Please choose “Yes” to update the extension list, and you can see a new window appears. Double-click, and a window will pop up to inquiry you whether you want to update relevant information. Please click the “Exit” button to finish the installation.Īfter you have installed MediaPortal successfully, there will be several icons on your desktop. This will take a while, so please wait with patience.Īfter all the application is installed, the whole installation process is done.
But you still need to download and install Windows Media Player 11 manually, if you do not have the software in your PC. Here you will be required to download and install many applications almost automatically.
Proceeding with the installation procedures, and you will come to this step. At next step, please choose “MySQL 5” and Click “Next”. Here take server terminal installation for example. After you have chosen the installation mode accordingly, click “Next” to continue. Please be clear that there is difference in installation between Sever terminal and Client terminal. If you want to install the Client terminal in your PC, please choose “ MediaPortal Client” and click “ Next” If you want to install the Sever terminal in your PC, you should choose “Dedicated TV-Sever (Master)” and click “Next”. The next step can be classified into two circumstances.
Please choose “Perform an advanced installation” to continue. In the next window of “MediaPortal 1.1.3 detected”, please choose “Fresh Install” and click “Next”Īt the next step, please choose “Yes-I will use MediaPortal to watch TV”. After you select your language, you can choose “Start with the installation now” to launch the installation. There you can proceed with the installation. , the window “MediaPortal Unpacker Setup: Installing” will pop up, just as follows:
Please note that Mediaportal supports windows operating systems only.
If you can see “TBS6984 Quad DVBS/S2 BDA Tuners”, that means you do have installed driver successfully.įirst of all, make sure that your computer meets the requirement of the installation of MediaPortal, such as the windows operating system etc. To verify that the driver has been correctly installed, you could right click “Computer” and choose “Manage”.Ĭlick on “ Device Manager” on the left column, and then click “Sound, video and game controllers” on the right. Click “Install Windows Driver” in the popped-out window, and then just click “next” to continue the installation.Ĭlick “ Finish” to complete the installation. Turn on your computer, and insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM. Connect dish LNB to PCIe card“LNB IN” with cable. Set your satellite dish aimed at the right satellite. TBS6984 will still run as a PCIe x1 when installed into the longerx4/ x8 or x16 connector. Insert the TV tuner card in PCIe slot and fix the card bracket with screw. Power off your computer, remove computer cover and take out cover panel of PCIe slot in which you want to put the card. It interfaces with the hardware commonly found in HTPC, such as TV tuners, infrared receivers, and LCD displays.Ģ.1. Plugins allow it to perform additional tasks, such as watching online video, listening to music from online services such as Last.fm, and launching other applications such as games. It provides a 10-foot user interface for performing typical PVR/TiVo functionality, including playing, pausing, and recording live TV playing DVDs, videos, and music viewing pictures and other functions. MediaPortal is an open-source media center software project, often considered an alternative to Windows Media Center.
TBS6984 is ideal for building HTPC under Linux MediaPortal, MythTV, VDR, XBMC and Windows 7 Media Center. Or you can download data from 4 transponders / satellites in the same time. TBS6984 PCI-E DVB-S2 Quad Tuner TV card supports 4 DVB-S2 TV channels receiving synchronously, which enables you to watch channel from one transponder/satellite while recording another 3 channels from another 3 transponders / satellites.