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Media Portal 1.3.0 beta – failed upgrade -> guide to new install

By admin Posted on February 5, 2013 Posted in HTPC, MediaPortal, Software

After upgrading to Media Portal 1.2.3 to 1.3.0 beta, I ran into problems on two different machines. Key issue was the related to the TV server, and the channels but it might be unfair as I run Acamd and MDAPI, …

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DVD ripping

By admin Posted on December 8, 2012 Posted in AnyDVD, handbrake, HTPC, Software

It’s time to get rid of those DVDs. I consume my media via digital means (HTPC) and hence want all music, picture and films via this interface. Physical media doesn’t fit and I hence want to read them in. I …

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Tech hell

By admin Posted on January 7, 2012 Posted in Hardware, HTPC, LAN, MediaPortal, Software

Christmas this year was one big tech breakdown in the Berg home 🙁 Already in December, the antenna signal deteriorated and DVB-T units got all “pixly”. Colleague Niklas (the antenna guy) helped me out by swapping the aerial for a …

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TV mess

By admin Posted on January 29, 2011 Posted in HTPC, MediaPortal

The HTPC started messing with me. The Tv signal looked crappy and i got all sorts of strange artifacts in the picture. Analysing reasons began. First What can cause this? 1) Anything relating to antenna signal is a given reason. …

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Fixed Web access to MediaPortal …

By admin Posted on April 27, 2010 Posted in HTPC, MediaPortal

MediaPortal 1.1 RC2 is a major lift compared to the 1.02 I used to run, but there are issues; The web interface that I use to access the installation and schedule recordings is called WebInterface 0.6.0.14 beta (kewl name … …

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MediaPortal 1.0

By admin Posted on January 8, 2009 Posted in HTPC, MediaPortal

So after five years of work, it was released – MediaPortal 1.0. Leaving the perpetual beta state that so many applications get stuck in. Updating it is a bit of a hassle if you followed the betas, but the work …

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MediaPortal 1.0 RC4

By admin Posted on December 3, 2008 Posted in HTPC

Another Release Candidate of MediaPortal. Of course you should install it! Drawbacks? I had to set-up the EPG feed again. Mapping of channels was gone and had to be done basically from scratch. To be honest, the EPG part of …

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MediaPortal mush have add-on:s

By admin Posted on November 6, 2008 Posted in HTPC, MediaPortal Tagged with WebEPG, XMLTV

Having the HTPC running, I must say that it now runs fairly smoothly. However there are a few thing you just need to add; MP Web Interface – Allows you to remotely added the database and schedule recordings. Find it …

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HTPC howto

By admin Posted on October 27, 2008 Posted in HTPC, MediaPortal Tagged with MDAPI, MediaPortal, WinCSC

The PC allocated for the task of being my HTPC was a 1.25GHz piece. Even with an updated graphics ard, added RAM and SATA disks the machine was too slow to run MediaPortal 1.0 RC3. Minimal requirement was 1.4 GHz. …

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Ubuntu craps in my face!

By admin Posted on October 5, 2008 Posted in Hardware, HTPC, LAN, Linux Tagged with crap, grub, LAN, mythbuntu, NIC, ubuntu

It seems I will never be an Ubuntu friend. It has AGAIN crapped on me twice! * My daughters PC is based on an ASUS motherboard, but it seems that the NIC (Network Interface Card) doesn’t work. There are a …

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