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That's the beauty of open source and the APIs that MediaPortal and other MediaPortal plugins offer up, so that other plugins can tap into them and extend their capabilities.

For example the Trakt plugin extends MovingPictures and MP-TVSeries ability to communicate with the trakt.tv website and add cool stuff such as recommendations, etc. There are plugins for a lot of cool stuff, either directly, or as expansion for others. Check out the cool blog otherwise MediaPortal Blog, where you can for example read the 'While You Were Sleeping: Plugins #2' (or the 1st one) to get some info on plugins put into the spotlight. There are also blog entries on skins and other cool stuff.

I ended up doing the same with IMDb+, to extend MovingPictures ability to auto-rename the movie titles, so that film series group together. So if you for example have the James Bond movie series in your collection, then you do not have to jump to the letter 'D' to find the first movie "Dr. No", and you won't have to then jump to the letter "Q" to watch "Quantum of Solace", but they will all be under the letter "J" for "James Bond I: Dr. No" and "James Bond XXII: Quantum Of Solace".

Or keep using TheMovieDb, because that's the beauty of an open system, you can adjust it so it is perfect for you

<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 815408" data-attributes="member: 18896">That's the beauty of open source and the APIs that MediaPortal and other MediaPortal plugins offer up, so that other plugins can tap into them and extend their capabilities.For example the Trakt plugin extends MovingPictures and MP-TVSeries ability to communicate with the trakt.tv website and add cool stuff such as recommendations, etc. There are plugins for a lot of cool stuff, either directly, or as expansion for others. Check out the cool blog otherwise <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/comments-about-team-mediaportal-news-blogentries-353/" target="_blank">MediaPortal Blog</a>, where you can for example read the 'While You Were Sleeping: Plugins #2' (or the 1st one) to get some info on plugins put into the spotlight. There are also blog entries on skins and other cool stuff.I ended up doing the same with IMDb+, to extend MovingPictures ability to auto-rename the movie titles, so that film series group together. So if you for example have the James Bond movie series in your collection, then you do not have to jump to the letter 'D' to find the first movie &quot;Dr. No&quot;, and you won't have to then jump to the letter &quot;Q&quot; to watch &quot;Quantum of Solace&quot;, but they will all be under the letter &quot;J&quot; for &quot;James Bond I: Dr. No&quot; and &quot;James Bond XXII: Quantum Of Solace&quot;.Or keep using TheMovieDb, because that's the beauty of an open system, you can adjust it so it is perfect for you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 815408, member: 18896"] That's the beauty of open source and the APIs that MediaPortal and other MediaPortal plugins offer up, so that other plugins can tap into them and extend their capabilities. For example the Trakt plugin extends MovingPictures and MP-TVSeries ability to communicate with the trakt.tv website and add cool stuff such as recommendations, etc. There are plugins for a lot of cool stuff, either directly, or as expansion for others. Check out the cool blog otherwise [b][url=https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/comments-about-team-mediaportal-news-blogentries-353/]MediaPortal Blog[/url][/b], where you can for example read the 'While You Were Sleeping: Plugins #2' (or the 1st one) to get some info on plugins put into the spotlight. There are also blog entries on skins and other cool stuff. I ended up doing the same with IMDb+, to extend MovingPictures ability to auto-rename the movie titles, so that film series group together. So if you for example have the James Bond movie series in your collection, then you do not have to jump to the letter 'D' to find the first movie "Dr. No", and you won't have to then jump to the letter "Q" to watch "Quantum of Solace", but they will all be under the letter "J" for "James Bond I: Dr. No" and "James Bond XXII: Quantum Of Solace". Or keep using TheMovieDb, because that's the beauty of an open system, you can adjust it so it is perfect for you :cool: [/QUOTE]