Hi On 18.07.2011 15:42, Stephen Rowles wrote: > On 17 July 2011 15:29, Tuomas Tonteri <t...@tuomastonteri.fi > <mailto:t...@tuomastonteri.fi>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I was wondering what is the place of Freevo 2.0 in the landscape of > alternatives? What makes it unique from all the other HTPC software? > There seems to be more competition here than there was five years ago. > > This from a very happy user of Freevo 1.X through its DirectFB backend. > The best thing for me in Freevo (1) is the use of multiple separate > programs, especially its use of mplayer. > > > XBMC looks very flash, but configuring and actually using it is a pain > IMO.
IMHO configuring it was easier than configuring Freevo. But I don't have everythng running, e.g. my LCD does not work with XBMC. But you only configure once, using it is the major part. And I think Freevo is better in that area: simpler! > It's very much style over substance. I tried it for a bit but got > fed up and went back to Freevo. Yes they've made it look nice but don't > appear to have sat down to make the day to day use smooth (or least not > out of the box). Agreed. > It also doesn't have built in TV support which is the main thing I use > Freevo 1.0 for. > > Without TV recording Freevo 2.0 is no use to me personally. Unforunately > I don't know enough python/C or have enough hours in the day to offer > help at the moment. I won't have time to work on the TV support, but since we already have it, I guess we can find someone porting what we have in 1.9 to 2.0 Dischi -- Disclaimer: the above is the author's personal opinion and is not the opinion or policy of his employer or of the little green men that have been following him all day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
