Hello,
I am new here, and thought for a first post, I would post something worthwhile :)
I have worked in collaboration with Nach to create an Addon (Video Plugin) from the Site's content for Xbox Media Center. We finally phased out of beta phase and it is now ready for your consumption :)
What is XBMC?
XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, Windows, and the original Xbox. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.
While XBMC functions very well as a standard media player application for your computer, it has been designed to be the perfect companion for your HTPC. Supporting an almost endless range of remote controls, and combined with its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, XBMC feels very natural to use from the couch and is the ideal solution for your home theater.
Currently XBMC can be used to play almost all popular audio and video formats around. It was designed for network playback, so you can stream your multimedia from anywhere in the house or directly from the internet using practically any protocol available. Use your media as-is: XBMC can play CDs and DVDs directly from the disk or image file, almost all popular archive formats from your hard drive, and even files inside ZIP and RAR archives. It will even scan all of your media and automatically create a personalized library complete with box covers, descriptions, and fanart. There are playlist and slideshow functions, a weather forecast feature and many audio visualizations. Once installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia jukebox.
For more information, visit
http://www.xbmc.org
Addon Description
TAS Game Video Addon brings you the content of
http://www.tasvideos.org straight to your Media Center.
Addon Functionality
- Latest Videos
Shows the latest videos from the Site.
- Notables
Lets you view recommended, top rated and award winning TAS Videos.
- Browsing By System
You can select any System available containing TAS Videos and browse them.
- Sorting
The Addon allows you to sort in all content folders the following methods:
-- Name
-- Date
-- Rating
-- Genre
-- Time (Duration)
- Download
You can just right click (Context Menu) any video and download it.
- Technical Information
The Addon uses its own caching system for both the feeds and the thumbnail images. Feeds can be refreshed from hourly to daily. Images are cached in the same manner, but allow for a monthly to yearly refresh. Both, Feeds and Images also allow for Never refreshing them. This is very useful for Images as they barely change at all.
Screenshots
Screenshots can be found
on the official wiki
Install Instructions
Visit the
official Wiki.
Comments
I have worked on this since a while in collaboration with HannaK/Nach.
It is compatible with Windows and Linux.
Any feedback is of course appreciated.
With all that said, I wave my hand in greeting and say hello to all of you who put time and effort into making the videos (and to the others on the forum too!) that I enjoy watching while falling asleep or having lunch :)
Thanks!