ġ.3.0 Beta adds preliminary support for Microsoft's new Windows 8 Operating System.

Our Default/Wide skins are designed for good performance even on systems that meet only the minimal hardware requirements. Default - a mirror of our DefaultWide skin for users with a 4:3 display and various native resolutions.DefaultWide - a clean, beautiful skin designed for users with 16:9 display and a native resolution of 720p.Titan - a new, enhanced skin designed for users with a 16:9 display and a native resolution of 1080p.MediaPortal 1.3.0 Beta comes preloaded with three different skins to offer all users the perfect skin for their hardware: Make sure that you read the instructions at the end of this news regarding installation, upgrade and extension compatibility. Please be aware that this is Beta Software - so expect it to have some problems and quirks. The purpose is to allow you to test them so we can identify and fix any remaining problems before the final release of 1.3.0. This Beta release adds several great new features as well as bug fixes tested by the community. If you want to find out what was added in the 1.3.0 Alpha release, head over to it's release news, or view all the changes in our wiki: What's New > 1.3.x So we will focus on what has changed since the 1.3.0 Alpha release. Too much to fit everything into one news. Just in time for the holidays, we release the Beta Version of our new major release, MediaPortal 1.3.0!Ī lot has changed since the release of MediaPortal 1.2.3. Applies the 'Law of Diminishing Return' so the majority of effort is invested in implementing features which have the most benefit and widest general usage by the community.Understands development is a team effort and treats users as co-developers, which has proven to be the most effective option for rapid development.Promotes the sharing of knowledge and collaboration using information sharing tools and practices.Promotes open source ideology, building on and supporting other open source projects.

The vision of the MediaPortal project is to create a free open source media centre application, which supports all advanced media centre functions, and is accessible to all Windows users. That's what MediaPortal is and the good thing is it is totally free. Download MediaPortal 1.3.0 - Imagine Microsoft MediaCenter, but then 10x better.

Mediaportal setup