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I was waiting for someone to notice this as well.

No rant either. First time that I needed to manually fix an install that normally goes perfectly out of the box. I'm a super happy user of MediaPortal.

To be honest, this new version needs a big red warning on the homepage. Otherwise we will be losing a lot of long-term users.

It took me literally 3 hours to find out what was going on, and find the right order to install v1.32 so I wouldn't lose anything. Luckily I have good backups (and ARES active) which allowed me to experiment.

In short, v1.32 x64 only works if you didn't fine tune anything yourself and are using the basic LAV drivers. It still needs the x64 version of the LAV drivers though.

In my case I have a mean and lean HTPC that works on minimal specs and therefore I needed special tuned drivers (not using LAV). Those drivers do not seem to be available in 64-bit which means I need to keep the x84 version.

For anyone interested - How to install MediaPortal v1.32 x86?

First make sure you have a full backup of your data and binaries.

Then make sure all plugin's on the current version (<v1.32) are installed via the MPE installer. This is critical.

1. If you used the StreamedMP installer in the past like I did then a number of plugin's could have been installed via that installer (like moving pictures, mptvseries or fanarthandler). They won't show up anymore after v1.32.
So do an uninstall of this particular plugin, and then install it again but make sure you only install the main code and the home page plugin. Do the rest via the MPE installer. And yes, this means re-installs.
2. Check in the MPE installer that ALL your plugins (except for dedicated ones like StreamedMP) are present. If not, get them and install them through MPE.
3. Test out that all still works as you expect.

Only when you did above, you can safely start the installation process with v1.32.
It will install over v1.31 but all your plugins will seem to be gone in MP Configuration.

4. If you have StreamedMP as plugin, then first re-re-install it again with its own installer with only the home page plugin as additional plugin.
5. Then re-install all plugins one by one which are listed as present in your MPE installer. And take care to not uninstall. The question will pop up during each re-install.
6. After that open each plugin in MP configuration and save or execute the plugin (e.g. movingpictures or mptvseries). This will guarantee that the configuration files are aligned with the plugin version. (after step 5)

And lo and behold, you will have again a full functional Mediaportal upgraded to v1.32.

I did this last week and until today all is fine.

I'm just hoping we don't have to do this every time we upgrade from now on.

<blockquote data-quote="xppx" data-source="post: 1295694" data-attributes="member: 55884">I was waiting for someone to notice this as well.No rant either. First time that I needed to manually fix an install that normally goes perfectly out of the box. I'm a super happy user of MediaPortal.To be honest, this new version needs a big red warning on the homepage. Otherwise we will be losing a lot of long-term users.It took me literally 3 hours to find out what was going on, and find the right order to install v1.32 so I wouldn't lose anything. Luckily I have good backups (and ARES active) which allowed me to experiment.In short, v1.32 x64 only works if you didn't fine tune anything yourself and are using the basic LAV drivers. It still needs the x64 version of the LAV drivers though.In my case I have a mean and lean HTPC that works on minimal specs and therefore I needed special tuned drivers (not using LAV). Those drivers do not seem to be available in 64-bit which means I need to keep the x84 version.For anyone interested - How to install MediaPortal v1.32 x86?First make sure you have a full backup of your data and binaries.Then make sure all plugin's on the current version (&lt;v1.32) are installed via the MPE installer. This is critical.1. If you used the StreamedMP installer in the past like I did then a number of plugin's could have been installed via that installer (like moving pictures, mptvseries or fanarthandler). They won't show up anymore after v1.32.So do an uninstall of this particular plugin, and then install it again but make sure you only install the main code and the home page plugin.&nbsp; Do the rest via the MPE installer. And yes, this means re-installs.2. Check in the MPE installer that ALL your plugins (except for dedicated ones like StreamedMP) are present. If not, get them and install them through MPE.3. Test out that all still works as you expect.Only when you did above, you can safely start the installation process with v1.32.It will install over v1.31 but all your plugins will seem to be gone in MP Configuration.4. If you have StreamedMP as plugin, then first re-re-install it again with its own installer with only the home page plugin as additional plugin.5. Then re-install all plugins one by one which are listed as present in your MPE installer. And take care to not uninstall. The question will pop up during each re-install.6. After that open each plugin in MP configuration and save or execute the plugin (e.g. movingpictures or mptvseries). This will guarantee that the configuration files are aligned with the plugin version. (after step 5)And lo and behold, you will have again a full functional Mediaportal upgraded to v1.32.I did this last week and until today all is fine.I'm just hoping we don't have to do this every time we upgrade from now on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="xppx, post: 1295694, member: 55884"] I was waiting for someone to notice this as well. No rant either. First time that I needed to manually fix an install that normally goes perfectly out of the box. I'm a super happy user of MediaPortal. To be honest, this new version needs a [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]big red warning[/COLOR] on the homepage. Otherwise we will be losing a lot of long-term users. It took me literally 3 hours to find out what was going on, and find the right order to install v1.32 so I wouldn't lose anything. Luckily I have good backups (and ARES active) which allowed me to experiment. In short, v1.32 x64 only works if you didn't fine tune anything yourself and are using the basic LAV drivers. It still needs the x64 version of the LAV drivers though. In my case I have a mean and lean HTPC that works on minimal specs and therefore I needed special tuned drivers (not using LAV). Those drivers do not seem to be available in 64-bit which means I need to keep the x84 version. For anyone interested - [B]How to install MediaPortal v1.32 x86?[/B] First make sure you have a full backup of your data and binaries. Then make sure all plugin's on the current version (<v1.32) are installed via the MPE installer. This is critical. 1. If you used the StreamedMP installer in the past like I did then a number of plugin's could have been installed via that installer (like moving pictures, mptvseries or fanarthandler). They won't show up anymore after v1.32. So do an uninstall of this particular plugin, and then install it again but make sure you only install the main code and the home page plugin. Do the rest via the MPE installer. And yes, this means re-installs. 2. Check in the [U]MPE installer[/U] that ALL your plugins (except for dedicated ones like StreamedMP) are present. If not, get them and install them through MPE. 3. Test out that all still works as you expect. Only when you did above, you can safely start the installation process with v1.32. It will install over v1.31 but all your plugins will seem to be gone in MP Configuration. 4. If you have StreamedMP as plugin, then first re-re-install it again with its own installer with only the home page plugin as additional plugin. 5. Then [U]re-install all plugins[/U] one by one which are listed as present in your [U]MPE installer[/U]. And take care to [U]not uninstall[/U]. The question will pop up during each re-install. 6. After that open each plugin in MP configuration and save or execute the plugin (e.g. movingpictures or mptvseries). This will guarantee that the configuration files are aligned with the plugin version. (after step 5) And lo and behold, you will have again a full functional Mediaportal upgraded to v1.32. I did this last week and until today all is fine. I'm just hoping we don't have to do this every time we upgrade from now on. [/QUOTE]