Seems like its time :) (2013 Linux) (3 Viewers)

[kiwijunglist]

limitation is due to windows dependencies

 

[ap90033]

Dont hit me now, I am not a programmer but can you code using whichever editor/IDE you are comfortable with, and simply compile on other platforms. CMake is a fantastic tool in this regard http://www.cmake.org/cmake/project/about.html ?

 

[kiwijunglist]

no. please read the thread again. already explained

 

[mm1352000]

Sorry, I thought that MP might be in say C++ and if the code was pure C++ it would be able to be done with minimal effort. I take it that MP is in VB (ugh) or some windows specific language.

As far as I'm aware MP is a hybrid of C# and C++. More C# than C++.

Projects such as Mono exist to provide a .NET runtime environment in Linux. However as per kiwijunglist, there is no wrapper that I know of for using OS and hardware interfaces. DirectShow (media playback), BDA (TV support), D3D/DirectX (rendering)... all Windows-specific. Even if there was a Linux wrapper/sandbox I'd be surprised if there weren't significant performance impacts.

 

[MrCrabs]

I voted yes, but As I am not into linux at all I could only imagine to use linux for a minmal client like raspberryPi. That might be a way to go first - alter rapsBMC to make it MP like and use MPextended to set it up as a client - but it already was mentioned before. This way there is no need to rewrite MP for linux and we all can have clients for about 100 bucks.

 

[kiwijunglist]

Rasp Pi is too weak to make a good client, would need something with more grunt. Ampdroid / Eve when sorted (eg. more stable and better remote/keyboard support in aMPdroid) would make a nice iOS/andoid thin client.

Altenatively just use XBMC with tv-server plugin and use a MP plugin to auto create xbmc compatible metadata and you have your thin client. Add trakt for xbmc and then watch status is sync'd.

 

[FreakyJ]

wine does support DirectX and .net:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2586

The developers of the Direct3D portions of Wine have continued to implement new features such as pixel shaders to increase game support.[31] Wine can also use native DLLs directly, thus increasing functionality, but then a license for Windows is needed unless the DLLs were distributed with the application itself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)

 

[mediacowboy]

Note: I voted yes only because I would love to be able to buy a Raspberry PI for all my clients and have a dedicated server for all database's for MePo. I do know there is talk of people trying to get a MePo client on Linux for MePo 2. So if any of you know how to Code in Linux you might give some input to this forum, https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/mediaportal-2-for-linux-another-try-on-that-case.119869/.