Hey guys, in the StreamedMP skin for MediaPortal, how do I change the backgrounds to each menu page (like I see Family Guy on the op's post)?
Go into your Media Portal\skin\StreamedMP\media\animations folder. There you'll see folders for each of the categories on your basic home screen. Just add/delete image files into each to get the backgrounds you want.
On the original question:
Downstairs HTPC:
Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H
Athlon X2 7750+
2GB RAM
Antec NSK2400 case
Networked via Solwise 200Mbps homeplugs to main PC with 1.5TB media storage.
Hooked up to an LG 42PQ6000 plasma and a Denon PMA-255UK amp.
Mostly used for playing divx/xvid/mkv files of films and tv series, but also see a lot of use playing back home videos (my toddler
loves watching himself on video), viewing photos and web browsing.
Upstairs:
Q6600 @ 3.2GHz
HD4870 1GB @ 805/955
SB Audigy 4
4GB RAM
Hooked up to my Hyundai W220D monitor and, through a stud wall, to our bedroom 32" LCD TV.
Mostly used for watching TV series and playing DVDs.
Both machines are running Media Portal with StreamedMP skin, moving pictures, my tv series and FirefoxIntegrator plugins, and both have MCE remotes.
I consider these set-ups to be some of the best investments I've made. They've really revolutionised our home entertainment. I only needed a few extension cables and an extra MCE remote for upstairs, too.
The only downside is, as Matt said, the music browsing isn't so hot in MP. Everything else works brilliantly. I've had one crash on the downstairs PC in three months or so - and that was because of conflicting autoplay instructions on inserting a DVD. Upstairs one craps out a bit more, but that's because it's my main PC, which does 101 other things over the course of the day.
If music browsing could be improved and somehow the TunerFreeMCE plugin could be ported to MP I'd be an extremely happy bunny.
