MyMovies 3.0 beta announced for Sept. 1st.
Taken from The Missing Remote after a comparison of several available video library plugins:
“There is no doubt that My Movies due to it’s Hosted HTML interface is behind on this area – we are aware of this.
Actually, to support our users best possible, My Movies serves as a meta-data provider for both Vista and Windows 7′s build in DVD/Movie library, but it also serves as a meta-data provider for Media Browser and others.
Our users is very welcomed to use the meta-data back end of My Movies along with a different front-end.
This might be as good as any place to mention the specific release plans.
My Movies 3, in MCML, for Windows Vista and Windows 7 will be released in a beta on September 1′st.
The final version will be available late October with Windows 7.
The beta will be feature wise ready on the features that My Movies 2 contains, while depending on the amount of issues, we might get other of the expected features in before the final 3.0 – otherwise these will be part of an update not long after.
Along with the first beta is planned an interview with Ian Dixon of TheDigitalLifestyle.com, which means that you will be able to hear details here. This interview is expected to be released along with the beta.
Ian Dixon have received some screenshots, which we can’t make public yet. The author of this article is welcomed to contact us to get these too, if someone needs confirmation of it’s existance.
Our main problem with this interface is that the bar have been raised quite a few times over the time it have been planned. But this time the dates are set specifically, and we have made the schedule so that we are absolutely sure this is it.
Regards,
Brian Binnerup
My Movies”
Hmm. Well, I wish Brian the best, but I personally believe he’s missed the boat. He may gain some ground now that Media Browser has announced they are going to start charging, but I personally find MyMovies too bloated. The database backend is nice and all, but I just think it contains too much information and it impacts performance.
I know I’ll try it when it becomes available (I put no stock in this release date), but I have moved on. Too much time was spent on WHS functionality when the masses wanted the MCML version out the door.
Browser: Firefox 3.5 OS: Windows Vista
While I agree with your points about gaining ground now that Media Browser is going commercial and that much time was wasted on WHS development, I disagree with your assessment that he missed the boat and that MM is too bloated. I think the extensive backend capabilities make it what stands so far above any other system. Once you get used to the setup, maintenance is effortless. I did find that the WHS/Client path is much easier to maintain and less bloated than the Server/Client model.
I’m sure the MCML version will be snappier than the H-html version and many of the UI quirks will have been worked out.
Personally, I never could get the hang of MediaBrowser/MetaBrowser. It was beautiful, but I could never get it quite right, and I kept wishing it would act more like MM2, but keep the looks. Plus, being able to use MM for WHS via the connector is nice and the Monitored Folders just plain work…
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Browser: Internet Explorer 8.0 OS: Windows Vista
I agree with the first commentor. He doesn’t charge. He built a great foundation. Folder monitoring is fantastic. The meta data is fantastic. Media Browser looks very nice, and I do like some of it’s features, but I don’t think it would be what it is today without My Movies.
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