The developers should have a look at Mythtv and add some of the stuff they have. I've only been using Media Portal for a few days, and have 6 months experience with mythtv. Media Portal have some advantages, but are missing som features I take for granted.
The following is TV related.
1. Recorded shows: rather than just putting them inn "archive" myth sorts them by show. So I have all my simpsons episodes in one menu. There is also a "all recordings" that shows you everything sorted by date.
2. recording/timeshift, if my htpc is recording a show and I turn on the tv, I don't want to see the show from where it is right now, I wan't to watch from the beginning while it records the rest of the show. When you choose watch tv, and it's recording it should ask if you would like to watch from the beginning or "live"
3. access to the tv-guide while in fullscreen-tv, and browse mode, like when you press F7 or F8 in fullscreen-TV I don't want it to change channels before I press enter. I want to read what's on before it changes channel.
4. Different quality modes for recording. For live TV I want 8mbit 720x768 mpg2, for random tv shows I only need 6mbit 480x576, for simpsons I only need 4mbit, for sports I need 10mbit etc... When I select a show to record I also would like to chose quality settings.
5. When recording shows I want more settings, like don't record if it's a rerun, only keep # recordings of that show before you delete the oldest one (but only if I've watched it).
6. "auto" mode for aspect ratio. And/or hotkeys for every mode, I usually use 16:9, 4:3, and zoom, I don't want to press S 4 times get zoom mode.
7. I want a hotkey for the tv-guide, and I don't need the tv playing in the small windows if I go directly into the tv-guide
8. I want to search the tv-guide, like search for simpsons, and it will list all simpsons episodes on every channel, or type in fotball and it will find all shows about fotball. And I want it to behave like a filter, like it shall look for simpsons on all channels, but fotball only on some of the channels., so I can save all my filters, and quickly check the tv-guide for my favorite shows.
9. better priority/conflict manager, I want priority options. Give different/shows or channels different priorities to automaticly handle conflicts.
The following is TV related.
1. Recorded shows: rather than just putting them inn "archive" myth sorts them by show. So I have all my simpsons episodes in one menu. There is also a "all recordings" that shows you everything sorted by date.
2. recording/timeshift, if my htpc is recording a show and I turn on the tv, I don't want to see the show from where it is right now, I wan't to watch from the beginning while it records the rest of the show. When you choose watch tv, and it's recording it should ask if you would like to watch from the beginning or "live"
3. access to the tv-guide while in fullscreen-tv, and browse mode, like when you press F7 or F8 in fullscreen-TV I don't want it to change channels before I press enter. I want to read what's on before it changes channel.
4. Different quality modes for recording. For live TV I want 8mbit 720x768 mpg2, for random tv shows I only need 6mbit 480x576, for simpsons I only need 4mbit, for sports I need 10mbit etc... When I select a show to record I also would like to chose quality settings.
5. When recording shows I want more settings, like don't record if it's a rerun, only keep # recordings of that show before you delete the oldest one (but only if I've watched it).
6. "auto" mode for aspect ratio. And/or hotkeys for every mode, I usually use 16:9, 4:3, and zoom, I don't want to press S 4 times get zoom mode.
7. I want a hotkey for the tv-guide, and I don't need the tv playing in the small windows if I go directly into the tv-guide
8. I want to search the tv-guide, like search for simpsons, and it will list all simpsons episodes on every channel, or type in fotball and it will find all shows about fotball. And I want it to behave like a filter, like it shall look for simpsons on all channels, but fotball only on some of the channels., so I can save all my filters, and quickly check the tv-guide for my favorite shows.
9. better priority/conflict manager, I want priority options. Give different/shows or channels different priorities to automaticly handle conflicts.