The idea of this thread is to list current third party applications and plug-ins for Media Center.  I have a list of most of the current ones mostly from this forum right here.

If there is a new application or plug-in being developed please start a third in this forum, and then post a link with the name of the product or project in this thread.  In addition if there is a new version of the application or plug-in post the thread here so this post can be updated to match the most current information.  Thanks!

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Current Plug-Ins and Applications for Media Center

General Plug-ins and Add-ons

mceAuction [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

My Web News/My Weather/My File Manager/My Special Folders/My Music/My Menu Editor/My Translation/My Outlook

Homepage: Product Homepage

My Recipes [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

My Netflix [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

My Weather [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

mceContacts $$

Homepage: Product Homepage

mceWeather  [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

Simply Weather

Homepage: Product Homepage

MCE Contacts $$

Homepage: Product Homepage

Garfield Comics [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

Comics for Media Center [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

CinemaXML  France Only

Homepage: Product Homepage

MCMTraffic

My Portal $$

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

Lottery Results

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

In The Movies $$

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

My Trailers $$

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

Now Showing - Movie Listings Beta

 

Big Boys Video Content

 

My Weather/Heatwave

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

MyUK

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

PictureBook

 

10 Foot World

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

GMAPMCE - Google Maps

 

Media Management Plug-ins and Add-ons

My Movies [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

WebMedia [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

WebRadio (WebMedia Is the Newest Version) [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

My DVD Collection 2004 [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

MCE MAME Front-End

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

My Archives (List View for Videos) Beta

 

Homepage: Homepage

 

Saved TV Private Beta

 

MyWebTV

 

MCE More Radio

 

Utilities

 

Monitor Standby Plugin (Put Monitor In Standby Within MCE)

AV Media Copy for WMP [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

Volume Control Helper Utility

Homepage: Product Homepage

Album Art Fixer [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

MyRemoteMouse $$

Hauppauge PVR 250/350, 150/500 Tweak Tool

Homepage: Product Homepage

Add Jump To Functionality in MCE [Stephen Toub's MSDN Article]

Homepage: Product Homepage

MCE Display Properties [Hauppauge]

MCE Display Properties [Avermedia]

Wizard Reset Utility

Share Recorded TV

PHM Dark Screensaver

MCE Screen Saver

Screen Saver Prevention

Media Center Playlist Editor

Media Center Alarm Clock

Sleep Timer

 

Sleep Timer and MonitorOFF

 

mceHideSVP [Donate]

 

Homepage: Homepage

 

Keep It Private

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

zSkipNavigation

 

MZone - Multi Zone Audio Beta

 

MCE Video Playlist Editor

 

MCEIR - Universal IR Blaster

 

Arksoft Hibernator v2.0

 

mceBackup

 

DVR-MS Tools

 

DVRMSToolbox (GraphRenderer)

 

Fun with DVR-MS [Stephen Toub's MSDN Article]

Homepage: Product Homepage

AutoDVRconvert

dCut (Download Mirror)

Homepage: Product Homepage

DVR 2 WMV  (Automated Script for DVR2WMV)

DVR Ripper

DVR-Edit

Edit DVR-MS Metadata

Homepage: Product Homepage

Power Compress $$

TSConverter 1.1

 

Homepage: Homepage

 

Crunchie

 

Adventures in Closed Captioning

 

Customizations

MCE Customizer 2005 Beta

Homepage: Product Homepage

TweakMCE

 

MyThemesMCE

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

Media Center Workshop

 

Home Automation

mHome (Home Automation)  $$

HomeSeer  $$

HAI Home Control  $$

My Home $$

mControl $$

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

Caller ID/Sykpe Plug-ins and Add-ons

 

mceTapiRex (Caller-ID/Skype)

Homepage: Product Homepage

MCE-YAC: Network Caller-ID (YacAdd-In Modification)

Homepage: Product Homepage

Media Center Communicator $$

MCE SIP Phone

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

Vonage Voicemail

 

mcePhone for Skype Beta [Donate]

