Plugins: Miscellaneous
Name & Description | Rating | Free | Compatibility | Image | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre 3 Brings BluRay and HD-DVD playback to Media Center. | N | VMC,7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| Audio Renderer Updater Change your audio output method using a Media Center compatible remote! | Y | 7MC | View | 8/31/10 | |
| Auto Rip n Compress Automate much of the DVD ripping and compressing right from Media Center! Requires DVDFab HD Decrypter and Handbrake. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 11/25/09 | |
| BookMarkIt Create video ‘bookmarks’ that will allow you to return to any point of any show for later viewing. XP version also exists, but link is for Vista version. I do not know if this works on 7MC. Screenshot is XP version. | Y | MCE,VMC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| clipShow Create “video slideshows” of your personal videos. Also creates custom playlists and organizes according to tags stored in metadata. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| CoreTempMC CoreTempMC lets you monitor your processor's temperature, load and frequency from the Media Center UI without the need to minimize it and using other utilities. Requires CoreTemp installation. | Y | ?,7MC | View | 7/1/10 | |
| Cyberlink PowerDVD Launch BluRay and HD-DVD natively from Media Center. | N | VMC,7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| EMUCenter Manage, emulate and play your SNES, Windows, Arcade, Atari, etc. games from within VMC. Free to use, but donation unlock additional features. | Y | MCE,VMC,? | View | 10/1/09 | |
| GameEx GameEx is a graphical DirectX based front-end for MAME (screenshot), Zinc, Daphne, PC Games, and all command line based emulators, along with being a complete Home Theatre PC solution, especially when gaming is a priority or important. It also makes a good CarPC frontend. The original goal was for it to be used on Windows XP Media Center and also Arcade Cabinets . It will run on Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7. You don't need Windows Media Center to run GameEx. Standard (nag) and Registered (pay) versions available. | Y/N | All | View | 7/26/10 | |
| Google Calendar Viewer If you keep a Google Calendar, you can access it within Media Center with this plugin. | Y | VMC,? | View | 10/1/09 | |
| Google Maps for Media Center Browse the world, using Google Maps from within Media Center. | Y | All | View | 2/24/11 | |
| InfiniTV Status The InfniTV Status Media Center plugin allows you to quickly see the common information about your InfiniTV device on a per-tuner basis including: playback status, channel, temperature, signal strength, and copy protection status. | Y | 7MC | View | 2/23/11 | |
| Lottery Results for MCE Lottery Results allow use the view the most recent lotto numbers for your state and other states. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 2/28/11 | |
| LubeatMediaCenterHidden Change many hidden Media Center settings and also add some radio streaming. | Y | 7MC | View | 6/5/10 | |
| LCDWriter Output Media Center operations to your compatible VFD. | Y | MCE,VMC,? | View | 10/1/09 | |
| Made for Media Center Ongoing project that will allow you to browse and install participating plugins right from your Media Center! | Y | N/A | View | 11/18/09 | |
| MC MultiMon Dynamically send your Media Center window to any monitor with the click of a mouse! | Y | All | View | 10/1/09 | |
| MCE Skipper Adds seek bar functionality to Media Center. | Y | MCE,VMC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| MCE Virtual Remote Control your Media Center from any other PC! | Y | All | View | 10/1/09 | |
| MCEAuction Browse, bid, buy and receive notifications on eBay from Media Center with this plugin. | Y | MCE,VMC,? | View | 10/1/09 | |
| MCETAPIRex Display caller-ID information for incoming calls and view call history from Media Center. Requires TAPIRex (not free) and compatible modem for operation. | Y | MCE,VMC,? | View | 10/1/09 | |
| MCEZone Too many plugins to list individually, so I decided to make one link to them all. They have both free and commercial plugins for movies, trailers and other things you never would think of! | Y/N | All | See Site | 10/1/09 | |
| MCE Remote Plus Toggle subtitles, audio streams and enable FF/REW using your Media Center remote. Small utility runs in your tray and requires ffdshow and DirectVobSub to operate. | Y | MCE,VMC,? | View | 10/1/09 | |
| Media Center Transcoder With Media Center Transcoder you can convert recorded TV programs to a number of different video formats. All on your Media Center TV. The only pre-requisite is that you have ATI Avivo installed on your Media Center PC. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 4/12/10 | |
