I tried MP, sticking with MC (1 Viewer)

[ipguy]

Not sure what the fuss is all about to be honest, my trails outlined one thing, MP needs a lot of work before it can take MC's crown


No offense to the devs, you guys rock !! Awesome work to date !!!

 

[ipguy]

Using StreamedMP theme

Maybe I'm missing some very fundamental knowledge but does MP even support cable set top boxes like the Foxtel set-top box ?

Couldn't see where/how this was supposed to be configured in TV Server.

Do I need to download additional pluggins so MP can grab fanart etc ? All I was getting was the DVD coverart

Is the MC remote fully supported ? How do I start MP with the green button and stop MC from launching if pressed ?

Only half of my CD collection was identified.

Is there a better view than "icons big"

Can I edit the streamedMP menu so only the menu items I want to appear will appear ?

 

[ROLA]

I looks like you need to learn som more about MP, before judging...
Check out the Wiki..

 

[ipguy]

Hey, no, not judging at all just confused and keen to get involved but maybe perplexed a little

 

[mm1352000]

Hi there

Maybe I'm missing some very fundamental knowledge but does MP even support cable set top boxes like the Foxtel set-top box ?

Yep, you can do that. There is some "fine print", but basically any analog tuner with a BDA driver and a composite/component/s-video input would do the trick. As of 1.2.0b you can also use a Hauppauge Colossus or HD-PVR.

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[rekenaar]

Do I need to download additional pluggins so MP can grab fanart etc ? All I was getting was the DVD coverart

MovingPictures plugin can grab fanart for movies.
TVSeries plugin can grab fanart for TV Series.
FanartHandler plugin for lot of other stuff.

Is the MC remote fully supported ? How do I start MP with the green button and stop MC from launching if pressed ?

Yes: Additional 3rd Party Checks - MediaPortal Wiki

Can I edit the streamedMP menu so only the menu items I want to appear will appear ?

Yes

 

[zicoz]

Are you using MP 1.1 or MP 1.2 beta?

Do I need to download additional pluggins so MP can grab fanart etc ? All I was getting was the DVD coverart

Are you using Moving Pictures or the internal "Videos"?

Is the MC remote fully supported ? How do I start MP with the green button and stop MC from launching if pressed ?

Remote - MediaPortal Wiki

Additional 3rd Party Checks - MediaPortal Wiki

Only half of my CD collection was identified.

Are you using the music database or just share view?

Is there a better view than "icons big"

Depends what you like. You can have different views for each layer. Personally I use Big Icons for the album view, and then I use list when I'm browsing tracks inside an album.

Can I edit the streamedMP menu so only the menu items I want to appear will appear ?

BasicHomeEditor - streamedmp - Using the StreamedMP BasicHome editor to create/customize the BasicHome menu. - StreamedMP Skin for MediaPortal - Google Project Hosting

 

[ipguy]

Thanks guys, I'll try MP again now that you've all been so helpful !!

Cheers !