MediaPortal 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.
As Open Source software licensed under the GNU/GPL agreement, you get MediaPortal for free. This means anyone can contribute to MediaPortal or customize for their own needs! MediaPortal is built on the Microsoft .NET framework using C# and currently has a growing international community of over 10,000 users.
In 2006 MediaPortal enters a new era with the release of the TV server. For the first time users can now use multiple frontends for viewing & recording TV streamed from 1 or more TV servers.
Basic Requirements:
- Windows XP SP2: With WindowsXP you are able to use MediaPortal with one DVB TVCard or multiple Analog TVCards.
- Windows MCE 2005 RU2: With Windows MCE you are able to use MediaPortal with more than 1 DVB TV Card!
- SP2 and all WindowsUpdates
- Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 with SP1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 2
- DirectX 9.0c
- Windows Media Player 10
- WindowsXP SP2 Hotfix for DVB | Windows SP2 Hotfix for 1394 (Firewire)
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