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{{Infobox software
|name = MediaPortal
|logo = MediaPortal logo.png
|released = {{Start date and age|2004}}
|latest release version = 2.4
|latest release date = {{Start date and age|2021|12|30|df=yes/no}}
<!--|latest preview version = 1.24
|latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2020|02|13}}-->
|programming language = [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]
|operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]
|platform = [[IA-32]], [[x64]]
|genre = [[media player (software)|media player]] and [[digital video recorder]]
|license = [[GNU General Public License]]
|website = {{URL|team-mediaportal.com}}
}}
'''MediaPortal''' is an [[open-source software|open-source]] [[media player (software)|media player]] and [[digital video recorder]] software project, often considered an alternative to [[Windows Media Center]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/open-source-software-rated-ten-alternatives-you-need-49294100/3/ |title=Open-source software rated: Ten alternatives you need |first=Nate |last=Lanxon |date=19 November 2007 |publisher=[[CNET]] UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thedigitallifestyle.com/csnew/tdl/b/members/archive/2009/03/09/mediaportal-v-media-center-which-to-choose.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714143352/http://thedigitallifestyle.com/csnew/tdl/b/members/archive/2009/03/09/mediaportal-v-media-center-which-to-choose.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=Mediaportal V Media Center? Which to choose? |date=9 March 2009 |publisher=The Digital Lifestyle}}</ref> It provides a [[10-foot user interface]] for performing typical [[Digital video recorder|PVR]]/[[TiVo]] functionality, including playing, pausing, and recording live TV; playing DVDs, videos, and music; viewing pictures; and other functions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lifehacker.com/#!223194/download-of-the-day-mediaportal-windows |title=Download of the Day: MediaPortal (Windows) |first=Rick |last=Broida |date=December 20, 2006 |publisher=[[Lifehacker]]}}</ref> [[Plug-in (computing)|Plugins]] allow it to perform additional tasks, such as watching online video, listening to music from online services such as [[Last.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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kenmay.net/reader/mediaportal-hits-the-radio-waves/ |title=MediaPortal hits the Radio Waves |first=Ken |last=May |date=20 Aug 2011 |publisher=kenmay.net}}</ref> [[source code]] was initially [[Fork (software development)|forked]] from [[XBMC]] (now [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]]), though it has been almost completely re-written since then.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geektonic.com/2008/12/mediaportal-leaves-beta-10-arrives.html |title=MediaPortal Leaves Beta – 1.0 Arrives |publisher=GeekTonic |date=23 December 2008}}</ref> MediaPortal is designed specifically for [[Microsoft Windows]], unlike most other open-source media center programs such as [[MythTV]] and Kodi, which are usually [[cross-platform]].<ref name="FLOSS Media Center State of the Art">{{cite web |url=http://www.telematicsfreedom.org/en/flossmediacenter |title=10 most prominent FLOSS projects compared |date=2008-09-18 |publisher=Telematics Freedom Foundation |access-date=2008-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114028/http://www.telematicsfreedom.org/en/flossmediacenter |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Features==
* [[DirectX]] GUI
* [[DirectX Video Acceleration|Video Hardware Acceleration]]
* [[DirectShow|VMR]] / [[Media Foundation#Enhanced Video Renderer|EVR]] on [[Windows Vista]] / [[Windows 7|7]]
* TV / Radio ([[DVB-S]], [[DVB-S2]], [[DVB-T]], [[DVB-C]], [[Analog television]] ([[Common Interface]], [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]] [[radio]], [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]] [[Electronic program guide|EPG]], [[Teletext]], etc...)
* [[IPTV]]
* Recording, pause and [[time shifting]] of TV and Radio broadcasts
* Music player
* Video/[[DVD]] player
* Picture player
* Internet Streams
* Integrated Weather Forecasts
* Built-in RSS reader
* Metadata web scraping from [[TheTVDB]] and The Movie Database<ref>{{cite web |url=http://simonpena.com/blog/mswl/butaca-imdb-and-tmdb/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103183714/http://simonpena.com/blog/mswl/butaca-imdb-and-tmdb/ |archive-date=2013-01-03}} Butaca IMDb, and TMDb</ref>
* Plug ins
* Skins
'''Graphical user interfaces'''
==Control==
MediaPortal can be controlled by any input device, that is supported by the Windows Operating System.
