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<blockquote data-quote="Pringle9984" data-source="post: 160009" data-attributes="member: 53005">My current media center setup is an X-Box with XBMC, works as an amazing media center - except for the hardware limitations of the X-Box itself.So I want to use a dedicated PC (actually an old laptop that I'm taking the screen off) as a new media center and MediaPortal is the obvious choice of software.I've installed it and played around with it very briefly, seems really nice and can't wait to get it all set up (just waiting for a new HD Plasma to arrive).I know that to access computers on a network I can easily map network shares - either to a drive letter or just mount the network share within the MP setup tool.In XBMC however, it's possible to simply browse a smb network workgroup; dynamically see all the computers and shares on the network, etc. Since I have at least 6 PCs in the house that are randomly on and off at different times this is a very nice feature (you view the workgroup, you can immediately see which computers are turned on). I couldn't work out a way to do this in MediaPortal though (alas, I can't mount an entire workgroup <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />).Any suggestions would be appreciated.- Ben</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pringle9984, post: 160009, member: 53005"] My current media center setup is an X-Box with XBMC, works as an amazing media center - except for the hardware limitations of the X-Box itself. So I want to use a dedicated PC (actually an old laptop that I'm taking the screen off) as a new media center and MediaPortal is the obvious choice of software. I've installed it and played around with it very briefly, seems really nice and can't wait to get it all set up (just waiting for a new HD Plasma to arrive). I know that to access computers on a network I can easily map network shares - either to a drive letter or just mount the network share within the MP setup tool. In XBMC however, it's possible to simply browse a smb network workgroup; dynamically see all the computers and shares on the network, etc. Since I have at least 6 PCs in the house that are randomly on and off at different times this is a very nice feature (you view the workgroup, you can immediately see which computers are turned on). I couldn't work out a way to do this in MediaPortal though (alas, I can't mount an entire workgroup :D). Any suggestions would be appreciated. - Ben [/QUOTE]

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