Mediaportal my problems (2 Viewers)

[Frantid]

This is the install I followed for my laptop. If you have pre-installed all the prerequisites, I don't think you need an internet connection -- see image with actions the install will take to see what you need.

My laptop is an old pentium4 1 gig memory, nvidia gfx 5200 equivalent mobile gpu. XP SP2. I would never try to run vista on it. If I can run without problems, you should be able to as well. I just have the oem windvd 7 codecs to do all the movie playing -- came with the laptop.

In config, pre-scan your music and video's into the database. If you start going into your picture folders in mediaportal, your pc will slow a lot generating thumbs.

the exe should be MediaPortal_1.0_Setup.exe -- should not have package in the name.

 

[Delusional]

I followed for my laptop. If you have pre-installed all the prerequisites, I don't think you need an internet connection -- see image with actions the install will take to see what you need.

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the exe should be MediaPortal_1.0_Setup.exe -- should not have package in the name.

Thanks, actually, the installer will abort the installation, telling you, you do not have an internet connection. Thus running MediaPortal_1.0_Setup.exe, will result in an error message that no internet connection is available, then abort the installation.

Using this tip from the forums here, I found how to install without an internet connection:

The best way to install is to extract the actual setup files. No need to run the misleading deploy tool to completion if you are an experienced MP RC user. To get the files from the setup archive, run the normal deploy tool. Then in one of your temp directories you will find a folder with the following files, package-mediaportal.exe, package-tvengine.exe, and wmp11-windowsxp-x86-ENU.exe. After finding and copying the files to a new location you can close the deploy tool. You will still need SQL if using the TV server, and all of the required fixes etc. Previously you could ignore the required windows updates and hotfixes posted on the requirements page, but now the MP exe actually checks for certain files during program startup and informs you of the need to apply them, before it either crashes or closes.

This file checking is a real pain, and should be removed unless an explanation of what new function is being called that was not in the old version and not just because a file version supposedly has problems without an issue explanation, and therefore actually show a reason to mess with a stable working Operating System.

And finally, everyone says the hardware is to old, doesn't meet the specs, and so on, but this hardware is fine. When I go through the forums here, the complaints about he software remain similar, in one way or another. The software is simply not preforming to spec for everyone. If it works for you, then great, but for those that it doesn't work for, it must be them right? Seriously, why can I install another application, that has similar functionality as MediaPortal, and it works, but MediaPortal doesn't? Strange, don't you think? Two programs, same functionality, one works, one doesn't. A call for assistance, is resulting in 'your hardware isn't up to spec'. Yes, its free. And thanks for that, but free doesn't me 'works', the author(s) could benefit from reading the complaints and calls for assistance, and update the software as needed, rather then working on a 2.0, that, by the time it's finished, will require hardware that most wont have, and the community that was interested, will have long since left.

 

[Frantid]

Hey thanks, learn something new everyday.