How to install Mediaportal on Windows 2008 R2 (x64 only) (1 Viewer)

[limpwhizkid]

is this also applyable on a windows 8 machine ?

on second thought, had some coffee now, and you probably mean windows8 server

downloading developer preview now, and having a go .. let you know after this weekend

it works...

(i did disable the metro interface again , i hate it )

change key in folder:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

named:
RPEnabled
to 0 (metro off) (default =1 for on)

 

[Da_JoJo]

is this also applyable on a windows 8 machine ?

on second thought, had some coffee now, and you probably mean windows8 server

downloading developer preview now, and having a go .. let you know after this weekend

it works...

(i did disable the metro interface again , i hate it )

change key in folder:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

named:
RPEnabled
to 0 (metro off) (default =1 for on)

thnx bro for trying out
the metro interface is kinda sucky indeed but the speed of win 8 rulez more then ever
metro can be used with mouse / keyboard as well. once u find out how, it isnt that irritating as on 1st look.
now all there is left is this windows 8 develop preview x64 that dont run mediaportal cause of its OS checks.
as u say and i agree the windows 8 is running all win 7 apps so why not mediaportal.
i find out it works if i put tv on my tv-server and watch a channel there (in mediaportal)and on windows 8 dev machine i turn on VLC mediaplayer and connect to the stream e.a. rtsp://ip-of-tvserver/stream4.0 or 4.1 depending which tv-card it uses.
then if u swap channel on the tv-server it will automaticly swap on the remote vlc
for now this has to do i guess. only thing crashin vlc is discovery hd showcase as there codec use is a bit strange. ac3+h264.

 

[limpwhizkid]

on second thought, had some coffee now, and you probably mean windows8 server

downloading developer preview now, and having a go .. let you know after this weekend

it works...

(i did disable the metro interface again , i hate it )

change key in folder:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

named:
RPEnabled
to 0 (metro off) (default =1 for on)

thnx bro for trying out
the metro interface is kinda sucky indeed but the speed of win 8 rulez more then ever
metro can be used with mouse / keyboard as well. once u find out how, it isnt that irritating as on 1st look.
now all there is left is this windows 8 develop preview x64 that dont run mediaportal cause of its OS checks.
as u say and i agree the windows 8 is running all win 7 apps so why not mediaportal.
i find out it works if i put tv on my tv-server and watch a channel there (in mediaportal)and on windows 8 dev machine i turn on VLC mediaplayer and connect to the stream e.a. rtsp://ip-of-tvserver/stream4.0 or 4.1 depending which tv-card it uses.
then if u swap channel on the tv-server it will automaticly swap on the remote vlc
for now this has to do i guess. only thing crashin vlc is discovery hd showcase as there codec use is a bit strange. ac3+h264.

it actually works on windows8 server, you need to:
modify the mediaportal msi installer to allow the unknown version (6.2.8201 = win8server dev preview) to install or modify the registry on windows8 to that the installers "thinks" its windows7 or windows2008r2...

or we ask the developers kindly to allow 6.2.xxxx also in the installer

 

[Da_JoJo]

i rather have this OS check gone ..
modifying the OS in registry results in unexpected behaviour.
1.1.3 mediaportal installs fine and works but as soon as i update it comes with this annoying OS check.

 

[limpwhizkid]

i rather have this OS check gone ..
modifying the OS in registry results in unexpected behaviour.
1.1.3 mediaportal installs fine and works but as soon as i update it comes with this annoying OS check.

well i can understand the OS check , but it shouldnt prevent install .. and that is what MP does now..

but i gave you 2 options.. , you could also alter the install package.. (thats what I did)..
no unexpected behaviour

we should PM Chemelli ... he's the one handling the installer for MP...
We might ask him kindly and see where we end up .. ?

 

[Da_JoJo]

good point
im too lazy to do all this action where it can be prevented to do so in the first place ;p

 

[mayday175]

Server 2008 R2 users... can you tell me what TV Tuner you use? I don't want to hijack this thread, so please see this thread for more information and reply there.

Thanks heaps

 

[aunghtain]

Any windows 7 MCE remote support? I bought Rosewill RRC-126 and it did not work on windows 2008. There is no driver. Any way we could copy drivers from Windows7?

 

[benogil]

Probably win 7 64 bit drivers will work.

 

[limpwhizkid]

Probably win 7 64 bit drivers will work.

nope... have spend several hours getting it to work ..

got drivers recognized and all .. but remote simply wont work ..

if anyone can get it to work it will be valued with thanks