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

Voice Control/Reading

PHM Plus! WMP Voice

Homepage: Product Homepage

Media Center Communicator $$

DVD Burning (DVR-MS) and Movie Editing

Sonic PrimeTime Deluxe $$

muvee autoProducer unPlugged $$

ArcSoft QuickDVD $$

TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress $$

NeroVision Express (Must Download Patch) $$

 

VideoReDo $$

 

Hardware Hacks and Tools

DirecTV Serial Port Controller

Firewire Channel Chaging

FrontView for Windows MCE (VFD Driver) [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

Hitachi Front Panel Display [Donate]

X10Commander

Smartie MCI

Homepage: Homepage

EPG Hacks

MCE Guider

Homepage: Product Homepage

Change Guide Download Time [Donate]

EPGRunner [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

QuickGuide

Web Scheduling Tools

MSN Remote Record (MCE 2005 Only)

Homepage: Product Homepage

WebGuide 3

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

MCE WebGuide 2 (MCE 2004 Only)

MCE WebGuide (MCE 2002/v1 Only)

Mail, News, and RSS

classMCE Mail, News and SDK

Homepage: Product Homepage

My Web News/My Weather/My File Manager/My Special Folders/My Music/My Menu Editor/My Translation/My Outlook

Homepage: Product Homepage

Hotmail Viewer for MCE

Homepage: Product Homepage

Media Center Communicator $$

Boogieplay Meta Search & RSS Reader Beta

mNewsCenter $$

ReadNews

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

MCE RSS Reader

 

Homepage: Product Homepage

 

MCE Mail

Syncing (Data and Media)

MusicBridge (Import iTunes Library to MCE/WMP)

Mediasync [Donate]

Homepage: Product Homepage

MyTV ToGo $$

MediaXT (Web Interface for My Music)

Games

mcepeaks v2.0  $$

Homepage: Product Homepage

Media Center Solitaire

World Trivia $$

Boggle In Development

Tetris

Homepage: Product Homepage

Numbler Sudoku

MCE-Sudoku

Remote Control Plug-ins

Sony Ericsson K700i MCE Remote

MCE Controller

Niveus Pocket Remote $$

Rudeo Control $$

MediaUFO $$

highpad | Media Control $$

HyperRemote - Mouse/TripleTap Keyboard

Other

Orb Media

MCE Icon Pack 1

CD+G Karaoke in MCE 2005

ASXcreator (Dutch)

The Podcast Network Plug-In

DG2MCE - Export DigiGuide Timers

Rebell.tv for Media Center

Rocketboom for Media Center

Washington Redskins Ultimate Fan

SDK’s

Media Center Front Panel Display SDK

Official MCE 2005 SDK (Main.css Replacement for SDK)

TapiRex SDK

Online Spotlight Applications and Services (Most Content US Only, Other Countries?)

The following are applications and services that can be accessed within Media Center under the Online Spotlight.  There is a good mixture of free and subscription content.

ABC Enhanced TV

AOL Music On Demand

CinemaNow

ESPN Motion

Fox Sports

GalleryPlayer

InterActual

Kodak

Live365

Movielink

MSN Music

Napster

National Public Radio

NewsGator

Reuters

XM Satellite Radio

TVTonic

TitanTV

Yahoo MusicMatch

$$ = Commerical Application

[Donate] = Homepages that I found donation information on.  Please donate to those who develop plug-ins for free if you like their applications.  Developers: Please add clear donation links for the best chance of getting more through the list.  I tried to link to where I saw a donation button, but that didn't always work.  If you are a developer that has released a free application and would like [Donate] next to your application, please PM me with the name of the application and a link to your donate page.

Beta/In Development = Applications not yet complete by authors.

Last Updated: 01/14/2006

More Plug-Ins Sites:
MoreMCE.com

Ben's House

Windows Marketplace: Plug-ins

mcesoft

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Chris Lanier
The Green Button Forum Moderator

don't forget MCE Customizer:

http://www.mcecustomizer.com/

it's still in beta and some things don't seem to work, but it shows a lot of promise.

