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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1267543" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>(I see that [USER=74879]@HTPCSourcer[/USER] has also provided some detailed answers; let us hope that he and I agree. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />)</p><p></p><p></p><p>I beg to differ. If you run your system as a dedicated HTPC, you could continue to use Windows 7 until such time as you want to install a piece of hardware that has no Windows 7 drivers (e.g. a hypothetical <strong>DVB-T3</strong> tuner card). I am currently using Windows 7 with MP, and intend continuing to use Windows 7 for the indefinite future.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, but in MP1 they need to be located in the "Videos" section of MP, and not in the "Recorded TV" section.</p><p></p><p></p><p>TS files containing recorded TV will not be any bigger than DVR-MS, and may be smaller than WTV.</p><p>TS files containing recorded radio will be <strong>significantly</strong> smaller than both DVR-MS and WTV. Example:</p><p>30-minute documentary recorded from "BBC Radio 4" (sizes are approximate):</p><p></p><p>50 MB (TS file)</p><p>250 MB (DVR-MS file)</p><p>750 MB (WTV file) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>(I think that the TS file is much smaller because it does not contain a placeholder video stream, whereas DVR-MS does. WTV contains an encrypted placeholder video stream, which is why it is much bigger.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>The metadata available via MP is not as good as WMC. It is basically title, description, genre, and start and end times. Other info is not distinguished, so will be visible only if that info is included as plain text in the description.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes. It is a BDA-compliant tuner, so it is fully supported by MP.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I use the UK broadcast EPG, as once set up, it requires no further attention from the user (but setup requires some care -- see <a href="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/wiki/display/MediaPortal1/DVB+EPG" target="_blank">this page</a> in the Wiki).</p><p></p><p>Schedules Direct should be usable, and may provide an EPG of better quality (but I have never used it).</p><p></p><p></p><p>The MP installer will install whatever other tools it needs and which you currently lack. I think that MP uses the LAV codecs by default, so it will install these for you.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I wrote this recently in another thread:</p><p></p><p><em>Every media-center application in existence will have things that you like, and things that you don't like. The challenge is to find the media-center application that best matches your particular preferences. Or to put that another way, there are likely to be things about MP that you don't like, but MP may still be a better match for your preferences than other media-center applications that are available.</em></p><p></p><p>You should try both MP1 and MP2, to see if one is a better match for your requirements than the other.</p><p></p><p>I use MP1 and don't anticipate migrating to MP2 anytime soon. MP2 does not offer any features that I want and which MP1 currently lacks. One feature that might make me migrate to MP2 would be if the MP2 "TV Server" application supported true series linking. Currently, both MP1 and MP2 support only various flavours of repeated recording. See <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/tvguide-xml-not-importing-australian-channels.139689/" target="_blank">this thread</a> for a recent discussion about this.</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1267543, member: 141969"] (I see that [USER=74879]@HTPCSourcer[/USER] has also provided some detailed answers; let us hope that he and I agree. :eek:) I beg to differ. If you run your system as a dedicated HTPC, you could continue to use Windows 7 until such time as you want to install a piece of hardware that has no Windows 7 drivers (e.g. a hypothetical [B]DVB-T3[/B] tuner card). I am currently using Windows 7 with MP, and intend continuing to use Windows 7 for the indefinite future. Yes, but in MP1 they need to be located in the "Videos" section of MP, and not in the "Recorded TV" section. TS files containing recorded TV will not be any bigger than DVR-MS, and may be smaller than WTV. TS files containing recorded radio will be [B]significantly[/B] smaller than both DVR-MS and WTV. Example: 30-minute documentary recorded from "BBC Radio 4" (sizes are approximate): 50 MB (TS file) 250 MB (DVR-MS file) 750 MB (WTV file) :eek: (I think that the TS file is much smaller because it does not contain a placeholder video stream, whereas DVR-MS does. WTV contains an encrypted placeholder video stream, which is why it is much bigger.) The metadata available via MP is not as good as WMC. It is basically title, description, genre, and start and end times. Other info is not distinguished, so will be visible only if that info is included as plain text in the description. Yes. It is a BDA-compliant tuner, so it is fully supported by MP. I use the UK broadcast EPG, as once set up, it requires no further attention from the user (but setup requires some care -- see [URL='https://www.team-mediaportal.com/wiki/display/MediaPortal1/DVB+EPG']this page[/URL] in the Wiki). Schedules Direct should be usable, and may provide an EPG of better quality (but I have never used it). The MP installer will install whatever other tools it needs and which you currently lack. I think that MP uses the LAV codecs by default, so it will install these for you. I wrote this recently in another thread: [I]Every media-center application in existence will have things that you like, and things that you don't like. The challenge is to find the media-center application that best matches your particular preferences. Or to put that another way, there are likely to be things about MP that you don't like, but MP may still be a better match for your preferences than other media-center applications that are available.[/I] You should try both MP1 and MP2, to see if one is a better match for your requirements than the other. I use MP1 and don't anticipate migrating to MP2 anytime soon. MP2 does not offer any features that I want and which MP1 currently lacks. One feature that might make me migrate to MP2 would be if the MP2 "TV Server" application supported true series linking. Currently, both MP1 and MP2 support only various flavours of repeated recording. See [URL='https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/tvguide-xml-not-importing-australian-channels.139689/']this thread[/URL] for a recent discussion about this. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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