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<blockquote data-quote="Rick164" data-source="post: 1139890" data-attributes="member: 17766"><p>Well KODI comes with its fair share of issues as well, the experience under Windows isn't always that great and plugin development and quality can vary a lot.</p><p>For plugins would say that Mediaportal is a bit better due to the nature of .NET where you have a lot of existing libraries to build on and code standards are more strict but that is based on my relatively short experiences with Python so could be wrong.</p><p></p><p>Do use Plex for on the go which is based on it just with different developers which do have a few things better handled, you can stream from everywhere and also use an cheap stick (Roku) for on vacations but for normal HTPC at home Mediaportal works best for me and has so for the last 10 years or so.</p><p>On every new KODI release I do try it out but miss a lot of features I got used too, the KODI team is slowly bringing some features over though like the time skipping which the developers previously said they would never add because it wasn't intuitive.</p><p></p><p>For on-the-go Plex/Kodi has it beat especially with the great companion apps, this is lacking under Mediaportal and it's too bad ampDroid development was halted as that would have filled the gap.</p><p></p><p>Mediaportal being Windows only does have its downsides however with today's low-powered x86 solutions that isn't really an issue anymore, yes it can be a bit more expensive however you get more in return than your average rPI / stick (computing power / upgrade ability).</p><p>Microsoft is working hard to make .NET multi-platform (open-sourcing parts) so maybe in the future we will see that happening.</p><p></p><p>The thing is that Mediaportal 1 has had a stable development for a long time and is mature enough to not need a new build every month as it has all the core features you would expect from a HTPC solution.</p><p>So from the outside it will look like development is stalled while in fact it's feature complete and just needs maintenance for bugifxes and new OS support.</p><p></p><p>Plugins are still being developed by the community for it to add features like to support streaming services (Spotify / Netflix etc..) so you aren't missing out on any of that, some plugins are even more expansive under Mediaportal.</p><p>Just like KODI it's all community driven so as long as people keep developing I don't see Mediaportal dying anytime soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rick164, post: 1139890, member: 17766"] Well KODI comes with its fair share of issues as well, the experience under Windows isn't always that great and plugin development and quality can vary a lot. For plugins would say that Mediaportal is a bit better due to the nature of .NET where you have a lot of existing libraries to build on and code standards are more strict but that is based on my relatively short experiences with Python so could be wrong. Do use Plex for on the go which is based on it just with different developers which do have a few things better handled, you can stream from everywhere and also use an cheap stick (Roku) for on vacations but for normal HTPC at home Mediaportal works best for me and has so for the last 10 years or so. On every new KODI release I do try it out but miss a lot of features I got used too, the KODI team is slowly bringing some features over though like the time skipping which the developers previously said they would never add because it wasn't intuitive. For on-the-go Plex/Kodi has it beat especially with the great companion apps, this is lacking under Mediaportal and it's too bad ampDroid development was halted as that would have filled the gap. Mediaportal being Windows only does have its downsides however with today's low-powered x86 solutions that isn't really an issue anymore, yes it can be a bit more expensive however you get more in return than your average rPI / stick (computing power / upgrade ability). Microsoft is working hard to make .NET multi-platform (open-sourcing parts) so maybe in the future we will see that happening. The thing is that Mediaportal 1 has had a stable development for a long time and is mature enough to not need a new build every month as it has all the core features you would expect from a HTPC solution. So from the outside it will look like development is stalled while in fact it's feature complete and just needs maintenance for bugifxes and new OS support. Plugins are still being developed by the community for it to add features like to support streaming services (Spotify / Netflix etc..) so you aren't missing out on any of that, some plugins are even more expansive under Mediaportal. Just like KODI it's all community driven so as long as people keep developing I don't see Mediaportal dying anytime soon. [/QUOTE]
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