Re: The future of Freevo 2.0

On 17 July 2011 15:29, Tuomas Tonteri <[email protected]> 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.
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).

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.

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