MediaPortal

About

MediaPortal is one of the better known and more widely used Windows applications for HTPC use. It can be configured either as a complete standalone recorder/server/client or simply as networked client accessing a record/media server.

ARGUS TV provides a simple to install plugins for use in either setup. Many HTPC users prefer the comprehensive scheduling features that ARGUS TV Scheduler provides together with the dedicated Windows service/tuner card approach offered by the ARGUS TV Recorder.

MediaPortal Client Setup

ARGUS TV provides plugins to work with either the stable MediaPortal 1.2.3 client release or the latest MediaPortal 1.3.0 Beta release. Once the latest release has been downloaded the install programme will self extract and install an ARGUS TV TV and Radio pugin into MediaPortal. It is important that both the TV and Radio plugins are enabled and configured correctly to ensure that the TV plugin shows up in the MediaPortal menu. This is achived from within the ARGUS TV TV option within the MediaPortal Plugin configuration menu. The default TCP Port setings (49942) work in most scenarios, requiring only the simple addition of a pre-configured named ARGUS TV server (either servername or IP address) to be entered in the ARGUS TV configuration box.

If you wish to disable the radio plugin, do so through the TV plugin Congig dialog.

MediaPortal TV Server Setup

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Repository: MediaPortal Server & Client as Open Source

MediaPortal for ARGUS TV Server & Client both recently became open source.
Find MediaPortal Client's repository under https://github.com/ARGUS-TV/ARGUS-TV-Clients Find MediaPortal Server's repository under https://github.com/ARGUS-TV/ARGUS-TV-Recorders