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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacMini" data-source="post: 53447" data-attributes="member: 20587">Just got a Dual Mac Mini (booting to XP MCE 2005 through Boot Camp) and dumped my big MCE box. The thing works really great<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I also actually like Media Portal (using the latest release) better than MCE (it's actually more stable<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />))But here are a couple of questions:1. I use a couple of Firewire drives where I have ripped all my DVDs (to Video_ts). I pointed Media Portal to the first firewire drive, then placed an alias of the second drive in the first one (MP would not let me select both at the same time.) The problem is, now when I go to list view, right on top of the list there is an entry "t ..." and if a click on it, it takes me to the tree listing the attached drives. How can I get rid of this "t ..." entry? It can be confusing to others who use MP.2. I tried the automatic DVD art feature, but it ran through my library really fast, then it said that it found 103 items, but didn't get any cover art. I am doing something wrong? (I had used My Movies in MCE on the same folders, but I don't think it does anything to them.) I do plan to try running DVD Profiler and see if I can import the cover art from there.3. Is there a way to create a menu item for My Movies? I would like to keep my DVD rips in My Movies and my home videos in My Videos.4. Is there a way to get Non-Linear Stretch in MP? Basically it is a mode where 4x3 video material is stretched to fill 16x9 monitor, but the center of the image is not stretched, while the sides are.5. Last one. I am using a MX-850 universal remote programmed for MCE. Most of it works correctly, but MCE had a setting where I could assign the "Channel" buttons to skip chapters when watching a DVD. Is there a setting where I can do this here. Also, how can I program the equivalent to the Green Button to start Media Portal? (Is there a CCF file that maps all these somewhere?)Thanks!</blockquote>

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