Is Mediaportal dying out? (5 Viewers)

[joecrow]

This is why I suggested that if a release could be made where just the basics work without all the latest tricks then the non-technical like me would get a lot more from MP1

You might find that MP2 suits you better. Online Videos, Radio Time and other important plugins and all their dependancies are included/installed as part of the basic MP2 install. There is also no MP Configuration program although you still need to set up theTV tuners with the TV Server Config. program. Generally speaking MP2 is much easier to get started with but less flexible and has fewer plugins available. Give it a try on your test machine maybe.
Regardless of that I would still recommend you report the problem you have with Online Videos elsewhere. It should work on your setup and should have nothing to do with the problem with the Black Gold TV card.

 

[emphatic]

My only issue with MediaPortal is that my Energy Schedule in Windows 7 keeps changing without my doing every time I update MediaPortal. I have to apply all tweaks again from memory, as you can't save them. :/ This has been reported, but nobody else seem to have this issue (the remote buttons are being changed, the hdds will turn off, the screen will shut down and the pc will go into energy saving after 30 minutes).

Emph

 

[technoweary]

You might find that MP2 suits you better. Online Videos, Radio Time and other important plugins and all their dependancies are included/installed as part of the basic MP2 install. There is also no MP Configuration program although you still need to set up theTV tuners with the TV Server Config. program. Generally speaking MP2 is much easier to get started with but less flexible and has fewer plugins available. Give it a try on your test machine maybe.
Regardless of that I would still recommend you report the problem you have with Online Videos elsewhere. It should work on your setup and should have nothing to do with the problem with the Black Gold TV card.

Thanks joecrow
I tried MP2 back in April this year and it became a nightmare
The forum spent about two months with me trying to get it working and in the end I think people gave up, and I do not blame them, I was taking up so much time
I think I will wave the white flag rather than try MP2 again, (until a major release occurs and then I will give it a go because I recognise the advantages)

Getting back to what you recommend, I wonder about Online Videos version

Online Videos work perfect here with 1.18 - look for the correct version in forum pls

@catavolt did not confirm or offer correct version to use
Am I using the correct version?
Cheers
TW

 

[technoweary]

My only issue with MediaPortal is that my Energy Schedule in Windows 7 keeps changing without my doing every time I update MediaPortal. I have to apply all tweaks again from memory, as you can't save them. :/ This has been reported, but nobody else seem to have this issue (the remote buttons are being changed, the hdds will turn off, the screen will shut down and the pc will go into energy saving after 30 minutes).

Emph

Absolutely
Would not be so bad if you did not have to dig down so far just to stop the Hard Drive switching off after a couple of minutes!
It's good to regulate Microsoft Updates though, no nasty surprises, (although the "Creators Update" on my work PC did not turn out to be the disaster I was expecting)

 

[joecrow]

Am I using the correct version?

See attached screenshot, you need both Online Videos and MP IPTV filter and URL splitter plugins. The versions shown are the latest and are working for me with MP 1.18.


UPDATE:- Just in case and before you ask both these plugins are listed and can be installed from the current (MP 1.18) MP Extensions Manager.

 

[technoweary]

See attached screenshot, you need both Online Videos and MP IPTV filter and URL splitter plugins. The versions shown are the latest and are working for me with MP 1.18.
View attachment 193686

UPDATE:- Just in case and before you ask both these plugins are listed and can be installed from the current (MP 1.18) MP Extensions Manager.

Thanks joecrow
Its possible the MP IPTV filter and splitter plugin may be the problem as you suggest
The only mention of these on the Online Videos page (that I remember) I believe suggested they are all linked and installed by the Extension Manager together
My system definately added a load of the files when I installed 2.3.1.0, I remember puzzling at all the stuff in the install que for confirmation

So over the weekend I need to drag the old machine out and double check the installed file releases and see if this is the issue
What is the best way to confirm the current releases of running plugins? (If I remember Extension Manager only lists latest available and not actual .ver installed)

Thanks for your help, very much appreciated
Cheers
TW

 

[catavolt]

(If I remember Extension Manager only lists latest available and not actual .ver installed)

It does show the installed version and the available versions

 

[joecrow]

What is the best way to confirm the current releases of running plugins? (If I remember Extension Manager only lists latest available and not actual .ver installed)

Further to the comment from @catavolt you can display the installed pugins simply by clicking on the "Installed" tab, thats what was displayed in the screenshot in my earlier post. I have highlighted the tab in the attached screenshot.

If you have previously installed Online Videos from some source other than MP Extension Manager, e.g. a pre-release version dowloaded directly it may not show up in the "Installed" list. You can still check the version number by opening the MP Configuration then Plugins/Online Videos/Config it is in the lower left corner of the first config. page. Alternatively just install both the plugins from the "Known" list, or update them if necessary when they are shown in the Installed list (do the IPTV filter first) that will overwrite whatever you currently have installed.

 

[technoweary]

Further to the comment from @catavolt you can display the installed pugins simply by clicking on the "Installed" tab, thats what was displayed in the screenshot in my earlier post. I have highlighted the tab in the attached screenshot.
View attachment 193687
If you have previously installed Online Videos from some source other than MP Extension Manager, e.g. a pre-release version dowloaded directly it may not show up in the "Installed" list. You can still check the version number by opening the MP Configuration then Plugins/Online Videos/Config it is in the lower left corner of the first config. page. Alternatively just install both the plugins from the "Known" list, or update them if necessary when they are shown in the Installed list (do the IPTV filter first) that will overwrite whatever you currently have installed.

Thanks joecrow, much appreciated
Embarrased that I am highjacking this thread now so will return with another post later to update