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<blockquote data-quote="Lehmden" data-source="post: 1195576" data-attributes="member: 109222"><p>Hi.</p><p></p><p>Because the code base of MP1 is not ideal, pretty outdated and nearly any further development like an integrated central database for all media and all plugins is very difficult up to impossible to achieve.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As soon as you've added a media source on one client and then turn on the second client you will see the difference instantly. MP2 is a modern Server- Client application while MP1 is a stand alone app that has later ripped out one single part (the TV engine) to be usable from more than one Client... This means you don't need to add all media to all clients, once added to one client they are available on every client instantly. You don't need to take care about the "watched flags" of your media as this is stored centralized too. Especially on slower devices the GUI speed of MP2 is much better. You don't need a full blown SQL server only to store a tiny little database for the TV engine. This is like buying a huge truck only to carry your lunch box. The basic installation of MP2 is feature complete. You don't need to add "thousands" of external plugins only to have basic functionality of a HTPC software. Indeed out of the Box MP1 nearly is unusable. No fanart support, no support for tv series, no weather, no streaming services,... With MP2 you do the installation, configure the TV (nearly the same as in MP1, so very complicated compared to the rest of the MP2 configuration) and add your media sources. Now you are good to go without any further Installation of plugins or similar. I think I can go on forever...</p><p></p><p></p><p>It is a complete server - client system with all the benefits this gives. Much cleaner and better code base with lot less possibilities for errors, and so on...</p><p></p><p>Similar to Kodi, MP1 is very far developed, very mature, but also a bit too "old fashioned" to keep up with the changes in today's media world. MP2 is more like Plex or Emby, much more modern and much more usable in mixed environments but not completely mature today. If for some reasons MP2 will die in near future (pretty sure it will not) I won't go back to MP1 and also not to Kodi. The missing of a real centralized server is unacceptable to me so MP1 or Kodi is a completely no go for me. Then I definitely would go for Emby (+ DVB Viewer as TV Engine) as the Emby server is much faster than the Plex server. At least if the development of all this software continues like it is now...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lehmden, post: 1195576, member: 109222"] Hi. Because the code base of MP1 is not ideal, pretty outdated and nearly any further development like an integrated central database for all media and all plugins is very difficult up to impossible to achieve. As soon as you've added a media source on one client and then turn on the second client you will see the difference instantly. MP2 is a modern Server- Client application while MP1 is a stand alone app that has later ripped out one single part (the TV engine) to be usable from more than one Client... This means you don't need to add all media to all clients, once added to one client they are available on every client instantly. You don't need to take care about the "watched flags" of your media as this is stored centralized too. Especially on slower devices the GUI speed of MP2 is much better. You don't need a full blown SQL server only to store a tiny little database for the TV engine. This is like buying a huge truck only to carry your lunch box. The basic installation of MP2 is feature complete. You don't need to add "thousands" of external plugins only to have basic functionality of a HTPC software. Indeed out of the Box MP1 nearly is unusable. No fanart support, no support for tv series, no weather, no streaming services,... With MP2 you do the installation, configure the TV (nearly the same as in MP1, so very complicated compared to the rest of the MP2 configuration) and add your media sources. Now you are good to go without any further Installation of plugins or similar. I think I can go on forever... It is a complete server - client system with all the benefits this gives. Much cleaner and better code base with lot less possibilities for errors, and so on... Similar to Kodi, MP1 is very far developed, very mature, but also a bit too "old fashioned" to keep up with the changes in today's media world. MP2 is more like Plex or Emby, much more modern and much more usable in mixed environments but not completely mature today. If for some reasons MP2 will die in near future (pretty sure it will not) I won't go back to MP1 and also not to Kodi. The missing of a real centralized server is unacceptable to me so MP1 or Kodi is a completely no go for me. Then I definitely would go for Emby (+ DVB Viewer as TV Engine) as the Emby server is much faster than the Plex server. At least if the development of all this software continues like it is now... [/QUOTE]
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