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<blockquote data-quote="msj33" data-source="post: 1118357" data-attributes="member: 16747"><p>I totally agree - Seems like MePo is left somewhere in between version1 and 2 - Furthermore I keep seeing posts about missing developers on both MePo and addons!?!</p><p></p><p>-Barely news on the Homepage - Except release notes (No blogs, polls or anything else any longer)</p><p>-If I just look at the Sourceforge download statistics - It looks like users are bailing out on MePo these days! (Or is it just me!?)</p><p></p><p><strong>MePo1 </strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Can't recall which new version of MePo 1 actually added some new useful functionality for the <u>majority</u> of users.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Although there have been a lot of bugfixing, I have not come upon a single but in the last 4-5 release -So thats actually nice - but are we actually spending valuable time bugfixing very small and minor bugs</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Skins - The default skins provided is NOT working out-of-the-box - titan tiles and navigation are one big mess by default!<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Just do a simple installation of either Titan or Default - then adding plugin messes it up further, unless you edit manually.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Addons - Personally I'm happy to see Netflix integrated in OV and seeing some nice progress on Skype4MP - But also seeing a huge lack of development on external acess paltforms like Webmediaportal, mpextended and aMPdroid - Development seem to have stopped completely.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Basically MePo offers nothing special out-of-the-box - every user is forced do do post-installation of Movie-addon, video-streaming-Addon, Music streaming-addon, Logo-addon etc. - although they all might work, Mepo seems to be clugged up in installation and configuration settings and procedures.</li> </ul><p><strong>MePo2</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm not impressed that you havn't even got a Beta after years of development.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Have tried to use MePo 3 or 4 times along the way........have given up every time.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It has som basic functionality, but not intuitive or user frinedly at all - Far from user friendly for a first time user!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yes, it early Alpha........But will it ever be ready? (I guess users have migrated for other software by then:-( )</li> </ul><p><strong>Kodi/XBMC</strong>:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Although it do have some flaws and occasional crashes, the development continues to grow in the community expanding across different platforms and hardware.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Install of plugins, setup of music & movies folders incl. scraping just works........It just WORKS, and integrates withut even usage of a keyboard or mouse!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ease of installation - Even install files to a SD-card an boot from it - Kodi(Basic) starts without any config/options to set up.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If it was not for the TV-part of MePo, I would propably have switched to Kodi/XBMC around 1 year ago.</li> </ul><p><strong>Ideas and suggestions:</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ask & Search for new developers! (Sorry can't help......unless you want help on design and usability)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A vast majority of users are dependant of a VERY few plugins(Check the statistics/downloads!) - Why not continue to make these dependencies more userfriendly and easy to install and configure - Or even merge functionality that just works into MePo(Moving pictures, Onlinevideos).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Make better use of the community - feels like the MePo2 development/design are somewhat behind closed doors, and the community are not invited in to discuss the ideas and development behind the scenes - Could need some further transparency - hopefully at least discussions and developemnt are taking place.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Automatic Crash reporting</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Polls</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Vote for bugfixing and Feature requests(dropbox had huge success at this)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">News and blogs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Design and development workshops or sprints</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Keep it simple - Can't count how many times I have now set up MePo - Endless hours of configuration and plugin on every new installation.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It's actually the most annoying part of MePo if you ask me.