Media Portal Frontend on Compact flash - Tutorial/Howto

[BennieBoy]

Just a hint:
Install XP on a harddisk
Use a clone tool to copy the harddisk onto the CF Card
Keep the harddisk as a backup (in case you have to redo).
This is much faster than installing XP on the CF itself.

If you do not have a harddisk, make a copy of the CF card in another computer.
You can use "miniPE.v2k5.09.16-XT DigiWiz Updated.iso" for this.
Just search on a torrent search site.

Succes,
Ben

[Ernyssysen]

and now even more problems :/

is used

caspol -m -ag LocalIntranet_Zone -url \\nagafen\Benutzer\TVClient\* FullTrust

in order to add the location of MP to the trustet group :/
it worked with the last installation :/ but now i cant MP to start :/
i added
\\nagafen\*
\\nagafen\Benutzer\*
\\nagafen\Benutzer\TVClient\Team Mediaportal\*
....
but nothing i always get this "no certified software" window, and MP oder MP Config are not going to start :/ any ideas?

[BennieBoy]

Please provide an image of the popup and if possible the log files

[Ernyssysen]

i attached the error msg.
but i dont know what log files i should add?

[BennieBoy]

Just press Ausfuhren, and Mediaportal should start up.
This warning has nothing to do with .NET trusting the share.

I have read that this warning has to do with IE7 (or other security updates)
There are two solutions to this problem

Solution 1
To disable the warning start the Group Policy Editor (Start > Run, type gpedit.msc and press OK)

Go to:
-User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components >Attachment Manager-

then set -Inclusion list for low file types- to
Enabled and enter the file types you don't want to be warned about in
the box (for example: .exe).

Solution 2
You can also try the following:
In Internet Explorer, click tools - Options
Under security settings, select "Intranet zone"
Click the "Sites" button, Uncheck the box that says "Automatically detect intranet network".
Checked the "Include all network paths (UNCs).
Click OK


Success

[Ernyssysen]

thx

ill try this group policy thing, as soon as i am home again

i pressed "ausführen", but as mentioned befor, nothing happens, MP doesnt start to execute :/

[BennieBoy]

Please see my second tutorial about running MP from the network.
Start MP from Network - Tutorial/HowTo

In stead of using a network share, it mounts a REAL drive so it is more transparent to all software.

Success,
Ben

[Ernyssysen]

thx ill try this today hopefully it will work

EDIT:
everything works fine now thx alot for your 2 realy helpfull tutorials.

another edit:
it worked exactly 4 times, the drive is mapped everything is fine, but MP doesnt autostart :/
i thought this method maps this drive as a system service, so it is started befor the user logs in ...... :/
it starts when i klick it after startup, but it doesn't in autostart.

[BennieBoy]

I also noticed this some times
In my case it starts the configuration application and not mediaportal.
Strange behaviour :-(

To make a work around, you can add this small cmd script to the startup
Disable autostart of mediaportal.


REM Send 5 pings to localhost (~5s delay)
ping -n 31 localhost >NUL
REM Starts Mediaportal (Do not forget to define the right path)
C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe

[Iwen]

Is there also a way to change the folder of MP's thumb, database, cache and so on?
It's would be nice to move "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Anwendungsdaten\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal" to the server.
At the moment I always have to use the commit.bat when I change s.th. in the MPConfiguration.