Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="costi" data-source="post: 940466" data-attributes="member: 105787">From top to bottom:1. I don't really use my HTPC for music, so I don't really care. However, what I like about XBMC is being able to switch to file mode any time I want.2. For me, the fact that I don't need to bother with codecs and players is a bonus of XBMC. That said, LAV filters work fine so far, so once they are bundled with MP install both will work the same from my point of view.3. Never had problem with either. What I do like, however, is doing everything from the GUI in XBMC. BTW. you can create your own entries for XBMC - use .nfo files, they have priority over the scraper.4. I'll have to disagree here. While it is easier to put a plugin directly on the homescreen in MP, that plugin has to be supported by the skin in the first place. If the skin you want to use doesn't support the plugin (or vice versa, I'm never sure) you're screwed and it will either have to be put in a submenu or won't work at all. In XBMC every plugin is supported by every skin and if for some strange reason there's a skin page missing, it will use the one for Confluence (default skin). Also, MP plugins are a mess - some use separate installers, some don't; settings for some are accessed via MPConfig, some have their separate configuration apps; their data is all over the place (some install here, some there...) and to do anything you need to drop out of the GUI and grab a mouse, or use remote desktop and re-launch everything afterwards.5. As mentioned above, I hate the fact that in MP your skin choice determines what plugins are available. I'd love to use MayaHD, but it doesn't support MyAnime, and it is not planned. Also, in XBMC skinners are able to create their own views and often use this. In MP, I have yet to see something beyond the standard 4.As far as looks are concerned, XBMC wins for variety, but both apps have some good-looking ones. Also, the Default MP skin is just plain ugly (especially once you look at Confluence). The added bonus for XBMC is that it works on almost everything (iOS, Android, RaspberryPI, Windows, Linux) and XBMCbuntu or OpenELEC are really fast and ligtweight even on low-end hardware (the OpenELEC install is about 150MB for the whole OS with XBMC). In the end, for me the choice is similar to iOS vs Android.XBMC is like iOS - almost everything working out of the box, all the features are bundled and you can do everything inside the app and whatever you do it's almost guaranteed to work. If you want to do something non-standard, however, you need to look under the hood and do some serious tinkering (similar to jailbreaking and Cydia). In summary: fast & easy to set up and enough for most people.MP, on the other hand, is like Android - the basic install is rather poor, but you have lots of 3rd party tools and additions to really customize it the way you want. Each of them usually is more powerful than the XBMC counterpart, but since they're separate, they might not talk to each other as you would expect. In summary: powerful with lots of customizations, but difficult to set up and sometimes a bit "geeky".</blockquote>

Verification