Media Portal is an application that I used for a long while. Great and for the most part a BETTER alternative to Windows Media Center Edition. Feature Rich and growing everyday there is not much that this Media Center Software doesn't do. I recommend you jump to there website for a free download of this open source application.


Below is the text from their main page.

MediaPortal turns your PC / TV into a very advanced MediaCenter / HTPC. Our software allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch and store your videos and DVDs, view, schedule and record live TV as a digital video recorder and much much more. You get MediaPortal as Open Source software. This means you can help in developing MediaPortal or tweak it for your own needs with lots of innovating plugins from our great community.

• Media Portal 1.0.1 Final Download
• Media Portal 2 Preview Download - This preview is not yet complete, so be warned.
• Plugins and Extensions