I have been trying for two years now to get my HTPC(parttime) running the way I wanted it. There is a feature that made me choose Mediaportal. Finaly I am able to rearange current playlist (move songs up, down, delete). Also, my TV became usefull at last. So I decided to abandone Beyond TV, and Beyond Media. They are changing too slow. I want dear developers to know: We love you!
MediaPortal may not be the fastest, but it has all features I need and is very stable. I wouldn't change my MP for any other one... even if you paid me!!!
So thanks to all who participate... especially frodo for all his hard work.
I bought at ATI Theater 550 card to build my htpc. I tried Beyond TV and SageTV and ran into all kinds of problems with the capture card. Then I stumbled onto Mediaportal. After running into so many propblems with my capture card I was amazed when mediaportal just worked the first time. We have been using it ever since. Very Nice!
Most (all?) small PC cases accept only ITX motherboards, which have only one PCI-E slot. So you could install only one PCI-E tuner card. A quad-tuner card would give you four tuners, but if you wanted more tuners you would need to use the TBS eight-tuner card, or use external tuners, either USB tuners (available with single or dual...
Most (all?) small PC cases accept only ITX motherboards, which have only one PCI-E slot. So you could install only one PCI-E tuner...
I've been using MP2 now for about 3 years:
I really happy with the way it works, although I can think of many great features I'd...