I hope this is not taken the wrong way, in my opinion xbmc is the best front end for my media I have ever came across and for that reason I love it like no other.
My one and only issue with xbmc has been addons/apps/ whatever you want to call it. Perhaps this is not what xbmc for, maybe it more of a storage front end solution then a mainstream media player, and my observations are wrong.
When I grab addon's they are all developed by regular users, regular users leave, stop working, have other things to do. None of the addons i use last very long.
When I look at other media streamers like boxee, or rouk, or whatever, they all have working apps or addons that are always working by I assume a team, things like netflix, amazon, discovery channel website, a nicer youtube addon....
I would rather not buy a different device for netflix and youtube, and website videos and things of that nature it would be fantastic if xbmc was all i ever needed and were easily accessible and put out by an approved xbmc team that was able to keep up with it if errors or problems arose so they could be fixed
Maybe xbmc does not have the resources for this, I dont know, but I would be willing to pay money for a centralized offical xbmc app packages I know worked and im sure many others would as well.
And before someone suggests their is a netflix app or youtube app the creators did a fine job, its just not a robust netflix or youtube browsing experience compared to other devices. As well as any streaming video website addons like vice.com, discovery channel, music services (creator of the free grooveshark script vanished for instance and now thats no longer working), ect.. that rely on regular users and break quite often, the addons are simply rarely maintained.
I also know users were working on an app wall or addon wall which would go along way as well. Maybe an xbmc team handling addon's is just not possible, but I thought it was something I should ask or suggest. Maybe since xbmc is free an open source this will simply never happen, but i thought I would bring it up, many casual users get excited about xbmc when i show it to them but get turned off when they see a lack of easy to use addons with nice interfaces that work compared to their boxee or roku or whatever.
My one and only issue with xbmc has been addons/apps/ whatever you want to call it. Perhaps this is not what xbmc for, maybe it more of a storage front end solution then a mainstream media player, and my observations are wrong.
When I grab addon's they are all developed by regular users, regular users leave, stop working, have other things to do. None of the addons i use last very long.
When I look at other media streamers like boxee, or rouk, or whatever, they all have working apps or addons that are always working by I assume a team, things like netflix, amazon, discovery channel website, a nicer youtube addon....
I would rather not buy a different device for netflix and youtube, and website videos and things of that nature it would be fantastic if xbmc was all i ever needed and were easily accessible and put out by an approved xbmc team that was able to keep up with it if errors or problems arose so they could be fixed
Maybe xbmc does not have the resources for this, I dont know, but I would be willing to pay money for a centralized offical xbmc app packages I know worked and im sure many others would as well.
And before someone suggests their is a netflix app or youtube app the creators did a fine job, its just not a robust netflix or youtube browsing experience compared to other devices. As well as any streaming video website addons like vice.com, discovery channel, music services (creator of the free grooveshark script vanished for instance and now thats no longer working), ect.. that rely on regular users and break quite often, the addons are simply rarely maintained.
I also know users were working on an app wall or addon wall which would go along way as well. Maybe an xbmc team handling addon's is just not possible, but I thought it was something I should ask or suggest. Maybe since xbmc is free an open source this will simply never happen, but i thought I would bring it up, many casual users get excited about xbmc when i show it to them but get turned off when they see a lack of easy to use addons with nice interfaces that work compared to their boxee or roku or whatever.