What are some benifits of Xbmc?

[Bstrdsmkr]

Navi-X is essentially a list of user's bookmarks, with all the good and bad that comes with that.

Addons created for certain sites, such as Icefilms and 1Channel, usually have better navigation/organization and are generally more closely integrated integrated with those sites.

For me, XBMC greatest strength is it's extensibility. An addon can do anything from play video content from a website to pause playback when the phone rings, or alert you when someone pulls into the driveway.

[Eclipse]

Amin I have a question, I followed the directions on Easy Install For Repos and Addons however where do I find the actual source after it installs?? all it says on that site is "after install zip file your done" ok but where is it or how do I get to it?

I read your recent post and I seem quite confused. Am I suppose to go through that from ssh computer to atv2 or manually with remote? also where is these list? boseman and user>justme4u2c ect.. I am very very new to this and quite lost lol


goodies meaning that everything came in one big package after installing navi-x and it was broken down in parts/folders tv shows/ movies/ live and each had links that will work.. with xbmc nothing shows up but add options and when I click on it I have to install.. I feel that its a hassle to install everything while navi-x is all there... but like I said I'm new to the area.


Bstrdsmkr I just read your response and still don't understand lol reason being you mention that navi-x is a bookmark of all the good stuff, but with xbmc you have to manually install those link to have it on the xbmc menu... in that case why use xbmc? I do like how you mention "alert you when someone pulls into the driveway." I don't plan on ever using that but its that stuff is what I was wanting to know what all can xbmc do.

*****update******

Things are not looking to great so far... I installed what the furk since alot of people say its good, but every thing I search for it says "the search was unable to find any files." on pretty much anything I click on.. And will this only install the video onto the hard drive? if so that's not cool, I like streaming, not a fan of using up hdd especially since its very small.

Also how do I uninstall things I want to remove?

[Bstrdsmkr]

XBMC at it's heart is a media player. navi-x just adds a couple of capabilities to it:
1. Allows you to create "playlists" which are basically bookmarks. In the background, it processes those websites to look for playable media, then gives you a list of what it found. From there you can select a piece of media from one of these bookmarks and play it in xbmc
2. Allows you to share your bookmarks and browse other's bookmarks.

Since all of it's content is user created, it suffers from organization/UI problems.

Easy Install isn't really an addon, it's a method for installing addons. Xbmc expects you install addons from online repositories, but the chicken-and-the-egg problem is that you have to download the repository file and install it in xbmc to have access to all the addons in that particular repository. Easy Install walks you through the process of adding tuxen's hard drive (which he's opened up to the internet) just as if it were a local hard drive. Now you can use xbmc's install from zip feature to browse tuxen's hard drive and install and repos or addons he's saved there. If you have an addon's repository installed, xbmc will make sure it's always up to date so you never miss out on any new features.

There are several different kinds of addons in xbmc. 1Channel for example is a video addon. What this means is it takes the website www.1Channel.ch and makes any content available there available to xbmc just as if that content was saved on your local hard drive.

A Program addon, such as Rom Collection Browser, are interfaces from programs outside of xbmc. Rom Collection Browser was designed to allow you to organize your ROM and emulator collection and play old school video games on your media center. The uTorrent addon, as you might imagine, lets you monitor and manage a uTorrent installation. The main benefit of this is that everything is navigated similarly and you never have to leave xbmc to do something else. It's the difference between coming across a video in your web browser and playing it on the fly, and having to download it, open a media player, then watch it. It's nothing super extraordinary, but it's a better overall experience.

As far as "What can XBMC do?," the answer is limitless. What can your computer do?

[Amin B]

If you check the Boseman playlist on Navi-X > "A Word on the Playlist" text > Bosemans Playlists - ... >
he explains that now; they're all scraper based only and he doesn't have any control on managing the links!

[Jarvis]

If navi-x works for you, stick with it.

[Eclipse]

wow I just added a theme to XBMC and really love it! it feels better and overall looks better (using the old xbox 360 look)

Is it possible to get some of the stuff I use on NAVI-X and put it in XBMC?
Also I notice justin.tv in navi-x doesn't work no more... is there a way I can get twitch.tv and justin.tv working on xbmc?

[umOuch[INKMD]]

Justin.TV add-on is

[Eclipse]

Thanks umouch, do I use putty to transfer that zip to the apple tv? or is there a quicker way to send that?