Media Portal 2 - rumours (2 Viewers)

[THDBASED]

Can't wait for the new release! pleeeease include a smart zoom mode for watching 4:3 content on 16:9 screens.

Call me stupid, but what is smart zoom??
Do you got a link explaining what it does and how it works?

Frodo

Would it not be better to not keep all of it a secret. Not to complain or anything like that but would it not be better to have everyone work together to achieve the best result? Maybe have a thread where everyone can discuss the different parts of MP; something like what features should we keep, which ones should be left out, what features should be changed a certain way. That way we could have a good start and less work after the first release.

Any thought on this?

 

[corvy]

Call me stupid, but what is smart zoom??
Do you got a link explaining what it does and how it works?

Frodo

Hey Frodo

For me the smart zoom is 4:3 stretch with a little cutting on top and bottom. This way I get the best middle way between zoom and stretch. Actually, it is like the 14:9 (which is cut bottom and top) but strech it to the whole 16:9.

Did that make sense?

Also, thanks for the new tsreader and tvserver, now it is really closing on a finished product. Even the preselected audio language works

-stian

 

[NLS]

Well this is a different zoom for my TV. Smart zoom definitely doesn't touch the center part at all (nor cut top and bottom).

 

[kalinium1]

I've seen many variations of this zoom. some called smart, some called panoramic, intelligent or any other name.
I thing in MCE/VMC it is done best.
check this thread
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...21865.html?t=21865&highlight=intelligent+zoom

and especially the 4th post from the bottom by mystic2k, where he analyses that zoom mode

 

[dekkers]

hopefully MP2.0 will have native mdapi support... but I have a strange feeling that's NOT going to happen

 

[infinite.loop]

hopefully MP2.0 will have native mdapi support

definitely not ::read::

try google for dvbn

 

[cul8er]

I don't understand why an open source project like Media Portal keeps things like this (MP II) a secret. Is the MP core a closed project and only the plugins / skins open to the community to contribute to?

Don't take this the wrong way as I know that you do this in your spare time (and what an amaizing job you do) but I do not know why so much about this project is so secret. Wouldn't it be better to tell people where this project is heading so more people get interested in joining the development team?

It was great to see your effort in getting community response in the re-design of the myTV part (https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/re_design_mytv_get_involved-f211.html).

Keep up the great work!

 

[patricon]

cul8er
I agree with you... but unfortunately this is the way the MP team works so often... secrets and secrets. Don't dorget one important thing: yes, you are right that they works in spare time, and they work for free... BUT in my point of view, once you've started a project like this with thousand of user using it... u have the responsability to keep your software.

regards,

 

[NLS]

good luck

 

[THDBASED]

I don't understand why an open source project like Media Portal keeps things like this (MP II) a secret. Is the MP core a closed project and only the plugins / skins open to the community to contribute to?

Don't take this the wrong way as I know that you do this in your spare time (and what an amaizing job you do) but I do not know why so much about this project is so secret. Wouldn't it be better to tell people where this project is heading so more people get interested in joining the development team?

It was great to see your effort in getting community response in the re-design of the myTV part (https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/re_design_mytv_get_involved-f211.html).

Keep up the great work!

Agree, maybe there should be two online parts for MP, just brainstorming here, one part for developers and other members who want to contribute and an other fancy part for support for "normal users" with a fancy website to back it up...something like mozilla does...