That means you can contribute to it, or tweak it to your heart's content.
Most remotes are supported and you can configure the keys however you want.Īs open source software licensed under the GNU/GPL agreement, MediaPortal is free! Standard menus, layouts and views let you choose your style of display. The user interface is a snap to learn and use. Choose from several display styles: List, Icons/Big Icons (Cover view), or Filmstrip View or sort your movies however you wish: by title, actors, genre, year, or even sort by rating or file size. You can do everything a TiVo can, and more, for free! MediaPortal offers you the most powerful TV Engine and PVR (Personal Video Recorder) available today.
'Zap' through channels (using your channel up/down remote keys) to see what is currently airing on the next/previous channels, even before changing channels.MediaPortal is a free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multimedia center, or Home Theater PC, to view all your digital media in your living room. While watching TV, or playing back a recording, use the Info/More key on your remote for On Screen Display (OSD) of all the TV Guide data for the current program. With a single click you can browse through all your channel groups. The Mini TV Guide, accessible even during playback, lets you quickly see what is on each channel, and playing next, in your current channel group.
Or, you can view them by title, channel or genre, with full details as well. The Guide always shows you any program recording or scheduled for recording.
Then, on all your other PCs install the "MediaPortal client" option to receive live, or recorded TV, and TV guide data from your server. Simply place your TV card(s) in one PC and install MediaPortal with the "Dedicated TV server" option. If you have more than one PC in your home, you no longer have to install a TV card into every one. A separate TV Card is only required for channels on another transponder (frequency) or with analog tuners. Watch and record two different shows at the same time with only one DVB/ATSC TV card. Over 10,000 channels can be automatically tuned. Whatever TV card, broadcasting system or format you use, MediaPortal supports it all, including DVB and Teletext subtitles. Even view your progess in the program and the timeshift buffer. While watching TV, view program details from your TV Guide and what's airing next, all with the click of a button. Zap Channels by group while watching TV and see what's on next. Click a program in the Guide for detailed information and when it airs.Ĭreate as many Channel groups as you wish and select them in the TV Guide or Mini Guide Display. MP works, does it fast and the quality is amazing."Īdd EPG data from a DVB signal, websites (via XMLTV), or use the built-in WebEPG plugin to grab data from your local website. XMBC, RaspberryPI, Orb, MCE with a plugin, just didn't work. "I spent about 15 months trying to stream Live TV throughout my home over the network. Schedule recordings at the same time every day, every week, or even every time the program airs. Pause, fast forward or rewind live TV (with built in time shifting) so you never miss a moment of your favorite show, even if your mother calls. You can even watch and record TV at the same time Watch live TV, record shows to your hard drive, or view the TV guide on any PC in your home.