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<blockquote data-quote="TE5LA" data-source="post: 512869" data-attributes="member: 97961">I stopped using XBMC; Had tried the Live version (Linux) as well as the Windows version and finally gave up.&nbsp; It wouldn't play more than half of my videos unless I recoded them to another format.&nbsp; their forums were not helpful with any solutions.&nbsp; Even when it played a video, it was very choppy and the audio was out of sync.&nbsp; Oddly, this often cleared up somewhat after restarting the video.&nbsp; But having to stop and restart movies every time didn't appeal to me.&nbsp; I think it is because XBMC uses its own CODECS instead of the Windows library.I did like the interface, but still feel MediaPortal is better.&nbsp; I also like the fact that I never have to manually download artwork and info for movies.&nbsp; Just put the video file on my drive and it magically appears.&nbsp; In XBMC I had to manually search every movie individually and then select from a list of possible choices and sometimes there were none.&nbsp; It also tended to download the wrong artwork.&nbsp; Perhaps some of these issues could have been ironed out, but I didn't need to do anything with MediaPortal.I'm not trashing XBMC. I know MP was built from it.&nbsp; I think certain media center software will just work better for different people.&nbsp; Vista Media Center, for instance, seemed to play videos better than any I've tried yet, but the interface and the library just bit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TE5LA, post: 512869, member: 97961"] I stopped using XBMC; Had tried the Live version (Linux) as well as the Windows version and finally gave up. It wouldn't play more than half of my videos unless I recoded them to another format. their forums were not helpful with any solutions. Even when it played a video, it was very choppy and the audio was out of sync. Oddly, this often cleared up somewhat after restarting the video. But having to stop and restart movies every time didn't appeal to me. I think it is because XBMC uses its own CODECS instead of the Windows library. I did like the interface, but still feel MediaPortal is better. I also like the fact that I never have to manually download artwork and info for movies. Just put the video file on my drive and it magically appears. In XBMC I had to manually search every movie individually and then select from a list of possible choices and sometimes there were none. It also tended to download the wrong artwork. Perhaps some of these issues could have been ironed out, but I didn't need to do anything with MediaPortal. I'm not trashing XBMC. I know MP was built from it. I think certain media center software will just work better for different people. Vista Media Center, for instance, seemed to play videos better than any I've tried yet, but the interface and the library just bit. [/QUOTE]

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