MediaPortal on FLOSS Media Centers State of the Art survey/paper (1 Viewer)

[giovanisp]

Hello,

The Telematics Freedom Foundation is sponsoring a study about the state of the art in current Media Center projects in the FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) community. We picked the 10 most prominent
FLOSS media center projects out there and we're now collecting information about their features, functionality and support.

The 10 selected projects are: XBMC, MythTV, Boxee, Elisa, Neuros OSD, Freevo, My Media System, Entertainer, CenterStage+Plex and MediaPortal.

Because of our limited resources, we can't afford creating a Lab to run and test all 10 media centers. So we are relying on the community collective intelligence to gather all data necessary to provide you with a panoramic view on state of the art work in FLOSS Media Center projects.

There is one webform available for each project. The forms are very easy to compile and we invite Project Leaders, Developers and Power Users to actively participate.

So, what's the deal?

You can collaborate by:

• Filling the MediaPortal Profile form: MediaPortal Profile - FLOSS MC Comparison Table and/or
• Sending any particular snapshots of your MC, links to demo videos or web reviews to info (at) telematicsfreedom (dt) org

The benefits are:

• you'll get for free a panoramic view on state of the art in all prominent media center floss projects out there;
• you'll be promoting your favorite Media Center and showing how strong your community is;
• if you contribute, you will have credits at the end of the paper, in your project section;
• the best snapshots may be selected to appear on the paper and illustrate the project's UI

You can participate anonymously, but if you decide to leave your name and email address you'll be given credit for your participation and will receive an email notification of when the paper is available for download (it will be free as in free speech and as in free beer

Thank you for your consideration,
Giovani Spagnolo - organizer
Telematics Freedom Foundation
Telematics Freedom Foundation

 

[giovanisp]

Thanks and Survey Closing Date

Thank you everyone for the good participation and high quality responses.
I'd like to inform we'll close surveys on September 2nd, to allow some more time for less active communities yet with low participation.

Activity and more info on our blog:
Telematics Freedom Foundation | FLOSS Survey will close September 2nd


Regards,
Giovani Spagnolo

 

[giovanisp]

Thank you everyone for helping...

The paper was released a few minutes ago, get your copy (free!) at:
Telematics Freedom Foundation | FLOSS Media Center State of the Art

All the work is released under Creative Commons By-Nc-Sa.
If you have feedback, the last page of the paper contains info on how to
contact me. I'll be glad to hear from you.

cheers,
giovani spagnolo