An Open Source, Customizable, Free Alternative to Windows Media Center!
Sunday, December 18, 2011 by DrJBHL | Discussion: Personal Computing
If you’ve been looking for a program to replace Windows Media Center which performs all its functions and is highly customizable, you’ve got to take a look at Media Portal.
It has Main areas: My Music, My Videos, My Pictures and my Weather. It’ll play all the file types WMC does, and do it your way via slews of plug-ins. You can create your own playlists and
- Watch Live TV or schedule and record
- Play videos, movies and DVDs
- Browse EPG and upcoming programs
- Listen to music and radio
- Stream media, radio, TV to any connected HTPC/PC connected to your network
- View pictures or create slideshows
- Browse all your movies
- Check weather, news, or information on the web and even play games
And, you can make it look the way you want with many different skins to choose from and tutorial videos. There are widescreen and non-wide galleries. You even skin the weather app.
Check out the skins here: http://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/widescreen
Anyway, I figured folks here would want to see it:
These are all different skins. You really should take a look at their gallery. It’s easy to navigate.
Hey! Have a happy Sunday!
Source:
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/media-portal-open-source-windows-media-center-replacement
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Reply #23 Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:12 PM
This has become a dealbreaker for me as well. AFter screwing around with several media players (SOngbird, Winamp, KPLayer,..) and several music managers I've finally settled on MediaMonkey. It handles the tagging, artwork, and all the ID stuff very well and it's easy to use.
Reply #24 Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:33 AM
Well I spoke too soon... Media Portal does not handle my music library. No matter how I adjust/manipulate the settings it will not save my library to memory. I thought it had but turns out it only kept stuff saved in C/starkers/My Music, not D/Music.
I've been to the FAQ and forums for answers but none as yet have resolved the issue.... but here's hoping.
Reply #25 Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:53 AM
Also for Po' and starkers... maybe you just need a plug-in?
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/team-blog/while-you-were-sleeping-plugins-2
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/team-blog/mediaportal-2-progress-report : Documents changes through June 2010... ID3 tagging looks like it's being done (per Media Library paragraph).
Po' -
There's a new MediaMonkey version out - http://www.neowin.net/news/mediamonkey-4031476
Reply #26 Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:03 AM
I use MediaMonkey for organizing everything, but as a player, it's too bulky for me. I'm a foobar2000 fan, myself.
Reply #27 Thursday, February 23, 2012 8:11 AM
Found this link which you might want to look at... http://www.team-mediaportal.com/team-blog/your-top-ten-developments-of-2011
Not suggesting you change your current arrangement.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, February 22, 2012 8:58 PM
I had it installed but couldn't get it to work right. No matter now as I'm being picky about what I re-install.