Re: how about working towards iphone and andriod apps

Posted by comprido on 2013/4/23 17:06:43
I have sent a private message with this point already mentioned, but this way more people have access to it.

Android APP I think would be a waste of resources. There are things like XBMC that are excellent front ends for Android / iOS / Windows and Linux.

If only Enigma-TV focused on what they are good at (great back-end), which is on-the-fly transcoding of streams from Enigma boxes, and integrate that functionality to XBMC through an Addon or TuxBox (http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=TuxBox) the popularity and functionality of this program would be HUGE.

It would finally be possible to take your HTPC with your on a vacation (like a Raspberry pi or those new Android TV pc stick) and have all your channels streamed to wherever you are, providing you had a decent internet connection there.

I think that should be the priority, as tapping into the HUGE XBMC community would make this program stand out from the rest of the crowd, and appeal to a much wider public.

PS: It's better to join and add more functionalities to a popular platform than to try to compete with it, specially when you would have to learn how to develop apps for Android / iOS and WP. Because after you would have a working android app, people would want a complete HTPC solution, which would deviate you from your main purpose and overwhelm you with what is already been done and available nowadays.

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