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The Beevo: Ahanix D.Vine 5 | ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe | Athlon XP 2500+ | 1xCrucial 512MB PC3200 | 2xHappauge WinTV-PVR-250 | MSI GeForce FX5200 | 1xWestern Digital 2500JB 200GB (OS/music/pictures) | 1xWestern Digital 2500PB 250GB (recorded TV) | NEC DVD-ROM (noisy -- to be replaced) | Nexus AXP-3200 CPU HSF | 2xSilenx 60mm Case Fans | Media Center 2005 remote | Windows Media Center Edition 2005 | analog cable | 27" Sony Trinitron CRT | S-Video

It's nice to see the MCE dev community pumping out great products.  Great work and keep it up.  Anyone know of an MCE2005 answering machine plugin?

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"There are only 10 types of people in the
world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't"

My VMC HTCP - Vista Ultimate x64
ASUS P5Q, Core 2 Duo 3.15 Ghz
4GB DDR2-800, XFX 9800GT
1 X TB,ATI 550Pro, HDHOMERUN
Linksys 2100, 360, WHS

The main reason is I can't update/edit the Downloads Center, only the Admins can. So, it's much easier for me to find time in between my classes to edit/update this thread, then it is to e-mails the Admins and wait for them to get some free time to add them. It can definitely be looked into however.

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Chris Lanier
The Green Button Forum Moderator

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hmm shouldn't this topic be pinned ? - this is a really important topic moderators !!

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Windows XP Media Center 2005 with Rollup 2
Windows Vista Beta 2
2GIG DDR400 RAM
Intel Pentium 4 630 Processor (3.0)
CPU Biostar Ideq 300G MCE-I
Microsoft Remote control
WinDVD 7, FFDShow

ehhh, make it sticky / pinned?

bump

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MCE 2005, My Movies, MCE Weather, MCE MAME, NVDVD, Girder
Ahanix DVine5 Case | Asus A7N8X-Deluxe | Hightech Radeon 9600SE | Hauppage PVR-250 | Maxtor SATA 300GB and 250GB | Samsung TS-H552B Dual Layer DVD Burner | USB 54Mbps 802.11G | ZOOM V.92 modem | SilenX PSU | APC UPS

42" LG Plasma, Marantz SR4300 Amp, Sky+ 120GB, IR7243, 2 x RC5000 Remotes
Fronts - B&W DM305, Centre - B&W CC3, Rear - Mission 77DS, Sub - Mission M70AS

I downloaded and installed the mcecustomizer, but it didnt work(tried to change my background) and worse of all I think it installed something nefarious. I came back to my computer a few minutes after trying it out and noticed all these windows independently opened. You know sorta like your web browser regenerating itself 100 zillions times, except whatever it is in the program caused Outlook, Firefox, control panel to open by themselves. Also my AIM text box only read error and my desktop image was changed by this bad actor. I ran norton anti virus but nothing was detected. Anyone else use Mcecustomerizer and get it to work and get it to work without the malware experience I had?

Cheers, Chaser

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So, were you able to change your MCE background with the program? I open the customerizer and choose a picture, something happens a command prompt appears and then it says it was sucessful. I then notice in the program where I chose what picture I wanted as my background in MCE that nothing is in the picture box. I went to themexp.org and right clicked/saved two of the images. Is it a resizing issue or something completely different?

Cheers, Chaser

For your caller-id program, do i have to have the mce contacts program as well to show the pictures? Also where is this caller ID program at on your site?

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Windows 7 RC | AMD 4850e (45w)| Corsair 400w | Biostar TA790GX 128M (Radeon HD 3300)| 4GB DDR2 800 | WD 320 AAKS | HDHomerun | 1TB WHS

Don't like pumping our own products on the site but as its missing from the list MyRemoteMouse - http://www.myremotemouse.com - use your Media Center Remote to control your mouse pointer.

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Garry (Ask the Expert - Media Center Show http://mediacenterexpert.blogspot.com & www.iandixon.co.uk/forums)   Whittaker Moore Associates (www.WhittakerMoore.com)

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Chris;

 

Are you trying to just keep a list of those that are freeware and shareware or all Plug-Ins.

If the latter; then you should add:

1.  http://www.homeseer.com

2.  http://www.homeauto.com

3.  http://www.sonic.com

 

Thanks for doing this list.