- Thread starter
- #11
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.....
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.....