Did you know that...
MediaPortal has many options and some are a bit unknown. So i thought i posted some of the things which are useful, but not widely known yet.
Did you know that:
- MediaPortal becomes much more responsive if you increase the maximum fps to 50 or higher in settings->screen calib.->maximum fps?
- you can turn on/off scrollbars in configuration.exe / general?
- you can turn on/off animations in configuration.exe / general?
- you can change the keyboard shortcuts in configuration.exe / general / keys and sounds?
- you can disable IMDB lookups for specific languages like english/french and/ or german in configuration.exe / movies / movie database?
- you can add remote ftp shares for music/video/pictures? and that MP will automaticly download the selected song/video/picture when you want to view it?
- most screens have context menu's which can be displayed with f9 (or info button on your MCE remote)?
- you can define the filename/paths how mediaportal stores your tv recordings in configuration.exe / television / recording / custom paths and filenames?
- alt+enter switches between windowed/fullscreen mode?
- pressing ! gives you status information?
- there are 2 different layouts for the home screen, the alternative can be enabled in configuration.exe / general?
- you can setup the overscan area in MP under settings->screen calib->ui calibration?
- you can crop tv so it exactly fills your screen when watching tv? press f9 for the context menu and choose crop settings?
- pressing f3 on a movie or song will retrieve coverart?
- the home plugin has a setup where you can customize its look and feel?
- you can zap between current and previous channel with '0' when watching fullscreen tv?
- you can customize many remote controls by using the mapping button in configuration.exe / remote?
- you can get a handy channel & what's now list when hitting enter/ok in fullscreen tv?
- in music playing now screen you can easly add the current track to your favorites via the context menu? (F9)
- you can randomly play all your favorite songs by configuring the audioscrobbler "offline" mode?