Open Source application ideal for turning your PC / TV into a very advanced Media Center. MediaPortal allows you to 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 more..

GB-PVR s a fully featured home media center application, allowing you to easily use a remote to watch tv, schedule recordings, watch videos, watch DVDs, listen to music, view photos etc. .

LinuxMCE is a free, open source add-on to Kubuntu including a 10' UI, complete whole-house media solution with pvr + distributed media, and the most advanced smarthome solution available.

GeexBox aims at turning your computer into a Home Theater PC ( Media Center). it' s a standalone LiveCD-based linux distribution, it's a ready to boot operating system than works on any Pentium-class x86 computer or PowerPC Macintosh, implying no software requirement. .

Basic 'live-tv' functionality. Pause/Fast Forward/Rewind "live" TV. Initially, installation of MythTV seems like a huge task. There are lots of dependencies, and various distributions seem to do the same thing different ways.

Manage your entire digital media collection: music, videos, photos etc. via a remote controlled TV interface and through the built in web interface you can access your media from anywhere in the world.

Moovida has two interfaces, one optimized for managing your files on the PC and the other optimized for finding and playing your media files on the TV or PC. Connect your PC to your TV using a simple HDMI cable and launch Moovida’s 3D interface to quickly find and enjoy your media. Play any File Format Gone are the days of downloading extra applications, plugins or programs to support all your files. Moovida is the only application you need to play all your non-DRM media for videos and music, supporting everything from the most common mov, avi and mp3 files to the lesser known ones like VORB, ogg and flac. Your Media gets a

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, Windows, and the original Xbox. Created in 2003 by a group of like minded programmers, XBMC is a non-profit project run and developed by volunteers located around the world. More than 50 software developers have contributed to XBMC, and 100-plus translators have worked to expand its reach, making it available in more than 30 languages.