Terminology

This is an overview of the used terminology in MPExtended and sometimes also on the forums:

• Configurator: the tray app / configuration program, which hosts USS
• GMA: Predecessor of MAS
• MAS: MediaAccessService, the service which handles access to MediaPortal client databases and plugins
• MEF: Managed extensibility framework, a Microsoft framework to dynamically load plugins, used in MAS.
• TAS: TvAccessService, the service which handles access to the TV Server
• TV4Home: Predecessor of TAS
• USS: UserSessionService, a service for starting/stopping MediaPortal and shutting down / rebooting the PC.
• WebMP: WebMediaPortal, a webinterface for MediaPortal
• WSS: WebStreamingService, a live transcoding and media streaming service