MediaPortal 1.0.0.0 RC1  beta

Publisher's Description:

MediaPortal turns your PC in a very advanced Multi-Media Center / HTPC. It allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch your video's and DVD's, view, schedule and record live TV and much more. You get it for free and best of all it is open source.

MediaPortal has the following other editions available: MediaPortal II Infinity.

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Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	brusco	Sep 6, 2007
Version:	0.2.3.0 RC2
@Tao2005 IMHO even if Mediaportal wasnt free it would still kick Windows MCE 2005's ass. Easy. I really like the way Media Portal handles its business. The fact that its free is a bonus. The other free alternative is Yahoo's Go! For TV, which is the most horrible and annoying piece of sh*t that ever graced my hard-drive. It has sign up nag screens, "special" yahoo content (i.e. ads and sh*tty trailers), while hiding your mp3s and videos behind loads of unnecessary menus. AARRRGGHHH Long live Media Portal!
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Reviewer:	Tao2005	Sep 6, 2007
Version:	0.2.3.0 RC2
Let me know when this program comes out in it final. I use a previous version of this, and it is awesome. Blow Microsoft's version of this out of the water. Not to mention, the price. Come on now, you have to admit that this is a good price. Did some research on this, and compared them together. Ladies and gentalmen, the results are in. This program is way better then Microsoft's version. Don't know bout you, but this is for me. Oh sure you can spend hundereds, and hundered of dollars on microsoft products. Microsoft is overly rated, and overly priced. No wonder Bill Gates is a millionaire. He prices his products to high. The bottom line is you can't beat free
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Reviewer:	Tao2005	Jul 13, 2007
Version:	0.2.3.0 RC1
Well aside it taking a while to load, once loaded, everything is right there. Great Program. My expirence with this program is noncomplaintive.
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Reviewer:	photonboy	Jun 15, 2007
Version:	0.2.3.0 RC1
Vastly improved from the last time I used it. It's definitely worth checking out. I've selected Ffdshow for audio and video but it's not using them. Also, my Zoomplayer refuses to use Ffdshow for audio (now using the default MediPortal codec) which is a problem because I have to crank up the volume higher than I'd like. I don't understand why this isn't working properly. It's definitely worth checking out. I own MCE 2005, but it's essentially useless to me (Media Center that is). MediaPortal is far superior. One thing I like is that I can use the mouse to start my videos part way through. I'm really disgusted how Microsoft puts out a product then refuses to update it despite thousands of request. Many people may even find this program perfect for their needs so definitely try it.
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Reviewer:	computershack	Dec 26, 2006
Version:	0.2.2.0
WOW. I've run MCE on VISTA and this is a good comparison. Even detected and ran all the features on my apparently unsupported Hauppauge HVR 1300. Even the remote works properly which it doesn't under VISTA. If there's a downside, it's the messing about required to get the EPG working. Apart from that, no gripes.
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