7. "my movies and TV shows are organized by type (not genre)" In response to Reply # 6
that is, I have folders for live action movies, animated movies, documentaries, and concert films. Films are further classified in subfolders by studio. That's the easiest way for me to find things manually.
I just want a nice interface to display everything and instantly queue up films. Plex is sort of there, but it's buggy as shit.
Works on MAC, PC, Linux, AppleTV, and other devices. There are even Android and Ipad apps to control the devices. I included a bad video just uploaded to Youtube of my theater room using XBMC on a PC using my EVO to control it.