<s>
MediaPortal	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
media	B-Device
player	I-Device
and	O
digital	B-Application
video	I-Application
recorder	I-Application
software	O
project	O
,	O
often	O
considered	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Center	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
10-foot	B-General_Concept
user	I-General_Concept
interface	I-General_Concept
for	O
performing	O
typical	O
PVR/TiVo	O
functionality	O
,	O
including	O
playing	O
,	O
pausing	O
,	O
and	O
recording	O
live	O
TV	O
;	O
playing	O
DVDs	O
,	O
videos	O
,	O
and	O
music	O
;	O
viewing	O
pictures	O
;	O
and	O
other	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plugins	B-Application
allow	O
it	O
to	O
perform	O
additional	O
tasks	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
watching	O
online	O
video	O
,	O
listening	O
to	O
music	O
from	O
online	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Last.fm,	O
and	O
launching	O
other	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
source	O
code	O
was	O
initially	O
forked	B-Application
from	O
XBMC	B-Application
(	O
now	O
Kodi	B-Application
)	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
almost	O
completely	O
re-written	O
since	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MediaPortal	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
unlike	O
most	O
other	O
open-source	B-Application
media	O
center	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
MythTV	B-Application
and	O
Kodi	B-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
usually	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
TV	O
/	O
Radio	O
(	O
DVB-S	O
,	O
DVB-S2	O
,	O
DVB-T	O
,	O
DVB-C	B-Device
,	O
Analog	O
television	O
(	O
Common	B-Device
Interface	I-Device
,	O
DVB	B-Application
radio	O
,	O
DVB	B-Application
EPG	B-Device
,	O
Teletext	O
,	O
etc	O
...	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
MediaPortal	B-Application
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
by	O
any	O
input	O
device	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Operating	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MediaPortal	B-Application
uses	O
its	O
own	O
TV-Server	O
to	O
allow	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
one	O
central	O
server	O
with	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
TV	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clients	O
can	O
then	O
install	O
the	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
Client	O
software	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
TV-Server	O
to	O
watch	O
live	O
or	O
recorded	O
TV	O
,	O
schedule	O
recordings	O
,	O
view	O
and	O
search	O
EPG	B-Device
data	O
over	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
1.0.1	O
,	O
the	O
client	O
plugin	B-Application
of	O
the	O
TV-Server	O
has	O
replaced	O
the	O
default	O
built-in	O
TV	O
Engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TV-Server	O
supports	O
watching	O
and	O
recording	O
TV	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
with	O
only	O
one	O
DVB/ATSC	O
TV	O
Card	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
transponder	O
(	O
multiplex	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broadcast	B-Device
Driver	I-Device
Architecture	I-Device
is	O
used	O
to	O
support	O
as	O
many	O
TV	O
cards	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
player	O
of	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
is	O
a	O
DirectShow	B-Library
Player	O
,	O
so	O
any	O
codec/filter	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MediaPortal	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
codec	B-General_Concept
from	O
LAV	O
Filters	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
codec	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
changed	O
to	O
all	O
installed	O
ones	O
,	O
such	O
like	O
Ffdshow	B-Language
,	O
PowerDVD	O
,	O
CoreAVC	B-Language
,	O
Nvidia	O
PureVideo	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MediaPortal	B-Application
also	O
support	O
video	O
post-processing	O
,	O
with	O
any	O
installed	O
codec	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
DirectShow	B-Library
player	O
implementation	O
,	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
can	O
play	O
all	O
media	O
files	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alternative	O
player	O
is	O
the	O
internal	O
DirectShow	B-Library
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
BASS	O
Engine	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
supports	O
visualizations	B-Application
from	O
Windows	O
Media	O
Visualizations	B-Application
,	O
Winamp	B-Application
Visualizations	B-Application
including	O
MilkDrop	B-Application
,	O
Sonic	O
and	O
Soundspectrum	O
G-Force	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OnlineVideos	O
is	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
for	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
to	O
integrate	O
seamless	O
online	O
video	O
support	O
into	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP-TVSeries	O
is	O
a	O
popular	O
TV	O
Series	O
plug-in	B-Application
for	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MP-TVSeries	O
plugin	B-Application
will	O
scan	O
the	O
hard	O
drive	O
(	O
including	O
network	O
and	O
removable	O
drives	O
)	O
for	O
video	O
files	O
,	O
it	O
then	O
analyzes	O
them	O
by	O
their	O
path	O
structures	O
to	O
determine	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
TV	O
Shows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
file(s )	O
are	O
recognized	O
then	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
will	O
go	O
online	O
and	O
retrieve	O
information	O
about	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
then	O
browse	O
,	O
manage	O
and	O
play	O
your	O
episodes	O
from	O
inside	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
in	O
a	O
nice	O
graphical	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moving	O
Pictures	O
is	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
flexibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AtmoLight	O
is	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
that	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
all	O
sorts	O
of	O
Ambilight	O
solutions	O
which	O
currently	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
standard	O
definition	O
resolution	O
playback	O
and	O
recording	O
with	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
video	O
compression	O
using	O
a	O
single	O
TV	O
tuner	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
HDTV	B-Device
(	O
720p/1080i/1080p	O
)	O
playback/recording	O
,	O
recording	O
from	O
multiple	O
tuners	O
,	O
and	O
playback	O
of	O
MPEG-4	B-Application
AVC	I-Application
(	O
H.264	B-Application
)	O
video	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Graphics	B-Architecture
chips	I-Architecture
which	O
support	O
this	O
and	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
MediaPortal	B-Application
:	O
</s>
