MediaPortal 2 – Summer release adds WMC TV file format support

The MediaPortal team have just announced the “Summer ’15 Release” of MediaPortal 2. This is the next generation of MediaPortal and has a lot of changes since the last release including Windows 10 support and support for Windows Media Center WTV and DVR-MS files. So this could be a good alternative to Windows Media Center as you move forward to Windows 10.

Here are the changes since the last release:

New features and plugins:
- Bringing the best of MP1 and MP2: The cutting edge technologies of MediaPortal 2 now makes use of the matured and stable TV Engine 3 of MediaPortal 1. This makes MP2 a complete solution for daily use, no longer depending on additional TV components installed!
- Added support for showing “Latest Media“
- Added filter for watched / unwatched MediaItems
- Added extended metadata and fanart support
- Added support for high quality audio formats (DSD)
- Added support for local movie and series metadata (.nfo files) to importer
- Improved video playback quality by automatic video shader selection depending on video resolution (defaults to “Sharpen Complex” for SD video)
- Improved support for multi-episode files of series
- New “BlueVision” skin including grey theme
- Various minor improvements to existing skins
- Introduction of advanced plugin compatibility management
- Updated external components like Sqlite, ffmpeg
Fixes:
- Bugfixes in RefreshRateChanger plugin (error in calculation)
- Updated externals (like MediaInfo)
TV Support:
- TV support has been extended. Now we support both the known stable TV engine from MP 1 (aka TVE3) and its upcoming successor TVE 3.5 (which is currently at alpha stage).
- Added support for MediaCenter recordings, they can be imported into recording section and are available like MP native ones. This includes .wtv and .dvr-ms files.
More updated plugins and tools are available! (via our MP2 Plugins Downloads section on the website and forum):
- Atmolight plugin
- WebRadio plugin to play your favourite web radio streams inside MP2!
- Cinema plugin to show all running movies in your favourite cinemas including playback of trailers
- Application Launcher plugin
- WiFi configuration plugin (included)
- CEC remote plugin allows controlling MP2