Can I access MediaPortal remotely?
Don't fret! With MPExtended you can access MediaPortal remotely from anywhere in the world, using your web browser, Android, iOS, and more. Plus with WifiRemote, any kind of device on your network can be used as a remote control.
Why can't I install MediaPortal 2 on Windows?
Hint for a "headless server" installation... If you try to install the MediaPortal 2 server on a system accessed by RDP (Remote Desktop) or similar (TeamViewer, VNC,...), it is possible that the automated DX9 installation fails. This is due to the not enough powerful RDP graphics. Windows fails to install DX9 from web- installer in such cases.
How do I set up MediaPortal 2 TV?
Depending on your system configuration, and how you installed MediaPortal 2, you will setup: No matter which setup type you are using you first need to configure the TV engine. This is done by a tool named "MediaPortal 2 TV- Configuration" that is available on the PC where the MediaPortal 2 server part is installed.
What is the difference between MediaPortal 1 and 2?
MediaPortal 2 is the next generation media center software. Rewritten from scratch and not based on the MediaPortal 1 source code it is making use of advanced technologies to bring you the best possible HTPC experience: and much more...
What is a mediaportal tray?
Introduction MediaPortal Tray Launcher is a small utility that aims to allow MediaPortal users to launch it via the green Start button of their remote control. A utility designed for this purpose already comes with MediaPortal. However, the original utility is only compatible with remote controls s ...
What is Android remote?
Android remote is a web server based remote for the MediaPortal. On top of just controlling the MP as any remote you can browse you pictures or music from the database. The data can be transfered to the phone or you can play the MP3 directly on your phone. In the video section you can browse you fil ... Hits 81,747.
What is MediaPortal aMPdroid?
WebMediaPortal gives you access to MediaPortal anywhere in the world. aMPdroid. aMPdroid is MediaPortal for your Android phone or tablet. MediaPortal at your fingertips. With aMPdroid you can remote control your MediaPortal HTPC, browse, download or stream your media collection and access all of MediaPortal's TV capabilities including program your ...
What commands can be sent to MediaPortal?
Those clients can then send commands like up, down, ok, play, pause and so on to the plugin which relays them to MediaPortal - effectively enabling any kind of device on the network to be used as a remote control (requires a client app for the device). In addition, a connected client receives information about the current state of MediaPortal.
What is CouchPotato app?
CouchPotato is an app for your iPhone or iPod touch, which lets you remote control MediaPortal via wifi. You can do this by pressing beautiful onscreen buttons or by using intuitive gestures to: Remote control your MediaPortal including navigation, player and volume.
What is MPTvScheduler?
MPTvScheduler is a MediaPortal TV client for your Android phone or tablet.
What is MPExtended?
MPExtended provides the backend to access MediaPortal remotely from anywhere in the world, using clients for your webbrowser, Android, iOS, and more.
What is streaming service?
A streaming service with on-the-fly transcoding to allow watching media on computers, tablets and smartphones.
Can you remote control a MediaPortal HTPC?
With aMPdroid you can remote control your MediaPortal HTPC, browse, download or stream your media collection and access all of MediaPortals TV capabilites like programming your TV. aMPdroid is built on MPExtended which is required as backend service.
What is the best way to access MediaPortal?
If you want to have access to your MediaPortal machine from any mobile webbrowser without installing any extra software, iPimp is the logical choice. For more information, visit the iPimp project page or the forum section.
What is a Yatse remote?
Yatse (Yet Another Touch Screen Experiment) is a remote control designed for windows based tablets. Like the android and iOS remotes it offers a great looking interface and allows you to browse through your mediacollection and remote-control the MediaPortal client.
Is AMPdroid a native app?
Contrary to iPimp, aMPdroid is a native app for android devices. This comes with many advantages: It's more responsive, can cache data offline, use native ui elements and take advantage of android services (background-downloading, notifications, etc.). Of course this also means that it will only work on android phones and you have to install an app. The good news: You can install both... ;)
What is MediaPortal 2?
MediaPortal 2 provides a whole-house media solution, which includes sharing TV Tuner (s) to multiple systems (clients) on a home network. Thus, the software is split into two parts,:
Where is MediaPortal 2 stored?
It is stored directly in the Data Directory. Line 7 is somewhat different as it tells MediaPortal 2 Server where to look for its plugins. So this does not affect "data", but program files. "<APPLICATION_ROOT>" is nothing more than the Installation Directory you chose during install for your MediaPortal 2 Server.
Why does MediaPortal 2 fail?
This is due to the not enough powerful RDP graphics. Windows fails to install DX9 from web- installer in such cases. Then you have to install the full DX9 package (aprox 95 MB, not the 1 MB file, link is above to find) before you can install MediaPortal 2.
What is server in media?
The server is the responsible for the central management of all media. You can connect multiple clients to the server and across all those clients you get the same data. Besides the media files itself, this also includes the meta data like genre, summary, actors, as well as the play count, watched state and last time a media has been played etc.
What is MP2 server.exe?
The MP2-Server.exe is a windows service, that means it is started automatically with windows. A windows service is already running even if no user is logged in to the system, yet. Windows is able to detect stops or crashes of the service and automatically restart it.
Does MediaPortal 2 have hardware requirements?
Like any software, MediaPortal 2 has minimal system requirements in order to work. The hardware related system requirements are similar to the ones for MediaPortal 1, which can be found on our website under Products > MediaPortal > Requirements.
Can MediaPortal 2 install both client and server?
The provided installer for MediaPortal 2 can install both Client and Server. The setup process is quite simple.
What is MPExtended WebMediaPortal?
MPExtended WebMediaPortal, a web interface that exposes the data from the service in a easy-to-use web interface. It offers support for media browsing, streaming and scheduling, and can easily be extended with plugins and skins.
What is MPExtended?
MPExtended is a project that aims at providing access to MediaPortal from all over the world. To reach this goal, we and others have developed multiple applications. To get your setup up and running, please read the instructions below and download the needed components. It's quite simple actually, you can have it working in under 10 minutes.
