Free Windows Media Center Software in XP with Media Portal (HPTV Software)

Media Portal, a free media center software that able to turn your XP into a advance media Center like Windows Media Center. It works similar like Windows Media center which allow you 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. Plus more, Media Portal has a user friendly and attractive interfaces which easy to understand and navigate their HTPC system. You can even adding for several remote control (streamzap, MCE, redeye, winlirc, hauppauge, FireDTV) to remote control media portal software.

Beside that, Media Portal also supports lots of other third party plugins to increase the media portal media center functionality like WebBrowser, Outlook software , Skype and etc. All this plugin can be downloaded from the Media Portal Plugins page.



To run Media Portal HTPC software, your computer must equipped at least 1.4Ghz above processer and minimum 256 RAM. On software, The software requires are Windows XP services pack 2, .net framework 2 , media player 10 and DirectX 9.0C. For TV viewing, here is a list of TV cards (Full details here) that support Media Portal.

For me, Media Portal is a good alternative media center for windows media center software which have similar functionality and attractive interface. if you consider thinking install a media center software on your PC. i suggest you consider install free media portal media center first without paying extra cost .

More information : Media Portal Media Center Features

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