HTPC freeware suggestions

[Mr. Gruntsworthy]

I'm in the final stages of completing my WinXP SP3-based HTPC, and I was just wondering what some various freeware programs you'd suggest I stick on it.

It's an E4600 with 3GB of DDR2 RAM, so it can take quite a fair bit of resource punishment.

[JD]

Definitely MediaPortal with the StreamedMP skin.

Dending how you get your movies onto the HTPC, Moving Pictures is great if the movies are ripped to the HDD/Network drive. Gives you some nice cover/fan art and movie description.

And if you download TV shows, grab TVSeries. Works similar to Moving Pictures but is for TV shows.

[Mr. Gruntsworthy]

Thanks, i'm definitely going to give that mediaportal a spin :P

I think i'll wait until i have my tv tuner installed before i install the program though; that way my hardware's all up and running before it starts up.

[JD]

Originally Posted by Mr. Gruntsworthy

Thanks, i'm definitely going to give that mediaportal a spin :P

I think i'll wait until i have my tv tuner installed before i install the program though; that way my hardware's all up and running before it starts up.

I hear the TV support is a bit lacking though so you might want to hit up the forums to make sure your hardware is compatible.

[vulcan500rider]

Ooo! I love that skin, jdrom17! It's been a while since I used Mediaportal, but I'm almost tempted to start playing with it again!

[enaberif]

http://xbmc.org/

:D

[Squeetard]

I use Zoomplayer to play all my movies, Home Max edition is free. Does HD stuff better than anything else.
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[Supergrover]

Originally Posted by Squeetard

I use Zoomplayer to play all my movies, Home Max edition is free. Does HD stuff better than anything else.
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+1 for Zoomplayer, Small and will play anything I throw at iit.