XBMC "Camelot" update brings lots of new features

Add Navi-X to XBMC any version and you get movies, music, tv shows... hell even Jesus pops out of the X in Xbox and blesses you with a kiss on your forehead... XBMC + Navi-X = BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE EVER!!

The problem I've always had with Plex is that I'm running all my content from a NAS drive. Plex is great if you've got all your content stored in your standard iTunes/iPhoto/etc folders, but for content that is stored on other volumes it just doesn't work as well as XBMC. Everything listed in the comments above about cataloging tv episodes, custom views for different content etc. can be done in XBMC. It just needs to be configured.

That's the benefit of Plex. It works perfectly for people running a default stroage scheme. But for those of us who are working with something a little more complex (or maybe just a little more ramshackle), it chokes. And I've never been able to get it working properly with my Logitech Harmony remote, where as XBMC has been just fine. But that could be a problem on my end.

Plex does have much better plugin integration, for sure.

Does this scrape meta-data now? I didn't see it in the features.

Question: what's the skin being used in the screen cap of this post?

With the introduction of Camelot, I pushed XBMC to a dedicated mac mini HTPC and I don't think I'm going back to Plex, at least not until they release the next major version with the supposed new and improved library functions. To me, XBMC seems more stable and polished and is more flexible with scraper settings. I like that it aggregates movie posters from both IMDB and TMDB for a video single source whereas Plex will only let you choose either/or.

Also, Plex used to drive me insane because I would spend a significant amount of time configuring my library, renaming items and changing the default posters/fanart, only to have it revert back to the defaults when a new item would be added to the library. XBMC seems much more stable in the respect.

As already pointed out, Plex does have an advantage with the streaming video plugins, but after initially setting up Hulu, Netflix, Apple Trailers, etc, I found myself never using any of them. I have a few TBs of content connected to, so this may not be the norm for everyone.

XMBC is the Linux of Media Centers, while Plex is like Mac OS X. I could easily see paying for Plex. XMBC....not so much. A plethora of developers is nice, but if not one of them has any design sense, then you've got Linux. Or Windows.

Yeah I tested XMBC too... versions of long gone... and in its current form...

I can't really say why... but everything SCREAMS PC to me... while Plex feels more OS X-like. Feature-wise I could not really spot a difference...
To be quite frank tho... I probably do not use that many features of the software anyway.
Imo there's room for improvement with both of them... so let's just wait and see... I for once... have 'connected' my video library with BOTH apps...

I tried this—for about a minute. Granted, it's not a whole heckuva lot of time, but Plex, it ain't. I've used Boxee, Plex, XBMC, and about 2-3 others. You know what? Plex is pretty much flawless. Hell, it even comes with a folder action that catalogs your downloaded TV torrents into Name, Episode, and Season so that it can read it properly.

Can someone who has tried Plex, but stuck with XBMC, can they explain to me why? Cause... I don't get it.

Is this update for AppleTV too?

crazy, this was on engadget 2 days ago, but it feels like it was a week old.