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fozzieb

05-20-2004 04:29 AM

Media Center Alternative?

Does anyone know of software like windows media center for xp, i want to have a menu on my TV so i can choose to play video without having to screw my eyes looking at explorer on the TV.

Cheers.

rhino

05-20-2004 09:23 AM

have you tried http://gbpvr.com or mediaportal (search for this on http://sourceforge.net/

Cheers,

fozzieb

05-20-2004 09:33 AM

Cool looks good, getting it now.

Cheers

kwag	05-20-2004 12:31 PM

There's also MyHTPC (Windows based)
http://myhtpc.net/

And MythTV, which runs on Linux
http://mysettopbox.tv/knoppmyth.html

-kwag

rhino

05-20-2004 02:40 PM

I got a MedaiMVP the other day and this is a sweet device. Works well with GBPVR. Not sure if anyother software PVR's available for this yet.

Colin.

fozzieb

05-21-2004 03:35 AM

Cheers guys, I had heard mythTV is good, but not sure I could put up with rebooting into linux every time.

Mide you the only thing stopping me making a complete move to Linux is I can't get my Sagem USB modem to work. (but thats for another forum, another day)

Sepheris

01-10-2005 09:41 PM

Another is TVedia - window based( http://www.8dim.com/products ). It seems to be similar to MyHTPC but I have not install it yet to confirm. Maybe if someone who has installed all the mentioned software would like to give a comparison.

Dialhot

01-11-2005 04:15 AM

An "A la Windows Media Center" interface is also integrated into zoomplayer 4.0 (there is a special release with it). That is an other reason to use this great player.