I have been using (testing) MP for a couple of weeks to see if it suits my needs. First of all I like to express my admiration for what is achieved, both in functionality and in appearance (GUI) it is excellent and the best I have seen sofar!! I don't know how an open source project is managed, planned and specified but at least the results are very impressive.
However, for me it is not yet a suitable package for day to day use. The reason is that it lacks adequate support for TV screen connection/second monitor display. I feel that MP is specified best for use on dedicated PC's like mediacenter PC's. One for each display/screen one wishes to use. Although that might be acceptable for quit a lot of users, I feel that for a lot of others it is not. PC's and also Mediacenters are noisy, expensive and bulky and difficult to use.
Of course it is possible to have MP displayed on a second monitor, but only if it is specified as a clone of the PC monitor. That limits the PC to be used for MP only if you want to watch MP on it.
Another option is the use of a media extender. But also there MP lacks any support and as far as I can read from in the forum there isn't anything planned. Maybe someone can pick this up, and have a look at SageTV and GBPVR, both supporting MediaMVP as a thin (lan) client, porting there GUI to a TV screen.
(although MediaMVP has some limitatations, it is cheap <less then 100 Euro/$>, small, wireless, noiseless and act as remote control interface). Or at any other mediaextender (linksys, XBOX) support .
Either way, I have to wait for secondary monitor or media extender support.
I really hope I don't have to wait for long.
Back to Mytheatre for now....thanks
However, for me it is not yet a suitable package for day to day use. The reason is that it lacks adequate support for TV screen connection/second monitor display. I feel that MP is specified best for use on dedicated PC's like mediacenter PC's. One for each display/screen one wishes to use. Although that might be acceptable for quit a lot of users, I feel that for a lot of others it is not. PC's and also Mediacenters are noisy, expensive and bulky and difficult to use.
Of course it is possible to have MP displayed on a second monitor, but only if it is specified as a clone of the PC monitor. That limits the PC to be used for MP only if you want to watch MP on it.
Another option is the use of a media extender. But also there MP lacks any support and as far as I can read from in the forum there isn't anything planned. Maybe someone can pick this up, and have a look at SageTV and GBPVR, both supporting MediaMVP as a thin (lan) client, porting there GUI to a TV screen.
(although MediaMVP has some limitatations, it is cheap <less then 100 Euro/$>, small, wireless, noiseless and act as remote control interface). Or at any other mediaextender (linksys, XBOX) support .
Either way, I have to wait for secondary monitor or media extender support.
I really hope I don't have to wait for long.
Back to Mytheatre for now....thanks
Italy
