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Home Screen
After you have started MediaPortal you will see the Homescreen.
From the Home Screen you can access all features of MediaPortal. The scroll list shows you all available modules.
If you have disabled scrolling menu items in Home Plugin, then only those items that you have selected will be displayed, or only those that fit in the menu space.
On the top right you see 4 buttons:
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Power: Selecting this button will bring up a new menu with 4 options |
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Background: This option allows you to display the currently selected TV-Station in the background of the home screen. |
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Switch: This switches to the Basic Homescreen. |
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Close: This option will close MediaPortal and brings you back to the Windows desktop. |
Basic Homescreen
You can switch between the classic and basic homescreen using a switch button, which by default is "H".
More information on the Basic Homescreen is needed.
Default key definitions
Command |
Keyboard |
General remote |
Fullcreen |
Alt+Enter |
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Navigate |
Up, Down, Left, Right |
Up, Down, Left, Right |
First/Last |
Home/End |
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Prev/Next page |
Page Up/Down |
Channel up/down |
Previous menu |
Esc |
Back |
Enter number |
0 .. 9 |
0 .. 9 |
Activate |
Enter |
OK |
Context menu |
F9 |
Info |
Maximize view |
X |
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Volume down/up |
-/= |
Volume down/up |
Mute |
M |
Mute |
Play |
P |
Play |
Pause |
Space |
Pause |
Stop |
B |
Stop |
Rewind/FFrwd |
F5/F6 |
Rewind/FFwrd |
Skip prev/next |
F7/F8 |
Replay/Skip |
Parent directory |
U, Esc |
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File info |
F3 |
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Delete |
Del, 0 |
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Switch home |
H |
Start |
Screenshot |
F11 |
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Exit MP |
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Power |
See also: keyboard shortcuts overview, Keys and Sounds section of MediaPortal Configuration, key definitions at My TV and My Videos.
Topbar
Introduction
If you enter a Module e.g. My Videos and you navigate to the top of the frame the Topbar will pop up.
Buttons:
Back: this option brings you back to the screen you have come from
Video Step Backward: if you are playing a video you can use this option to go one step backward
Video Fast Backward: if you are playing a video you can use this option to go fast backward
Video Play: you can use this option to start a video file or resume a paused Video
Video Pause: if you are playing a video you can use this option to pause the playback
Video Stop: if you are playing a video you can use this option to stop the playback
Video Fast Forward: if you are playing a video you can use this option to go fast forward
Video Step Forward: if you are playing a video you can use this option to go one step forward
Maximize/Minimize: this option can be used to Maximize/Minimize MediaPortal
Close: This option will close MediaPortal and bring you back to the WindowsXP Desktop