ripped DVD, TV, local discs, & streaming
- Much more visually pleasing interface. (not that important to wife sadly)
- Much simpler GUI as IVB deleted many menu items, or re-arranged others.
- Wondering if there's anything else. Wondering if the PQ is better via MC RO on the 106" 1080p projector/screen than HD200/roku, haven't done a comparison yet though.
Must Have to Achieve Parity- change hulu submenu to have queue as first menu item
- change hulu submenu to delete unneeded views
- Organize HuluPlus Queue tv shows into series instead of one long list
- Rich CQC driver for MC. (This ones on me, I need to write a CQC driver for MC REST. Which isn't simple.)
Must have to provide incremental value (aka a reason to switch)- universal search across local library, streaming (huluplus, netflix, amazon instant video is ideal)
- Voice Control via my/kids Android devices. (doable today, I just need to stitch together Autovoice->Tasker->CQC->MC. I don't think iOS has an AutoVoice app though, so wife is SOL)
Tough to live without but possible- show & play amazon owned movies
- In TheaterView, mark a show as watched
- In TheaterView, mark a show as unwatched
Incremental Value, but I realize its unlikely in the next 6-12 months as some require both JRiver & external to do stuff- show & play google play movies (I don't think Google allows this)
- Display CQC/HomeAutomation information within it in textual format (CQC has a rich API, or I can have CQC create a text file with status every 60 seconds. I need a way to display in TheaterView, ??Allow MCWS??)
- Create some mechanism in TheaterView for me to control CQC. (could be via hitting a CQC web server URL, CQC will take over)
- Display CQC/HomeAutomation information within it in graphical format (distant future - CQC currently cannot provide this)
Thats all I can think of (for now), i'll keep this post updated with accomplishments or other things I thought of in any of those categories.
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