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MP TV Client
Description
MP TV Client is a lightweight client to watch TV using TV-Server over the network. You just need a TV-Server installation somewhere and on the client side a media player (e.g. VLC) and this tool installed. There is no need to have MediaPortal installed if you only want to watch TV or Radio.
Features
- Start/Stop time shifting TV/radio
- watch status of the cards
- check EPG
- stream and delete recordings
- check and delete schedules
Download
The files can be found at the bottom of the first post of the following MediaPortal Forums Topic - http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/mp-tv-client-262/announce-mptvclient-v1-2-5-20-12-2007-ii-22027/
Installation
- unrar all files to a directory of your choice
- modify gentle.config file for either MS SQL or MySQL usage
- start MPTvClient.exe
- under "Configuration" configure the server connection and the path to vlc
- press "Connect"
Tips & Tricks
- to stream tv, radio or recordings you can either use the context menu or a double click
- to refresh a view you can also use "F5" hotkey
Trouble Shooting
MP TV Client has its own : Forum section. Please Visit the forums for more information and troubleshooting techniques.