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MediaPortal 2 up and running with basic features. Basically we designed MediaPortal 2 to be as user friendly and intuitive as possible. This includes using the most common default settings and the possibility to run and use Media Portal 2 without doing lots of configurations. But of course there are a few minor things to consider.If you do not wish or need to use a feature, you may skip that step or section.If you have not installed MediaPortal 2 yet, see Installing MediaPortal 2.After you have installed MediaPortal 2 successfully you need to configure a few things to get full benefit out of your new HTPC system. We recommend to start with the TV Setup, if you want to use the Live TV and Recording features of MediaPortal 2.The configuration of the TV section nearly is identical to MediaPortal 1. So if you like to follow any existing MediaPortal 1 setup guides or tutorials you normally can use them without changes for MediaPortal 2 too. There only is one notable difference. For MediaPortal 2 you don't have to install and configure a full blown SQL server (MySQL or SQLExpress) as you need it for MediaPortal 1. The database handling is done internally by the MediaPortal 2 Server. So you always can skip all database configuration parts of any MediaPortal 1 tutorials when using them for MediaPortal 2. Read more on Setup TV...Once you have finished the TV setup you're ready to configure the "rest" of your MediaPortal 2 System. Opposite

The Windows Explorer path box.Changing the Installation DirectoriesYou can change the Installation Directories during the install process by selecting Custom.There you can change the Installation Directory of each MediaPortal 2 component separately: MediaPortal 2 Client, MediaPortal 2 Server and MediaPortal 2 ServiceMonitor Changing the Data DirectoriesYou can also change the Data Directory of each of the three applications separately. However, currently this has to be done manually after the installation process. Changing the Data Directories may make sense if e.g. your system drive is too small for the MediaPortal 2 Server's database or if you want to have your MediaPortal 2 Server's database file on a drive which is faster than your system drive, such as a SSD.Before you change the Data Directory of one of the applications, make sure you quit the respective application. I.e., if you want to change the Data Directory of your MediaPortal 2 Client, quit the MediaPortal 2 Client. If you want to change the Data Directory of your MediaPortal 2 ServiceMonitor, quit the MediaPortal 2 Service Monitor. If you want to change the Data Directory of your MediaPortal 2 Server, stop the MediaPortal 2 Server service.Then go to the Installation Directory of the respective application. You will find a subdirectory called "Defaults" containing a file called "Paths.xml". When you open e.g. the Paths.xml of your MediaPortal 2 Server it should look like this: When reading this, please note that represents the greater than character '>'. The reason for this is that e.g. in the

Are using an embedded database like the default SQLCEDatabase or SQLiteDatabase). It is stored directly in the Data Directory.Line 7 is somewhat different as it tells MediaPortal 2 Server where to look for its plugins. So this does not affect "data", but program files. "" is nothing more than the Installation Directory you chose during install for your MediaPortal 2 Server. So as a default, MediaPortal 2 Server looks for plugins in a subdirectory of the Installation Directory named "plugins". Thread starter #5 Network ConfigurationsAn overview of possible and useful network configurations for a MediaPortal 2 environment.Single Seat - using local shares only Single Seat - using network shares Client Server - mixedThis means the server also acts as a client, which is technical a single seat installation with additional clients. Client Server - pure Thread starter #6 MediaPortal 2 ComponentsGives you an introduction to the MediaPortal 2 components / applications and their responsibilities.MediaPortal 2 ClientExecutable:MP2-Client.exeDefault data directory:C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MP2-ClientThe client is the main GUI for MediaPortal 2. You can run multiple clients in your network, they can share the media resources with all other clients. This requires the MediaPortal 2 server to be running and the clients to be attached to it.MediaPortal 2 ServerExecutable:MP2-Server.exeDefault data directory:C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MP2-ServerThe server is the responsible for the central management of all media. You can connect multiple clients to the server and across all those clients you get the same data. Besides the media files itself, this also includes the meta data like genre, summary,