Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

[KingPhil]

I just installed WinXP MCE 2005 last night and got it working with my Haupauge PVR250MCE tv card.

Wow, being able to watch / record TV on my PC has never been easier. Just needed to download the TV guide, then with a click of the mouse, the program was scheduled to record

Are there are other software packages that can be used to further enhance MCE 2005?

 

[Need4Speed]

check the htpc section at avsforum.com

 

[loup garou]

From this list I highly recommend MyMovies, mceWeather, MSN Remote Record, dCut, TapiRex, the Album Art Fixer, Web Media, and GameEx.

Copied from TheGreenButton's Forums:

Current Plug-Ins and Applications for Media Center

My Movies 1.1 for MCE 2005
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=88200
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=78647

Homepage: http://www.binnerup.dk/mce/

WebMedia 1.0 RC
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=83075

Homepage: www.mcesoft.nl/webmedia

WebRadio 1.0 (WebMedia Is the Newest Version)
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=75086

Homepage: www.mcesoft.nl/webmedia

My DVD Collection 2004
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=65977

Homepage: http://www.binnerup.dk/mce/

My DVD Collection - Update for MCE 2005 (My Movies 1.1 Is the Newest Version)
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=69824

Homepage: http://www.binnerup.dk/mce/

My Recipes
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=73442

Homepage: http://www.unmitigatedrisk.com/mce

classMCE Mail, News and SDK
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=65635

Homepage: http://www.classmce.com/

FrontView for Windows MCE (VFD Driver)
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=83098

Homepage: http://www.mathenys.net/frontview/

My Netflix
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=73062

Homepage: http://www.unmitigatedrisk.com/mce

My Weather
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=73063

Homepage: http://www.unmitigatedrisk.com/mce

mceContacts
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=83560

Homepage: http://www.cbuenger.com

mceWeather
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=83559

Homepage: http://www.cbuenger.com

MCE Guider
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=62383

Homepage: http://mceguider.oabsoftware.nl/

Simply Weather
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=68973

Homepage: http://zapgun.com/apps.htm

MCE Contacts
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=82843

Homepage: http://www.mediacenterware.com

MCE MAME Front-End
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=67040

Homepage: http://www.tomspeirs.com/gameex

DVR 2 WMV (In TGB Download Center)
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=61875

Homepage: N/A

Hotmail Viewer for MCE
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=65729

Homepage: http://www.classmce.com/

Garfield Comics
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=86035

Homepage: www.mcesoft.nl/

Comics for Media Center
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=86585

Homepage: www.mcesoft.nl/

TapiRex (Caller-ID Notification) Beta
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=90585

Homepage: http://www.cbuenger.com/

MCE-YAC: Network Caller-ID
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=88166

Homepage: http://www.byz.org/~ethanz/mce-yac/

Volume Control Helper Utility
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=30083

Homepage: http://www.winisp.net/danally/downloads/

Album Art Fixer
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=88496

Homepage: http://www.avsoft.nl/artfixer

Change Guide Download Time
http://www.avsoft.nl/Tools/guidedltime/default.htm

CinemaXML (Theatre Movie Times) France only
http://www.mcesoft.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=141

Homepage: http://www.famillia.com/

EPGRunner
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=90439

Homepage: http://epgrunner.sytes.net

MSN Remote Record (MCE 2005 Only)
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=41&MessageID=94036

Homepage: http://tv.msn.com/tv/guide

DrizzleCast
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=26&MessageID=94003

Homepage: http://www.nuparadigm.com/Products/Toys/

QuickGuide
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/community...essage.aspx?ForumID=27&MessageID=90637

MCE Customizer
http://www.mcecustomizer.com/

MyRemoteMouse
http://www.whittakermoore.com/MyRemoteMouse.htm

DirecTV Serial Port Controller
http://blog.dan.netidentity.com/blog/archives/2004/10/24/165904.html

HomeSeer
http://www.homeseer.com/products/software/pi-mce.htm

HAI Home Control
http://www.homeauto.com/MCE/index.htm

Sonic PrimeTime Deluxe
http://www.sonic.com/products/primetime/deluxe/default.asp

MCE WebGuide 2 (MCE 2004 Only)
http://www.showtell.com/mce_webguide/2/

MCE WebGuide (MCE 2002/v1 Only)
http://www.showtell.com/mce_webguide/

More Websites:

KMS Media Center Edition Software (Various Products)
http://www.mediacenterware.com/

(All at KMS Media Center Edition Software)

World Trivia
Calendar
Contacts
To Do
Home Organiser
The Green Download Downloads Center (Various Downloads)
http://www.thegreenbutton.com/downloads.aspx

Utilities | Display

MCE Display Properties [Hauppauge]
MCE Display Properties [Avermedia]
Utilities | DVR-MS

DVR Ripper
DVR-Edit
DVR 2 WMV
Utilities | Other

MCE Guider
Wizard Reset Utility
Share Recorded TV
Media Center Workshop
MCE Controller
MCE Display
And Much More! (All In Download Center)

Last Updated: 02/25/05