2016-01-22, 23:25
A few notes around my experiences of using the MP2 release together with Kodi:
I am since two days running the MP2 sunner release server and it is much more stable than the MP1 release. The engine is still the same with some dead-locks when stopping and restarting just as for MP1 (I need to reboot the computer when the TVservice needs to be restarted, almost every time). My dead-lock issues are likely connected to me using the DvbSky T980c card with CI/CAM. But that card and my TBS5881 with CI/CAM are working much better on MP2 than MP1 still. My other TV-cards are however working flawlessly under MP2, they were a bit flaky on MP1 though. The software around the TV-service seems to be a bit better in MP2 which Kodi-support benefits from.
I recommend to run a clean install and to import any configuration from MP1 (exported from there). It is not recommended to run MP1 and MP2 together, at least I had issues with information leakage between them (did not understand why though).
I had some issues to install the Kodi-plugin, until I understood that it should not be installed in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Server\Plugins\", but rather in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Server\Plugins\SlimTv.Service3\Plugins", note that the TV-service has it's own plugin-directory! It would be great if that could be described in the installation instruction, because it took me quite some time to realize that (and a file search for otehr plugins dll-files until I realized the path to use).
But overall, I have almost only positive experience from upgrading to MP2 as a PVR backend for Kodi. Some plugins are still not supported in MP2, which means that I can't get a web-interface for the server, but RDP logins works quite well also...
I am since two days running the MP2 sunner release server and it is much more stable than the MP1 release. The engine is still the same with some dead-locks when stopping and restarting just as for MP1 (I need to reboot the computer when the TVservice needs to be restarted, almost every time). My dead-lock issues are likely connected to me using the DvbSky T980c card with CI/CAM. But that card and my TBS5881 with CI/CAM are working much better on MP2 than MP1 still. My other TV-cards are however working flawlessly under MP2, they were a bit flaky on MP1 though. The software around the TV-service seems to be a bit better in MP2 which Kodi-support benefits from.
I recommend to run a clean install and to import any configuration from MP1 (exported from there). It is not recommended to run MP1 and MP2 together, at least I had issues with information leakage between them (did not understand why though).
I had some issues to install the Kodi-plugin, until I understood that it should not be installed in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Server\Plugins\", but rather in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Team MediaPortal\MP2-Server\Plugins\SlimTv.Service3\Plugins", note that the TV-service has it's own plugin-directory! It would be great if that could be described in the installation instruction, because it took me quite some time to realize that (and a file search for otehr plugins dll-files until I realized the path to use).
But overall, I have almost only positive experience from upgrading to MP2 as a PVR backend for Kodi. Some plugins are still not supported in MP2, which means that I can't get a web-interface for the server, but RDP logins works quite well also...
