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<blockquote data-quote="geoffstewart" data-source="post: 617037" data-attributes="member: 83396"><p>Hey enigma,</p><p></p><p>I've been watching MP for a while and finally made the switch a couple of weeks ago and I love it!</p><p></p><p>The only reason I switched was to try something new... It was working just fine... but BTV was tired for me.</p><p></p><p>An overall comment about MP is that it is not nearly as polished in getting things to work as BTV... however, it has a very active community and the fact that it's open-source is golden for me... as a developer, I can simply take a peek at the code to see what it's trying to do to understand some of the quirky nature of it. In the year that I've been following it, it has come a very long way.</p><p></p><p>So, to answer some of your questions.... here goes nothing:</p><p></p><p>I get the guide with SchedulesDirect... it's not built in, you need to get a plugin... it works well. I've made some custimizations to this plugin that need polishing, but that I'll share soon.</p><p></p><p>There is a comskip plugin that can be installed.. again, not built in, but easy to get going.</p><p></p><p>It does handle more than one tuner... i have three, but I had a heck of a time associating channels with the proper tuner... basically, what I ended up having to do was have distinct channels for each tuner... your case will probably be different than mine... here are my tuners:</p><p>hdpvr - component - hd set top box </p><p>pvr250 - svideo - sd stb</p><p>pvr250 - cable - analog cable</p><p></p><p>I recommend not combining channels for stb and cable.... doesn't seem to work</p><p></p><p>Another area that is not built-in is the blaster... there is a hauppauge blaster built in... I couldn't make it work... so I install IRSS that is hugely configurable and use a USB-UIRT to blast to the two stbs... took a while to configure tho.</p><p></p><p>Playback configuration is way better in MP than in BTV... you have real control over what codecs get used... and if you don't like it, they support using an external player. This is a real plus for me... the H264 looks better somehow with MP than it did in BTV.</p><p></p><p>I have one under-powered client that uses a nvidia 7700 to playback h264 ... it can do it but only on the primary display... it uses too much juice on the second... I'm not sure hardware accel works on secondary in any app... but you can try.</p><p></p><p>I don't think there is a plugin for dnla, but open-source communities have a knack for creating stuff that people request <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>In short, the transition was not flawless, but the end result is rock-solid and I love it... the skins are amazing, the community is very helpful and for me, the ability to see the source is the clincher.</p><p></p><p>Hope to see you on the forums more !</p><p></p><p>Cheers. </p><p></p><p>Geoff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="geoffstewart, post: 617037, member: 83396"] Hey enigma, I've been watching MP for a while and finally made the switch a couple of weeks ago and I love it! The only reason I switched was to try something new... It was working just fine... but BTV was tired for me. An overall comment about MP is that it is not nearly as polished in getting things to work as BTV... however, it has a very active community and the fact that it's open-source is golden for me... as a developer, I can simply take a peek at the code to see what it's trying to do to understand some of the quirky nature of it. In the year that I've been following it, it has come a very long way. So, to answer some of your questions.... here goes nothing: I get the guide with SchedulesDirect... it's not built in, you need to get a plugin... it works well. I've made some custimizations to this plugin that need polishing, but that I'll share soon. There is a comskip plugin that can be installed.. again, not built in, but easy to get going. It does handle more than one tuner... i have three, but I had a heck of a time associating channels with the proper tuner... basically, what I ended up having to do was have distinct channels for each tuner... your case will probably be different than mine... here are my tuners: hdpvr - component - hd set top box pvr250 - svideo - sd stb pvr250 - cable - analog cable I recommend not combining channels for stb and cable.... doesn't seem to work Another area that is not built-in is the blaster... there is a hauppauge blaster built in... I couldn't make it work... so I install IRSS that is hugely configurable and use a USB-UIRT to blast to the two stbs... took a while to configure tho. Playback configuration is way better in MP than in BTV... you have real control over what codecs get used... and if you don't like it, they support using an external player. This is a real plus for me... the H264 looks better somehow with MP than it did in BTV. I have one under-powered client that uses a nvidia 7700 to playback h264 ... it can do it but only on the primary display... it uses too much juice on the second... I'm not sure hardware accel works on secondary in any app... but you can try. I don't think there is a plugin for dnla, but open-source communities have a knack for creating stuff that people request :) In short, the transition was not flawless, but the end result is rock-solid and I love it... the skins are amazing, the community is very helpful and for me, the ability to see the source is the clincher. Hope to see you on the forums more ! Cheers. Geoff [/QUOTE]
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