any chance of a linux version of MP??

[arjay]

Wow - didn't mean to provoke so much discussion....

I just feel, instinctively, that MP would run as well or better under linux. IMO it might also double the number of MP users at a stroke. There are loads of linux users out there that would never, in a month of Sundays, put anything Microsoft on their machines, but who look longingly at MP. I know - I'm one

The ONLY reason why I keep XP on one of my machines is because of MP - fine program that it is. MY XP is a fresh clean install and has only had Windows authorized updates. I've tried to keep it as original as possible. The fact remains that the computer has crashed a fair few times - but I am not saying it is XP at fault. It could be MP, as the crashes ocurred while setting up, modifying, or just running MP. However I also had a few crashes when trying out GBPVR. I'll have to see now that I have upgraded to 0.2.0.

BTW - the only reason I tried GBPVR (pretty good actually but not a patch on MP) was that they have a plugin specifically for Sky digibox users which makes it a breeze to get GBPVR up and running with a Sky box. MP, on the otherhand is quite a longwinded process for Sky users (unless you know different :wink: ). Now that I know what to do it is OK but just takes hours. As far as I can see I have to open tv config in MPsetup, navigate to the channels options and manually setup each one to use an external box etc. This is quite a few mouse clicks for over 100 channels. Also, I have yet to see a post from a Sky digibox user who has satisfactorily got an MCE remote to change channels on their box (though choosing a program from the epg DOES change the channel OK).

Now if someone could write a sky plugin for MP - that would be something.....

[NLS]

That was a good joke. By porting MP to linux, MP would double its users.

Well I would much prefer MP to be ported to Mac OS X. Maybe it would be one more reason for me to switch and feel closer to the "knight" feeling I had back in my Amiga days.

Tough luck though, it will never happen. And why should it.

[Paranoid Delusion]

knight" feeling I had back in my Amiga days.

Blimey, that brings back memories, first start into computing and that kept me up half the night playing.

[jawbroken]

Well, the main point is (besides all the x is better than y junk) that XP is a better decision for a media centre for several reasons. The main one is driver support, which is not the fault of linux, but is a fact. Aside from that, currently mediaportal relies heavily on DirectShow filters and the like which have no equivalent in linux as far as I know. Finally, mediaportal is written in C# and makes heavy use of Microsoft libraries, etc. Any "port" thus would basically be an entire rewrite instead.

[okias]

I speak for linux MP :-)

[onkl]

Erh, Okias, Maybe you should look around a little bit further before reviving old treads. Currently some treads are active on the "Linux" question, so please look there. By the way, the development of open source is not a democratic process, therefore, it is quite unlikely that anyone is interested in your vote a sich, without any arguments to back it up.

[mzemina]

Originally Posted by onkl

Erh, Okias, Maybe you should look around a little bit further before reviving old treads. Currently some treads are active on the "Linux" question, so please look there. By the way, the development of open source is not a democratic process, therefore, it is quite unlikely that anyone is interested in your vote a sich, without any arguments to back it up.

In fact the development team has made it QUITE CLEAR. They will not support a linux conversion, if anyone wants to try and convert... go ahead, but there will be no support!

If you are a developer reading this - feel free to rty and convert.

If you are just a user reading this - please give up. Even if you can talk a linux developer into looking at the code with no support from the development team, these threads will be dead after awhile. The development team will not support any linux development.