Since a few months everyone seems quite eager to test Windows 7.
Many of you also run MediaPortal 1.0.2 on it.

Now testing is always a good thing, but right now i would like to ask you to not create any support nor bugreport threads when running MediaPortal on W7.

Mediaportal 1.0.2 does not support Windows 7 at all.

The reason is that we know that MediaPortal 1.0.2 has quite some major and minor problems on Windows 7 RC1, especially if you have UAC turned on.

We will fix the most issues in the 1.1.0 ALPHA release, but there is still a lot of work to be done (by Microsoft and us) until you can call the combination of Windows 7 and MediaPortal stable and ready for a productive system.

So if you plan to switch your HTPC to W7 RC1 + MediaPortal, then you should better reconsider this decision.

Hi!

My real name is Simone Chemelli, and this make you understand that I have not so that creativeness when it comes to nicks

I'm Italian and I live in Padova, near the more famous Venice. I'm proud to be the first Italian Team Member!

I'm an IT guy since long time, started during University as Linux admin and then grown (yes I know it can be considered a downgrade by some of you...) to manage Windows machines. Currently I'm a system integrator and a consultant on all common, and less common, M$ applications.

I started looking in MediaPortal when I married and moved to my own house: I wanted to get rid of all that stuff people usually have: VCR, DVD player, SAT receiver, DVB receiver and so many cables.

I was immediately pleased by the result of this GREAT software, and then started trying to help the project as a counterpart of being free.

I was then first invited in the Test Team and after taking care of DeployTool, I was upgraded to developer status even if I was writing in C# only occasionally.

End of my short story

See you on the forum

Simone

Hi to all the wonderful people who make this software so great, that includes all the supportive forum users.

A little about myself, background is predominately refrigeration\electrical based, not so much hands on nowadays,
more design and support.
For my sin's I'm one of the few Chelsea Football Club supporters in the Cheshire region where I live, have been sad since José Mourinho left, considered him a great asset to the club, but then people come and go, you need to just remember them.
Being the only supporter of a southern club.whenever they play a northern team, like Liverpool or Manchester United, or more recently Everton, who we beat in the FA cup final. there is always lots of good hearted banter in my local pub\club, but as long as everyone laugh's, win or lose who cares, just carry on and buy the beers.
My next love is my Toyota Celica, the poor mans ferrari, well it is bright red, absolutely brilliant for going around the winding roads of Wales and always puts a smile on my face.
My first involvement with computers was based around a Amiga 500+ which my wife got for me to tinker with, her comments as a IT person were, "i took to computers, like a duck to water"

After buying our first pentium based pc, I realised there was really nothing to them that would stop you creating your own build, just make sure the components are the best you can find for your needs.
My hobby as it became, was to get the most bang for bucks pc system I could build myself, with the best software around, that's how I stumbled upon mediaportal one day on sourceforge, just loved the idea of open source, a community all helping each other.
I have most probably built more than 30 pc's for friends over the years and if required, installed and setup Mediaportal for them and they have all loved it, this also inspires my dedication towards this software\forum.
Do I ever regret my nick "Paranoid Delusion", sometimes, but more so for people who type it out, just call me PD or Ray, hey even answer to "Oi you".
Hope you enjoy your visit to our forum, please respect that everyone does this in their free time and if we can help we will.

Ray\PD

Hi all

First thing I want to let you know: chefkoch (engl.: chef) is only a nick, I chose many years ago when I was a South Park addicted.
I have no or bad cooking skills at all

My real name is Tommy and I am from Germany, near Dresden.

How did I get in contact to MediaPortal?
I am not sure anymore, but according to my forum account it was already in the early days of the project in 2004.

In 2006 I got an invitation to become a member of the test team.
Since I started to take care of MediaPortal's installer, I got upgraded to a developer even if software development is only a hobby for me.

Currently I am quite often busy with my studies Transport Engineering. So when I am not doing anything MediaPortal related, then I am learning for my studies or doing any kind of sports.
My favourite one is only possible during winter, so I need to wait at least until October every year.

Thanks goes to the other team members for the great time we already had. It's a pleasure to work with you.

Many of you already know SoundGraph, the manufacturer of iMON devices.

We support both LCD and VFD displays in our MiniDisplay plug-in, which is part of MediaPortal 1.

The IR Suite Server  has support for iMON receivers, in both MCE and iMON PAD mode.

But, and you all know there is a but, this configuration highly depends on the combination of MCE clone and inbuilt firmware you are using!

I'm happy to announce that Mr. Jung, CEO and President of SoundGraph, is going to arrange an engineer to help us to nail down and solve all issues we are facing with their products.

I want to be clear and don't want to create false expectation in saying that this cooperation with start in middle June as they are really busy right now. 

Regards,
Simone

Starting with MediaPortal 1.1.0, the TV-Server configuration will contain an import/export section.

This will allow you to export and import TV-Channels, Radio-Stations, TV- and Radio Groups and recording schedules.

But it will not only allow you to export and import these informations.
You will also be able to select which data you want to ex/import.

More informations and screenshots are available inside the TV-Server documentation .

Credits go to Maschine, who is creating this feature.

The mp-fr.com team is disappointed to announce that following a hacker attack, the site had to be temporarily closed.

 
We are putting every efforts to ensure that the site be brought back online as soon as possible.

We ask you to excuse us for the inconvenience caused by this closure and will keep you informed about the reopening through the official forum.

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L’équipe de mp-fr.com a le regret de vous annoncer que suite à une attaque de hacker, le site a du être temporairement fermé.

Nous mettons actuellement tout en œuvre afin que le sitesoit remis en ligne le plus tôt possible.

Nous vous prions de bien vouloir nous excuser pour ledésagrément causé par cette fermeture et vous tiendrons informés ultérieurementde la réouverture par le biais du forum officiel.

You are concerned about rising energy costs?

Your HTPC is acting as a home server and therefore not going to sleep inmediately after your movie session is over?

The upcoming MediaPortal release is going to have less impact on your electricity bill: it will feature an energy save mode.

Everyone know's this problem.

You find that cool clip on the internet, which you also want to watch on your HTPC.
But for some reason, MediaPortal nor Windows MediaPlayer will play it.
If this clip was a .mov file, then there were a few ways to get it working.

The Haali Splitter is allready able to get some mov files to play in DirectShow. So MediaPortal and other applications can play them.
But this will not work for all .mov files.

For these you might need other applications. In example nero, quicktime alternative and Cyberlink come with filters which allow you to play some .mov files.

But all these "solutions" have one big problem.
They are not using the native QuickTime runtime, and because of that, they are not able play "all" kind of .mov files.

So in the past you had to find a solution which "worked most of the time".

Recently i discovered the webpage from MediaLooks. They offer a DirectShow filter, which just "utilizes" a local installation of Apple QuickTime to get a .mov file to play.

So all you have to do is to install:

• Apple QuickTime
• MediaLooks QuickTime DirectShow filter 

So now you are able to play .mov files inside MediaPortal, or watch the movie trailers on apple.com by using the MyTrailers MediaPortal plugin.

The demo version, which is available on the medialooks webpage, displays a permanent watermark.

But a few weeks ago, SplitMind contacted me, and offered to distribute a special version, which includes a "personal use" licence, for our MediaPortal community.

This MediaPortal Version does not display any watermark.

Thank you very much, MediaLooks!

:: Download MediaLooks QuickTime DS filter ::