MediaPortal is a free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multi media center, or Home Theater PC (HTPC).

Using MediaPortal, you can listen to your favorite music and radio; watch your videos and DVDs; or view, schedule and record live TV, much like a digital video recorder such as TiVo, but better. And that's only the basic features!

Question: What? Two versions? Why?

Answer: MP1 has been around longer. It currently has more plugins available to use. It is considered to be stable. Despite its age, it is still being maintained and developed.

MP2 is fairly new. Development of this was started approx. 4 years ago. The main drive was to use the good and bad experience from MP1, put them together and start building a new and improved version of Media Portal. The number of plugins available is not on the same level as compared to MP1. MP2 is already usable and stable. But of course it is being developed and improved further. Question: So how do I know what version of Media Portal suits my needs best?

Answer: To make it easier, a comparison table with the main features is presented below.

MediaPortal 1 MediaPortal 2 TV Both versions use the same TVE3 engine Record / Playback Pause / Timeshift Advanced EPG CI/CAM support Channel logos Picture in Picture Music Radio Movies Pictures Series Fanart Customization Appearance Broad set of skins Few available skins Setup External program Internal GUI Additional functions Wide choice of plugins Few available plugins Client/Server environment Multi-client support Average Excellent Multi-client stability Average Excellent Data synchronization Support Development Good but declining Good and increasing Forum help Excellent Excellent

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Need Installation Help?

See our Wiki to take a walk through the Installation process and learn about basic vs advanced installation, or the download only option to 'deploy' MediaPortal easily on multiple systems.

Older versions

We strongly suggest to use the most recent one as we cant give support for outdated versions.

Older versions can be found by browsing our project page at Sourceforge.

Source code

If you are interested in the source code, you can find some detailed instruction in our Wiki.