Mediaportal v1.0.0.0 RC2
Open source
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP
MediaPortal is an Open Source application ideal for turning your PC in a very advanced Multi-Media Center (HTPC). MediaPortal 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. Mediaportal supports many tv-cards.
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Keywords:
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dvb-t
dvb-s
dvb-c
media
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tv
License type
Open source1
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Date added
12 Jun 2020
Downloads
18,026
File size
21.23 MB
(< 3min @ 1Mbps)
Operating systems
Vista / Win10 / Win7 / Win8 / WinXP1
1License and operating system information is based on latest version of the software.
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05 Oct 2019Mediaportal v1.23
05 Oct 2019Mediaportal v2.2.1
23 Sep 2018Mediaportal v2.2 Pre-Release
04 Aug 2018Mediaportal v2.1.3
20 Nov 2017Mediaportal v2.1.2
29 Jul 2017Mediaportal v2.1.1
03 May 2017Mediaportal v2.1
03 Jul 2019Mediaportal v1.23 PreRelease
30 Apr 2019Mediaportal v1.22
30 Mar 2019Mediaportal v1.22 PreRelease
30 Mar 2019Mediaportal v1.21
04 Aug 2018Mediaportal v1.20
01 Sep 2017Mediaportal v1.18.0 Pre Release
02 Jul 2017Mediaportal v1.17.0 Final
28 May 2017Mediaportal v1.17.0 PreRelease
18 Apr 2017Mediaportal v1.16.0
18 Apr 2016Mediaportal v1.14.0
22 Feb 2016Mediaportal v1.14.0 Pre Release
22 Feb 2016Mediaportal v1.13.0
27 May 2014Mediaportal v2.0 10th Anniversary Edition
24 Dec 2013Mediaportal v2.0 Alpha 4
21 May 2015Mediaportal v1.12.0 Pre Release
01 Apr 2015Mediaportal v1.11.0
24 Feb 2015Mediaportal v1.11.0 Pre Release
26 Dec 2014Mediaportal v1.10.0
12 Nov 2014Mediaportal v1.10.0 PreRelease
30 Sep 2014Mediaportal v1.9.0
13 Aug 2014Mediaportal v1.9.0 Pre Release
01 Jul 2014Mediaportal v1.8.0
27 May 2014Mediaportal v1.8.0 Pre Release
28 Apr 2014Mediaportal v1.7.1 Hotfix
17 Apr 2014Mediaportal v1.7.0
18 Feb 2014Mediaportal v1.7.0 Pre Release
01 Jan 2014Mediaportal v1.6.0
20 Nov 2013Mediaportal v1.6.0 Pre Release
02 Oct 2013Mediaportal v1.5.0
18 Jun 2013Mediaportal v1.4.0
13 Mar 2013Mediaportal v1.3.0 Final
20 Dec 2012Mediaportal v1.3.0 Beta
14 Apr 2012Mediaportal v1.2.3
11 Mar 2012Mediaportal v1.2.2
26 Sep 2011Mediaportal v1.2.1
20 Sep 2011Mediaportal v1.2.0
29 Aug 2011Mediaportal v1.2.0 RC
29 Apr 2011Mediaportal v1.2.0 Beta
25 Feb 2011Mediaportal v1.1.3
30 Nov 2010Mediaportal v1.1.2
03 Oct 2010Mediaportal v1.1.1
16 Aug 2010Mediaportal v1.1.0
02 Jul 2010Mediaportal v1.1.0 RC 6
07 Jun 2010Mediaportal v1.1.0 RC 4
19 May 2010Mediaportal v1.1.0 RC 3
14 Apr 2010Mediaportal v1.1.0 RC 2
20 Feb 2010Mediaportal v1.1.0 RC 1
29 Sep 2009Mediaportal v1.1.0 Beta 1
09 May 2009Mediaportal v1.0.2
11 Apr 2009Mediaportal v1.0.1
23 Dec 2008Mediaportal v1.0
01 Dec 2008Mediaportal v1.0.0.0 RC4
12 Oct 2008Mediaportal v1.0.0.0 RC3
24 Jul 2008Mediaportal v1.0.0.0 RC2
18 Apr 2008Mediaportal v1.0.0.0 RC1
24 Dec 2007Mediaportal v2 Technology Preview
15 Nov 2007Mediaportal v0.2.3.0
16 Oct 2007Mediaportal v0.2.3.0 RC3
07 Sep 2007Mediaportal v0.2.3.0 RC2
13 Jun 2007Mediaportal v0.2.3.0 RC1
24 Dec 2006Mediaportal v0.2.2.0
22 Oct 2006Mediaportal v0.2.1.0 Feature Release
Yup, that's what I thought.
