So if the devs are unwilling to provide this what about any of the alternatives..do they? Xbmc? Etc....
Nice try
I wasn't actually "TRYING" anything...smplayer on my linux box has no problem doing frame advance....mplayer supports it on my windows box's...if mediaportal dev's refuses to implement features that have been requested for YEARS then perhaps some of the other products would be more accommodating. Mediaportal was spun off from XBMC and works very similarly from what I understand so it was my first thought. *shrugs*
Additionally....since the new version of mediaportal is going to require a totally clean install of both itself and all plugins with the subsequent reconfiguring, now is the perfect time to look at the alternatives because the same amount of work is going to be involved and at least with the alternatives you can run the older mediaportal till you can get things configured like you want.