Mediabrowser for Mediacenter

This is one of those ‘how did I live without it’ plugins for Windows Media Center.  I’ve used media center for years, and it’s actually a very good adaptable system for viewing TV and movies at home, particularly if you want to do a little tweaking to set it up just right.  There are a few annoyances, but fortunately most of them can be solved by add ins like MediaBrowser.

Media Browser is an absolutely excellent addition to Media Center for anyone with a large library of fims and television shows.  It automatically grabs meta data for the contents of your library and then presents it in very configurable custom views that are far superior to the standard media center browser.

There are other plugins that handle metadata for movies, like MyMovies, but I got tired of reminders to update versions and login for metadata scraping, and it’s not a one stop solution for managing TV.  For TV shows Mediabrowser is a godsend as long as your library of shows is set up in directories by show name, with subdirectories for season (even if you only have one season of a show, you must have it in a season subdirectory).

The install process for me (one Windows 7 64 bit and x86 versions) was quick, painless and had no problems.  After running it for a couple of months I have not experience a single crash or problem.  Just in case I haven’t made it clear by now this software is highly recommended.  You can download the MediaBrowser beta for free at mediabrowser.tv
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