Thread: Windows 10 - free upgrade to those with PC using Windows 7 or 8
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Old 06-03-2015, 06:36 AM   #717
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
Media Center was available for Windows 8 (and 8.1) as an extra purchase.

But that's a good point. There was one pc I was thinking of updating automatically, but I don't think I will. It runs 8.1 with media center. I'll only upgrade to 10 if I can find a good alternative that will work with our current recorded shows and our CI+ module for cable TV.
Look into Kodi (renamed XBMC).
http://kodi.tv/

It does a lot of what Media Center does.
It reminds me a lot of Calibre; there is an entire ecosystem of plugins that extend it into a lot of areas. (Not all strictly legal in all regions.)
Here's an example of the kind of stuff those folks are doing:

http://kodi.tv/kodi-community-may-2015/

I'm using it as a media player for my Phone and FireTV stick but on PCs it does what XBMC set out to do: serve as an alternative to WMC.
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