| Media Control Take control of your media experience with Media Control. Enjoy TRUE fastforward/rewind for all video formats, resume videos, switch between audio/subtitle streams, adjust picture quality and more! Requires ffdshow for operation. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| MountImage Mount your ISO images for playback in Movie Library and Video Library! Requires VirtualCloneDrive (free). | Y | 7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| My Channel Logos Spice up your 7MC guide listings with official network logos of all your channels! | Y | 7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| My Media Center My Media Center is a Windows 7 Media Center interface specially designed for kids. It has a simple easy to use interface, and it allows a you to set up filters on what can be watched so that your youngsters don't accidentally start watching age inappropriate programs. | Y | 7MC | View | 4/21/10 | |
| My Drinks As if Media Center wasn’t already the life of your party, it can now supply you with hundreds of drink recipes. Complete with tons of search options from ingredients to drink names. Over 6,000 drinks! | Y | All | View | 10/1/09 | |
| My Tracker for MCE My Tracker for MCE will allow you to track UPS and FEDEX packages within Windows Media Center. You can enter tracking numbers by using the desktop keyboard, onscreen keyboard or remote control with the triple tap method. Every tracking number you enter is stored so you never have to type the same tracking number more than once. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 2/28/11 | |
| NControl NControl is a free iPhone/iPod Touch application that allows you to use your iPhone/iPod Touch as a remote control for your Media Center. It enables users to browse through pictures, video, recorded shows, tv channels, as well as navigate the Media Center interface. It also has a set of standard buttons found on traditional remotes such as play, pause fast forward, rewind, stop, mute and volume. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 2/1/10 | |
| New Rides for MCE This Media Center plug-in is called New Rides for MCE and it allows you to view the newest rides from the top automotive manufactures on your Windows Media Center PC. You can check out different makes, models, and series plus find out the engine specs, MSRP and invoice price of the selected vehicle. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 2/28/11 | |
| Position Changer Add-In Allows you to skip to specific times while playing back video files. Hit ‘right’ directional pad and then key in the time in minutes+seconds. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| Recorded TV HD Recorded TV HD allows you to watch your recorded tv shows in Windows 7 Media Center® with more style and ease. In the mood for a comedy? Just sort by genre! Setup favorites lists however you like! | N | 7MC | View | 4/1/11 | |
| Recorded TV Manager Add-in Integrates Windows Home Server and the Recorded TV Manager found down the list to provide complete access to your entire recorded TV collection. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| Refresh Changer Change your refresh rate from Media Center. | Y | 7MC | View | 10/2/09 | |
| MC7 Sleep Timer Keep passing out before getting a chance to send your HTPC to sleep? Install this little utility to take care of it for you. 30min, 60min and custom options for turning putting Media Center into standby (and can turn your monitor off too). | Y | ?,7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| Squirrel Stash Password protect your media files in an encrypted ’stash’ and view them once a correct password is entered. Free edition limited to 1GB. | N | VMC,? | View | 10/1/09 | |
| tvitty Moderately featured bittorrent client that can access RSS content, Yahoo! feeds, xsl and Python feeds and custom tvitty.com content…all from Media Center using a remote! | Y | VMC,? | View | 10/1/09 | |
| Vista Caller-ID Full featured caller-ID plugin, call manager and server (Home Server plugin also available). Requires compatible modem. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| Vista YAC Add-in Display caller-ID information in Media Center. Requires a YAC server with compatible modem for operation. I needed the Vista YAC Client with the Listener disabled for it to work on one of my systems. YMMV. MCE2K5 version available. | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 10/1/09 | |
| VMCBrowser The world on your TV! A web browser for your Windows Media Center. x86 and x64 versions are available. Does not work with Media Center remotes, but remote functionality has been added to the ‘to-do’ list. | Y | All | View | 10/1/09 | |
| vmcMote vmcMote is a native IPhone / IPod Touch application that allows you wireless access to the music library of your Windows Vista and Windows 7 Media Center. | N (Free Lite version available) | VMC,7MC | View | 8/31/10 | |
| WOLPacket A small Media Center application that will send a Magic Packet to wake up a file server every time you start Media Center. You can call the application at anytime using the tile in the program library. | N (30-day Trial) | 7MC | View | 8/27/12 | |
| W7 Caller ID W7 Caller ID, phone application that allows you to log phone calls and display them on computers in your home network, Windows 7 Media Center and XBMC. Now with Bluetooth support of smartphones! | Y | VMC,7MC | View | 10/1/09 |


