Bad experience for a first time user of XBMC

ericminou Wrote:I looked around, but didnt not see anything obvious. Is there a thread somewhere discussing the general direction of the XBMC post the 10.x version?

Sorry if it is an obvious question.

Not especially. You kind of have to keep an ear to the ground to find that kind of thing out. As you'll see here, following Dharma, the general plan is to create the ability to using binary addons. After that, the goal is to make PVR a feature. In between, code is getting cleaned up and stabilized. Somewhere in there is the expectation of dramatically improving sound handling. Those are the only definite goals. Here is a much less certain list of things that you should definitely not take as biblical truth.

I really cant understand people like this XBMC is a great product and the wiki is great why blame one selves laziness and incompetence on others..

I'd say this should give as much , if not more insight (but monitoring xbmc.org should do, if we stick to our promises )
http://xbmc.org/theuni/2011/02/21/whats-going-on/

I agree that when I first setup xbmc I was getting quite frustrated and asking myself if it was worth it. Now that I have it setup though, I love it!!! I think like most programs, it is just getting a feel of how it works and how to get it setup. Once you get familiar with it, it is great!

I downloaded Boxee beta and it has some major issues playing local content. I seen this built on XBMC logo. I was like OK what's that and did some research and downloaded XBMC.

As a first time user I found it was hard to use. I was looking at it from a Boxee UI stand point. This is all I known.

It took some more research to figure out how to make files names in a way XBMC likes. Finding Ember revisted and therenamer helped fix most of my issues.

I played around with skins didn't care for any of them per say. I did however find Night to be the best as far as learning XBMC. With the help of the tools listed above I quickly became a XBMC fan.

I hardly ever look at the Boxee software now. Yes there is a learning curve but if you stick with it you will enjoy it. If all you want to do is run apps then maybe Boxee beta is for you. However if having movies and TV Shows on a local server or extra computer you have is your thing then XBMC is the best.