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MikeTampa · 05-09-2012, 10:09 PM

I know where you're coming from, feel much the same way. Except I don't think XBMC is the exactly paradigm we want this to head towards...we want it to be more like Plex.

I'm a former XBMC user, now converted. Plex is very similar, I think both share same origins. But Plex is true client server. It has small server component, web-based library management, and full-featured native clients for your myriad playback devices. Brand new clients can instantly access/use the entire library--the shared metadata is already there.

Ideally calibre could work in similar fashion to Plex. Instead of offering a web-based client (which is what we have now with the calibre server), better would be full-featured native clients, with web-based library management. I think the ratio of time one spends reading vs. managing the library supports such a split?

One requirement that's different for ebooks than video (Plex) is, I think, ready ability to make and manage local content copies on the client...for use when disconnected. I am not familiar with iTunes, don't know if it has this ability?

05-09-2012, 10:09 PM	#15
MikeTampa Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Device: desktop	I'm with creeva I know where you're coming from, feel much the same way. Except I don't think XBMC is the exactly paradigm we want this to head towards...we want it to be more like Plex. I'm a former XBMC user, now converted. Plex is very similar, I think both share same origins. But Plex is true client server. It has small server component, web-based library management, and full-featured native clients for your myriad playback devices. Brand new clients can instantly access/use the entire library--the shared metadata is already there. Ideally calibre could work in similar fashion to Plex. Instead of offering a web-based client (which is what we have now with the calibre server), better would be full-featured native clients, with web-based library management. I think the ratio of time one spends reading vs. managing the library supports such a split? One requirement that's different for ebooks than video (Plex) is, I think, ready ability to make and manage local content copies on the client...for use when disconnected. I am not familiar with iTunes, don't know if it has this ability?