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Message: <blockquote data-quote="valdi" data-source="post: 866567" data-attributes="member: 116882">I know exactly how you feel,  I started with a USB Hard Drive Media Player hooked up to a CRT TV about 10 years ago, then, when OTA HDTV came along I hooked that up. Add in a DVD, CD, Wii and Blue-Ray Player. It started to get a little busy in regards to remotes and such. Very confusing for the Kids and Wife.  The Wife wanted to turn on the TV and use one remote to control everything.  I renovated my home about 4 years ago and put in Data/Audio/Video wiring around the house in anticipation of getting a LinuxMCE setup going.  Whole House Audio, Security, Lighting and HVAC control along with complete Video and TV services to whatever multiple screens you have.   Life got in the way, so I decided to look for a interim solution until I can get back to the Home Automation hobby.  I looked at NextPVR and I think GBVR or something like that, and the reason I landed on MediaPortal, if I remember correctly, was the TV Server feature along with the WIndows OS that sold me.  I can push signal all over my house via WLAN to Tablets, Laptops and Phones via AmpDroid, then hook up LAN connections for each of the screens that I eventually want to add.  I started in Nov of last year building a File Server/TV Server/Office PC that would reside in one room with 2 LCD screens and also hook-up to a LCD in my Bedroom which is about 30 feet away from computer. My Lord, it certainly has not turned out to be a quick interim solution.  After getting started and getting fairly far down the path of Hardware installation, Rogers Cable decided to add small Digital Set Top Boxes and turn off their Analog Cable Signal to screw up my Analog and OTA setup.  I figured that out, then just now have finished IR and HDMI wiring thru the walls and finally got the MCE remote control to work macros from within MP and IRSS to work separate components. So far though, I gotta say this program is pretty solid, rarely does MP induce a reboot and the TV Guide via remote is a godsend to the wife.   Somebody on this forum said, "The WAF index is off the board",  Wife Acceptance Factor.  I gotta tell ya, in my house it's all about the WAF, and MP does deliver.  Anyways, I'm a college educated programmer from 15 years ago, that did not pursue a career in programming.  Other than VBA programming for work to impress the Boss, I haven't touched a compiler in about a 10 years.  For me to do what your doing would take me months.  First learn to program in the various languages, brush up on SQL and before you know it, a half a year has gone by.  Believe me, I'll take whatever ya got, whenever ya want and be darn grateful for it<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Anyways, get back to work and finish that process/plugin so the wife can get her american channels without having to get up and walk thru half the house to rotate the antenna.</blockquote>

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