1.37 Running Mediaportal in a Linux distro......say Zorin OS...? (1 Viewer)

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I have a PC running Win10.....which as you know is about to lose support from MS.
It isn't capable of an 'official' upgrade to Win11 (although I do have Win11 installed at the moment....but on 'unsupported hardware' as they say!)

I'm considering a move to something like Zorin OS on this PC, and would like to know if there is some way of taking Mediaportal with me??

Any thoughts please??
 

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I have a PC running Win10.....which as you know is about to lose support from MS.
It isn't capable of an 'official' upgrade to Win11 (although I do have Win11 installed at the moment....but on 'unsupported hardware' as they say!)

I'm considering a move to something like Zorin OS on this PC, and would like to know if there is some way of taking Mediaportal with me??

Any thoughts please??
MP 1 client will run in VM
 

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    I'm considering a move to something like Zorin OS on this PC, and would like to know if there is some way of taking Mediaportal with me??
    I am reasonably sure that the answer is No :(. Zorin OS is a Linux distribution, and MP cannot run on Linux.

    There is a "Windows compatible" OS called ReactOS, which is attempting to reproduce the binary interfaces of Windows but without using any Windows code. It has been in development for nearly 30 years, and still has not reached version 1. :eek:

    "ExplainingComputers" did a Youtube video on it recently, this one. Some Windows applications do work on ReactOS, but would MP run? Someone needs to try it. You, perhaps?

    I still run Windows 7 on my HTPC, and Windows 10 on the laptop that I am posting from. I don't anticipate changing from Windows 10 for at least another 10 years.

    If you are determined to move to Zorin (or another Linux distribution), there is NextPvr, which is similar to MP, is also free for personal use, and is available in both Windows and Linux versions.

    MP 1 client will run in VM
    I have read elsewhere (the Microsoft WMC forum, I think) that VM machines do not pass through TV tuners to the client OS. If true, TV Server would not work on a VM. Have you tried running TV Server on a VM? It would be useful to know the answer, one way or the other.

    -- from CyberSimian in the UK
     

    tonewheelkev

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    My only dalliance with Linux was when trying Ubuntu some 13 years ago....haven't revisited since that time.
    I understand that it's a lot more 'user friendly' now, and that some distros are quite 'Windows-like'.....

    So....no.....haven't tried running a TV server on a VM I'm afraid
     

    TLD

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    I am reasonably sure that the answer is No :(. Zorin OS is a Linux distribution, and MP cannot run on Linux.

    There is a "Windows compatible" OS called ReactOS, which is attempting to reproduce the binary interfaces of Windows but without using any Windows code. It has been in development for nearly 30 years, and still has not reached version 1. :eek:

    "ExplainingComputers" did a Youtube video on it recently, this one. Some Windows applications do work on ReactOS, but would MP run? Someone needs to try it. You, perhaps?

    I still run Windows 7 on my HTPC, and Windows 10 on the laptop that I am posting from. I don't anticipate changing from Windows 10 for at least another 10 years.

    If you are determined to move to Zorin (or another Linux distribution), there is NextPvr, which is similar to MP, is also free for personal use, and is available in both Windows and Linux versions.


    I have read elsewhere (the Microsoft WMC forum, I think) that VM machines do not pass through TV tuners to the client OS. If true, TV Server would not work on a VM. Have you tried running TV Server on a VM? It would be useful to know the answer, one way or the other.

    -- from CyberSimian in the UK
    I am running a Xubuntu machine as a server with all my movies and series on it, I run a VirtualBox VM with Windows 10 installed on the virtual machine and MP1 client installed on that.
    MP runs fine on the VM but I no longer have a tv tuner to test if passthrough is possible. I don't think it would work anyway.
     

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