What do you know about "Media Portal"?

[j2k4]

Stumbled over this while searching for tweaks:

http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net/

Media Portal turns your PC in a very advanced Multi MediaCenter / HTPC.
It allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch your video's and DVD's, view, schedule and record live TV and much more. You get Media Portal for free/nothing/nada/noppes and best of all it is opensource. This means anyone can help developing Media Portal or tweak it for their own needs!

Anybody use it?

[Vargas]

wow at 19,694 kb it must included the kitchen sink, kinda looks like i good program for the non-techno savy home users
here are some screenshots
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=107397
i'll check it out.

[j2k4]

wow at 19,694 kb it must included the kitchen sink, kinda looks like i good program for the non-techno savy home users
here are some screenshots
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=107397
i'll check it out.

Oy.

It IS large.

It would appear to emulate XP Media Edition a bit, eh?

It also has that look that screams " ad-and-spyware vulnerable" if you know what I mean, though I'm sure my imagination is running wild.

Thanks for poking around, Vargas-I await your report with 'bated breath. :)

[Vargas]

well i got to the point where it sez WMP 9 required...

[tesco]

Hey that looks koool. :)
Too abd I don't have a tv card or anything so it's kinda pointless. :(

[Vargas]

Hey that looks koool. :)
Too abd I don't have a tv card or anything so it's kinda pointless. :(
you dont need a tv out card. :huh:

EDIT unless you don't want to view from your PC. . .

[tesco]

you dont need a tv out card. :huh:

EDIT unless you don't want to view from your PC. . .
no i meant I don't have tvin on the computer. :P

A little pointless to try that thing out, no? :ermm:

[Vargas]

i think it gets all info and files from the web.

it's kinda like http://www.tvtad.net/index.php?p=faq for TV shows
http://www.ipodder.org/whatIsIpodder for talkradio
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/sr32/ for music, plus a picture manager, weather, and whatever else rolled into one

thats why i said "kinda looks like i good program for the non-techno savy home users" (techno savy users have better ways to manage their files)


but who knows since no one here tried it, and posted a review

[j2k4]

Some on-line reviews...

http://www.byopvr.com/Reviews+index-req-showcontent-id-5.html

[tesco]

Just tried it.
It's not bad...would be kool to use on a computer where it's only use was for music, movies, pics, etc.
Might try it a bit more next time I bring teh computer downstairs to watch some movies.