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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rick164" data-source="post: 1198736" data-attributes="member: 17766">Tried MP2 a few times but never had it as a daily driver, see that the development has picked up pace which is nice but I do feel like while MP2 is a clean start it lacks the vast amount of features and options MP1 has now either by plugins or included over the years and lacking some usability which are offered in the mayor plugins like that of MP-TVseries and the movie management of Moving Pictures.This is always gonna be case / user dependent of course however so long as it doesn't offer the same amount that MP1 has that offer for me at least it's a bit of downgrade even if the UI is modern / fast and better core design, another issue for plugin devs might be that we don't know large the MP2 user base is and if people are willing to test for it.Confusion with Mediaportal 2 is that people expect newer versions to be an improvement of the one before it and when MP2 was first put out there it was nowhere near the MP1 level or had some showstoppers, while it has improved over the years it has halted the initial enthusiasm as people might have skipped any release after that and stick with old trusty MP1.Changing the naming to version number (2.1 and onward) could improve that instead of the season name will make it more clear that's a mayor new release however people might expect a polished product like MP1 is right now be it in documentation / first time setup / features they have grown to love in MP1 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />This is in no way to put down MP2 as I love where it's heading however from a user perspective here I can see some confusion and lack of adoption due to its previous iterations not entirely living up to the MP1 experience.</blockquote>

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