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<blockquote data-quote="pepsi_max2k" data-source="post: 54434" data-attributes="member: 17157"><p>hmm... well... i've only tried this and mythtv so...</p><p></p><p>mediaportal isn't as stable as myth, i've not tried the very latest version but all the others i've had problems with tv skipping or cutting out or not starting or the whole thing crashing or slowing down when i ctr-alt out of it...</p><p></p><p>myth has a few external scripts to easily convert recorded files to whatever you like. last time i tried to xvid something in mp it didn't wanna know.</p><p></p><p>i don't know if there's a reliable backend/service that can be run for MP to have it record stuff even when you don't have the program open. with myth you don't even need to open the thing, just use it's web interface to schedule stuff then forget about it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>but, if you've not tried mythtv yet then good lord, don't bother. a good estimate would be 2 MONTHS to get it installed (assuming you need to get a linux os running too, and haven't done either before).</p><p></p><p>scanning is terrible. it just doesn't. and when it does it misses so many things. radio isn't supported. there's a quite a few features missing, you can add them but after the time it takes to get the basics working, you don't even wanna consider a plugin. myth feels a bit clunky to use. that said, at least it doesnt crash when it starts doing weird things. </p><p></p><p>mediaportal's install is easy. around 20 seconds (compared to, in my case, 2 months with mythtv). scanning for channels scans for channels. configures them, installs them, and they work. it's got games. it's got a nice little video image in the corner that stays in all the menus. you don't have to worry about configuring anything. </p><p></p><p>and being windows based, it does look nicer, though that's mainly a graphics driver issue.</p><p></p><p></p><p>all in all, media portal has more features, and they're nicer, they just don't always work. if they did, i'd use it as my main pvr software. as it is, i use myth. can't trust mediaportal not to put weird skips in it, or not record it at all. when you go v1, you may have a myth beater on your hands, but being linux based may just be too much of an advantage for myth, reliability wise...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepsi_max2k, post: 54434, member: 17157"] hmm... well... i've only tried this and mythtv so... mediaportal isn't as stable as myth, i've not tried the very latest version but all the others i've had problems with tv skipping or cutting out or not starting or the whole thing crashing or slowing down when i ctr-alt out of it... myth has a few external scripts to easily convert recorded files to whatever you like. last time i tried to xvid something in mp it didn't wanna know. i don't know if there's a reliable backend/service that can be run for MP to have it record stuff even when you don't have the program open. with myth you don't even need to open the thing, just use it's web interface to schedule stuff then forget about it. but, if you've not tried mythtv yet then good lord, don't bother. a good estimate would be 2 MONTHS to get it installed (assuming you need to get a linux os running too, and haven't done either before). scanning is terrible. it just doesn't. and when it does it misses so many things. radio isn't supported. there's a quite a few features missing, you can add them but after the time it takes to get the basics working, you don't even wanna consider a plugin. myth feels a bit clunky to use. that said, at least it doesnt crash when it starts doing weird things. mediaportal's install is easy. around 20 seconds (compared to, in my case, 2 months with mythtv). scanning for channels scans for channels. configures them, installs them, and they work. it's got games. it's got a nice little video image in the corner that stays in all the menus. you don't have to worry about configuring anything. and being windows based, it does look nicer, though that's mainly a graphics driver issue. all in all, media portal has more features, and they're nicer, they just don't always work. if they did, i'd use it as my main pvr software. as it is, i use myth. can't trust mediaportal not to put weird skips in it, or not record it at all. when you go v1, you may have a myth beater on your hands, but being linux based may just be too much of an advantage for myth, reliability wise... [/QUOTE]
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