Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo vs XBMC vs Boxee

2011-02-27 Thread Adam Charrett
On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 13:51 +0900, Alan wrote: My HTPC usage is similar to yours, I don't have a tv tuner, I use it for movies and tv shows, music and occasionally gaming. A long time ago I was using MMS (My Media System) but then I moved to Freevo. MMS has some advantages over Freevo,

Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo vs XBMC vs Boxee

2011-02-26 Thread Alan
My HTPC usage is similar to yours, I don't have a tv tuner, I use it for movies and tv shows, music and occasionally gaming. A long time ago I was using MMS (My Media System) but then I moved to Freevo. MMS has some advantages over Freevo, namely the ability to create playlists through the

Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo vs XBMC vs Boxee

2011-02-24 Thread Stephen Rowles
On 23/02/2011 21:48, Bill Burroughs wrote: Hi all, I had been using Freevo for almost 4 years until about 4 months ago - I got a 720p TV, and as my Freevo box wasn't powerful enough to decode 720p, I bought myself a cheap little (Argosy) media box. Needless to say, losing the ability

Re: [Freevo-users] Freevo vs XBMC vs Boxee

2011-02-24 Thread Jacob Briggs
Oddly enough, I faced a similar situation to you (hell, I even live in NZ). I tried out xbmc, and what drove me back to freevo was that is was just plain old simpler to configure, run and administer and the interface is cleaner. XBMCs interface is just too busy for me. My freevo box eventually

[Freevo-users] Freevo vs XBMC vs Boxee

2011-02-23 Thread Bill Burroughs
Hi all, I had been using Freevo for almost 4 years until about 4 months ago - I got a 720p TV, and as my Freevo box wasn't powerful enough to decode 720p, I bought myself a cheap little (Argosy) media box. Needless to say, losing the ability to customise things has got more and more