</li> </ul></li> </ul><p>Have used Mediaportal for quite some years now on a daily bases, and have never felt as bad for it as now - It works for me daily and it's stable - But I'm very concerned about MePo in general and the developement - It seemed to have lost development)FTE) and community over time:-(</p><p></p><p>Can stress this enough - Thanks for all the effort and free time developers are putting into these projects - I just got to be completely honest from and end user perspective - I and others are propably more than happy to assist in getting MePo to the next stage - But many of us maybe feel we not invited to the party.</p><p></p><p>/Morten</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msj33, post: 1118357, member: 16747"] I totally agree - Seems like MePo is left somewhere in between version1 and 2 - Furthermore I keep seeing posts about missing developers on both MePo and addons!?! -Barely news on the Homepage - Except release notes (No blogs, polls or anything else any longer) -If I just look at the Sourceforge download statistics - It looks like users are bailing out on MePo these days! (Or is it just me!?) [B]MePo1 [/B] [LIST] [*]Can't recall which new version of MePo 1 actually added some new useful functionality for the [U]majority[/U] of users. [LIST] [*]Although there have been a lot of bugfixing, I have not come upon a single but in the last 4-5 release -So thats actually nice - but are we actually spending valuable time bugfixing very small and minor bugs [/LIST] [*]Skins - The default skins provided is NOT working out-of-the-box - titan tiles and navigation are one big mess by default! [LIST] [*]Just do a simple installation of either Titan or Default - then adding plugin messes it up further, unless you edit manually. [/LIST] [*]Addons - Personally I'm happy to see Netflix integrated in OV and seeing some nice progress on Skype4MP - But also seeing a huge lack of development on external acess paltforms like Webmediaportal, mpextended and aMPdroid - Development seem to have stopped completely. [*]Basically MePo offers nothing special out-of-the-box - every user is forced do do post-installation of Movie-addon, video-streaming-Addon, Music streaming-addon, Logo-addon etc. - although they all might work, Mepo seems to be clugged up in installation and configuration settings and procedures. [/LIST] [B]MePo2[/B] [LIST] [*]I'm not impressed that you havn't even got a Beta after years of development. [*]Have tried to use MePo 3 or 4 times along the way........have given up every time. [*]It has som basic functionality, but not intuitive or user frinedly at all - Far from user friendly for a first time user! [*]Yes, it early Alpha........But will it ever be ready? (I guess users have migrated for other software by then:-( ) [/LIST] [B]Kodi/XBMC[/B]: [LIST] [*]Although it do have some flaws and occasional crashes, the development continues to grow in the community expanding across different platforms and hardware. [*]Install of plugins, setup of music & movies folders incl. scraping just works........It just WORKS, and integrates withut even usage of a keyboard or mouse! [*]Ease of installation - Even install files to a SD-card an boot from it - Kodi(Basic) starts without any config/options to set up. [*]If it was not for the TV-part of MePo, I would propably have switched to Kodi/XBMC around 1 year ago. [/LIST] [B]Ideas and suggestions:[/B] [LIST] [*]Ask & Search for new developers! (Sorry can't help......unless you want help on design and usability) [*]A vast majority of users are dependant of a VERY few plugins(Check the statistics/downloads!) - Why not continue to make these dependencies more userfriendly and easy to install and configure - Or even merge functionality that just works into MePo(Moving pictures, Onlinevideos). [*]Make better use of the community - feels like the MePo2 development/design are somewhat behind closed doors, and the community are not invited in to discuss the ideas and development behind the scenes - Could need some further transparency - hopefully at least discussions and developemnt are taking place. [LIST] [*]Automatic Crash reporting [*]Polls [*]Vote for bugfixing and Feature requests(dropbox had huge success at this) [*]News and blogs. [*]Design and development workshops or sprints [/LIST] [*]Keep it simple - Can't count how many times I have now set up MePo - Endless hours of configuration and plugin on every new installation. [LIST] [*]It's actually the most annoying part of MePo if you ask me. [/LIST] [/LIST] Have used Mediaportal for quite some years now on a daily bases, and have never felt as bad for it as now - It works for me daily and it's stable - But I'm very concerned about MePo in general and the developement - It seemed to have lost development)FTE) and community over time:-( Can stress this enough - Thanks for all the effort and free time developers are putting into these projects - I just got to be completely honest from and end user perspective - I and others are propably more than happy to assist in getting MePo to the next stage - But many of us maybe feel we not invited to the party. /Morten [/QUOTE]
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