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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GJC" data-source="post: 866453" data-attributes="member: 120757">Happy to help out. I couldn't get IRSS to work, never figured out what I was doing wrong and there was absolutely zero support on the forums. I'll be happy to share my EventGhost setup with you once I have it done. Speaking of months, I started trying to setup MediaPortal in early February. I bounced a bit between XBMC and MP for a couple of weeks, making sure I knew what I was up against with both, then settled on MP because it has a full-featured PVR. Quite honestly valdi, if XBMC had a decent PVR I wouldn't have gone through with MP. From what I've seen of XBMC, everything is setup for you right out of the box. Adding plugins is a breeze and they just work. There's no worrying about codecs or anything like that. I've found that getting MP setup for the family has just been a HUGE learning curve.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> Out of the box it seems to be quite simple, but when one starts trying to configure and customize that's where the fun (nightmare) begins. I've not only had to learn ForTheRecord, but also IRSS (what I could anyway), TVServer, EventGhost, EventTrigger, Online Videos customization (for live streams), various other plugins, and I haven't even got to setting up Radio or Music yet! I've had to make dozens of posts to get help from developers and finally had to resort to learning how to develop a plugin because no one can tell me how to control a set-top box (or in my case a rotator) with the existing plugins. If I weren't an engineer I would have given up long ago. My friends at work are saying that I should set up a little consulting business to help people get off of cable TV once I'm done. Considering the learning curve, I'd say I could make a fortune!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> On the feature side, I'm still amazed that TV Server can't be setup to transcode web streams. There are plugins for DVB-IP, but nothing that will take run-of-the-mill rtmp, mms and other streams as Online Videos can. Since the streams are "live", we should be able to PVR them, Online Videos can't do that and all that functionality would be free if TV Server could do the transcoding. Yura80 had a crack at it for a limited number of streams, but I only ever got two simple mms streams to work with his code and he's not supporting it anymore. For such a mature product, it boggles my mind that this capability hasn't been added yet. I may just look at it when I get some free time. By the time I've got everything how I want it, XBMC will have their PVR completed and I won't need MP anymore. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> Oh well, it's been an interesting hobby!  I'll post back here when I've got the rotator plugin finished. I monitor this thread, so if you're in a hurry I can give you something "over the wall" to try, but I'd like a bit more time to work out the kinks.</blockquote>

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