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Just a matter of skin- development. Mediainfo.dll is used already to add media infos to MP2 DB.is there a plan to implement the MediaInfo library into the "Movies" section?
In MP2 all Video, Audio and Pictures Media is handled by core MP2 itself. Exact the same as in XBMC... Online Media are also part of a basic MP2 installation, also there are different plugin (Online Videos, Webradio) than the "normal" media plugin used to achieve this. But all is stored in the same Database provided by the central MP2 Server, something that even XBMC can not dream of. Together with some other unique features like Picture in Picture support for evey type of media (e.g. you can watch a movie mkv while waiting for the commercial break to be over, having live TV in small pip window to not miss the end of the commercials...) or full 3D capable GUI it's the best HTPC software available today and tomorrow. Sadly MP2 is still in Alpha state, but we are pretty sure to release a first Beta this year...hope it eliminates is the multiple ways to add media to your library.
Not completely correct. Also you can use inbuild MyVideos to playback all types of Video incl. TV Shows you only can build a DB with metadata for movies with MyVideos. For TV shows you need (and only can use) TVSeries plugin. MyFilms and Moving Pictures are more or less obsolete in meantime. In earlier days the MyVideos plugin delivered with core MP1 was not very feature rich. That's why community plugins are developed. Moving Pictures is an integrated solution which can handle metadata scrapping itself. Very similar to MyVideos after the great rework done a year ago (more or less). MyFilms is a completely different approach. There you need to use external tools (AMC) to build your movie database and the MP1 plugin only is displaying the data from this external build cataloge. Both plugins are there because lots of long term users loves and want to keep them, also both are not necessary any longer...First you have the out of the box Video section that can create its own DB and can contain both movies and TV shows, then you can have Moving pictures or My Films for movies and MP TV-Series for TV show.
Agree 100% here. Excerpt for the fact you need to do so on every XBMC client you have. There are two things that are perfect (from a user point of view) about XBMC. The GUI- Speed and the way media files are added to the system. The GUi Speed of MP2 is near XBMC and far ahead of MP1. But adding Media is a long way to go, if we ever want to have such a easy to understand and handle solution for MP2...adding media libraries to xbmc was one of the most shockingly simple and fast things. you point xbmc to a folder, you select what kind of media (movies, series, music) and it starts importing... literally 5 clicks of a button and your whole library of movies is added... in less than 1 hour, i added all my music, movies, tv series, including all fanarts, info, etc... it was a real eye opener coming from MP1
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Agree 100% here. Excerpt for the fact you need to do so on every XBMC client you have. There are two things that are perfect (from a user point of view) about XBMC. The GUI- Speed and the way media files are added to the system. The GUi Speed of MP2 is near XBMC and far ahead of MP1. But adding Media is a long way to go, if we ever want to have such a easy to understand and handle solution for MP2...adding media libraries to xbmc was one of the most shockingly simple and fast things. you point xbmc to a folder, you select what kind of media (movies, series, music) and it starts importing... literally 5 clicks of a button and your whole library of movies is added... in less than 1 hour, i added all my music, movies, tv series, including all fanarts, info, etc... it was a real eye opener coming from MP1
I know about that. But that really is complicated. Tried it long time ago but don't get it to work and gave up. All the easiness is gone this way. It's more like sharing DB inside MP1, not comparable to the MP2 way...No you dont have to add to every client. If you use MySQL...One client can be your master and all the rest will be updated and in sync.
I know about that. But that really is complicated. Tried it long time ago but don't get it to work and gave up. All the easiness is gone this way. It's more like sharing DB inside MP1, not comparable to the MP2 way...No you dont have to add to every client. If you use MySQL...One client can be your master and all the rest will be updated and in sync.