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<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 622022" data-attributes="member: 76888">Will guide info all be automatic when I install, with some type of setup wizard asking me my location and setting up the appropriate guide?&nbsp; The setup can tune the channels automatically, but you will have to manually setup the epg dataDoes it do any commercial/chapter marking so I can easily skip commercials (like beyond tv's smartskip)? You can use comskip plugin, but i think it requires a small donation I'm assuming it does handle more than one tuner, that I can watch shows that have already started recording, etc, right? Yes, you can watch and record multiple channels at once, even with a single tuner it can record and watch multiple channels if the channels are on the same transponder!One of my favirote things in BTV is the 10-second skip backward/ 30 second skip forward buttons on my remote, will those work with mediaportal? Yes it supports skipping by time and you can customise how much time to skip with each press.Does it support video cards with h.264 decoders?&nbsp; My CPU isn't all that new, so when I play a high def mkv with xbmc, VLC or regular mpc, it peggs my cpu at 100% and video often stutters.&nbsp; However if I use mpc-homecinema, which supports the hardware decoding on my video card, my cpu is 25% and plays beautifully. You can use the MPC-HC codec within mediaportal, so you will have hardware acceleration.&nbsp; After you install mediaportal you should install saf codec pack (specially designed for mediaportal, i recommend installing the &quot;unlocked&quot; version), it will take care of all the codecs you need.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 622022, member: 76888"] [B]Will guide info all be automatic when I install, with some type of setup wizard asking me my location and setting up the appropriate guide? [/B] The setup can tune the channels automatically, but you will have to manually setup the epg data [B]Does it do any commercial/chapter marking so I can easily skip commercials (like beyond tv's smartskip)?[/B] You can use comskip plugin, but i think it requires a small donation [B]I'm assuming it does handle more than one tuner, that I can watch shows that have already started recording, etc, right?[/B] Yes, you can watch and record multiple channels at once, even with a single tuner it can record and watch multiple channels if the channels are on the same transponder! [B]One of my favirote things in BTV is the 10-second skip backward/ 30 second skip forward buttons on my remote, will those work with mediaportal?[/B] Yes it supports skipping by time and you can customise how much time to skip with each press. [B]Does it support video cards with h.264 decoders? My CPU isn't all that new, so when I play a high def mkv with xbmc, VLC or regular mpc, it peggs my cpu at 100% and video often stutters. However if I use mpc-homecinema, which supports the hardware decoding on my video card, my cpu is 25% and plays beautifully.[/B] You can use the MPC-HC codec within mediaportal, so you will have hardware acceleration. After you install mediaportal you should install saf codec pack (specially designed for mediaportal, i recommend installing the "unlocked" version), it will take care of all the codecs you need. [/QUOTE]

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