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<blockquote data-quote="maso" data-source="post: 964354" data-attributes="member: 128443">Mark,I've been really happy with my MediaPortal setup, after the initial curve of figuring out the nature of the beast.&nbsp; It took me most of a weekend to get things all put together in a cohesive way (along with adaptive changes along the way too) but I wouldn't go back to WMC.&nbsp;And if you've been using MediaBrowser, your file structure is already conducive to an easier setup.&nbsp;I'd say that if you're someone who's been maintaining WMC, you won't mind the attention required for MediaPortal upkeep.&nbsp; So I recommend it.&nbsp; And although I'm keeping an eye on the PVR development with XBMC, there's nothing missing, and nothing that's way better, than MediaPortal.&nbsp;I use TMT5 for BD playback, but that's mostly because I have 3D movies and haven't sussed out a better way for it.&nbsp; MePo does a decent job with BD stuff though, I believe.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here are a few notes from my setup that may or may not help you in your adventure:&nbsp;I use mce2xml, scheduled nightly, to grab the TV guide data from Microsoft's servers.&nbsp; Their legacy setup works fine, but I'm planning on donating &amp; upgrading.I use episodescanner right after mce2xml, which will grab season and episode numbers for any series I have scheduled. &nbsp;Before episodescanner, though, I also have to change the names of some series to make them match what episodescanner finds on thetvdb (&quot;The Office&quot; needs to be &quot;The Office (US)&quot; and &quot;Castle&quot; needs to be &quot;Castle (2009)&quot;).Here's an example from my batch file, pre-episodescanner:mysql.exe -uroot -pMediaPortal mptvdb -e &quot;UPDATE mptvdb.program SET title='The Office (US)' where title='The Office';&quot;&nbsp;Once you have episodescanner working, TV Series will be able to figure out all the information for each episode that comes in.&nbsp;Also, if you have any old .wtv files, WTV Organizer can go through and find season and episode data for them too.&nbsp; Then TV Series will know what to do with them.&nbsp;comskip can be set to run after a recording, and set it to leave a .txt file in the same folder as the recording so that MePo can see it.&nbsp; Then it can skip commercials.&nbsp;Moving Pictures does a great job of finding your movies based on folder structure.&nbsp; This is where diligence with MediaBrowser pays off.&nbsp;And I set up an ancient desktop on another TV in the house, running OpenELEC (an embedded XBMC), which supports the MediaPortal PVR plugin, and I now have a better extender than I ever got with my old DMA-2200.&nbsp; You can use the Advanced Wake-On-Lan plugin on that to turn your MePo box on when you wake it up, so the TV server and all the files are always available.&nbsp; And it'll play your BD ISO's too!&nbsp;&nbsp;So, that might be more than you bargained for, but hopefully it'll help you with your decision.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maso, post: 964354, member: 128443"] Mark, I've been really happy with my MediaPortal setup, after the initial curve of figuring out the nature of the beast. It took me most of a weekend to get things all put together in a cohesive way (along with adaptive changes along the way too) but I wouldn't go back to WMC. And if you've been using MediaBrowser, your file structure is already conducive to an easier setup. I'd say that if you're someone who's been maintaining WMC, you won't mind the attention required for MediaPortal upkeep. So I recommend it. And although I'm keeping an eye on the PVR development with XBMC, there's nothing missing, and nothing that's way better, than MediaPortal. I use TMT5 for BD playback, but that's mostly because I have 3D movies and haven't sussed out a better way for it. MePo does a decent job with BD stuff though, I believe. Here are a few notes from my setup that may or may not help you in your adventure: I use [B]mce2xml[/B], scheduled nightly, to grab the TV guide data from Microsoft's servers. Their legacy setup works fine, but I'm planning on donating & upgrading. I use [B]episodescanner[/B] right after mce2xml, which will grab season and episode numbers for any series I have scheduled. Before episodescanner, though, I also have to change the names of some series to make them match what episodescanner finds on thetvdb ("The Office" needs to be "The Office (US)" and "Castle" needs to be "Castle (2009)"). Here's an example from my batch file, pre-episodescanner: mysql.exe -uroot -pMediaPortal mptvdb -e "UPDATE mptvdb.program SET title='The Office (US)' where title='The Office';" Once you have episodescanner working, [B]TV Series[/B] will be able to figure out all the information for each episode that comes in. Also, if you have any old .wtv files, [B]WTV Organizer[/B] can go through and find season and episode data for them too. Then TV Series will know what to do with them. [B]comskip[/B] can be set to run after a recording, and set it to leave a .txt file in the same folder as the recording so that MePo can see it. Then it can skip commercials. [B]Moving Pictures[/B] does a great job of finding your movies based on folder structure. This is where diligence with MediaBrowser pays off. And I set up an ancient desktop on another TV in the house, running [B]OpenELEC [/B](an embedded XBMC), which supports the MediaPortal PVR plugin, and I now have a better extender than I ever got with my old DMA-2200. You can use the [B]Advanced Wake-On-Lan[/B] plugin on that to turn your MePo box on when you wake it up, so the TV server and all the files are always available. And it'll play your BD ISO's too! So, that might be more than you bargained for, but hopefully it'll help you with your decision. [/QUOTE]

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