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Message: <blockquote data-quote="asd7000" data-source="post: 382656" data-attributes="member: 74973">Can´t accept that. There are many applications that can crash drivers. Ok most of the time it´s the fault of the driver programmers. Just often seen by AMD/ATI. But at moment i am very frustrated with MP. MediaPortal does some strange things. Like not deleting directshow graphs after usage and some more like that. But at moment the biggest crap is the tv-server. If is running it´s just a very nice app but i´m missing many options or messages when problems occure. Ok it allways give you a note but that note is often unknown error <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />Ok lets not forget it´s OpenSource and for free but if you count all that hours needed to get tv running you could buy a mediacenter software. Ok there is the next problem MediaPortal seems to be the best software for HTPCs. And don´t get me wrong if you forget all that tv-crap MediPortal is nearly perfect! In my opinion it´s time to do a new start for the tv-server. Ok its better than the old inbuild engine but it´s just based on that. But what i don´t understand is why they are working hours over hours on such things like a non linear strech ( i can´t see any use for that ) but the tv-server has the same problems since i use MediaPortal. I started with RC1. For me there was absolutly no update in the tv-servers use or behaviour. Than one word on hybrid cards. Some of the dev team members mean that they are only crap. No not the cards are crap the tv-server is the problem. Ok the Hybrid Cards without Hardware Encoder are something i wouldn´t buy. But in Germany its a big problem to get a standalone DVB-T card. They are all hybrid cards. Why not? First you can use them for the analog tv and the start using dvb-t. Other apps like Power Cinema are working nice with hybrid cards. The newest version of Power Cinema has even an own tv service that is working out of the box! Scan channels and use it. Zapping is faster than MediaPortal. Even the ugly Windows Media Center can handle ybrid Cards correctly why not MediaPortal? Why i stay with MediaPortal? It´s the only app were i can see that my VFD-Display makes sence. While Windows Media Center only shows "TV" while watching tv, or "Movie" while watching a movie MediaPortal gives detailed Informations. At least MediaPortal is nearly complete usable with only the VFD. For hearing music i don´t need the beamer, navigations is just very handy using the VFD Display. For me MP will get a place in the kitchen as standalone music player but if i stay with it for the living room i can´t say. And the dev team of Windows Media Center i would ask if the think we are all stupid. Well i can see that i´m watching tv, i don´t need a VFD showing me that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />At moment i think about a hdd recorder. My dad has one. He can watch and record dvb-t, watch and record dvds and even DivX Movies or DVDs from an usb stick aren´t a problem. Well he can power on that recorder with the remote and starting for scheduled recordings works even. That thing cost him 200 Euro, now lets see what of all that my 500 Euro Scaleo E with MediaPortal can. Watching and recording dvb-t well sometimes one of that works but nearly never both at the same time. Power-On via remote, nope. Watch and record dvds, watching yes but recordings is very very unhandy. Watch DVDs or DivX from USB Drives, DivX yes DVDs no!And the best of all he has absolutely no knowledge about building a mediacenter, he has the working solution and i´m working on a solution <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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