Well, I´ve been using MediaPortal since almost the first release of it and yes, I admit I´ve been fighting with it. There has been times when I seriously have considered replaceing it with a PVR or some other hardware solution.
But something has happened the last year or so, for sure due to the devlopers efforts, the product has matured a lot. I have also noticed that since I left Windows XP for Windows 7, MediaPortal has run 24/7 on my server without any crasch or other problems for over a year now.
Especially the latest release, 1.2.x, seems very nice and solid.
So my hints for a successful MediaPortal installation are:
- Use a dedicated pc for the MediaPortal server (and client)
- Use the latest version of MediaPortal
- Don´t "mess up" the system by installing different codecs, media players etc. A fresh install of Win7 + MediaPortal and keep everything else to a minimum (I have a webserver running on my machine, but in a separate VM)
- Use the standard skin, it looks quite nice in the latest release
- Have good transfer speed to your disks and decent amount of RAM (CPU speed is not a very big issue, I use a MB with an integrated Atom CPU)
Well, I´ve been using MediaPortal since almost the first release of it and yes, I admit I´ve been fighting with it. There has been times when I seriously have considered replaceing it with a PVR or some other hardware solution.
But something has happened the last year or so, for sure due to the devlopers efforts, the product has matured a lot. I have also noticed that since I left Windows XP for Windows 7, MediaPortal has run 24/7 on my server without any crasch or other problems for over a year now.
Especially the latest release, 1.2.x, seems very nice and solid.
So my hints for a successful MediaPortal installation are:
- Use a dedicated pc for the MediaPortal server (and client)
- Use the latest version of MediaPortal
- Don´t "mess up" the system by installing different codecs, media players etc. A fresh install of Win7 + MediaPortal and keep everything else to a minimum (I have a webserver running on my machine, but in a separate VM)
- Use the standard skin, it looks quite nice in the latest release
- Have good transfer speed to your disks and decent amount of RAM (CPU speed is not a very big issue, I use a MB with an integrated Atom CPU)