* PC [[Remote control|Remote]]
* [[Computer keyboard|Keyboard]] / [[Mouse (computing)|Mouse]]
* [[Gamepad]]
* [[Kinect]]
* [[Wii Remote]]
* [[Android (operating system)|Android]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://code.google.com/p/a-mp-droid/ |title=aMPdroid remote controls your MediaPortal |publisher=[[Google Code]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://slideme.org/fr/application/ampdroid |title=An open-source MediaPortal remote control app |date=22 July 2011 |publisher=slideme.org}}</ref> / [[iOS]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.missingremote.com/news/2009-01-12/take-mediaportal-road-ipimp |title=Take MediaPortal On The Road – iPiMP |first=Alan |last=Cooke |date=1 Jan 2009 |publisher=missingremote.com}}</ref>/ [[Open webOS|WebOS]] / [[S60 (software platform)|S60]] handset devices
==Television==
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 search [[Electronic program guide|EPG]] 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 same [[Transponder (satellite communications)|transponder]] (multiplex).
[[Broadcast Driver Architecture]] is used to support as many TV cards as possible.
The major brands of cards, like digital-everywhere, [[Hauppauge Computer Works|Hauppauge]], [[Pinnacle]], TechnoTrend and [[TechniSat]], including analog cards, provide BDA drivers for their cards.
==Video/DVD player==
The video player of MediaPortal is a [[DirectShow]] Player, so any [[List of codecs|codec/filter]] can be used. MediaPortal uses the [[codec]] from LAV Filters<ref name="LAV Filters">{{cite web |url=http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=156191 |title=LAV Filters}}</ref> by default, but the [[codec]] can be changed to all installed ones, such like [[Ffdshow]], [[PowerDVD]], [[CoreAVC]], [[Nvidia PureVideo]] etc.
MediaPortal also support [[video post-processing]], with any installed [[codec]].
Due to the [[DirectShow]] player implementation, MediaPortal can play all media files that can be played on Windows.
==Music player==
The default internal music player uses the BASS Engine<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un4seen.com/bass_showcase.php |title=BASS showcase |publisher=un4seen.com}}</ref> with the BASS audio library. The alternative player is the internal [[DirectShow]] player.
With the BASS Engine MediaPortal supports [[Music visualization|visualizations]] from Windows Media Visualizations, [[Winamp]] Visualizations including [[MilkDrop]], [[Sonic Solutions|Sonic]] and Soundspectrum G-Force.
==Picture player/organizer==
Digital pictures/photos can be browsed, managed and played as [[slide show]]s with background music or radio. The picture player uses different transitions or the [[Ken Burns effect]] between each picture.
[[Exchangeable image file format|Exif]] data are used to rotate the pictures automatically, but the rotation can be done manually too. Zooming of pictures is also possible.
==Online videos==
OnlineVideos<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/movies-videos/onlinevideos/ |title=MediaPortal OnlineVideos Plugin |date=15 July 2010 |publisher=[[Google Code]]}}</ref> is a plugin for MediaPortal to integrate seamless online video support into MediaPortal.
OnlineVideos supports almost 200 sites<ref>{{cite web |url=http://87.106.7.69/OnlineVideosWebService/SiteOverview.aspx |title=OnlineVideos Sites overview |publisher=offbyone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813031117/http://87.106.7.69/OnlineVideosWebService/SiteOverview.aspx |archive-date=2010-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ซีรี่ย์เกาหลี |url=https://www.123-hd.me/category/ซีรี่ย์เกาหลี |access-date=11 July 2023}}</ref>/channels in a variety of languages and genres such like YouTube, iTunes Movie Trailers, Discovery Channel etc.
