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<blockquote data-quote="MacMini" data-source="post: 167551" data-attributes="member: 20587"><p>I've spent the weekend trying to move to Media Portal from Vista MCE.</p><p></p><p>I truly believe that Media Portal can be the the Holy Grail of the front ends, but IMHO, there are two main areas where it needs significant improvement:</p><p></p><p>1: My Music. It was the main reason I stuck with MCE, and it still has some usability issues.</p><p></p><p>I know, some here like Shares. Shares do give the option of browsing one's hard drive, etc. But hey, why not add your desired drive/folder to whatever library you want to, and have MP watch for additions to it?</p><p></p><p>As it is now, if I hit the back button one too many times, I end up looking at a bunch of drive letters, which is hardly a polished end-user experience. Not good.</p><p></p><p>[EDIT] I am eating crow as I write this: There is a better way to browse, as I was just told here <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/show_all_albums-t26100.html?t=26100" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/show_all_albums-t26100.html?t=26100</a> If I may suggest that this be a default view, so as not to demand too much from the intellectually-challenged like me. {END EDIT]</p><p></p><p>Finally, it'd be great to get a field like Album Artist in there. It is very useful for stuff like classical music, where you could have the same piece by the same composer, but performed by a few different artists.</p><p></p><p>2. My Pictures. The dreaded Shares, again. It doesn't have to get fancy - just show my folders (albums) containing the snapshots of whatever important occasion I happened to annoy people at, and that's it. Hopefully, each such folder will have an icon representative of what's inside. But don't accidentally send me to choose between C:, D: or L: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>If we can get some music to go with the slide show, or if we could do something like the Apple TV screen saver, it would just be gravy.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I am really, really grateful for all of the developers' contributions. Please take these suggestions as what they are - a sincere desire to see this be the best of all the front-ends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacMini, post: 167551, member: 20587"] I've spent the weekend trying to move to Media Portal from Vista MCE. I truly believe that Media Portal can be the the Holy Grail of the front ends, but IMHO, there are two main areas where it needs significant improvement: 1: My Music. It was the main reason I stuck with MCE, and it still has some usability issues. I know, some here like Shares. Shares do give the option of browsing one's hard drive, etc. But hey, why not add your desired drive/folder to whatever library you want to, and have MP watch for additions to it? As it is now, if I hit the back button one too many times, I end up looking at a bunch of drive letters, which is hardly a polished end-user experience. Not good. [EDIT] I am eating crow as I write this: There is a better way to browse, as I was just told here [url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/show_all_albums-t26100.html?t=26100[/url] If I may suggest that this be a default view, so as not to demand too much from the intellectually-challenged like me. {END EDIT] Finally, it'd be great to get a field like Album Artist in there. It is very useful for stuff like classical music, where you could have the same piece by the same composer, but performed by a few different artists. 2. My Pictures. The dreaded Shares, again. It doesn't have to get fancy - just show my folders (albums) containing the snapshots of whatever important occasion I happened to annoy people at, and that's it. Hopefully, each such folder will have an icon representative of what's inside. But don't accidentally send me to choose between C:, D: or L: :-) If we can get some music to go with the slide show, or if we could do something like the Apple TV screen saver, it would just be gravy. Anyway, I am really, really grateful for all of the developers' contributions. Please take these suggestions as what they are - a sincere desire to see this be the best of all the front-ends. [/QUOTE]
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