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20 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2004</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">2.4 / 30 December 2021<span class="noprint">; 2 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2021-12-30</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Repository_(version_control)" title="Repository (version control)">Repository</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/MediaPortal/MediaPortal-2">github<wbr />.com<wbr />/MediaPortal<wbr />/MediaPortal-2</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1335240#P1324" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IA-32" title="IA-32">IA-32</a>, <a href="/wiki/X64" class="mw-redirect" title="X64">x64</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Media_player_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Media player (software)">media player</a> and <a href="/wiki/Digital_video_recorder" title="Digital video recorder">digital video recorder</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://team-mediaportal.com">team-mediaportal<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>MediaPortal</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Open-source_software" title="Open-source software">open-source</a> <a href="/wiki/Media_player_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Media player (software)">media player</a> and <a href="/wiki/Digital_video_recorder" title="Digital video recorder">digital video recorder</a> software project, often considered an alternative to <a href="/wiki/Windows_Media_Center" title="Windows Media Center">Windows Media Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It provides a <a href="/wiki/10-foot_user_interface" title="10-foot user interface">10-foot user interface</a> for performing typical <a href="/wiki/Digital_video_recorder" title="Digital video recorder">PVR</a>/<a href="/wiki/TiVo" title="TiVo">TiVo</a> functionality, including playing, pausing, and recording live TV; playing DVDs, videos, and music; viewing pictures; and other functions.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Plug-in_(computing)" title="Plug-in (computing)">Plugins</a> allow it to perform additional tasks, such as watching online video, listening to music from online services such as <a href="/wiki/Last.fm" title="Last.fm">Last.fm</a>, 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. </p><p>The MediaPortal<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> was initially <a href="/wiki/Fork_(software_development)" title="Fork (software development)">forked</a> from <a href="/wiki/XBMC" class="mw-redirect" title="XBMC">XBMC</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Kodi_(software)" title="Kodi (software)">Kodi</a>), though it has been almost completely re-written since then.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MediaPortal is designed specifically for <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, unlike most other open-source media center programs such as <a href="/wiki/MythTV" title="MythTV">MythTV</a> and Kodi, which are usually <a href="/wiki/Cross-platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-platform">cross-platform</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FLOSS_Media_Center_State_of_the_Art_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FLOSS_Media_Center_State_of_the_Art-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a> GUI</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DirectX_Video_Acceleration" title="DirectX Video Acceleration">Video Hardware Acceleration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DirectShow" title="DirectShow">VMR</a> / <a href="/wiki/Media_Foundation#Enhanced_Video_Renderer" title="Media Foundation">EVR</a> on <a href="/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> / <a href="/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">7</a></li> <li>TV / Radio (<a href="/wiki/DVB-S" title="DVB-S">DVB-S</a>, <a href="/wiki/DVB-S2" title="DVB-S2">DVB-S2</a>, <a href="/wiki/DVB-T" title="DVB-T">DVB-T</a>, <a href="/wiki/DVB-C" title="DVB-C">DVB-C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Analog_television" title="Analog television">Analog television</a> (<a href="/wiki/Common_Interface" title="Common Interface">Common Interface</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digital_Video_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Video Broadcasting">DVB</a> <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Digital_Video_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Digital Video Broadcasting">DVB</a> <a href="/wiki/Electronic_program_guide" title="Electronic program guide">EPG</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teletext" title="Teletext">Teletext</a>, etc...)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPTV" class="mw-redirect" title="IPTV">IPTV</a></li> <li>Recording, pause and <a href="/wiki/Time_shifting" title="Time shifting">time shifting</a> of TV and Radio broadcasts</li> <li>Music player</li> <li>Video/<a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> player</li> <li>Picture player</li> <li>Internet Streams</li> <li>Integrated Weather Forecasts</li> <li>Built-in RSS reader</li> <li>Metadata web scraping from <a href="/wiki/TheTVDB" title="TheTVDB">TheTVDB</a> and The Movie Database<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Plug ins</li> <li>Skins</li></ul> <p><b>Graphical User Interfaces</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Control">Control</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MediaPortal can be controlled by any input device, that is supported by the Windows Operating System. </p> <ul><li>PC <a href="/wiki/Remote_control" title="Remote control">Remote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_keyboard" title="Computer keyboard">Keyboard</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mouse_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouse (computing)">Mouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamepad" title="Gamepad">Gamepad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinect" title="Kinect">Kinect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wii_Remote" title="Wii Remote">Wii Remote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> / <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>/ <a href="/wiki/Open_webOS" class="mw-redirect" title="Open webOS">WebOS</a> / <a href="/wiki/S60_(software_platform)" title="S60 (software platform)">S60</a> handset devices</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Television">Television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Electronic_program_guide" title="Electronic program guide">EPG</a> data over the network. Since version 1.0.1, the client plugin of the TV-Server has replaced the default built-in TV Engine. </p><p>Even without a network (i.e. a singleseat installation), the TV-Server treats the PC as both the server and the client. </p><p>The TV-Server supports watching and recording TV at the same time with only one DVB/ATSC TV Card, on the same <a href="/wiki/Transponder_(satellite_communications)" title="Transponder (satellite communications)">transponder</a> (multiplex). <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_Driver_Architecture" title="Broadcast Driver Architecture">Broadcast Driver Architecture</a> is used to support as many TV cards as possible. The major brands of cards, like digital-everywhere, <a href="/wiki/Hauppauge_Computer_Works" title="Hauppauge Computer Works">Hauppauge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pinnacle" title="Pinnacle">Pinnacle</a>, TechnoTrend and <a href="/wiki/TechniSat" title="TechniSat">TechniSat</a>, including analog cards, provide BDA drivers for their cards. