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<blockquote data-quote="noremacyug" data-source="post: 773172" data-attributes="member: 114771">New to mediaportal.&nbsp; i have been using MC7 for a while now.&nbsp; i've tried boxee and xbmc as well.&nbsp; i stumbled upon mediaportal a couple days back and now see that i'll be removing MC7 from my pc.&nbsp; I'm pondering doing a complete reinstall because i've installed, fooled with, uninstalled etc, etc.&nbsp; I'm anal about my pc and thought that since i'll be switching to MP a fresh install might be a good idea to make sure only the necessities are present.&nbsp; So i have a few questions out of the gate.- what codec pack, if any, is best suited for MP.&nbsp; currently have sharks for MC7.- i've noticed after the switch that i'm no longer getting 5.1 or dts...... only 2 channel is showing on my receiver.&nbsp; how do i remedy this.- can i launch my pc games directly from within mediaportal as well as other apps such as IE9, email app, file explorer, etc. if so, how?- i've notice a few of my movies have IMDB in front of the titles now...... why?- can the menu be browsed with a xbox 360 controller?- how does mediaportal store fanart/albumart, etc.&nbsp; in the folders containg the media or in a seperate location?&nbsp; in the event it doesn't automagically pull artwork i want to know where i need to put it.- how well does silicondust's tuners work with MP?&nbsp; i want to look into dropping directv, going with cable and having the pc be the &quot;cablebox&quot;.&nbsp; any reason this isn't doable?- in my start menu i see the tv server for media portal.&nbsp;&nbsp; what exactly is this?i guess that's it for now.&nbsp; i'm sure more questions will pour out once i get involved with it more.&nbsp; i'm just looking to be able to do everything with my one remote.&nbsp; music, game, movies, tv, photos, rip media, launch web browser, email....... whatever.&nbsp; so any suggestions on how to best set this up or what plugins i need is greatly appreciated.looking forward to your suggestions/guidance.guy</blockquote>

[QUOTE="noremacyug, post: 773172, member: 114771"] New to mediaportal. i have been using MC7 for a while now. i've tried boxee and xbmc as well. i stumbled upon mediaportal a couple days back and now see that i'll be removing MC7 from my pc. I'm pondering doing a complete reinstall because i've installed, fooled with, uninstalled etc, etc. I'm anal about my pc and thought that since i'll be switching to MP a fresh install might be a good idea to make sure only the necessities are present. So i have a few questions out of the gate. - what codec pack, if any, is best suited for MP. currently have sharks for MC7. - i've noticed after the switch that i'm no longer getting 5.1 or dts...... only 2 channel is showing on my receiver. how do i remedy this. - can i launch my pc games directly from within mediaportal as well as other apps such as IE9, email app, file explorer, etc. if so, how? - i've notice a few of my movies have IMDB in front of the titles now...... why? - can the menu be browsed with a xbox 360 controller? - how does mediaportal store fanart/albumart, etc. in the folders containg the media or in a seperate location? in the event it doesn't automagically pull artwork i want to know where i need to put it. - how well does silicondust's tuners work with MP? i want to look into dropping directv, going with cable and having the pc be the "cablebox". any reason this isn't doable? - in my start menu i see the tv server for media portal. what exactly is this? i guess that's it for now. i'm sure more questions will pour out once i get involved with it more. i'm just looking to be able to do everything with my one remote. music, game, movies, tv, photos, rip media, launch web browser, email....... whatever. so any suggestions on how to best set this up or what plugins i need is greatly appreciated. looking forward to your suggestions/guidance. guy [/QUOTE]

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