• You can use any number of Media Clients connecting to the server limited only by the performance of your server
• We have german, english and french resources available.
• Support of PAL NTSC and HDTV (720 and 1080) format.
• In browser mode support for 800x600 and 1024x768 resolution.
• Direct start of video or audio player out of the browser if browser setup is correct.

User Administration

• Definition of an unlimited number of user
• Different settings (resolution / language / theme / brower resolution) for each user
• Password definition for each user (optional)
• Parental control feature as user can be limeted by Age so that recordings can be protected
• Automatic user login by detection of ip address

Autofeatures (only for Showcenter 200 and 1000)

Direct start function for up to 98 different functions out of the main menu by pressing number codes
Start of Shoutcast- or Internet-Streams
Start of music playlist
Automatic start of a streams or of a playlist after the media center booting process
Automatic stop of a stream or a playlist after a defined number of minutes.

Music

• Playback of mp3 and ogg files
• Playback of m3u music playlists
• Creating and maintenance of m3u playlists
• Database based search function for artists, title, genre, directories and other options
• Background picture during music playback with information about artist, title and others
• Display of original music cover if available in the file
• Display of original music if available as jpg in the same directory
• Display of any available standard covers
• Creation of our own cover if none of the above is available

Movies

• Playback of mpg, dvx, mp4, wmv und vob movies
• Showing information out of a movie description file which needs to be vdr compatible
• Playback of other movie formats if client has the capability
• Playback of all vob files out of a dvd structure (on dvd player or filesystem)

Photos

• Playback of jpeg photos
• Fast review in a thumb view of the photo directories
• Automatic rotate of pictures according to exif information

Single photo preview

• Photo slideshows with or without music background
• Display of exif information like time and filename in the photo
• Manual definition of specific music playlists for each photo directory

Internet Radio

• Playback of shoutcast and other internet readio streams
• Display and selection of all available genres
• Save your preferred stations to the favourite menu
• Add your own preferred radio streams manually
• Display of a background picture with information about channel during playback

Add-Ons

• Tool for easy creation of your own themes
• Plugin interface including an interface documentation
• Addional features in connection with a vdr server

Movies

• Playback of vdr recordings

Radio

• Live streaming of vdr radio channels
• Support of vdr cannel lists

TV (broadcasting)

• Live streaming of vdr tv channels with support of different sound channels
• Easy zapping between different stations
• Support of the vdr electronic program guide (epg)
• Create timer for recording specific broadcasts
• Create timer for recording broadcasts each day or week (series)
• Delete existing timer
• Search for a specific broadcast through the epg
• Search for all available broadcasts on a specific date / time

Additional features when streaming over the MTP Streaming Server

• UIPNP service so that Linux MTPCenter 2.0 is showing up in the server selection
• Definition of addional Media Server so that these are also detected.
• Displaying song information in shoutcast and internet streams in the background picture wherever available
• Save the internet radio stream to a file, write also an additional file with all songs played during the stream
• Restart movies at the position where you have stopped playback last time (only Showcenter 200 and 1000)
• Playback of dvd iso images
• Pause live tv or live radio for up to 15 minutes (configurable)
• Timeshift playback of an actual vdr recording
• Correct problems with Showcenter 200 when streaming vdr live tv or radio
• Usage of the vdr vtp protocol for live radio and tv streams, brings better performance and more stability
• No filesize limit for movies even apache may have restrictions.
• Build one big virtual file for all vdr recording parts so that navigation through the recording is much easier.

Added a lot of new features compared with first version.

General

• You can use several clients at the same time, the only limit is the performance of the server

Audio

• playback of MP3 files
• playback of m3u playlists
• database supported search for title, song, interpreter and other settings
• displaying a background picture with information about the played song

Video

• playback of MPEG video files
• playback of other video formats if supported by media client

Photo

• Preview thumb mode
• Photo shows with or without mucic and a picture duration time which can be definbed by the user

Internet Radio

• playback of Shoutcast streams
• search for genre
• Definition of your own favorite list

VDR Unterstützung

• live stream of all available vdr tv stations and selection of your preferred sound channel
• easy selection of TV channellist
• direct switching of TV channels
• detailed TV information with the help of the electronic program guide
• creation of recording timer
• deletion of existing timer