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What is MediaPortal?

mediaportalMediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC in a very advanced Multi-Media Center / HTPC. MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch your video's and DVD's, view, schedule and record live TV and much more.

As Open Source software licensed under the GNU/GPL agreement, you get MediaPortal for free. This means anyone can contribute to MediaPortal or customize for their own needs!

MediaPortal is built on the Microsoft .NET framework using C# and currently has a growing international community of over 60,000 users. 

History

MediaPortal's roots lie in the XBox Media Center (XBMC) project which goal was to build a media center application for the Microsoft XBox gaming console. Erwin Beckers (also known as Frodo) concluded early in the XBMC project that there were notable limitations to the xbox platform, mainly that it is unable to support TV cards. XBox Platform limitations like these would ultimately hinder the vision of a feature rich media center application.

In February 2004, Erwin left the Xbox Media Center project to start a new project, now known as MediaPortal that would run on the Microsoft Windows platform. Initially existing code was re-used from the XBMC project but after several releases and innumerable feature enhancements there has been almost a complete re-design.

Today, MediaPortal continues as an open source project, has a core team of  developers and a growing community of over 60,000 registered users.

In 2006 MediaPortal enters a new aera with the release of the TV server. For the first time users can now use multiple frontends for viewing & recording TV streamed from 1 or more TV servers.

 

Mission

The vision of the MediaPortal project is to create an open source media centre application.

In reaching this goal MediaPortal:

  • Promotes open source - MediaPortal is based on the ideas of open source, licensed under the GPL and builds on and supports other open source projects.
  • Promotes the sharing of knowledge and collaboration - Through the use of information sharing tools and practices MediaPortal is a collaborative environment.
  • Understands that development is a team effort - Treating our users as co-developers is proven to be the most effective option for rapid development.
  • Applies the Law of Diminishing Return - The majority of the effort should be invested in implementing features which have the most benefit and widest general usage by the community.

 

Team members 

Management 


infinityloop
(Austria)

infinityloop Project Coordinator, Test Team Leader and Forum Admin
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Administration 


high
(Germany)

high.jpgProject Administrator (Homepage, Forum, Wiki, SVN), Lord of the Scripts
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Development Team 


hwahrmann
(Austria)

hwahrmann Developer
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DMAN_LFC
(United Kingdom)

dman2 Developer
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Broceliande
(France)

broce Developer

rtv
(Germany)

rtv Developer
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Maschine
(Germany)

maschine Developer
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gemx
(Germany)

gemx Developer


chemelli
(Italy)

chemelli.jpg Developer

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tourettes
(Unknown)

tourettes Developer


Albert
(Germany)

albert_s.jpg Developer

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chefkoch
(Germany)

chefkoch Developer

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ambass
(France)

ambass Developer


cpp2005
(Unknown)

cpp2005 Developer


flokel
(Germany)

flokel Developer


misterd
(Germany)

misterd Developer


morpheus_xx
(Germany)

morpheus Developer

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manfred
(Finland)

manfred Developer

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GhoSe
(Germany)

GhoSe Developer


gibman
(Denmark)

gibman Developer


arion_p
(Greece)

arion_p_small.jpg Developer

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mikeyko
(Slovakia)

mikeyko Developer


bavarian
(Germany)

bavarian Developer


Dukus
(Unknown)

Dukus_pic Developer.
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mackey
(Unknown)

Dukus_pic Developer.
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Test Team


ronilse
(Norway)

ronilse_pic Most important member of the test team.
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gixxer
(Spain)

gixxer_pic MediaPortal Tester
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tontsa
(Finland)

tontsa_pic MediaPortal Tester and parttime developer
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seidelin
(Denmark)

seidelin_pic MediaPortal Tester and parttime developer
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Pretoriano
(Romania)

pretoriano _pic MediaPortal Tester
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elliotmc
(United Kingdom)

elliotmc_pic MediaPortal Tester
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Design Team 


Harley
(Germany)

harl Our graphics master. Responsible for many skins and leader of the design team.
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Forum Moderators 


FlipGer
(Germany)

FlipGer Forum Super-Moderator
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Marcusb
(Australia)

Marcusb Forum Super-Moderator
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Paranoid Delusion
(United Kingdom)

Paranoid Delusion Forum Super-Moderator
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rekenaar
(South Africa)

rekenaar Forum Super-Moderator
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Spragleknas
(Norway)

Spragleknas Forum Super-Moderator
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Retired Team members 


Frodo
(Netherlands)

MediaPortal Founder and Developer.
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Koschel
(Germany)

Retired Team member
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micheloe
(Netherlands)

 Developer
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mPod
(Germany)

Retired Team Member
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Status Overview

MediaPortal 1:
- Version: 1.0.2
- Status: in development
TV-Server:
- Version: 1.0.2
- Status: in development
MediaPortal 2:
- Version: tech-demo
- Status: in development
Changelogs:
- MediaPortal 
- TV-Server
- Installer - DeployTool
Roadmaps:
- MediaPortal
- TV-Server
- Installer - DeployTool 

New Plugins/Skins

Jul.04 pm3sexy
Jul.03 Polskastacja playlist
Jul.02 Blue3 Lite
Jul.02 Blue3wide Lite
Jul.02 One Button Music

MediaPortal supports tv-cards from  

  • Digital Everywhere
  • Hauppauge
  • AVerMedia
  • Pinnacle
  • Technotrend
  • Twinhan
  • KNC One
  • Technisat
  • Dvico
  • FlyTV
  • and many more
MediaPortal, your digital video recorder - 2008 media center computer