MediaPortal

MediaPortal is a free Media Center and includes a personal video recorder (PVR ), a video and music player, slideshow and many other functions, such as weather forecast or getting trailers and music videos from the Internet. MediaPortal is a quelloffenenen few Windows-based Media Center programs.

MediaPortal, a large number of entertainment -related functions, similar to those of a special PVR system, take as television images, pause and rewind, perform. Additional features include watching videos, listening to music with dynamic playlists that are based on data from Last.fm, built-in games, accommodating the current radio program, as well as the viewing of images as a slide show. MediaPortal has a plugin system that allows a personal extension of the media center.

In February 2004, Erwin Becker started the Media Center project, after he had retired from the development team from the Xbox Media Center project ( XBMC ).

  • 2.1 Minimum System Requirements
  • 2.2 Minimum System Requirements for HDTV
  • 2.3 Recommended System Requirements for HDTV

Functions

TV

One of the elementary functions of the MediaPortal is one of television reception. MediaPortal can record programs and play as well as teletext and electronic program guide ( EPG for short ) View to the functions of a normal receiver also. Using the EPG programs can be recorded with a few clicks.

Since MediaPortal includes a TV server, it can possibly wake the computer from standby condition and automatically record programmed shows on the hard drive.

For the Record since version 1.1.0, the transport stream format ( with the file extension *. Ts ) is used.

Videos & Music

Another important feature is the management of digital video and music collection. It can be accessed from the international or German movie database and displayed to movies as well as to pieces of music information, such as description, user rating, pictures, etc..

Series

Although the management of recorded or copied by DVD TV series is not one of the core functions of Media Portal, but one " MP - TVSeries " with about 75,000 to retrieve the most widely used plug-in for MediaPortal. The plug-in calls from thetvdb.com information for all episodes of a series from (if these are not available in German, the English descriptions are automatically used).

Pictures

The photo management MediaPortal includes different views, slideshows with background music or local radio, zoom, rotate and other effects. An easy management of the albums with the remote control should be possible.

Radio

In addition to the ability to receive radio eg via DVB-S, MediaPortal can also handle internet streams.

Extensions

MediaPortal offers a comprehensive plug-in system. You can download these extensions developed by volunteers using either the download page of Media Portal or using the MPI ( MediaPortal installer) and install it, which are not yet any extensions to MPI are available. Especially enjoy great popularity any changes the user interface (English: "skins " ), management of series and movies as well as channel logos for the TV operation.

Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements for HDTV

How Minimum system requirements, but at least

  • 2.8 GHz processor
  • 512 MB ​​RAM

Recommended System Requirements for HDTV

How Minimum System Requirements for HDTV, but at least

  • 2.4 GHz processor for graphics card with hardware decoding of H.264 and VC-1 (see: Nvidia PureVideo HD and ATI Avivo )
  • 3 GHz processor with video card without hardware decoding
  • 1GB of RAM
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