MediaPortal

MediaPortal transforms your PC into a complete media solution. Do you want a Home Theatre with audio streaming throughout your home, a digital photo album to organize all your photos and webcam videos, access to web streams and information like weather, news, sports, or Wikipedia, plus a super TiVo? With MediaPortal (MP) you can do all this and more, from the comfort of your sofa. It is the most feature-rich Media Center software in the world today, and it's free!

Features and Highlights

Watch and Record TV
Watch live or recorded TV on any networked PC. You can do everything a TiVO can, and more, but for free! Use the TV Guide to group your channels, view program details, and upcoming airings, or list recorded or scheduled programs.

Watch Videos and DVDs
Browse all your movies, videos, and DVDs, with cover art and details. Then watch them with superb quality playback.

Listen to Music
listen to all your music using high-quality Bass effects, or your own player. View artist images and details, album covers, and fanart backdrops. Organize, sort, and view your music in whatever way YOU like - by artists, albums, genres, top 100, songs, or even file size.

Listen to Radio
Listen to FM or web Radio on any PC, even on your network, and record your favorite programs.

View Pictures
MediaPortal can scan your drives and display all your photos or images for you, either as a single image or a slide show.

Check Weather & More
Get weather data for as many cities as you like, anywhere in the world, and view satellite weather images.

Skins & Plugins
The default skin, Blue3, is designed with elegant simplicity to perform well even on older PCs. All main features are included in Media Portal; you do not require any additional plugins.

Note: Requires .NET Framework and DirectX. Compatible video card with at least 128 MB of video memory.