MediaPortal PVR

MediaPortal TV Server Quick Start Guide

 * 1) Download MediaPortal 1.2 from http://www.team-mediaportal.com/mediaportal-download
 * 2) Install the MediaPortal TV Server (installation of MediaPortal itself is not needed, but can be useful for debugging purposes)
 * 3) Configure your TV Server following the MediaPortal TV Server Quick setup guide. Detailed TV Server configuration documentation can be found here.
 * 4) Download the TVServerXBMC plugin from the TVServerXBMC website (margro)
 * 5) * Extract the TVServerXBMC.rar file and copy the TVServerXBMC.dll to the plugins directory of your MediaPortal TV-Server installation (typically: C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\Plugins or C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\Plugins).
 * 6) * Open the "TV-Server Configuration" and enable the TVServerXBMC plugin under "Plugins".
 * 7) * Configure the TVServerXBMC plugin. Add network shares for your Timeshift and Recordings folder if you want to use XBMC PVR on a different PC than your MediaPortal TV Server PC.
 * 8) * Restart the TV-Server: Press under "Manual Control" the "Stop Service" button, wait a few seconds and press then the "Start Service" button (same button).

Connecting XBMC to MediaPortal

 * 1) Go to Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled add-ons -> PVR Clients and select the MediaPortal add-on
 * 2) Select "Configure"



Connection


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 * Free-to-air only
 * Fetch/show only Free-to-air channels from the MediaPortal TVServer backend
 * Default value: true


 * Include Radio
 * Fetch also radio channels
 * Default value: true


 * Import only TV Channels from group
 * Allows you to fetch only the TV channels in a specific MediaPortal TVServer group. E.g. you can create a "XBMC" group at the TVServer side that contains only the TV channels that you want to appear at the XBMC side. Leave this field empty when you want to import all channel groups.
 * Default value:


 * Import only Radio Channels from group
 * Allows you to fetch only the radio channels in a specific MediaPortal TVServer group. E.g. you can create a "XBMC" group at the TVServer side that contains only the radio channels that you want to appear at the XBMC side. Leave this field empty when you want to import all channel groups.
 * Default value:


 * EPG : Read genre strings (slow)
 * Translate the EPG genre strings from MediaPortal into XBMC compatible genre id's to get a colored EPG timeline view.

Depending on your EPG source, MediaPortal may return strings in your local language. In this case, you can skip the genre translation using this option. The addon translates only English genre strings to XBMC genre id's. You can extend the translation table by extending the following PVR addon file: pvr.mediaportal.tvserver\resources\genre_translation.xml
 * Default value: false (= don't read and translate the genre strings)


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Playback




Additional guides and links

 * MediaPortal website - http://team-mediaportal.com
 * Documentation
 * Support forum
 * MediaPortal backend for XBMC support forum - http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=171
 * http://www.scintilla.utwente.nl/~marcelg/xbmc/mppvr-doc.html