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<blockquote data-quote="luci5r" data-source="post: 1152278" data-attributes="member: 113478"><p>Let me first start off by thanking you for such an elaborate and informative post! This is extremely useful and tackles most of my questions. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Understood. This was also my impression at first, I was just confused about how then functionalities that we depended on plugins for in MP1, we would be able to achieve in MP2. Your answer below clarifies. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Perfect! The good news is the MusicVideos was never going to be the deal-breaker for me; it has the least priority. If I can get Movies & TV Series off the ground with MP2, I'm more then happy to wait for a MusicVideo "MDE" to come along - or to attempt writing one. It's not an immediate need one way or another - but more so a long term/future requirement.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is fantastic and precisely what I was looking for. It's very interesting you mention multi-episode file support, as this is something I have struggled with in the past - having to resort to "symbolic links" to account for missing episodes. I actually have threads running here regarding this issue. </p><p></p><p>I didn't realize Movies & TV Series was built-in to MP2. Although off the bat I'm not sure where & how you go about the adding the media, as with anything else, the best way to find out is to install MP2 and start figuring things out therewith. Which brings me to an all important question -- Currently our MediaPortal installation on our primary HTPC is our main media center; is it possible to install MP2 on the same machine, side-by-side, without removing or interfering with the current MP1 installation? I wouldn't want to halt the current MP1 installation while I take my time and figure things out with MP2, as we use MP1 daily. I'd rather not install MP2 on a non-htpc system to do the same either. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Very understandable. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately, SubCentral, quite like mvCentral, does not require to be Day One operational. For the most part I can grab subs from subscene and manually push them to the correct location. This too can wait and is more of a future requirement. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My guess is that the automount feature would most likely NOT have been removed from MP2, so I'm going to take a leap of faith here and assume that it still exists. TMT5 is actually not necessarily a directly MediaPortal issue - it is associated in the system with mounted images.Although Moving-Pictures does provide "use external player" arguments in the settings where TMT5 is defined. This would definitely be critical - however - it's something I can determine during my install & play of MP2. Again, I will be astonished if this feature is non-existent in MP2. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is one issue that might be a deal-breaker currently (although necessarily for the future). I don't know about the technicality behind the hauppauge remote; whether it's MCE / IRSS compatible or not - right now MediaPortal 1 Configuration simply contains a Hauppauge remote configuration page so I've never had to figure it out, it just worked out of the box. </p><p></p><p>I like the Hauppauge, it gives me a lot of flexibility with key-mapping (using an irremote.ini file) and works not just with MediaPortal, but with any & all applications Windows-wide. Having said that, I may not want to jump in and replace the remote right away (if indeed it is not supported by MP2), however, if a new remote is all the investment required for a better experience - I will be all for it. </p><p></p><p>Ultimately it appears I need to install MP2 and go from there; figure a few things out - and perhaps jump back here to post questions when I hit roadblocks. Right now I'd really like to know if MP2 can be installed side by side on the same machine as MP1 without interfering with it? If not then I'll have to resort to a temporary installation on a non-HTPC system for testing & debugging.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again! Appreciate it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="luci5r, post: 1152278, member: 113478"] Let me first start off by thanking you for such an elaborate and informative post! This is extremely useful and tackles most of my questions. Understood. This was also my impression at first, I was just confused about how then functionalities that we depended on plugins for in MP1, we would be able to achieve in MP2. Your answer below clarifies. Perfect! The good news is the MusicVideos was never going to be the deal-breaker for me; it has the least priority. If I can get Movies & TV Series off the ground with MP2, I'm more then happy to wait for a MusicVideo "MDE" to come along - or to attempt writing one. It's not an immediate need one way or another - but more so a long term/future requirement. That is fantastic and precisely what I was looking for. It's very interesting you mention multi-episode file support, as this is something I have struggled with in the past - having to resort to "symbolic links" to account for missing episodes. I actually have threads running here regarding this issue. I didn't realize Movies & TV Series was built-in to MP2. Although off the bat I'm not sure where & how you go about the adding the media, as with anything else, the best way to find out is to install MP2 and start figuring things out therewith. Which brings me to an all important question -- Currently our MediaPortal installation on our primary HTPC is our main media center; is it possible to install MP2 on the same machine, side-by-side, without removing or interfering with the current MP1 installation? I wouldn't want to halt the current MP1 installation while I take my time and figure things out with MP2, as we use MP1 daily. I'd rather not install MP2 on a non-htpc system to do the same either. Very understandable. Fortunately, SubCentral, quite like mvCentral, does not require to be Day One operational. For the most part I can grab subs from subscene and manually push them to the correct location. This too can wait and is more of a future requirement. My guess is that the automount feature would most likely NOT have been removed from MP2, so I'm going to take a leap of faith here and assume that it still exists. TMT5 is actually not necessarily a directly MediaPortal issue - it is associated in the system with mounted images.Although Moving-Pictures does provide "use external player" arguments in the settings where TMT5 is defined. This would definitely be critical - however - it's something I can determine during my install & play of MP2. Again, I will be astonished if this feature is non-existent in MP2. This is one issue that might be a deal-breaker currently (although necessarily for the future). I don't know about the technicality behind the hauppauge remote; whether it's MCE / IRSS compatible or not - right now MediaPortal 1 Configuration simply contains a Hauppauge remote configuration page so I've never had to figure it out, it just worked out of the box. I like the Hauppauge, it gives me a lot of flexibility with key-mapping (using an irremote.ini file) and works not just with MediaPortal, but with any & all applications Windows-wide. Having said that, I may not want to jump in and replace the remote right away (if indeed it is not supported by MP2), however, if a new remote is all the investment required for a better experience - I will be all for it. Ultimately it appears I need to install MP2 and go from there; figure a few things out - and perhaps jump back here to post questions when I hit roadblocks. Right now I'd really like to know if MP2 can be installed side by side on the same machine as MP1 without interfering with it? If not then I'll have to resort to a temporary installation on a non-HTPC system for testing & debugging. Thanks again! Appreciate it. [/QUOTE]
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