Comments on: Entertainment 2.0-Episode 67: The Plugin Show http://thedigitalmediazone.com/2010/03/05/entertainment-2-0-episode-67-the-plugin-show/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:43:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: makryger http://thedigitalmediazone.com/2010/03/05/entertainment-2-0-episode-67-the-plugin-show/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 makryger Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:17 +0000 http://thedigitalmediazone.com/?p=3997#comment-1019 Just to let you know, My Channel Logos does have both the color and white-washed logos. The color logos are on by default, but you can swap it with the white logos in the settings. Just to let you know, My Channel Logos does have both the color and white-washed logos. The color logos are on by default, but you can swap it with the white logos in the settings.

]]> By: makryger http://thedigitalmediazone.com/2010/03/05/entertainment-2-0-episode-67-the-plugin-show/comment-page-1/#comment-761 makryger Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:17 +0000 http://thedigitalmediazone.com/?p=3997#comment-761 Just to let you know, My Channel Logos does have both the color and white-washed logos. The color logos are on by default, but you can swap it with the white logos in the settings. Just to let you know, My Channel Logos does have both the color and white-washed logos. The color logos are on by default, but you can swap it with the white logos in the settings.

]]> By: Joe http://thedigitalmediazone.com/2010/03/05/entertainment-2-0-episode-67-the-plugin-show/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Joe Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:32:00 +0000 http://thedigitalmediazone.com/?p=3997#comment-1506 So what do you guys think are the trends and effects for freeware MCE apps/plugins? MCE has always felt like a hobbyist culture and I thank all the creative people out there who have given us everything from Meedio, xmltv scrappers, DVR-MS Toolbox, Mediainfo, ngRC and current my favorite MediaBrowser (you could even argue MCE is just a hobbyist feature built into Windows). On the other hand, MyMovies has pay features, metabrowser is going to try be pay apparently, BigScreen EPG will be pay. Playon is pay. More importantly, I want to see if you think free MCE apps are holding back media center? The most obvious issues are that free apps don't have consistent development, customer service or warranty... So the counter-intuitive problem is: do free apps HURT media center development? Look at an example, MediaBrowser is a brilliant piece of software which I love and has completely taken over my 7MC. There have been very good updates and (it appears to me) many people now contribute to the various components that development possible. But perhaps as a result it is also inconsistent, as bits and pieces change version to version which sometimes improve and sometimes (perhaps unintentionally) hurt the product - like little GUI glitches that sometimes get better and sometimes get worse with new versions (if you use MediaBrowser and you upgrade to each version, you probably know what I mean). And this is the best free MCE product I have ever used! Ultimately, I want MCE to get better. Do we need a commercial culture to make that possible? (I'm thinking of like Apple's AppStore, which I love but it is a STORE) Or is part of the magic that MCE should be shared like a little basement hobby and suffer the tweaks that make hobbies, as opposed to shopping, fun? Good show, guys. Keep it up. Cheers, Joe. So what do you guys think are the trends and effects for freeware MCE apps/plugins?

MCE has always felt like a hobbyist culture and I thank all the creative people out there who have given us everything from Meedio, xmltv scrappers, DVR-MS Toolbox, Mediainfo, ngRC and current my favorite MediaBrowser (you could even argue MCE is just a hobbyist feature built into Windows). On the other hand, MyMovies has pay features, metabrowser is going to try be pay apparently, BigScreen EPG will be pay. Playon is pay.

More importantly, I want to see if you think free MCE apps are holding back media center? The most obvious issues are that free apps don’t have consistent development, customer service or warranty… So the counter-intuitive problem is: do free apps HURT media center development?

Look at an example, MediaBrowser is a brilliant piece of software which I love and has completely taken over my 7MC. There have been very good updates and (it appears to me) many people now contribute to the various components that development possible. But perhaps as a result it is also inconsistent, as bits and pieces change version to version which sometimes improve and sometimes (perhaps unintentionally) hurt the product – like little GUI glitches that sometimes get better and sometimes get worse with new versions (if you use MediaBrowser and you upgrade to each version, you probably know what I mean). And this is the best free MCE product I have ever used!

Ultimately, I want MCE to get better. Do we need a commercial culture to make that possible? (I’m thinking of like Apple’s AppStore, which I love but it is a STORE) Or is part of the magic that MCE should be shared like a little basement hobby and suffer the tweaks that make hobbies, as opposed to shopping, fun?

Good show, guys. Keep it up.
Cheers, Joe.

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