@wolfe: MP2 should install and run on Win8 without issues. There were already threads about this topic. If it fails for you, please provide more details, logs and screenshots.
i downloaded from the link in the blog ( hurra, mp2 isready). i tried to install, the installer replies, no,no not for this os.
i see now, there are differnet versions.
thats in the blog MP2-Setup-Alpha-Release.msi
thats on the website MP2-Setup_Winter_Release.msi, seems this installer works
Windows 8 is added as supported OS some time ago.
The Winter Release is the recent version and a lot newer than the MP2-Setup-Alpha-Release.msi. ATM the devs are working on the Spring release (maybe Alpha2 or an early Beta).
When I am trying to get some hardware or software to work and I am experiencing problems, my usual procedure is:
simplify, simplify, simplify.
That means avoid making choices that may not work; instead make the "standard" choice, which is often simply accepting the default.
A static IP address is known to work with MP1. An address...
When I am trying to get some hardware or software to work and I am experiencing problems, my usual procedure is:
simplify...
As an "almost" beginner, I have just installed MP1 client and server v 1.37 unders Windows 11 in a brand new PC. The server is...
23Jun25
FYI:
In the NextPVR forum, a user posted that AWS now requires a more recent User Agent Header.
https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=66253&page=10
They recommended the following change to the zap2xml.pl script:
Change:
Code:
$ua->agent('Mozilla/4.0');
To:
Code:
$ua->agent('Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64...
23Jun25
FYI:
In the NextPVR forum, a user posted that AWS now requires a more recent User Agent Header...
Please help, It would be a great help to me just to know if people are still getting tvlisting from gracenote.com. When zap2it...
100% my bad - as expected :)
So, I had disabled the Windows Update service. Not a wise move, until MP all installed and working nicely. The reason it failed is because DotNetFrameworkChecker.cs looks in Registry HKLM SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\NET Framework Setup\\NDP for v4/v4.0 AND v3.5. W10 has V4.0 but not 3.5. MP installer...
100% my bad - as expected :)
So, I had disabled the Windows Update service. Not a wise move, until MP all installed and working...
Just tried a new Client-only install on a clean Win10 Pro box. Installer doesnt realise .NET 4 Framework already 'installed' (part...