Reason for request:
Currently windows has its codecs hell. It's confusing and frustrating for the user to get a HTPC up and running so it plays all formats it should. To add to the confusion you often need to install multiple players to play all formats.
Solution:
My suggested solution to this problem is to integrate mplayer with mediaportal.
What would needed to be done:
- Install mplayer with mediaportal
- Add option to use mplayer instead of directshow
- Fix so dos box doesn't show up when playing
- Integrate mediaportal OSD into mplayer
Conclusion:
Doing the suggested would help mediaportal get an even better reputation because then users could take a clean machine. Get their soundcard & gfx to work and just install mediaportal. Everything else would be handled by mediaportal! Something not even Windows MC can do.
Links:
MPlayer homepage
Good working builds of mplayer
My current mplayer config. Would ofcourse need to be changed depending on the machine.
Keep up the good work! It's a geat piece of software!
/Joakim E. - Plane9
Currently windows has its codecs hell. It's confusing and frustrating for the user to get a HTPC up and running so it plays all formats it should. To add to the confusion you often need to install multiple players to play all formats.
Solution:
My suggested solution to this problem is to integrate mplayer with mediaportal.
What would needed to be done:
- Install mplayer with mediaportal
- Add option to use mplayer instead of directshow
- Fix so dos box doesn't show up when playing
- Integrate mediaportal OSD into mplayer
Conclusion:
Doing the suggested would help mediaportal get an even better reputation because then users could take a clean machine. Get their soundcard & gfx to work and just install mediaportal. Everything else would be handled by mediaportal! Something not even Windows MC can do.
Links:
MPlayer homepage
Good working builds of mplayer
My current mplayer config. Would ofcourse need to be changed depending on the machine.
Code:
#General
quiet=yes
cache=20000
cache-min=10
#Render
vo=directx
double=yes
autosync=100
framedrop=yes
fs=yes
vf=dsize=1368:768 # Comment out line to skip zooming
monitoraspect=16:9
# Subtitles
ffactor=0.8
subfont-blur=2
subfont-osd-scale=3
subfont-outline=2
subfont-text-scale=1.8
# Sound
ao=dsound
channels=6
volnorm=1
Keep up the good work! It's a geat piece of software!
/Joakim E. - Plane9