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Video/DVD_player"><span id="Video.2FDVD_player"></span>Video/DVD player</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Video/DVD player"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The video player of MediaPortal is a <a href="/wiki/DirectShow" title="DirectShow">DirectShow</a> Player, so any <a href="/wiki/List_of_codecs" title="List of codecs">codec/filter</a> can be used. MediaPortal uses the <a href="/wiki/Codec" title="Codec">codec</a> from LAV Filters<sup id="cite_ref-LAV_Filters_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAV_Filters-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by default, but the <a href="/wiki/Codec" title="Codec">codec</a> can be changed to all installed ones, such like <a href="/wiki/Ffdshow" title="Ffdshow">Ffdshow</a>, <a href="/wiki/PowerDVD" title="PowerDVD">PowerDVD</a>, <a href="/wiki/CoreAVC" title="CoreAVC">CoreAVC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo" title="Nvidia PureVideo">Nvidia PureVideo</a> etc. MediaPortal also support <a href="/wiki/Video_post-processing" title="Video post-processing">video post-processing</a>, with any installed <a href="/wiki/Codec" title="Codec">codec</a>. Due to the <a href="/wiki/DirectShow" title="DirectShow">DirectShow</a> player implementation, MediaPortal can play all media files that can be played on Windows. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_player">Music player</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Music player"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The default internal music player uses the BASS Engine<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the BASS audio library. The alternative player is the internal <a href="/wiki/DirectShow" title="DirectShow">DirectShow</a> player. With the BASS Engine MediaPortal supports <a href="/wiki/Music_visualization" title="Music visualization">visualizations</a> from Windows Media Visualizations, <a href="/wiki/Winamp" title="Winamp">Winamp</a> Visualizations including <a href="/wiki/MilkDrop" title="MilkDrop">MilkDrop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonic_Solutions" title="Sonic Solutions">Sonic</a> and Soundspectrum G-Force. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Picture_player/organizer"><span id="Picture_player.2Forganizer"></span>Picture player/organizer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Picture player/organizer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Digital pictures/photos can be browsed, managed and played as <a href="/wiki/Slide_show" title="Slide show">slide shows</a> with background music or radio. The picture player uses different transitions or the <a href="/wiki/Ken_Burns_effect" title="Ken Burns effect">Ken Burns effect</a> between each picture. <a href="/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Exchangeable image file format">Exif</a> data are used to rotate the pictures automatically, but the rotation can be done manually too. Zooming of pictures is also possible. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Online_videos">Online videos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Online videos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>OnlineVideos<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a plugin for MediaPortal to integrate seamless online video support into MediaPortal. OnlineVideos supports almost 200 sites<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>/channels in a variety of languages and genres such like YouTube, iTunes Movie Trailers, Discovery Channel etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series">Series</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>MP-TVSeries<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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. </p><p>The information and <a href="/wiki/Fan_art" title="Fan art">fan art</a> it retrieves is coming from <a href="/wiki/TheTVDB.com" class="mw-redirect" title="TheTVDB.com">TheTVDB.com</a> which allows any user to add and update information. The extension will automatically update any information when new episodes/files are added. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Movies">Movies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Movies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Moving Pictures<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ambilight">Ambilight</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ambilight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AtmoLight<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a plug-in that makes it possible to use all sorts of Ambilight solutions which currently are: </p> <ul><li>AmbiBox</li> <li>AtmoOrb</li> <li>AtmoWin</li> <li>BobLight</li> <li>Hue</li> <li>Hyperion</li></ul> <p>It also allows easy expansion for any future Ambilight solutions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hardware">Hardware</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Hardware"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hardware,_SD_single_tuner"><span id="Hardware.2C_SD_single_tuner"></span>Hardware, SD single tuner</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Hardware, SD single tuner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For standard definition resolution playback and recording with <a href="/wiki/MPEG-2" title="MPEG-2">MPEG-2</a> video compression using a single TV tuner: </p> <ul><li>1.4 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent processor</li> <li>256 MB (256 <a href="/wiki/Mebibyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Mebibyte">MiB</a>) of <a href="/wiki/Random-access_memory" title="Random-access memory">system RAM</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hardware,_HDTV"><span id="Hardware.2C_HDTV"></span>Hardware, HDTV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=MediaPortal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Hardware, HDTV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">HDTV</a> (720p/1080i/1080p) playback/recording, recording from multiple tuners, and playback of <a href="/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC" class="mw-redirect" title="H.264/MPEG-4 AVC">MPEG-4 AVC (H.264)</a> video: </p> <ul><li>2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor</li> <li>512 MB of <a href="/wiki/Random-access_memory" title="Random-access memory">system RAM</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Display_and_storage,_SD_and_HD"><span id="Display_and_storage.2C_SD_and_HD"></span>Display and 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