• MediaPortal_IRC_Channel

MediaPortal IRC Channel

Channel Info

If you want to talk with other users and the Developers of MediaPortal join the IRC Channel.

• Channel name: #mediaportal

  Server: freenode

If you can't or don't want to install IRC software on your computer, you can use our WebIRC interface.

Registration

• Why should I register my nick?

• Your nick is how people on freenode know you. If you register it, you'll be able to use the same nick over and over. If you don't register, someone else may end up registering the nick you want. If you register and use the same nick, people will begin to know you by reputation. If they're running IRC software which supports CAPAB IDENTIFY-MSG, they'll be able to tell when someone is spoofing your identity.
• If a channel is set to mode +r, you won't be able to join it unless you are registered and identified to nickserv. If you try to join, you might be forwarded to a different channel. If a channel is set to mode +R, you won't be able to speak while on that channel unless you are registered and identified. Both of these modes are used to reduce channel harassment by DoS kiddies.
• Only registered users will be able to use pm's

Registering your nick at freenode

• Based on FAQ from freenode

  1. connect to any freenode server (i.e. irc.freenode.net commandline -> enter /server irc.freenode.net)

  2. enter /msg nickserv register <your-password>

  3. enter /msg nickserv set hide email on

  4. enter /msg nickserv set email <your-email-address>

  5. While using your alternate nick, link it to your primary nick:

  6. /msg nickserv link <primary-nick> <your-password>

  7. This will document that both nicks are owned by the same person, and will allow services to leave you identified (and cloaked) if you switch from your primary nick to your alternate and vice-versa.

• Note:

• Sometimes it could happen that the registering fails on the first attempt. Wait for the timeout of 900 seconds then try it again.

Using your registered nick

1. connect to an freenode server

2. enter /msg nickserv identify <your-password>

Configure IRC Clients to perform "identify" automatically

HydraIRC

1. go to Options -> Perfs -> Command Profiles

2. Add a new profile -> FreeNode_OnLoggedIn

3. If you want to automatically join specific channel(s) when connecting to a freenode server add: /join #channelname

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4. If you want to automatically join a specific server on launching HydraIRC, create a ?OnStartUp profile

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mIRC

1. Go to mIRC options, expand Connect and select Servers. Since Freenode does not seem to be in the list by default, we will add it.
2. Click on Add, and fill in the details as below and click add.

3. 

4. Also be sure to leave the password here blank (this is only needed for IRC Ops and the like, which, if your reading this, you most likely aren’t)
5. Next click on Options – Perform. Check the box that says “Enable perform on connect” and add “Freenode” to the list of Networks.

6. Next select Freenode from the drop down and type: /msg nickserv identify <your-password> in the box.

7. If you have done everything correctly it should look like this:

8. 

9. That’s it, next time you connect to FreeNode you will automatically identify

Trillian v3

1. After you have setup a connection to freenode, open the connection preferences for that connection

2. In the Connection tab add /msg nickserv identify <your-password> to the Perform Buffer:

3. 

Colloquy (Mac OSX)

Colloquy knows about freenode's nickserver so when you add a connection and pick freenode chatserver, all you have to do is enter your nickname and password in the General section for the connection (press on the Info button in the Connections window (Window, Connections):

#mediaportal IRC-BOT

public BOT Commands

1. Log:

• !changelog : notice last 10 lines of changelog.txt to user

• !history : generates a history for #mediaportal for last hours

2. General:

• !SVN : returns the date, time and revision of the last public SVN build

• !seen : finds anyone in #mediaportal (example: "!seen Username")

• !team : shows the team-members. Parameter: founder, tester, plugin, website,skins or mods (example: "!team founder")

• !tvcards : shows a link to the supported tvcards page

• !wiki : shows a link to the wiki page

• !forum : shows a link to the forum

• !faq : shows a link to the FAQ

• !requirements : shows a link to the requirements page

3. Other:

• !help : shows this text.

4. Information: The changelog.txt will also be included to the svn.team-mediaportal.com-snapshots. Automatic Snaps will be build at 20.00h and 01.00h CET (Central European Time). If you have suggestions, ideas, problems contact ]-high-[ in IRC or use svn@team-mediaportal.com