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<blockquote data-quote="Spragleknas" data-source="post: 1050167" data-attributes="member: 17435"><p>OK, I can't help having my say here.</p><p>Unlike fforde and ministerk, I'm no dev, I have no clue regarding coding - less software architecture. Like a chimpanzee I find myself reading stuff I don't really understand (well, sometimes I do understand the occasional thing - or at least I like to think so <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />). MJGraf's post does, however, make sense to me. It made me more more excited about MP2 then before - although I've also been worried about MP2 being "to little - to late".</p><p></p><p> - First of all I'm a bit surprised about this post. Seems a bit disrespectful, if you ask me - and this is coming from one (IMHO) of the absolutely most respected contributor to the development of MP. Maybe I just read it wrong... It shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that there are more complete solutions out there than MP2.... MP2 is still alpha! Comparing Plex and ChromeCast to MP2 makes no sense to me at this stage.</p><p></p><p>And about the "user friendly"-thing... again... still in alpha here! That being said, I think we have established that MP1 is an application that does not fit everyone - or to be blunt: You need to at least a semi-geek to be using it on a regular basis (my personal opinion, yes). "Non-technical-users" will not use MP1 - period! "Non-technical-users" will probably never use XBMC, WMC or any other Linux or Win based mediacenter hooked to the TV - including MP2. "Non-technical-users" will use a "smart TV" - or AppleTV, ChromeBook etc. I'm pretty sure "Non-technical-users" won't give a shit about FLAC vs MP3, bitstreaming, bitperfect, pixel-perfect, 1:1 pixelmapping, getting 23.976 FPS yadya, yada, yada.... Pretty sure a "Non-technical-users" won't even bother playback of stored files - they just want to stream it via Netflix, Spotify, HBO - and here MediaPortal (and XBMC etc) are quite screwed already.</p><p></p><p>I consider myself a "semi-technical-user". I am (well, was) on the verge of going only Netflix+Spotify for all my media - but I just don't think it is quite there yet for me. But if it was, a new Samsung smart TV would make a whole lot more sense to me than MP - or ChromeCast or Plex, for that matter. (But I had to go cheap-o and get myself a "non-smart 3D-LG" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />).</p><p></p><p>So... Now I lost track <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> But to sum it up:<strong> MP2 is alpha</strong>. It is not supposed to fulfill you every needs at this time. Morhp said that next version would probably be beta, but he did never say that MP2 is feature complete. MJGraf has described how things are still to come. Sadly there are not many devs working on MP2 atm, so we need to give MP2 time to evolve.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spragleknas, post: 1050167, member: 17435"] OK, I can't help having my say here. Unlike fforde and ministerk, I'm no dev, I have no clue regarding coding - less software architecture. Like a chimpanzee I find myself reading stuff I don't really understand (well, sometimes I do understand the occasional thing - or at least I like to think so :D). MJGraf's post does, however, make sense to me. It made me more more excited about MP2 then before - although I've also been worried about MP2 being "to little - to late". - First of all I'm a bit surprised about this post. Seems a bit disrespectful, if you ask me - and this is coming from one (IMHO) of the absolutely most respected contributor to the development of MP. Maybe I just read it wrong... It shouldn't be a surprise to anybody that there are more complete solutions out there than MP2.... MP2 is still alpha! Comparing Plex and ChromeCast to MP2 makes no sense to me at this stage. And about the "user friendly"-thing... again... still in alpha here! That being said, I think we have established that MP1 is an application that does not fit everyone - or to be blunt: You need to at least a semi-geek to be using it on a regular basis (my personal opinion, yes). "Non-technical-users" will not use MP1 - period! "Non-technical-users" will probably never use XBMC, WMC or any other Linux or Win based mediacenter hooked to the TV - including MP2. "Non-technical-users" will use a "smart TV" - or AppleTV, ChromeBook etc. I'm pretty sure "Non-technical-users" won't give a shit about FLAC vs MP3, bitstreaming, bitperfect, pixel-perfect, 1:1 pixelmapping, getting 23.976 FPS yadya, yada, yada.... Pretty sure a "Non-technical-users" won't even bother playback of stored files - they just want to stream it via Netflix, Spotify, HBO - and here MediaPortal (and XBMC etc) are quite screwed already. I consider myself a "semi-technical-user". I am (well, was) on the verge of going only Netflix+Spotify for all my media - but I just don't think it is quite there yet for me. But if it was, a new Samsung smart TV would make a whole lot more sense to me than MP - or ChromeCast or Plex, for that matter. (But I had to go cheap-o and get myself a "non-smart 3D-LG" :D). So... Now I lost track :D But to sum it up:[B] MP2 is alpha[/B]. It is not supposed to fulfill you every needs at this time. Morhp said that next version would probably be beta, but he did never say that MP2 is feature complete. MJGraf has described how things are still to come. Sadly there are not many devs working on MP2 atm, so we need to give MP2 time to evolve. [/QUOTE]
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