Modern AppsModern apps deserve an honorable mention. Apps for Netflix, Hulu, and other media services look awfully similar to media center interfaces. If you want an interface to play back streaming video from your couch, these modern apps may be a convenient alternative to a new media center application.Kodi (Formerly XBMC)is probably the most popular alternative to Windows media Center out there. Kodi was formerly known as XBMC, and was was originally created for modded Xboxes. Today, Kodi runs on a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux–even Android and iOS.

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In addition to interfacing with a TV capture card for live TV and recording, it supports every type of media format you’d want. It can also stream YouTube, Pandora, and more via add-ons.

We’ve covered in the past.Plex, based off XBMC, is another fairly popular media player. It contains two components – the Plex Media Server, which is the backend, and the Plex Media Center, which is the frontend. With Plex, you could make one computer in your house a media server and access it using the Plex Media Center on your home theater PC.

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You could also use the apps for iOS and Android devices to stream media to all of your devices from the central server.Unlike XBMC and MediaPortal, Plex doesn’t support watching or recording live TV.Read more about setting up Plex:MediaPortalwas originally a derivative of XBMC, but it’s been completely rewritten. If you’re not happy with XBMC’s interface, you might want to give MediaPortal a try. Like XBMC, it contains the standard PVR features for playing, recording, and pausing live TV, laying DVDs, and watching online video services.MoovidaUpdate: This software appears to be unsupported now.Moovida is the least well known option on this list.

The Windows installer is packed with spyware and other junk that you’re opted into by default. If you do try this one, be sure to uncheck it all. We honestly wouldn’t recommend this option – there’s no reason to use spyware-packed installers when there are so many other good options higher on this list. It also doesn’t provide any integrated TV recording, unlike XBMC and MediaPortal.However, if you’re not happy with the above options, you may want to give Moovida a go.

MC Media Center is the best media player you will find around the Windows Phone Store, with exciting and exclusive features. Free Publisher: mcosmin Downloads: 128. It’s Now Possible to Install Media Center on Windows 10 – Tips & Tricks. This workaround has been tested on Windows Insider builds 10240 and 10532. Following are the steps that will let you have the media software back on your PC, as shared by the folks at Windows Blog Italia. Download WindowsMediaCenter10.0.10134.0.zip from this link. Microsoft officially dropped Media Center before Windows 10 was released but clever Media Center fans at forums.mydigitallife.info worked together to delevop an installer that anyone can use to install Media Center in Windows 10. This pack can also be used to install Media Center in Windows 8.1.

It has two different interfaces – one optimized for file management on a PC and one optimized for finding and playing content on a TV. Moovida bills its TV-optimized interface as a “3D interface,” so it can provide some additional eye candy.Many of these programs will play DVDs, too. We’ve also covered some other. You don’t need the Media Center Pack for that, either.Which media center solution do you prefer for your home theater PC? Leave a comment and let us know.

The has come up with the goods. All you have to do is download Windows Media Center from one of these sources:64 bit(Google Drive)(Mega)32 bit(Google Drive)(Mega)(These are the installers for version 12 of WMC for Windows 10, and fix problems found in earlier releases.)One you've done that, follow these steps to install it:. Extract the folder to your hard drive (it must be saved to your system drive) and open it. Right-click TestRights.cmd and choose to Run as administrator. Next right-click Installer.cmd and Run as administrator. (There’s also an uninstaller here). Press any key to exit when prompted and then search for Media Center.

If it doesn't install correctly, try rebooting your PC and repeat the process. You’ll find the app under Windows Accessories in the Start menu, but you can pin it to the taskbar if you require quick access.I’ve installed Windows Media Centre in Windows 10 Anniversary Update without problems and it works very well. If you get a decoder error when trying to play live TV you may need to install the LAV Filters from.