billy_ray 19 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 You tease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koleckai Silvestri 1150 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Sure would be nice for Microsoft to release the app building to others... Unified apps is Microsofts saving grace as it crawls out of it's 8.1 hole it dug. If they have any hope to stay present in the mobile market, they better start releasing more apps. Just read about the new Netflix unified app. It sounds promising. But until more apps are released... They have no chance of gathering much needed steam. 2016 should prove to be an interesting year for Microsoft. I actually think the new Netflix app sucks. At least on the desktop. I hope it isn't the wave of the future in media playback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37110 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I actually think the new Netflix app sucks. At least on the desktop. I hope it isn't the wave of the future in media playback. how so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37110 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I think what we're going to see across the entire industry, not just media apps, is a push to these unified apps throughout 2016. They will respond and react depending on what display they're connected to, or not connected to. What I think is going to happen due to developers building multiple form factors into one app, is that the desktop point and click workflow is going to suffer a little because it's always going to be the lowest priority. I don't mean that for Emby that's just my general prediction of what we're going to see across the industry. I think the majority of developers are going to re-use the tablet workflow for the desktop and just be done with it. For a little while I think it's going to seem like desktop apps are being dumbed down, but we're also seeing a trend towards more powerful, multi-tasking capable apps, so I think eventually it could turn around. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koleckai Silvestri 1150 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 how so? It is just a list of lists. Nothing really special about it. On the website, I get the things I am interested in at the top. Items that I haven't finished watching and my watchlist are at the top. It also advertises new and upcoming items above this. In the new Universal App, I just get rows and rows of lists. Things I want to resume watching at stuck in the middle of these rows. Things that I mark as wanting to watch are listed at the bottom. If I click on something to get more information, it just starts playing. Maybe this makes sense on an XBOX but it seems to provide a very poor experience. Plus every time I move my mouse it says "Problem Communicating with Netflix, please try again." Oh well. Can still pull it up in Chrome until they mess that up as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37110 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 well design is one thing but those communication errors will obviously get resolved, so it's probably a little early still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1053 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thank god Netflix didn't change the Win 8.1 app. I still have 8.1 for EMC, and the only other thing I use on the HTPC is Netflix. If the 8.1 app had changed as well, I would have had to go out to buy an Apple TV just for Netflix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennymac 47 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Any chance the new theatre client will work with the Xbox one media remote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patron Night 0 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) here's something the current app doesn't have that you guys might like, a nice and easy album screen.Are you using logos and backdrops for the soundtrack or is it linked to the movie? Edited December 18, 2015 by Patron Night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37110 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I added them manually by coping them from the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foozoor 2 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) Is it still coming soon? Maybe less than one week? For Christmas? Edited December 20, 2015 by foozoor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgileHumor 123 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) Is it still coming soon? Maybe less than one week? For Christmas? Probably not. Just a best guess. Edited December 20, 2015 by AgileHumor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHSPVR 119 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Luke, on 17 Dec 2015 - 12:09 PM, said:here's something the current app doesn't have that you guys might like, a nice and easy album screen. Ahh you are so on my wish list hurry up or else I move from nice to the naughty list haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundsnake8 27 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 There's heavy active development. Hopefully we'll have some kind of beta by the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmac 132 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 @@soundsnake8 They've obviously hit some kind of snag along the way, I can totally understand how it would be tough to set any sort of deadline, or release date when building an app like this (or any kind) from the ground up. Obviously everyone's excited to try out the new app (including myself), but I also understand that when it's done, they'll release it, and not before that point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShanMan 34 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 There's heavy active development. Hopefully we'll have some kind of beta by the end of the month. We all want to get our hands on the new version, but what value does posting this add? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundsnake8 27 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 @@soundsnake8 They've obviously hit some kind of snag along the way, I can totally understand how it would be tough to set any sort of deadline, or release date when building an app like this (or any kind) from the ground up. Obviously everyone's excited to try out the new app (including myself), but I also understand that when it's done, they'll release it, and not before that point. You're right of course, I am just salivating over the thought of a new EMBY Theater. I have no real reason to gripe I have Windows 10 with EMBY Theater and EMC both working wonderfully. The hardest decision I have to make is which one to watch a movie on (life is hard).... I have been using Media Browser for so many years now and still look forward to new releases...AGAIN a thousand apologies ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneswain 0 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Posted 02 December 2015 - 07:47 AM Koleckai Silvestri, on 29 Oct 2015 - 08:46 AM, said: Is the Theater Beta anticipated to be released this year? 63 days left and I am sure family time and vacations for the holidays will subtract from available time. Luke, on 29 Oct 2015 - 08:48 AM, said: yes, absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphi 83 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Merriam-Webster defines anticipate as: to think of (something that will or might happen in the future) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anticipated So yes it was anticipated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiTM 60 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Eager but willing to wait. Last thing I want is to install something that breaks the system I am currently using. Rather it gets released totally stable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tman 47 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Eager but willing to wait. Last thing I want is to install something that breaks the system I am currently using. Rather it gets released totally stable. It'll be as 'stable as possible', but it will still be a beta. Once we do get the release code, expect rapid updates to squash bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pclausen 41 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I think I speak for most here following this thread when I say that I'm willing to accept a beta release now rather than wait for a release (stable) version. The sooner the beta is made public, the sooner we can provide feedback on stability issues the closed beta group may not have encountered yet. Santa, please, with sugar on top, can I have a semi stable version of ET for Christmas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37110 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 well, for those of you who help translate, the text has just been added to onesky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djonnie 14 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 well, for those of you who help translate, the text has just been added to onesky Great! I could not find strings for the options that are in the Settings menu in the current (old) version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37110 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 yea unfortunately it seems there is no bulk way to assign translators from other apps, so although the text is up there, there's 150 people that need to be moved over into the project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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