Why is WMC still so much better than XBMC?

Thats like saying. "Why doesnt the car i got for free run like a lambo"

I tried "them all" : WMC, DVBViewer Pro, MediaPortal, MythTV, VDR, XBMC and so on .. (had to find the most WAF compatible media center :-)

I was really surprised about WMC7 - it's clean and well designed, it's fast - and it's unfortunately proprietary .. means: enhance with plugins from the community ? New skins ? forget it. It's like every M$ & Apple product - it's a case of sink or swim. (Btw. - you have payed with your computer or you have to pay for a windows 7 home premium licence to get it ..)

XBMC means in the first - freedom: there are so many skins and addons for every taste. XBMC has a much better music, video and program addon support, better scrappers and grabbers. There is no database and no file format that can't be used or played.

TV ? It's on the road. XBMC is a client server architecture. One server, multiple clients, even for TV. (Btw. ever tried to watch and record multiple channels with only one tv receiver card at the same time ? XBMC and every simple pvr enabled satellite receiver can handle channels on the same transponder/mux - WMC can't. Ever tried to watch scrambled TV - most DVB-C and DVB-S stuff is scrambled nowadays - lol - buy a licence for DVBLink just to enable support. With XBMC + right tv backend it's running painless).

And - best of it: you don't have to use windows .. an HTPC running Win7 is the hell - tried it and it's so awfully slow compared to OpenElec .. XBMC with Linux is a Porsche (or a lambo) while WMC7 with Win7 is at most a VW Touran.

So sorry guy, maybe you simply didn't get round with XBMC - but XBMC is much better than WMC !

So long

LAstCoder

idk what to say. you nailed it.

LastCoder Wrote:I tried "them all" : WMC, DVBViewer Pro, MediaPortal, MythTV, VDR, XBMC and so on .. (had to find the most WAF compatible media center :-)

I was really surprised about WMC7 - it's clean and well designed, it's fast - and it's unfortunately proprietary .. means: enhance with plugins from the community ? New skins ? forget it. It's like every M$ & Apple product - it's a case of sink or swim. (Btw. - you have payed with your computer or you have to pay for a windows 7 home premium licence to get it ..)

XBMC means in the first - freedom: there are so many skins and addons for every taste. XBMC has a much better music, video and program addon support, better scrappers and grabbers. There is no database and no file format that can't be used or played.

TV ? It's on the road. XBMC is a client server architecture. One server, multiple clients, even for TV. (Btw. ever tried to watch and record multiple channels with only one tv receiver card at the same time ? XBMC and every simple pvr enabled satellite receiver can handle channels on the same transponder/mux - WMC can't. Ever tried to watch scrambled TV - most DVB-C and DVB-S stuff is scrambled nowadays - lol - buy a licence for DVBLink just to enable support. With XBMC + right tv backend it's running painless).

And - best of it: you don't have to use windows .. an HTPC running Win7 is the hell - tried it and it's so awfully slow compared to OpenElec .. XBMC with Linux is a Porsche (or a lambo) while WMC7 with Win7 is at most a VW Touran.

So sorry guy, maybe you simply didn't get round with XBMC - but XBMC is much better than WMC !

So long

LAstCoder

You say a Win7 HTPC is hell.

I have a Win7 Fusion computer (AMD GPU of course). Is there a really solid Linux/XBMC build that works OOTB with Fusion setup? XMBCLive never did in the past but I know others are out there. Just interested in your thoughts.

Requirements:
1- Run XBMC
2- Web Browser to play TV Shows etc from Hulu or other sites.

svinyard Wrote:You say a Win7 HTPC is hell.

I have a Win7 Fusion computer (AMD GPU of course). Is there a really solid Linux/XBMC build that works OOTB with Fusion setup? XBMCLive never did in the past but I know others are out there. Just interested in your thoughts.

Requirements:
1- Run XBMC
2- Web Browser to play TV Shows etc from Hulu or other sites.

I hate to put it this way, but you might spend less money buying a decent nVidia card than you'll spend on the software to use that AMD GPU.

Please kind sirs what is a "WMC" and how do I run it on Linux? I am not a former nigerian princesss in exile I have no monies of which to spend. The Linux is such free OS and good for hardware. Thus fars XBMC plays the Ten Eighty Pees movies I have acquired through ownership of BlueRays.

I very much like sound of WMC and inquire on its use.

Thank you kind sirs for your responses.

LastCoder Wrote:And - best of it: you don't have to use windows .. an HTPC running Win7 is the hell - tried it and it's so awfully slow compared to OpenElec .. XBMC with Linux is a Porsche (or a lambo) while WMC7 with Win7 is at most a VW

Wow...W7 is hell? You must not configured it correctly for it to be awefully slow!

I wouldn't say XBMC is better than 7MCE either. Both players serves its purposes very well. If you like to mess around with stuffs (me), XBMC is great and I enjoy using it very much. But for my kids, 7MCE is great for them and it work out of the box with (recorded/live TV/MCE remote) and TMT5 is integrated seamless for bitstreaming purpose.

If you want to enjoy BD in full 1080P video and bitstreaming DTS-HD/TrueHD audio, 3d, recorded/live TV, HD Netflix/Hulu/Vudu, etc, Windows 7 + XBMC/7MCE is a must!

This has turned into another Windows vs Linux vs OS X thread. The "what I use is the best so I should impose my views upon everyone else and basically shit on their preference" approach

openelec+xbmc < windows 95 + real player < win7 + WMC

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