MediaMVP Plugin Installation
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Building
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Please read the file INSTALL.general and ensure that you have all the 
prerequisites.

* Extract the archive to PLUGINS/src

* If you have ImageMagick libraries then uncomment the HAVE_MAGICK at
  the top of PLUGINS/src/mediamvp/config.mak. Set MAGICK_VERSION to either
  5 or 6 depending on what version of ImageMagick you have

* If you have libjpeg then uncomment the HAVE_LIBJPEG line at the top of
  PLUGINS/src/mediamvp/config.mak

* If you have libxml2 then uncomment the HAVE_LIBXML2 line at the top of
  PLUGINS/src/mediamvp/config.mak

* If you only have a single device in your vdr machine then uncomment
  the SINGLE_DEVICE line at the top of PLUGINS/src/mediamvp/config.mak

* Build the plugin in the usual way (make plugins)

* Start the plugin by adding "-P mediamvp" to your vdr launch line


Configuration
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- Internet Radio Configuration

Copy the httpradio.conf to the /video/plugins directory. You should then 
edit this file since it has references to radio streams on my vdr machine


- Media (mp3/mpeg/pictures) Configuration

Directories to search for these types of files are configured in the files:

/video/plugins/mp3sources.conf
/video/plugins/mplayersources.conf
/video/plugins/picturesources.conf

These files should be compatible with those used by the mp3/mplayer plugin,
and have the following format:

[directory];[description];[further parameters ignored]

i.e., mounting of cdroms etc is not supported. An example of valid line 
would be:

/media/mp3;Music Collection;0


- RSS News feed configuration

Copy the mvprss.conf to the /video/plugins directory and edit as appropriate.
Please note that this is a minimal implementation of RSS feed parsing and
as such not all feeds will be supported.


- Plugin Configuration

It is essential to configure the plugin so that the dongle.bin version number
matches the dongle.bin version that you are using, failure to do so may
result in effects such as:

    + Constantly returning to the "Contacting servers" screen
    + Main menu appears, but remote control doesn't work

