Plugins

Plugins Index

Note: This is not an complete list of all plugins.  Some provide their own Wiki pages, linked in the forum, or the the Downloads Repository. Others provide documentation in the install package, and some don't provide documentation at all!

Finding Plugins

To browse and download plugins see our Downloads Repository > Plugins

View the Plugins Index for a list of all Plugins documented in our wiki.

You may also us the standard MediaPortal Extensions Installer (MPEI) to browse, install and update most plugins.

Note: Before you install a plugin or skin, you should check that the version it has been developed for, matches the version you are using.

Installing Plugins

Most plugins can be installed using the MediaPortal Extensions Installer (MPEI).  Some plugins provide their own installers. If neither is available, see Manual Installation.

Incompatible Plugins

If a plugin is not compatible with your current version of MediaPortal, the first time you load MediaPortal with incompatible plugins present, you will receive a warning notice after MediaPortal is fully loaded but before showing the home screen:

Using Plugins

For information on using Plugins wihtin MediaPortal , see Using MediaPortal > Plugins

Built-in MediaPortal Plugins

Many plugins are provided with or 'built-in to MediaPortal. You may find these listed and documented in the Using MediaPortal -> plugins section.

For customizing and configuring MediaPortal plugins, see Configuration -> Plugins

Test Versions

When ready for testing, announce new plugins in the MediaPortal Plugins Forum.

1. Create a new thread for your plugin.
2. Keep the topic name short.
3. Be sure to add a download link in your FIRST post, and if you have an updated version replace the link in the first post of the thread!
   Do not add update links to posts within the thread or users will miss them!

Write documentation for your plugin to help users test it:

1. Just select this page and then select New Page from the Wiki Menu. Your page will be added to this section and automatically added to the index below.
2. Write a wiki documentation page:
   1. Select this page, then New Page on the Wiki menu
   2. Select the the style of Template you wish to use.
   3. See Wiki Help  > Contribute to Wiki for guidelines and assistance in writing your page.

Stable Versions

Once your plugin is ready for release, add it to our Downloads Repository

Make sure your documentation is complete and up to date, and keep it updated as you make changes or issue new releases.

MediaPortal Code Changes which affect Plugins

If you wish to keep track of all the changes made in MediaPortal code which affect Plugins:

See our Plugin Related Changes section of the wiki as well as the Strings Changes pages to keep track of changes to our language, or strings files.

Select Page Notifications from the Wiki Menu to receive notifications to any Plugin Related Change page, or group of pages.

Changes in the latest release

The following table shows the changes that affect the user interface in the latest version of MediaPortal (final or test release), either within MediaPortal or in the Configuration tool(s). Select the links to view details of the changes. These changes are incorporated into this wiki page once the final stable version is released.

You may sort the table by any of the columns. Note: the Date column displays the date the UI Rellated Change wiki page was created.

 

Change	Date	Release
Incompatible Plugins	2012/01/08	beta
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