==Series==
MP-TVSeries<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/movies-videos/mp-tvseries/ |title=MP-TVSeries: plug-in for organizing TV shows in MediaPortal |date=17 September 2010 |publisher=team-mediaportal.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=филми онлайн |url=https://vsi4kifilmi.com/ |access-date=12 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buildadvr.com/tutorials/organize-your-tv-shows-with-mediaportal/ |title=Organize Your TV Shows With Mediaportal |publisher=buildadvr.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402132429/http://www.buildadvr.com/tutorials/organize-your-tv-shows-with-mediaportal/ |archive-date=2012-04-02}}</ref> 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 and [[fan art]] it retrieves is coming from [[TheTVDB.com]] which allows any user to add and update information. The extension will automatically update any information when new episodes/files are added.
==Movies==
Moving Pictures<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/movies-videos/moving-pictures/ |title=Moving Pictures is a movie management plug-in that focuses on ease of use and flexibility |date=25 October 2010 |publisher=team-mediaportal.com}}</ref> 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.
==Ambilight==
AtmoLight<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/other/atmolight-plugin-for-atmowin/ |title=AtmoLight is a process plugin that interfaces with different ambilight solutions and brings Ambilight to MediaPortal |publisher=team-mediaportal.com}}</ref> is a plug-in that makes it possible to use all sorts of Ambilight solutions which currently are:
* AmbiBox
* AtmoOrb
* AtmoWin
* BobLight
* Hue
* Hyperion
It also allows easy expansion for any future Ambilight solutions.
==Hardware==
===Hardware, SD single tuner===
For standard definition resolution playback and recording with [[MPEG-2]] video compression using a single TV tuner:
* 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent processor
* 256 MB (256 [[mebibyte|MiB]]) of [[Random-access memory|system RAM]]
===Hardware, HDTV===
For [[High-definition television|HDTV]] (720p/1080i/1080p) playback/recording, recording from multiple tuners, and playback of [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC|MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)]] video:
* 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor
* 512 MB of [[Random-access memory|system RAM]]
===Display and storage, SD and HD===
* [[DirectX]] 9.0 hardware-accelerated [[Graphics processing unit|GPU]] with at least 128MB of video memory
** [[Graphics processing unit|Graphics chips]] which support this and are compatible with MediaPortal:
*** ATI Radeon series 9600 (or above)
*** NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (or above), GeForce FX 5200 (or above) and nForce 6100 series (or above)
*** Intel Extreme Graphics 2 (integrated i865G)
*** Matrox Parhelia
*** SiS Xabre series
*** XGI Volari V Series and XP Series
* 200 MB free harddisk-drive space for the MediaPortal software
* 12 GB or more free harddisk-drive space for Hardware Encoding or Digital TV based TV cards for timeshifting purposes
==Operating system and software==
===Supported operating systems - version 1.7.1===
* Windows Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 3
* Windows Vista 32 and 64-bit with Service Pack 2 or later
* Windows 7 32 and 64-bit
* Windows 8 32 and 64-bit (as of v1.3.0)
* Windows 8.1 32 and 64-bit (as of v1.5.0)
As of version 1.7, MediaPortal is not officially supported on Windows XP<br />
It will install, but warn the user of the unsupported status while doing so.
===Software prerequisites - version 1.7.1===
* Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 - with the .NET 3.5 features enabled, (as of v1.6.0)
* [[DirectX]] 9.0c
* Windows Media Player 11 (Only required on XP SP3, Windows Vista comes with WMP11 and Windows 7 comes with WMP12 already)
==See also==
{{Commons category|MediaPortal}}
{{Portal|Free and open-source software|Television}}
* [[Home theater PC|Media PC]]
* [[Windows XP Media Center Edition]] (MCE)
* [[Windows Media Center Extender]]
* [[Windows Media Connect]]
* [[Windows Media Player]]
* [[XBMC]] – the GPL open source software that MediaPortal was originally based upon.
* [[Comparison of PVR software packages]]
* [[Microsoft PlaysForSure]]
* [[2Wire#Products|2Wire MediaPortal]]
* [[List of codecs]]
* [[List of free television software]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|www.team-mediaportal.com}}
{{Home theater PC (application software)}}
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