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<blockquote data-quote="quiller" data-source="post: 102606" data-attributes="member: 27306">.NET is a very common framework, even in the open-source community, but beyond that: you want software to share resources! MediaPortal relying on .NET (and the 0.3 engine requiring SQL) is a good thing, as these are resources many, many other programs can share--it isn't comparable to third-party demos or spyware, which many other programs install (for no reason) alongside the main application.Most importantly, though, relying on a central, universal, stable framework means that MP is smaller, faster and more stable. .NET isn't stand-alone software, it's a building point for other applications to start with.Besides the fact you never mentioned a specific example, this is what MediaPortal is: there aren't any useless, resource-hogging applications running in the background, nor is there any &quot;special software&quot; installed. The .NET Framework is a completely standard and highly popular requirement; I can almost gaurantee that you either have or will have another program that also uses .NET.You can run MP in window-mode, but it isn't designed to be run that way: it isn't designed, nor does it function as, a stand-alone PVR, but rather performs the functions of an entire media center.It sounds like you are looking for something besides MediaPortal. While you can have the same machine perform other tasks (I use it via RDP and as a fileserver, as well), MediaPortal--at its very core--is intended to run on a dedicated machine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="quiller, post: 102606, member: 27306"] .NET is a [i]very[/i] common framework, even in the open-source community, but beyond that: you want software to share resources! MediaPortal relying on .NET (and the 0.3 engine requiring SQL) is a good thing, as these are resources many, many other programs can share--it isn't comparable to third-party demos or spyware, which many other programs install (for no reason) alongside the main application. Most importantly, though, relying on a central, universal, stable framework means that MP is smaller, faster and more stable. .NET isn't stand-alone software, it's a building point for other applications to start with. Besides the fact you never mentioned a specific example, this is what MediaPortal is: there aren't any useless, resource-hogging applications running in the background, nor is there any "special software" installed. The .NET Framework is a completely standard and highly popular requirement; I can almost gaurantee that you either have or will have another program that also uses .NET. You can run MP in window-mode, but it isn't designed to be run that way: it isn't designed, nor does it function as, a stand-alone PVR, but rather performs the functions of an [i]entire[/i] media center. It sounds like you are looking for something besides MediaPortal. While you can have the same machine perform other tasks (I use it via RDP and as a fileserver, as well), MediaPortal--at its very core--is intended to run on a dedicated machine. [/QUOTE]

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