Media Portal 1.1.0 BETA 1 and Windows Vista (1 Viewer)

[technick]

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[TE5LA]

How did you install MP 1.1.0 Beta on Vista? When I try, it refuses. The installer says it's not compatible with Vista.

 

[technick]

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[TE5LA]

technick

I installed SP1 and it worked. Thanks.

 

[sa_ddam213]

@TE5LA
You need to install Service pack 1 & 2 ;-)

@sa_ddam213

Have You tried using The "alternate shell" option in vista Group policy to use mediaportal as a shell insead of explorer.
HTPC boots to welcome screen then mediaportal starts (no desktop ,no explorer) works flawlessly for me.

! it's work also for me I think that some of my friends will be also happy...


ps for others users : in the readme .txt read "Type gpedit.msc"

Was that a typo in readme

 

[moviebug]

Thanks for this layout of your installation and configuration...technick!

I am looking to install media portal soon on my vista HTPC...and I always get nervous
when so many bits of configuration are involved...so your experience and results
seem to be a good basis to start with...

So I use vista with SP1 at the moment...does installing SP2 and any remaining fixes help?
ie does it help with vista stability or speed?

I assume the way you have it set-up you never play external DVDs or Blu-ray?

I was particularly interested in your script/program for changing screen frequency..this is something
I was wanting to do also...especially for 1080p/23.97Hz
...and for PAL stuff

I havent looked at the 1080 black and white skin...do you use info grabbers/scrapers at all?

What do you use for control...a remote or wireless mouse/keyboard?

that startup script of sa-ddam213...looks nice...
I assume if you need to escape mediaportal it doesnt hinder that
it just makes launching Mediaportal look smooth..ie a welcome screen.. then media portal...
and its something I have been looking for!

sa-ddam213 >>what happens if you need to change the delay time?

 

[sa_ddam213]

My boot setup is for dedicated HTPC's only .If you exit mediaportal there will be nothing you would have to manually start explorer.exe

If you need a longer delay just message me and ill recompile with you desired time

 

[moviebug]

Thanks sa-ddam213..thats good to know....with regards the changing the delay time.

So if I exit mediaportal ..after launching using your script...it doesnt go back to... in my case... the Vista desktop??

 

[sa_ddam213]

If you exit MediaPortal there will only be a black screen, you can still use Ctrl+Alt+Delete to open task manager