[News] MP 1.3.0 Beta - The Titan is coming! (3 Viewers)

[odonnelp]

Or you could setup the custom user interface using this http://cybernetnews.com/xbmc-run-boot-xbmc-startup-windows-8/. This is a setting in the group policy so you don't need to install anything special.

 

[raffe]

I would like to ask about Moving Pictures plugin vs build in My Videos. A long time ago I started to use Moving Pictures, don't really remember why, but I think it was better at getting info about the movies at that time.

1. But how is it today? What are the pros and cons with Moving Pictures and My Videos in 1.3?
2. And I'm also using My TVseries plugin, is there now a build in version of that in 1.3?

 

[RicoHTPC]

Hi Raffe...
1. I chose My Videos over Moving Pictures even in earlier versions but with mp 1.3 My Videos really gets a boost as you can read here:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/0_What's_New/1.3.x/1_UI_Related_Changes/Videos
2. To the disapointment of many mp 1.3 won't come with any series functionality but at the latest from mp 2.x you will no longer need the tv series plugin:
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...pport-for-mp2-medialibrary-2012-07-01.106960/

 

[TheBatfink]

You also have myfilms as an alternative for movies, but to be honest, with MovingPictures and imdb+ combined, myvideos would have to be very special indeed to make me want to move.
TVSeries has no alternative but I've never really had an issue with it. If you setup file names correctly, I find it near autonomous anyway.
I thought MP was supposed to be going modular anyway so that everything was a plugin and not part of the core?

 

[RicoHTPC]

I prefer My Videos because I like having things in one piece and I don't know why My Videos in mp 1.3 would'nt be as good as Moving Pictures,
but there's personal opinion in it - no question.
I also understood the new mp system with having a plugin structure rather than core featurers but even then:
isn't it more senseful to have only one plugin for all video data?

 

[TheBatfink]

Definately, just dont understand where the benefit is in people developing whats essentially the same thing but like in competition with one another? Seems a waste of resource. But then I suppose you could argue that for skins too, but like you say, its the personal taste element I suppose. People like choice lol.

 

[catavolt]

...with MovingPictures and imdb+ combined, myvideos would have to be very special indeed to make me want to move.

Do you have 1.3 Alpha installed and compared MYVideos with MovPic?
MyVideos with all it´s features and functions is lightyears ahead of MovPic

 

[emphatic]

For me, MovingPictures is better, especially since IMDb+ came around. That scraper just works and everything looks great without much work at all. When I can have Swedish scraping results and custom filtering directly in My Videos, then I might consider moving to it, but for now I use both. MovingPictures for feature films, and My Videos for home videos and the stuff my children likes.

Emph

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

You cannot configure MovingPictures in the GUI, MyVideo's now can, so chances are a lot more newcomers to MP will use that, and lets call a spade a spade, they look so similar now in general use, I forget which one I'm in

 

[TheBatfink]

In fairness, I havent actually tried myvideos (but I do have the alpha installed).

Its such a big job to start setting anything else new up, its nice to just 'use' MePo and enjoy it without having to constantly mess around with it for a little while maybe later [DOUBLEPOST=1355163033][/DOUBLEPOST]Regarding in app configuration, its nice and all and a welcome feature.. But you have to ask when you are touting it as a big improvement, then maybe its more because MePo takes too much configging in the first place and this is just making it a little less painful!
The thought of having to setup a fresh install of TVServer without exported channels literally frightens me!