MediaPortal 2

MediaPortal 2 is the next generation media center software. Rewritten from scratch and not based on the MediaPortal 1 source code it is making use of advanced technologies to bring you the best possible HTPC experience:

• Watch, schedule and record live TV
• Organize and play videos, movies or series
• Play DVD or BluRay discs
• Listen to music or radio
• Stream online video sources as Netflix, Amazon Prime or media libraries
• Get weather information and the latest news on your big screen
• Organize and Watch your images
• Play your favorite games
• and much more...

MediaPortal 2 also offers features such as

• Playing to media concurrent in Picture in Picture (PiP) mode, being able to toggle between both players and e.g. listening to your music, while TV is playing in the front
• User management with age restrictions to media access and TV-channels
• Intelligent home screen showing favorite, latest played, latest added, unplayed media and the opportunity to directly continue playing media.
• Info is automatically downloaded from various sources to provide posters, fanart, album art, and various additional metadata, such as cast, staff, and more
• Change skins and themes including a WMC look alike skin and customize everything to your needs
• Mouse and touch display support besides remote and keyboard

About this Wiki

This wiki contains some basic information about MediaPortal 2.

It still lacks a lot of details, but is constantly improved. If you are interested in contributing to the documentation (or in any other way), please take a look at the contribution guide.

Besides the Wiki additional information can also be found in

• MediaPortal 2's issue tracker (JIRA); or
• MediaPortal 2 support forums (English, German).

Feel free to open a new thread in the forum if you can' find the information you are looking for after using the search functionality in Wiki, forum and Issue Tracker.