2010-05-01, 02:18
I've been toying around with XBMC for a few days now, and I have to say that I'm very confused. The possibilities seem endless, yet the functionality seems to be rather elusive to the newcomer.
I guess my main question is, how can I pull video or media from my favorite webpages?
In boxee all i have to do is click a button to be watching the most current episodes of "The Daily Show" right from the comedy central website.
With XBMC, i had to install navi-x, navigate to the "site scrapers" section, and still there are no comedy central videos.
Is there any way to write a 'site scraper' myself? Is there any documentation on the subject?
I simply want my HTPC to be able to stream good web content. Is Boxee simply a better bet for this sort of thing?
I figured since they shared a programing foundation that it would be simple to implement the functionality, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to stream this content. Some networks have their own plugins, and some are listed under the "navi-x" script, but it's difficult to localize everything I need in one place.
I keep getting the feeling that I'm simply missing a step. That the answer is right in front of me somewhere but I'm just not seeing it.
I guess my main question is, how can I pull video or media from my favorite webpages?
In boxee all i have to do is click a button to be watching the most current episodes of "The Daily Show" right from the comedy central website.
With XBMC, i had to install navi-x, navigate to the "site scrapers" section, and still there are no comedy central videos.
Is there any way to write a 'site scraper' myself? Is there any documentation on the subject?
I simply want my HTPC to be able to stream good web content. Is Boxee simply a better bet for this sort of thing?
I figured since they shared a programing foundation that it would be simple to implement the functionality, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to stream this content. Some networks have their own plugins, and some are listed under the "navi-x" script, but it's difficult to localize everything I need in one place.
I keep getting the feeling that I'm simply missing a step. That the answer is right in front of me somewhere but I'm just not seeing it.