Back to the basics (1 Viewer)

[czar879]

Hi guy i have just loaded winxp SP2 and all my drivers on to my comp

Before i got crazy downloading everything to run mediaportal, what are the steps to go about run/setting up media portal

2.0ghz AMD athlon
1 GB Ram 333mhz
128mb AGPx8 Geforce 6600gt
200GB HDD
80BG HDD <-OS
Intergraded 5.1Sound and Ethernet
FusionHDTV DVB-T (crazy coz digtal anit even available in New Zealand yet!)
sliver stone LC16 computer case
Panasonic 32 inch flat wide screen veiwing (default)
Sony Sorround Sound Stereo 5.1 (setup)

yea so just the steps in what i should download and the order to do thing in

 

[igalan]

The first thing that I do is a Ghost image of the partition, so I can start from scratch quickly if needed.

Then I install in this order:

Windows Media Player 10
Windows Update critical patches
Recommended Windows patches (there is a thread listing them)
Codecs: DivX 5.2.1 and Xvid 1.0.3
MBM (to monitor system status)
Media Portal 0.2.0.0
Latest stable update, at the moment 0.2.0.4

If memory serves, that's all.

With this installed I set up MP to my liking. Once everything is ready, including EPG, TV logos, plugins and TV Channels, I do another Ghost image.

 

[czar879]

hi and thanx

1st ghost what partition and put it were and what for? "sorry man"

and i would like to still control media portal with my remote control from my fusionHDTV plus DVB-T and watch dvds off my dvd rom

 

[igalan]

Sorry, I've been too technical . Norton Ghost is a program that creates images of disks and partitions. An image is a file stored on a hard disk (an external USB drive, for instance) or optical disk (DVD-R/RW) that can be used to restore the original disk exactly as it was. On the long run this saves times because when things go wrong, instead of reformatting, reinstalling and setting up everything again, you simply restore a Ghost image which is quick.

But that isn't mandatory, you don't need to purchase Norton Ghost. Also there are alternative programs to do this task, like Image for Windows. It's just a suggestion.

About the remotes, I believe that those that you mention are supported, no worries. Playing DVD-Video is no problem, as well as playing Divx (with the Divx codec installed), MP3 or almost any media that you have.

 

[czar879]

sweet ill give it a crack now ill start gatering those programs and installing them in the order you suggested but one thing those updates "Windows Update critical patches Recommended Windows patches (there is a thread listing them)" cant find them can i have a little more info if you dont mind?

 

[jawbroken]

Check the Tips and Tricks forum. There is a sticky thread in there.