It interfaces with the hardware commonly found in HTPCs, such as TV tuners, infrared receivers, and LCD displays.

The MediaPortal[4] source code was initially forked from XBMC (now Kodi), though it has been almost completely re-written since then.

[5] MediaPortal is designed specifically for Microsoft Windows, unlike most other open-source media center programs such as MythTV and Kodi, which are usually cross-platform.

[6] Graphical user interfaces MediaPortal can be controlled by any input device, that is supported by the Windows Operating System.

Digital pictures/photos can be browsed, managed and played as slide shows with background music or radio.

OnlineVideos supports almost 200 sites[14][15]/channels in a variety of languages and genres such like YouTube, iTunes Movie Trailers, Discovery Channel etc.

You can then browse, manage and play your episodes from inside MediaPortal in a nice graphical layout.

For standard definition resolution playback and recording with MPEG-2 video compression using a single TV tuner: For HDTV (720p/1080i/1080p) playback/recording, recording from multiple tuners, and playback of MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) video: As of version 1.7, MediaPortal is not officially supported on Windows XP It will install, but warn the user of the unsupported status while doing so.