Comment Re:Your point? (Score 1) 68
[quote]The X-Box is powerful enough to do everything people want in a Media Center, it's *vastly* more powerful than my TiVo for a start.[/quote]
While it's true that Xbox Media Center is far superior to other comparable Media Center apps at the moment, what's holding the project back at the moment is a lack of RAM and the slow processor (compared to current-day PCs).
HDTV playback is not very smooth (although it's improving) and TV recording is also not an option.
That aside, some things I'm still missing in Xbox Media Center:
- No gapless FLAC (or gapless OGG for that matter)
The developers are saying that this is the fault of the mplayer core, and that they'll need to port a mediaplayer more suitable for audio, like Xine)
- No DVD menu support
- Video / audio seeking leaves much to be desired (even in current xbmc-2004-09-09 build)
- The usual things (no SHN support)
Still a great media center, I'd pick it over MS' Windows XP Media Center any day.
While it's true that Xbox Media Center is far superior to other comparable Media Center apps at the moment, what's holding the project back at the moment is a lack of RAM and the slow processor (compared to current-day PCs).
HDTV playback is not very smooth (although it's improving) and TV recording is also not an option.
That aside, some things I'm still missing in Xbox Media Center:
- No gapless FLAC (or gapless OGG for that matter)
The developers are saying that this is the fault of the mplayer core, and that they'll need to port a mediaplayer more suitable for audio, like Xine)
- No DVD menu support
- Video / audio seeking leaves much to be desired (even in current xbmc-2004-09-09 build)
- The usual things (no SHN support)
Still a great media center, I'd pick it over MS' Windows XP Media Center any day.
