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| MediaPortal | |
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| Initial release | 2004; 21 years ago (2004) |
| Stable release | 2.4 / 30 December 2021; 3 years ago (2021-12-30) |
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| Written in | C# |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | IA-32,x64 |
| Type | media player anddigital video recorder |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | team-mediaportal |
MediaPortal is anopen-sourcemedia player anddigital video recorder software project, often considered an alternative toWindows Media Center.[1][2] It provides a10-foot user interface for performing typicalPVR/TiVo functionality, including playing, pausing, and recording live TV; playing DVDs, videos, and music; viewing pictures; and other functions.[3]Plugins allow it to perform additional tasks, such as watching online video, listening to music from online services such asLast.fm, and launching other applications such as games. It interfaces with the hardware commonly found in HTPCs, such as TV tuners, infrared receivers, and LCD displays.
The MediaPortal[4]source code was initiallyforked fromXBMC (nowKodi), though it has been almost completely re-written since then.[5] MediaPortal is designed specifically forMicrosoft Windows, unlike most other open-source media center programs such asMythTV and Kodi, which are usuallycross-platform.[6]
Graphical user interfaces
MediaPortal can be controlled by any input device, that is supported by the Windows Operating System.
MediaPortal uses its own TV-Server to allow to set up one central server with one or more TV cards. All TV related tasks are handled by the server and streamed over the network to one or more clients. Clients can then install the MediaPortal Client software and use the TV-Server to watch live or recorded TV, schedule recordings, view and searchEPG data over the network. Since version 1.0.1, the client plugin of the TV-Server has replaced the default built-in TV Engine.
Even without a network (i.e. a singleseat installation), the TV-Server treats the PC as both the server and the client.
The TV-Server supports watching and recording TV at the same time with only one DVB/ATSC TV Card, on the sametransponder (multiplex).Broadcast Driver Architecture is used to support as many TV cards as possible.The major brands of cards, like digital-everywhere,Hauppauge,Pinnacle, TechnoTrend andTechniSat, including analog cards, provide BDA drivers for their cards.
The video player of MediaPortal is aDirectShow Player, so anycodec/filter can be used. MediaPortal uses thecodec from LAV Filters[11] by default, but thecodec can be changed to all installed ones, such likeFfdshow,PowerDVD,CoreAVC,Nvidia PureVideo etc.MediaPortal also supportvideo post-processing, with any installedcodec.Due to theDirectShow player implementation, MediaPortal can play all media files that can be played on Windows.
The default internal music player uses the BASS Engine[12] with the BASS audio library. The alternative player is the internalDirectShow player.With the BASS Engine MediaPortal supportsvisualizations from Windows Media Visualizations,Winamp Visualizations includingMilkDrop,Sonic and Soundspectrum G-Force.
Digital pictures/photos can be browsed, managed and played asslide shows with background music or radio. The picture player uses different transitions or theKen Burns effect between each picture.Exif data are used to rotate the pictures automatically, but the rotation can be done manually too. Zooming of pictures is also possible.
OnlineVideos[13] is a plugin for MediaPortal to integrate seamless online video support into MediaPortal.OnlineVideos supports almost 200 sites[14][15]/channels in a variety of languages and genres such like YouTube, iTunes Movie Trailers, Discovery Channel etc.
MP-TVSeries[16][17][18] is a popular TV Series plug-in for MediaPortal. It focuses on managing the user's TV Series library.The MP-TVSeries plugin will scan the hard drive (including network and removable drives) for video files, it then analyzes them by their path structures to determine if they are TV Shows. If the file(s) are recognized then the plugin will go online and retrieve information about them. You can then browse, manage and play your episodes from inside MediaPortal in a nice graphical layout.
The information andfan art it retrieves is coming fromTheTVDB.com which allows any user to add and update information. The extension will automatically update any information when new episodes/files are added.
Moving Pictures[19] is a plug-in that focuses on ease of use and flexibility. Point it to your movies collection and Moving Pictures will automatically load media rich details about your movies as quickly as possible with as little user interaction as possible. Once imported you can browse your collection via an easy to use but highly customizable interface.
AtmoLight[20] is a plug-in that makes it possible to use all sorts of Ambilight solutions which currently are:
It also allows easy expansion for any future Ambilight solutions.
For standard definition resolution playback and recording withMPEG-2 video compression using a single TV tuner:
ForHDTV (720p/1080i/1080p) playback/recording, recording from multiple tuners, and playback ofMPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video:
As of version 1.7, MediaPortal is not officially supported on Windows XP
It will install, but warn the user of the unsupported status while doing so.
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