MediaPortal running as a shell? (1 Viewer)

[Mr Pipps]

I would like MediaPortal to run as a shell instead of a Windows XP OS. This is so that when I start my media pc, only MediaPortal loads and not Win XP.

I've had a good look but have not been able to find anything in the MediaPortal wiki.

Can anyone help with how to do this? Thank you.

 

[Spragleknas]

There are some threads about this in the forum Try a search or two

 

[Darre]

Found a couple of topics:

Standalone HTPC setup guide, and another one

seems running it as shell could cause trouble(as I suspected), but in the 'guide' another way is mentioned and reported to work.

edit: It is in the wiki as well. I was pretty sure I'd read something about it there. Its here, about in the middle of the page I think.

 

[armyofme]

Mr Pipps,
You could also look at this wiki:
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Us...head-8c2430b9cd0e88d052db559205509bf394712d6f
- it has info on using MP as a shell. I used MP as a shell for a while using scripted login (see Darre's second link^) and it was good. I had no problems with it.

 

[Darre]

I allready posted that link =)

 

[Mr Pipps]

Hi Guys

Thanks so much for your help all that time ago.

I am about to begin my HTPC MediaPortal project imminently - and your advice has been very useful.

I will just add a reminder, that the Wiki 'looknfeel' link now appears to have moved to here.

Thanks again guys!

 

[finrudd341]

Hi Mr Pipps,

Can you post how you get on with running it as a Shell? It would be very interesting for any set top box style installations using solid state drives...

Good luck!

 

[dA.oOZe]

I am using MP as shell since I started with my first HTPC about 2 years ago. It is running like a charm, except of the common problems related to MP itself.

One thing you should keep in mind is, that some default autostart stuff might not work, as it is fired only when using explorer.exe as shell. So some background tasks might not run causing the system to behave unexpected or loosing some functionality. But there are other ways to start programs in the background before MP is startet. "Scripted login" sounds like such a way.

The result is a system that consumes less memory, as explorer.exe doesn't run in the background - it's unneeded anyway.

I'd recommend to replace the default shell with MP, at least on a dedicated HTPC!