2012-06-15, 20:25
Hello all, my name is Shane and I am coming over to the XBMC from having a WD Live TV Plus media player - VERY glad to have found this place...
I have a fairly decent media library on a Qnap 6TB NAS drive that I play through a WD Live TV Plus media player.
I had no clue that this XBMC system was even around until I just stumbled onto it while looking for newer/better media players.
While the WD is ok, it is nothing like the what you guys offer here!!!! I would have directed my efforts and time to getting this up and running instead of my hacked WD system with WDLX firmware etc...
With the WD system, I could create my movie sheets using ThumbGen, set up the configurations on the web end config etc and it was relatively simple once you understand that stuff.
I figure that XBMC is similar ??
I do have some simple quick questions though...
Q: When i get the XBMC up and running, am I able to sort through my movies (I have about 1100+ mkv movie files, 400+ TV shows) with different genres and New Releases?
Its the inability to sort using New Releases on my WD system that drives me crazy - can the XBMC do this??
Also, while I am on a steep learning surve, i will get a ATV2 and get it up and running on this before I jump into a proper media server...
Q: Would learning on a ATV2 be a good start?
so, I also must say THANK YOU to all for providing this XBMC support !
I wish that I could have found this sooner, but better late than never !
(PS: I am useless at Lynux, so hopefully that isnt a problem...)
I have a fairly decent media library on a Qnap 6TB NAS drive that I play through a WD Live TV Plus media player.
I had no clue that this XBMC system was even around until I just stumbled onto it while looking for newer/better media players.
While the WD is ok, it is nothing like the what you guys offer here!!!! I would have directed my efforts and time to getting this up and running instead of my hacked WD system with WDLX firmware etc...
With the WD system, I could create my movie sheets using ThumbGen, set up the configurations on the web end config etc and it was relatively simple once you understand that stuff.
I figure that XBMC is similar ??
I do have some simple quick questions though...
Q: When i get the XBMC up and running, am I able to sort through my movies (I have about 1100+ mkv movie files, 400+ TV shows) with different genres and New Releases?
Its the inability to sort using New Releases on my WD system that drives me crazy - can the XBMC do this??
Also, while I am on a steep learning surve, i will get a ATV2 and get it up and running on this before I jump into a proper media server...
Q: Would learning on a ATV2 be a good start?
so, I also must say THANK YOU to all for providing this XBMC support !
I wish that I could have found this sooner, but better late than never !
(PS: I am useless at Lynux, so hopefully that isnt a problem...)