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Thank you oxy! You're awesome 
Btw I used your xml file for eventghost and everything is working really well with the remote!
Btw I used your xml file for eventghost and everything is working really well with the remote!
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Ok, so once again I've been massively dissappointed with MediaPortal. What a total waste of time, space and effort. It's so unrefined I don't understand how they could release a "stable" version of it.
I scan for TV channels and it finds 19 freeview channels. I spin up VMC and it finds over 90
So, I've actually bitten the buillet and gone with Windows 7 Media Center. This is simply amazing. With "Media Browser" plugin you get your "moving pictures" style media layouts and the ability to customise themes is great too. Also, the fact you can easily choose which codecs media center should use is a big plus now too.
No messing around with remotes either, my remote with my Origenae case just works straight out of the box.
Music Library is stunning also so I urge those unsure to give it a spin.
I'm creating a theme today so will post it up later with some screen shots.
I scan for TV channels and it finds 19 freeview channels. I spin up VMC and it finds over 90
So, I've actually bitten the buillet and gone with Windows 7 Media Center. This is simply amazing. With "Media Browser" plugin you get your "moving pictures" style media layouts and the ability to customise themes is great too. Also, the fact you can easily choose which codecs media center should use is a big plus now too.
No messing around with remotes either, my remote with my Origenae case just works straight out of the box.
Music Library is stunning also so I urge those unsure to give it a spin.
I'm creating a theme today so will post it up later with some screen shots.
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Ok, so once again I've been massively dissappointed with MediaPortal. What a total waste of time, space and effort. It's so unrefined I don't understand how they could release a "stable" version of it.
I scan for TV channels and it finds 19 freeview channels. I spin up VMC and it finds over 90
So, I've actually bitten the buillet and gone with Windows 7 Media Center. This is simply amazing. With "Media Browser" plugin you get your "moving pictures" style media layouts and the ability to customise themes is great too. Also, the fact you can easily choose which codecs media center should use is a big plus now too.
No messing around with remotes either, my remote with my Origenae case just works straight out of the box.
Music Library is stunning also so I urge those unsure to give it a spin.
I'm creating a theme today so will post it up later with some screen shots.
Thanks for your post I my HTPC parts were meant to come today but my parcel got miss sorted so is coming tomorrow. I set media portal up but I just don't like it at all so many people use it but I find it utter tripe
Soldato
Thank you oxy! You're awesome
Btw I used your xml file for eventghost and everything is working really well with the remote!
hehe kewl, havent checked that mediaportal post in a while i better check soonh
Soldato
Ok, so once again I've been massively dissappointed with MediaPortal. What a total waste of time, space and effort. It's so unrefined I don't understand how they could release a "stable" version of it.
I scan for TV channels and it finds 19 freeview channels. I spin up VMC and it finds over 90
So, I've actually bitten the buillet and gone with Windows 7 Media Center. This is simply amazing. With "Media Browser" plugin you get your "moving pictures" style media layouts and the ability to customise themes is great too. Also, the fact you can easily choose which codecs media center should use is a big plus now too.
No messing around with remotes either, my remote with my Origenae case just works straight out of the box.
Music Library is stunning also so I urge those unsure to give it a spin.
I'm creating a theme today so will post it up later with some screen shots.
Screen shots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Photoshop, could you please upload your skin?
and now my modded theme (wonder where I got that from!).
I've just knocked this up in the last 20 minutes so only the background has been changed. I will mod it further at some point.
Media Browser
TV Guide
Normal Menu
Also worth noting is that the default media center skin is 500 x 300 pixles scaled up! media center scales the image so I created mine at 1920 x 1080.
I've just knocked this up in the last 20 minutes so only the background has been changed. I will mod it further at some point.
Media Browser
TV Guide
Normal Menu
Also worth noting is that the default media center skin is 500 x 300 pixles scaled up! media center scales the image so I created mine at 1920 x 1080.
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looks good. mediaportal does take a lot of setting up & does have some problems still. It is a lot better than it was in 2005/06. ITs getting there, needs another year ot two development.
Win 7 MC does look a lot better, think I'll try it at some point. My only worry is that I need to rebuild a hybrid homeserver/media player comp. I refuse to pay for win 7, so that would take me down one road *cough*, which I wouldn't want to go down on a home server kinda setup. So I'll probably go debian with XBMC installed. I only need avi playback ability as TV recording is handled by Sky +
Win 7 MC does look a lot better, think I'll try it at some point. My only worry is that I need to rebuild a hybrid homeserver/media player comp. I refuse to pay for win 7, so that would take me down one road *cough*, which I wouldn't want to go down on a home server kinda setup. So I'll probably go debian with XBMC installed. I only need avi playback ability as TV recording is handled by Sky +
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Is there a way to tell KMPlayer to show when I change volume for example ? At the moment I can't see anything so I do not know the volume I'm at !
i will once i have somewhere to host it and i'd have to get approval from the original author of the theme. Ive Sent him a pm on mediaportal forum.
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okay thank you
Also could anyone tell me why I can't get My Tv plugin and Moving Picture on my home menu ? All I can ever get is the usual stuff , like weather video etc..
Another issue I have is that some movies are cut in two files, is there any convenient way to get them under the same movie title without having two separate entries?
Also could anyone tell me why I can't get My Tv plugin and Moving Picture on my home menu ? All I can ever get is the usual stuff , like weather video etc..
Another issue I have is that some movies are cut in two files, is there any convenient way to get them under the same movie title without having two separate entries?
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okay thank you
Also could anyone tell me why I can't get My Tv plugin and Moving Picture on my home menu ? All I can ever get is the usual stuff , like weather video etc..
From the top of my head, you need to go into MP config, then plugins, then right click on MYTVSeries and tick "show in home screen". Same for Moving Pics
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Where does Windows 7 Media Centre get its film information from? Is it similar to Vista, as I found that to be not very accurate.
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thank you mate will check that out this evening, when the new telly ARRIVES
One more thing tho, most of the stuf works fine but I have one more issue I'd like to fix with your help.
Is it possible to display on screen information with KMPlayer? Like when I pause, fast forward, change volume etc..? Would come handy because at the moment nothing is displayed.
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This is not possible as far as i know. Its only mediaportal's own built in (rubbish) player that does this.
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For me that is one reason why I do keep the internal player. I like the option to press "i" on my remote and get all the on-screen options that comes from doing that, as well as the pause, FF, RW etc etc screen options.
Setting up MPC-HC as a player is not too difficult with my MCE remote but I have found that since using the latest SVN build (which is very nice with the Purevision 2.2 HDX skin) I get an error message every time that the external player is closed.
So the internal player is fine for me.
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I was looking at the KMPlayer, maybe there is a simple option to show some information?
Then it could be easily mapped to the MCE.
Also YAY TV arrived as expected! This evening is awesome sausage night
Then it could be easily mapped to the MCE.
Also YAY TV arrived as expected! This evening is awesome sausage night
i would advice everyone not to use the internal player in MediaPortal. It is rubbish!
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Guys, I'm looking to find a simple sound system, something like a cheap 2.1 that I could plug from my mobo coax or SPDIF out, any idea where I could look for clues?