I've thought this through for quite some time. I have many reasons for wanting
to go in a different direction. I will state that none of my reasons are
because of anything personal against anyone on the lists. There are
development goals I'd like to persue with the now deprecated 1.6 code that I do
not feel are currently being pursued. I also do not feel that my development
goals will fit with the majority of the current developers on this list. I can
safely say that the current version running on my system is very far from the
original 1.6.2 package I installed.
My primary goal is to develop a stand-alone system; one which competes well
against M$ Media Center; requires no outside supporting hardware; fully
interfaces with both conventional and widescreen monitors; and requires no more
than a TV or monitor and 2, 4, 6 or 8 speakers. The current state of the
project, from my personal experiences, does not indicate that these goals are
being considered.
Some of you use SPDIF for audio playback into external equipment. Others use
their 2-channel audio cards. Some have widescreen monitors while others have
4:3 screens which do not operate at maximum resolution. Because of these
differences, there are strange quirks in the system that need attending and
demand development of a more simplified yet standardized system.
I don't feel that testing has been accomplished to the degree required in order
for Freevo to be a complete, polished multimedia system. Too much time is
being spent developing new toys and gadgets while little time is going toward
spiff and polish.
I am now turning toward building an autoconfiguration plugin for my system.
This, I believe, can not be accomplished on a system that is still under
extensive development as is 2.0. I also do not believe that a reasonable
balance can be struck between the 2.0 branch and the 1.6 branch that I am
currently using.
For these reasons, I respectfully ask approval to branch the Freevo project.
Michael
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