But basically, it watches what your musical tastes are (from your playlists) and then then fills out your playlist with similar 'moods' of songs. And when you've used it for a while, apparently you can activate 'neighbour mode' and have other people's recommendations based on your playlist.
If you're an audiophile like me, any new way to discover music is great. But if you don't have to jump between several websites, especially when feeling lazy, or drunk, then that really is a bonus feature.
Roll on the next Media Portal update.
Lui.
I recently bought a high end PC for the express purpose of providing music, video, dvd, and wireless gaming for my family living area.
I tried a few HTPC packages (Home Theatre PC) and rapidly found that Media Portal wins hands down on all fronts, surpassing ALL commercial packages. ALL of them.
To summarise it's main features, I watch cable TV, complete with on-the-box channel changing, pause live TV as with Sky +, have an excellent and detailed Electronic Program Guide (EPG) that beats all other Vendor supplied EPGs (and switches on the PC, updates itself during the night and switches off again if need be), can pre-select to record programs (to hard drive) or simply hit the record button when I'm tired and ask it to stop when the current progam is complete (and switch off), then pop in later, cut out ads, and dump the lot to DVD. Then, I can stream my audio and video collection from my other gaming/play PCs, while slide-showing (is that a verb?) my recent photographs from the study PC (using smooth transitions and optional Ken Burns fades).
It offers all the usual "Give me my 100 most played songs", "show by album cover","By artist" style options, and allows you to customise icon size, scroll speed, etc.
And then, it adds the bonus of radio and internet radio stations, selectable news coverage (choose your own), detailed weather information, launch other progams and games, control the current selection of music via your PDA (Wireless Control!), fully skinnable layout (and some are just beautiful, as well as functional) and fully upgradable via plug ins.
Now, Media Portal is in beta, which might put off some people. Stop! You would not believe the rate at which this group of volunteer coders fix and bugs (mine hasn't crashed or misbehaved in weeks. Lots of weeks), nor their responsiveness to suggestions, bug reports or cry-for-help style issues. I had ONE problem, which Hauppauge took 3 weeks to respond to, and then didn't fix. In the meantime, I was indundated with ideas and ultimately fixed my problem via the Media Portal forums.
Do I work for them? I wish I was that talented a coder.
The important thing to rememember is that Media Portal is completely FREE. Totally. Believe me when I say that your enthusiasm will be such that you'll want to paypal donate, you'll be that excited when you try it.
Words of warning? Remember, this is BETA. So, you'd expect clumsy menus, graphical glitches, random crashes, and although I've had none for weeks (actually, months), it's got to happen to someone. Just obviously not me. However, just take a look at the SVN change log at the right of Media Portal's website to see where all the work is going on. And if you have a problem, leave them a report of your setup and what happened. You know what? They'll fix it. And if it's user error, or a known isue with something in your setup, they'll let you know. Or you'll be pointed in the direction of one of the many fans who'll more than likely guide you with the aide of previous postings on the comprehensive forum to a cure.
Like all new environments, it can seem HUGE at first. Like all well designed environments, it becomes second nature. For example, I sprawl whilst using a single remote control to casually flick from photo to music, from music video to TV, from news to RSS feed, from game to DVD, from website to online trailer. And I'm only using the standard features. With plugins (as I mentioned earlier, wireless control of audio (still in progress for other media - can't wait!) from my pda), there's only the limitation of the imaginations of the users. Once you've used the configuration panel to set up the basics just so, you can tweak from within the interface itself. Doddle.
Is it perfect? Nope, there's a ton of ideas theat become apparent as each new release makes you realise the scope of such a system. Maybe that's just me, and I'll always expect to be further enticed by new toys, whilst some will be happy to ask it to record all their favourite programs whilst on holiday.
If you are a movie and music lover like myself, you'll never regret the short amount of time to set it up. Of course, it's ready to go almost from installation (again, it's best so follow the installation wizards and you won't go too wrong) but again if you're like me, you'll really tweak the interface and skins until you're happy. And then change them again, just because you can.
On a final note, I'm amazed that no-one has left a comment before - this software is so good that a member of the Microsoft Media Center team recommends it on his blog, and numerous well respected magazines and websites laud it as it justly deserves. I hope you love it as much as I do. The only thing that would improve it would be if it ran on my Amiga 4000. Then, maybe, I might be totally and thoroughly happy. Maybe.