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<blockquote data-quote="AgeOfPanic" data-source="post: 684715" data-attributes="member: 79014"><p>This is a nice subject, because XBMC and MP are the two leading open source MC out there. I always used MP. For me the external configuration made more sense when starting out. Now with StreamedMP and MovingPictures and Tvseries, I think it is a very complete product. </p><p>However, tempted by the Android Remote, I recently decided to try out Dharma. I noticed that XBMC definitely needs less tweaking to get it going. However, when you do need to tweak something, eg for me the support for a standard MCE remote was badly lacking, it gets a lot harder. </p><p></p><p>So pro and cons for me are</p><p></p><p>MP </p><p>Pro:</p><p>- MovingPictures and TVseries + StreamedMP take away a lot of the hassle of installing</p><p>- tweakability</p><p>- TV support, don't use it, but might in the future</p><p></p><p>Cons:</p><p>- no Android remote (especially to play music without starting the tv)</p><p>- only one really good skin. Hope I don't offend anyone, but for me StreamedMP is the only option. In XBMC the skin is only the skin, in MP StreamedMP really makes MP work. Otherwise, installing and updating is a lot more work. </p><p></p><p>XBMC</p><p>Pro: </p><p>- feels like a more consistent written program, hope that MP 2 will negate this. Feels fast. </p><p>- easy setup</p><p>- Android remote, amazingly well done. </p><p></p><p>Cons:</p><p>- most of the times it's fine, but if something doesn't work, fixing it in the UI is annoying. </p><p>- really poor support of standard MCE remote out of the box. Changing anything is hard. </p><p></p><p>I'm trying XBMC right now with a patched MCE remote and the Android remote to control it without TV. That is the only reason to leave MP for now. Well that and wanting a change. Both programs are not perfect and have some qualities the other one doesn't have. Funny thing is that both seem to implement changes seen with the other. I'm just happy we have the choice and that the friendly competition seems to drive things forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AgeOfPanic, post: 684715, member: 79014"] This is a nice subject, because XBMC and MP are the two leading open source MC out there. I always used MP. For me the external configuration made more sense when starting out. Now with StreamedMP and MovingPictures and Tvseries, I think it is a very complete product. However, tempted by the Android Remote, I recently decided to try out Dharma. I noticed that XBMC definitely needs less tweaking to get it going. However, when you do need to tweak something, eg for me the support for a standard MCE remote was badly lacking, it gets a lot harder. So pro and cons for me are MP Pro: - MovingPictures and TVseries + StreamedMP take away a lot of the hassle of installing - tweakability - TV support, don't use it, but might in the future Cons: - no Android remote (especially to play music without starting the tv) - only one really good skin. Hope I don't offend anyone, but for me StreamedMP is the only option. In XBMC the skin is only the skin, in MP StreamedMP really makes MP work. Otherwise, installing and updating is a lot more work. XBMC Pro: - feels like a more consistent written program, hope that MP 2 will negate this. Feels fast. - easy setup - Android remote, amazingly well done. Cons: - most of the times it's fine, but if something doesn't work, fixing it in the UI is annoying. - really poor support of standard MCE remote out of the box. Changing anything is hard. I'm trying XBMC right now with a patched MCE remote and the Android remote to control it without TV. That is the only reason to leave MP for now. Well that and wanting a change. Both programs are not perfect and have some qualities the other one doesn't have. Funny thing is that both seem to implement changes seen with the other. I'm just happy we have the choice and that the friendly competition seems to drive things forward. [/QUOTE]
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