Media Portal XBOX 360 and HD Ready TV

[Mr E]

Hi I am new to the group.

Got a few questions regarding media portal.

1. Shall media portal allow me to veiw movies on my XBOX 360. Like MCE?

2. Shall media portal operate on my Dell Inspiron 1300 XP home SP2 512ram Celeron 150ghz with DIGITAL FREEVIEW TV DVB-T PC CARD. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

3. Does media support picture in picture and HD ready for my to be Samsung.
http://www.247electrical.co.uk/epage...ce=PRICERUNNER

Thanks

Mr E

[strontium]

I am afraid I can only answer question 1.
MCE is the only way of getting movies played on your 360.
You can use media connect to play music and view photo's though from xp.

[Mr E]

Thanks for your reply.
Connecting MP to xbox 360 is not so important as my laptop sits next to the my xbox 360.

So its just my other questions that require a response.

Cheers Mr E

[Paranoid Delusion]

Mr E

Your m/c specs are on the low side of what MP requires to run (see support) but saying that, the only way is too install and check it out for yourself, after all it does not cost you anything. Do not believe your tuner natively supported, so would need to be added.

Your second question, no MP does not at this moment support PIP.

If you do not try, you will not know 8)

[Mr E]

Thanks for the response, but I don't understand the statement below.

Do not believe your tuner natively supported, so would need to be added.

[wortelsoft]

It means that Paranoid Delusion isn't sure that your tv card worls with MP. But if you read this:

http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/viewtopic.php?t=5054

Then there is a good change that you will be able to get it working after some effort.

[Mr E]

Thanks for the last message it this makes sense.

I guess it is question of whether is it worth while installing MP as my tv tuner shall have capabilities to record tv and listen to radio.

My pictures and music are fairly organised on my desktop pc which I may transfer to my laptop for viewing on my HD TV. Without MP I could use picture view and media player to view / play these files or alternatively I could just keep the existing arrangement and views / play these through my XBOX 360 wifi from my desktop pc.

I shall likely give it a whirl and see what I think.

:lol: Cheers :lol:

Mr E

[DutchMaster]

Originally Posted by Mr E

2. Shall media portal operate on my Dell Inspiron 1300 XP home SP2 512ram Celeron 150ghz with DIGITAL FREEVIEW TV DVB-T PC CARD. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

If there are any BDA drivers for the ULI M9206 it might be able to get it supported.