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This is sad to hear. I take it that OpenGL is out of the question then? It has got pretty good in the last couple of years and in some test (I am not saying all) OpenGL has out performed DirectX 9.

It's a real shame that MediaPortal won't be coming to Linux. Since there are a few devices out there now that use Linux, the interest in it has increased, and with Chrome OS coming out a lot of people are starting to look at Linux.

The big thing Linux is missing is a good DVR/HTPC and MediaPortal would fill that gap nicely. Mythtv is no where near as good as MediaPortal and is just not very good. The only reason it's popular is because it has no competition. If you want a DVR/HTPC for Linux MythTV is pretty much it.

I'm really not sure why this can't be done. You could use Mono (.NET framework), GStreamer (DirectShow), OpenGL (DirectX) and V4L (video capture).
Unless I am missing something that would be everything you would need to port it.

<blockquote data-quote="pinguy" data-source="post: 702080" data-attributes="member: 78227">This is sad to hear. I take it that OpenGL is out of the question then? It has got pretty good in the last couple of years and in some test (I am not saying all) OpenGL has out performed DirectX 9.It's a real shame that MediaPortal won't be coming to Linux. Since there are a few devices out there now that use Linux, the interest in it has increased, and with Chrome OS coming out a lot of people are starting to look at Linux.The big thing Linux is missing is a good DVR/HTPC and MediaPortal would fill that gap nicely. Mythtv is no where near as good as MediaPortal and is just not very good. The only reason it's popular is because it has no competition. If you want a DVR/HTPC for Linux MythTV is pretty much it.I'm really not sure why this can't be done. You could use <a href="http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page" target="_blank">Mono</a> (.NET framework), <a href="http://www.gstreamer.net/" target="_blank">GStreamer</a> (DirectShow), <a href="http://www.opengl.org/" target="_blank">OpenGL</a> (DirectX) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video4Linux" target="_blank">V4L</a> (video capture).Unless I am missing something that would be everything you would need to port it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pinguy, post: 702080, member: 78227"] This is sad to hear. I take it that OpenGL is out of the question then? It has got pretty good in the last couple of years and in some test (I am not saying all) OpenGL has out performed DirectX 9. It's a real shame that MediaPortal won't be coming to Linux. Since there are a few devices out there now that use Linux, the interest in it has increased, and with Chrome OS coming out a lot of people are starting to look at Linux. The big thing Linux is missing is a good DVR/HTPC and MediaPortal would fill that gap nicely. Mythtv is no where near as good as MediaPortal and is just not very good. The only reason it's popular is because it has no competition. If you want a DVR/HTPC for Linux MythTV is pretty much it. I'm really not sure why this can't be done. You could use [URL="http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page"]Mono[/URL] (.NET framework), [URL="http://www.gstreamer.net/"]GStreamer[/URL] (DirectShow), [URL="http://www.opengl.org/"]OpenGL[/URL] (DirectX) and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video4Linux"]V4L[/URL] (video capture). Unless I am missing something that would be everything you would need to port it. [/QUOTE]