Top 15 Windows Media Center Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Windows Media Center (WMC) turns your computer into a home entertainment hub, compiling media from your computer and the internet (plugins required) into one interface. You can even use WMC to record TV (TV tuner required). Unleash the full power of WMC by connecting your computer to a HDTV and using a compatible remote to control all the action from your couch.

1. AMD Fusion Media Explorer

AMD Fusion Media Explorer The AMD Fusion Media Explorer (FME) is a new 3D Immersive Social Media and Digital Media Browser, built and distributed by AMD. In addition to enabling unique multimedia and social media experiences, FME does a great job of showcasing the power of AMD CPUs and GPUs. This application demonstrates what......

2. Kastor! TV

Kastor! TV K!TV is the best way to watch Tv on your computer. Download, install and watch your favorite TV shows! K!TV is free and is fully functional! It is based on free technologies to bring you a high quality software. No ad, no spyware, just K!TV.You just need to have Tv......

3. Cyberlink PowerCinema

Cyberlink PowerCinema CyberLink PowerCinema digital home entertainment software is an all-in-one digital media center, delivering a complete entertainment solution for the digital home via your PC. Watch and record digital HDTV and listen to radio on your PC with PowerCinema’s bundled TV-tuner card. PowerCinema 6 allows you to enjoy music, videos, photos,......

4. Zinc.tv

Zinc.tv Zinc™ software delivers Internet and downloaded video in an easy to navigate graphical interface. Zinc is designed to be driven with a remote control and displayed on a TV so it is a pleasure to use from the couch.With Zinc you can:Watch video from the virtually unlimited sources of Internet......

5. Freevo

Freevo Freevo is an open source HTPC media centre software integrating PVR / DVR funtionality along with music, video, gaming, home automation and more. It is written in python and uses existing popular software such as mplayer, xine and vlc. Primarily aimed at the Linux platform it is also possible to......

6. Boxee

Boxee Boxee is a media center for your home theater PC. It compiles media from your computer and on the internet into a simple, remote-control friendly user interface. Boxee includes built-in social media features, so you can see what your friends have watched and recommended. You can also integrate Boxee with......

7. MediaPortal

MediaPortal MediaPortal transforms your PC into a complete media solution. It runs on basic hardware, connects directly to your TV and displays your TV Series, Movies, Photos and Music in a much more dynamic way. All in the comfort of your living room, on your big screen LCD or Plasma TV......

8. ARGUS TV

ARGUS TV Control Your TVRecord and Watch TV with Your PCRecord your most-loved TV programs with the push of a button.Never miss your favorite show again!......

9. Zapping

Zapping Zapping is a TV viewer for the Gnome desktop. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris.With Zapping and a TV card you can watch TV, take screenshots, and record video and audio. Zapping has a deinterlacer and a Teletext viewer built in and supports Closed Caption and Teletext subtitles. Got......

10. MythTV

MythTV MythTV is a free, open source media center and digital video recorder (DVR) distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. With its plugin architecture, MythTV can be transformed into a home media center suite, capable of managing your personal photo, video, and music collections, as well as keep you......

11. Moovida

Moovida Moovida is transforming the way consumers experience digital entertainment media. In a world where the promise of on-demand media has yet to be realized, Moovida develops software and services to simplify and enhance media consumption, effectively filling the gap between the physical and digital worlds. Its team of engineers is......

12. Front Row

Front Row Front Row is media center software for Apple's Macintosh computers and Apple TV with a 10-foot user interface design for the living-room TV for viewing and downloading video, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disk, networks using iTunes or iPhoto, and the Internet using an Apple Remote. The......

13. Foundd

Foundd Find movies & TV shows you love simply by telling me how much you like things.......

14. Movietube

Movietube Watch movies online for free on movietube......

15. Keep-Tube

Keep-Tube Download youtube videos in High Definition HD, High Quality HQ in Mp4 and flv file formats with Keep Tube! Download High Quality videos from, Dailymotion, Megavideo, Metacafe, Spike, Myspace, Facebook, etc. in different file formats and qualities!Keep Tube is available also as Firefox extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/download-youtube-videos-hd-108/?src=search......