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airxdata · 2007-03-08, 16:20

I use the stock engine included in 0.2.2.2 with the most recent SVN build. Why don't I use the new engine?

1) I tried it and it just wasn't there for me. It was slow to change channels, wasn't ordering my channels properly, and it didn't like it if I cancelled a recording while it was recording it.
2) I'm using a single-seat installation and I use a Hauppauge PVR-500 card for recording. This pretty much eliminates all but a handfull of the added features in the TVserver.
3) Setting up the guide and channels is a real pain. I don't feel like doing this again until I know I won't have to switch back due to bugs.

I'm really looking forward to when this goes live, but I think it still has a ways to go. Then again, the old engine I'm using still hasn't been entirely finished. (Since going to SVN builds, TV turns itself on when I go to Scheduled Recordings or LiveTV screen or TVGuide while a tuner is in the middle of recording a show.) Overall, I love MediaPortal. I've tinkered with just about all of the other solutions out there and no one comes even close to the features, looks, and ease of installation/use that MediaPortal has. Hands down. I love it.

2007-03-08, 16:20	#24 (permalink)
airxdata Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	I use the stock engine included in 0.2.2.2 with the most recent SVN build. Why don't I use the new engine? 1) I tried it and it just wasn't there for me. It was slow to change channels, wasn't ordering my channels properly, and it didn't like it if I cancelled a recording while it was recording it. 2) I'm using a single-seat installation and I use a Hauppauge PVR-500 card for recording. This pretty much eliminates all but a handfull of the added features in the TVserver. 3) Setting up the guide and channels is a real pain. I don't feel like doing this again until I know I won't have to switch back due to bugs. I'm really looking forward to when this goes live, but I think it still has a ways to go. Then again, the old engine I'm using still hasn't been entirely finished. (Since going to SVN builds, TV turns itself on when I go to Scheduled Recordings or LiveTV screen or TVGuide while a tuner is in the middle of recording a show.) Overall, I love MediaPortal. I've tinkered with just about all of the other solutions out there and no one comes even close to the features, looks, and ease of installation/use that MediaPortal has. Hands down. I love it.