The original article looked at the growing range of digital media available online: high-definition video, radio, music, television and files intended for mobile devices. It introduced applications that performed different jobs around that collection.
MediaPortal as a home media centre
MediaPortal was presented as a Windows application for organising films, music and photographs in one interface. The source also highlighted recording television through a compatible tuner and playing it later.
It described a newer version as being in development and mentioned a .NET requirement. Those were details of the software's period, not current system requirements or release news.
Converting video for a smaller device
The next example was ViO MobileConverter. The article described choosing an output format, quality, audio and video compression, and resolution to suit a phone or portable player.
A smaller output file could be practical on a device with limited storage or a small screen. The result depended on the source material and the settings used.
The compression examples
The original text quoted both a twenty-percent reduction and an example in which a 360 MB video became roughly 180 MB. Those are not the same reduction, and neither should be treated as a universal promise.
This edition preserves the actual point of the comparison: a conversion tool lets the user trade size, format and quality for the needs of a particular device.
The network-service example
The article also mentioned Hotspot Shield in connection with access restrictions and a different visible network address. That was a separate function from organising or converting media.
A changed exit address is not complete anonymity, and a service's availability does not itself establish permission to access particular content. The old assurance that identity would be protected in every respect is not repeated as a guarantee.
Three distinct tasks
A media centre organises and plays content, a converter changes a file's representation, and a network service changes how traffic reaches a destination. Keeping those roles separate makes the original article easier to understand without turning it into a current software recommendation.
For the P2P side of handling downloaded files, use the file and folder guide.