It took me several hours to find out how to install MediaPortal, so here goes a short guide, that should be the first thing one finds on the download page:
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MediaPortal consists of two parts:
The part recording TV shows - called backend/TVengine/TVserver (with the TVcard)
The part that plays the recorded TV shows - called the client (preferably connected to a TV)
The easiest is to have both parts on the same computer - all-in-one (skip to Install MediaPortal 1 all-in-one)
If you have an always-on computer that you want to use for recording shows, and one or more other computers you want to use only for playing the recorded TV shows, then you need to install both the MediaPortal 1 and the TVengine - split up in two
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Install MediaPortal 1 all-in-one
WinXP patches - KB941568 & KB919071
Codec patches - K-Lite Codec Pack Full
optional Codec - QTlite, RealAlternative, from Free-Codecs.com
optional driver - MS eHome generic remote driver KB912024
.NET 2 .NET 2.0 SP1
MediaPortal 1 0.2.3.0 final MediaPortal Downloads
Now you should be good to go
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Install MediaPortal 1 split up in two
Backend/server:
.NET 2 .NET 2.0 SP1
mySQL or MS SQL (express or better) more info here TV-Engine 0.3 - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation in chapter 2
TVEngine3 (run setup and select server only) MediaPortal Downloads ((use latest nightly build as there is no stabel version just now))
Frontend/client:
WinXP patches - KB941568 & KB919071
Codec patches - K-Lite Codec Pack Full
optional Codec - QTlite, RealAlternative, from Free-Codecs.com
optional driver - MS eHome generic remote driver KB912024
.NET 2 .NET 2.0 SP1
MediaPortal 1 0.2.3.0 final MediaPortal Downloads
And then Visual C++ 2005 SP1 (even though MediaPortal 1 also installed C++)
TVEngine3 (run setup and select client only) MediaPortal Downloads ((use latest nightly build as there is no stabel version just now))
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Heavily inspired by limpwhizkid and his https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...ient-xpsp2-using-tvserverplugin-37186/:ooops:
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MediaPortal consists of two parts:
The part recording TV shows - called backend/TVengine/TVserver (with the TVcard)
The part that plays the recorded TV shows - called the client (preferably connected to a TV)
The easiest is to have both parts on the same computer - all-in-one (skip to Install MediaPortal 1 all-in-one)
If you have an always-on computer that you want to use for recording shows, and one or more other computers you want to use only for playing the recorded TV shows, then you need to install both the MediaPortal 1 and the TVengine - split up in two
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Install MediaPortal 1 all-in-one
WinXP patches - KB941568 & KB919071
Codec patches - K-Lite Codec Pack Full
optional Codec - QTlite, RealAlternative, from Free-Codecs.com
optional driver - MS eHome generic remote driver KB912024
.NET 2 .NET 2.0 SP1
MediaPortal 1 0.2.3.0 final MediaPortal Downloads
Now you should be good to go
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Install MediaPortal 1 split up in two
Backend/server:
.NET 2 .NET 2.0 SP1
mySQL or MS SQL (express or better) more info here TV-Engine 0.3 - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation in chapter 2
TVEngine3 (run setup and select server only) MediaPortal Downloads ((use latest nightly build as there is no stabel version just now))
Frontend/client:
WinXP patches - KB941568 & KB919071
Codec patches - K-Lite Codec Pack Full
optional Codec - QTlite, RealAlternative, from Free-Codecs.com
optional driver - MS eHome generic remote driver KB912024
.NET 2 .NET 2.0 SP1
MediaPortal 1 0.2.3.0 final MediaPortal Downloads
And then Visual C++ 2005 SP1 (even though MediaPortal 1 also installed C++)
TVEngine3 (run setup and select client only) MediaPortal Downloads ((use latest nightly build as there is no stabel version just now))
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Heavily inspired by limpwhizkid and his https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...ient-xpsp2-using-tvserverplugin-37186/:ooops: