[quote]The X-Box is powerful enough to do everything people want in a Media Center, it's *vastly* more powerful than my TiVo for a start.[/quote]
While it's true that Xbox Media Center is far superior to other comparable Media Center apps at the moment, what's holding the project back at the moment is a lack of RAM and the slow processor (compared to current-day PCs).
HDTV playback is not very smooth (although it's improving) and TV recording is also not an option.
That aside, some things I'm still missing in Xbox Media Center:
- No gapless FLAC (or gapless OGG for that matter)
The developers are saying that this is the fault of the mplayer core, and that they'll need to port a mediaplayer more suitable for audio, like Xine)
- No DVD menu support
- Video / audio seeking leaves much to be desired (even in current xbmc-2004-09-09 build)
- The usual things (no SHN support)
Still a great media center, I'd pick it over MS' Windows XP Media Center any day.
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[quote]The X-Box is powerful enough to do everything people want in a Media Center, it's *vastly* more powerful than my TiVo for a start.[/quote]
While it's true that Xbox Media Center is far superior to other comparable Media Center apps at the moment, what's holding the project back at the moment is a lack of RAM and the slow processor (compared to current-day PCs).
HDTV playback is not very smooth (although it's improving) and TV recording is also not an option.
That aside, some things I'm still missing in Xbox Media Center:
- No gapless FLAC (or gapless OGG for that matter)
The developers are saying that this is the fault of the mplayer core, and that they'll need to port a mediaplayer more suitable for audio, like Xine)
- No DVD menu support
- Video / audio seeking leaves much to be desired (even in current xbmc-2004-09-09 build)
- The usual things (no SHN support)
Still a great media center, I'd pick it over MS' Windows XP Media Center any day.