MrMC

Odok76 wrote:Have to agree with the OP.
First impressions were kinda disappointing.

I think you really need to go back to the drawing board with the interface. Keep it simple! I think people want to browse and enjoy their media library without distraction. As much focus on cover art as possible.

The remote/swiping is indeed horrible. It feels outdated and doesn't seem to make use of the new touchpad at all. I think I saw Davilla somewhere saying he preferred the old remote and it shows.... Personally I love to familiar swiping of the new remote, with intuitive and responsive fast/slow swiping as we expect from smartphone usage. Get rid of the horrible touch & hold scrolling with accompanying 1995 clicking sound.

Not happy with the media library options either. I like to split my files up into adult / kids movies as well as tv shows and documentaries as a separate folder. This interface pushes me into having all of my movies and tv shows in a unified folder.
This would be mitigated by better use of favourites.
Favourites should be accentuated and preferably selectable as a home screen with accompanying folder art.

In general, too many visible options, too many clicks required to navigate and the whole package doesn't mesh well with the tvos. Hate to say it, but infuse is doing it way better at the moment - take a leaf from their design, it's simple and attractive. That look with the additional flourish of MrMC/Kodi would be a thing to behold

davilla wrote:Users coming from existing XBMC/Kodi will find the GUI natural and quite familiar. After all, the skin is modified 'confluence' and that has been the main skin for XBMC/Kodi for years. We decided that it was good enough and to focus on solid and stable playback. Waiting a few seconds like the other players was just not acceptable to us.

As I mentioned elsewhere, we only had real physical devices when they were available to the general public. Even a direct plea to Tim Cook for real atv4's went nowhere. So maybe four weeks and the remote handles much, much different than under the simulator. Netflix and the other players had access to real boxes much, much longer than us. Apple's guidelines are focused on game handling with little for 'other' apps. A simple browse of the Apple Developer Forums will show that we were not along in trying to figure out the missing bits.

However, those things in mind. We do have plans for remote improvements, v1.0.2. Also doing a much better skin. And much more things that will knock your socks off. Getting into the Apple Store was just the 1st step of a bold plan.

davilla wrote:However, those things in mind. We do have plans for remote improvements, v1.0.2. Also doing a much better skin. And much more things that will knock your socks off. Getting into the Apple Store was just the 1st step of a bold plan.

brunodogster wrote: I have the same issues as you had with not being able to add video. How did you get it too work?
Using NFS, adding video directory will only display the parent directories on the NAS, then I am unable to select anything to add.
I'm a little confused that the app is not asking for username and password to the NAS in the first place?

Odok76 wrote:Have to agree with the OP.
First impressions were kinda disappointing.

I think you really need to go back to the drawing board with the interface. Keep it simple! I think people want to browse and enjoy their media library without distraction. As much focus on cover art as possible.