XrossMediaBar Desktop Environment? (en.m.wikipedia.org)
from NaNin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linux@lemmy.ml on 28 Apr 03:58
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43123984

I built a home theater PC and now I’m obsessed with getting an xmb ui on there. I know retro arch has a nice implementation, but I couldn’t find any support for jellyfin or spotify menu items. Should I forge ahead and create custom ones? Does anyone know a better way? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

#linux

threaded - newest

pastermil@sh.itjust.works on 28 Apr 05:15 next collapse

Perhaps just have it there and then have spotify & jellyfin outside of that? Can the xmb ui have custom menu or something?

NaNin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Apr 20:54 collapse

Yeah. Adding new menu items looks complex, might require recompiling a custom retroarch build

theyllneverfindmehere@lemmy.world on 28 Apr 05:27 next collapse

It really was the best, then Sony just abandoned it.

MXX53@programming.dev on 28 Apr 16:38 collapse

Funny enough, at the time this was new, I was not a fan. But as time has gone on, I have had a very “you don’t know what you got till it’s gone” relationship with it.

NaNin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 28 Apr 21:05 collapse

For a media UI, it was remarkably confident in itself. “Hey, I know I’m not showing you immediately what you want to see right now, but just hang tight and look at the beautiful background while you navigate. Look at these elegant Frutiger metro icons. Listen to the hearty clicks the bar makes as you flip through the categories. Don’t worry, the joystick maps right onto the bar movement. You already know what you’re doing.”

Now it seems like UI’s are embarressed to be on the screen at all. “oh, uh, I bet you wanted to see a picture of your game right? Or… netflix? Or… The store or something? Umm. Let me just give you all of your options in an order I think will be your ‘favorite’”

MXX53@programming.dev on 28 Apr 21:48 collapse

Well put!

[deleted] on 28 Apr 06:58 next collapse

.

LiveLM@lemmy.zip on 28 Apr 15:30 collapse

  • PS2 Homebrew
  • Very early in dev
  • Linux Distro that runs RetroArch and nothing else
  • Reddit thread with no useful suggestions
  • Embedded Linux system for the ‘InstantON’ feature in Vaio laptops

So of all these links, only the second one is barely relevant. You’re Welcome

pulido@lemmings.world on 28 Apr 12:07 next collapse

Zross?

X-Cross?

X-ross?

Oh, it’s just pronounced Cross. Always unsure how people who make decisions like these get the jobs they do.

It’s like, they’re rewarded for being stupid.

peppers_ghost@lemmy.ml on 28 Apr 16:49 collapse

Aside from playstation and walkman, Sony has never been good at naming literally anything they’ve made. It’s usually just a jumble of letters and numbers on any of their products.

Vittelius@feddit.org on 28 Apr 12:37 next collapse

There used to be a Kodi/XMBC skin for that but development on that seems to have been abandoned years ago.

Depending on your use case Kodi might be a better fit for your HTPC as it tightly integrates with Jellyfin and also has a Spotify plugin. And some skins work generally the way the xmb used to work - they just look very different

peppers_ghost@lemmy.ml on 28 Apr 16:50 collapse

This may be a good option for you - www.lakka.tv

You might have to modify it a bit to fit your needs but it’s a good start imo.