Free media center software for windows

Tivion is a complex media center which manages a lot of free- and shareware programs.
It incorporates an intelligent TV Player with commercial blocking functionality and an electronic program guide. The TV Player allows video capturing plus blockign of commercial spots and much more. The electronic program guide (EPG) delivers information about the currnt program and is able to load missed parts via filesharing-programs.
With Tivion you find a lot of information and tutorials of different topics. It also manages a complex software-suite of freeware programs and can therefore load, install, launch and in some cases even control specific software automatically

PS3 Media Center X - allows to stream certain types of pictures, music, videos and files from your PC to your PlayStation 3. PS3 Media Center X is a free multimedia server developed by Red Kawa.
PS3 Media Center X will allow you to easily stream certain types of pictures, music, videos and files from your computer (where the server running) to your Sony PlayStation 3.
Main features:
- Videos - PS3 Media Center X lets you stream and watch videos in the Flash video format (FLV) on your PS3. You can download flash videos from many places on the internet or create your own using PS3 Video 9.
- Music - PS3 Media Center X lets you playback MP3s on your PS3 without the need of any copying or downloading.
- Pictures - Red Kawa Media Center lets you view pictures on your PS3 without the need of any copying or downloading.
- Files - PS3 Media Center X lets you browse and copy files located on your server to your PS3.
System requirements:
- Intel Pentium class processor (400 MHz or faster recommended)
- 64 MB RAM
- Java

Elisa Media Center 0.5.36 provides users with a completely free and open source media center for Windows and Linux that plays back all common formats. It is very easy to use and allows you to enjoy movies, songs and pictures immediately after installation. Elisa mashes up media on your disc with media found online, organizes it all in one place and finds your covers back. A modern look & feel with amazing visual effects and animations make it into a unique experience.

Elisa scans your disc, your iPod and other external drives for video, audio and image files and organizes them all for you. You can also play your media from CDs, DVDs, VCDs or even in streaming. You can use Elisa with your keyboard, a remote control or even with a touchscreen. Plenty of plug-ins have been developed by the community and Fluendo to merge Internet media with your own within Elisa: you can listen to songs from Yes.fm, watch YouTube videos or just log into your Flickr account and show your pictures our those of your friends. Elisa plays almost all formats: MPEG, MPEG2, MP4, WMV, AVI, DIVX, MOV, MKV, XVID, SWF, WMA, OGG, REAL, AAC, FLAC, MP3, JPEG and PNG.

Enhancements: Version 0.5.36 includes an improved slide show, several bug fixes, and other enhancements.

Multi Media Center is a free and reliable program that organizes all your media - music, movies, photos, games, and more.
Browse your media with a simple fullscreen interface with large fonts optimized for TV-out. Can be controlled by mouse, keyboard, or remote control.
MMC is Open Source (Delphi) so you may redistribute, modify, and use it freely.
Main features:
- Music
- Scan/list all music - also cache for fast loading
- Formats supported: mp3, ogg, wma, mod, wav, mtm, it, xm, mo3, s3m, and umx
- Uses ID3V1/ID3V2/Ogg/WMA tagging (TagEditor built-in)
- Sort by artist, genre, album, and year
- Playlists (WinAmp m3u and WindowMediaPlayer asx formats supported)
- Shutdown pc when playlist done option
- Random
- Repeat
- Movies
- Scan/list all movies - also cache for fast loading
- Play folder
- Playlist
- IMDB Tagging functionality
- Picture show/show fullscreen
- NFO viewer
- Information display
- Photos
- Scan/list all photos - also cache for fast loading
- Formats supported: jpg, bmp, gif, pcd (Kodak Photo cd), and png
- Thumbnails
- Tagging functionality
- Slideshow
- Fullscreen
- Details about each image
- Games
- A game launcher with description and screenshots.
- Other
- Skinnable
- Easy to use Setup Wizard (MmcConfig.exe)
- Extendable through the 3 custom menu items - and you can even download and change the source code!
- TODO
- Documentation
- More skins
- Minor adjustments

CoolCube XP Media Center is a free tool that will incorporate a Media Center functions and features to your Windows XP. It delivers 5 broadband platforms: Music, News, Movie, Finance and Sport with the same easy access to hundreds of channels.