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<blockquote data-quote="Junoman" data-source="post: 133498" data-attributes="member: 36978"><p><strong>Reliability VS Functionality</strong></p><p></p><p>I have been using MediaPortal for 3 years now. It has come a long way since then with many great improvements and features.</p><p></p><p>The original TV engine that comes bundled with MP works great! Unfortunately it only took me 2 years to get the tv guide to update on a regular basis and stay in the right time frame (Canada/Est - Zap2IT).</p><p>Since that success, I have been able to leave my HTPC running 24/7 for 1 year without problem and use it daily.</p><p></p><p>I have been waiting a long time for the server portion and believe it is the proper direction for this HTPC development. ...but it seems a long way off at this point in time.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u>MY EXPERIENCE WITH TV3</u></strong></p><p></p><p>It took 2 complete installs to get working sucessfully.</p><p>NOTE TO OTHER USERS: If at first you don't succeed....reinstall everything >> especially MSSQL Express 5. (Going to try MySql instead this weekend)</p><p>ALSO...the video tutorial does not mention everything you need to configure >> be sure to read the wiki directions!!!</p><p></p><p>It was difficult to setup for analog...someone should explain the relation between the Zap2IT plugin and scanning for channels. (USE THE PLUGIN FIRST, THEN SCAN FOR ANALOG CHANNELS)</p><p></p><p>Everything was finally perfect until the first night it tried to update the tvguide!</p><p>ERRORS! Now due to the update, a COMPLETE REINSTALL OF EVERYTHING is required to get the TVengine service to run again.</p><p>This appears to be the only solution I have found, but I am not interested in reinstalling EVERYTHING every 2 days -- NOT ENJOYABLE.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u>MY HONORABLE MENTION</u></strong></p><p></p><p>As I stated, I do believe that the TV3 engine is the proper direction for MP to follow. But I truly believe the focus of work should be on stablizing the code for the mixture of hardware architectures out there.</p><p></p><p>Aside from recieving analog or digital channels (we got that down), the main focus should be on the TVGUIDE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ONLY ICING ON THE CAKE.</p><p></p><p>Yes, we all want fancy features and cool OSD layouts, but realistically we will build a better and stronger user community if people can just install and use the software!!!</p><p></p><p>MediaPortal has been fun to "play with" for 3 years in anticipation of stability, but honestly I must now consider MCE as a better substitute.</p><p></p><p>Need reliablility a lot more than constant tweaking and guess work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Junoman, post: 133498, member: 36978"] [b]Reliability VS Functionality[/b] I have been using MediaPortal for 3 years now. It has come a long way since then with many great improvements and features. The original TV engine that comes bundled with MP works great! Unfortunately it only took me 2 years to get the tv guide to update on a regular basis and stay in the right time frame (Canada/Est - Zap2IT). Since that success, I have been able to leave my HTPC running 24/7 for 1 year without problem and use it daily. I have been waiting a long time for the server portion and believe it is the proper direction for this HTPC development. ...but it seems a long way off at this point in time. [B][U]MY EXPERIENCE WITH TV3[/U][/B] It took 2 complete installs to get working sucessfully. NOTE TO OTHER USERS: If at first you don't succeed....reinstall everything >> especially MSSQL Express 5. (Going to try MySql instead this weekend) ALSO...the video tutorial does not mention everything you need to configure >> be sure to read the wiki directions!!! It was difficult to setup for analog...someone should explain the relation between the Zap2IT plugin and scanning for channels. (USE THE PLUGIN FIRST, THEN SCAN FOR ANALOG CHANNELS) Everything was finally perfect until the first night it tried to update the tvguide! ERRORS! Now due to the update, a COMPLETE REINSTALL OF EVERYTHING is required to get the TVengine service to run again. This appears to be the only solution I have found, but I am not interested in reinstalling EVERYTHING every 2 days -- NOT ENJOYABLE. [B][U]MY HONORABLE MENTION[/U][/B] As I stated, I do believe that the TV3 engine is the proper direction for MP to follow. But I truly believe the focus of work should be on stablizing the code for the mixture of hardware architectures out there. Aside from recieving analog or digital channels (we got that down), the main focus should be on the TVGUIDE. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ONLY ICING ON THE CAKE. Yes, we all want fancy features and cool OSD layouts, but realistically we will build a better and stronger user community if people can just install and use the software!!! MediaPortal has been fun to "play with" for 3 years in anticipation of stability, but honestly I must now consider MCE as a better substitute. Need reliablility a lot more than constant tweaking and guess work. [/QUOTE]
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