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Open source Elisa Media Center goes cross-platform
The media center suite includes a full screen interface for interacting with your music, movie, and picture collections. Elisa also supports plugins, including tools that let you access online media from Shoutcast, Yes.fm, YouTube, and Flickr.

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westudi said 7:21AM on 3-05-2009
I'm always looking for an adequate Media Center replacement so that I can be weened from Microsoft's teat, but I have yet to find one with which I am happy.
If this develops further, it might do the trick.
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Steve said 7:21AM on 3-05-2009
I just tested it and it works really well! It reads all the videofiles I downloaded from Pirate Bay and even found back the covers for each movie and song/ album.
It also has fun plugins like Yes.fm and loads of other stuff.
Elisa is definitely a must for all videofreaks!
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Nic said 10:42AM on 3-05-2009
Better or worse than XBMC? I tried it and was left horribly in comparisons to Xbox Media Center.
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westudi said 11:01AM on 3-05-2009
I haven't tried XBMC, but I am not completely sold on Elisa either. First, and foremost, my existing Green Button remote has extremely limited functionality (as was expected). Secondly, the process of scanning for videos, music, and pictures was inordinately time consuming.
Granted, I have several gigs of music and videos, but even just a gig of images took a long time to be processed. That said, you could quickly and easily browse those same files without actually selecting specific folders within the program. All you had to do is browse through the Home Network section to shared media.
All in all, I liked what I saw. In fact, if the remote had better functionality, I would consider giving Elisa a full run on my main media center PC. Oh yeah, Elisa also has the nice feature of shuffling video files. MCE doesn't have that option, and it really stinks as I have many gbs worth of music videos that I would much prefer to be randomized. So Elisa certainly has the edge there.
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Jash Sayani said 11:25AM on 3-05-2009
Just another media player. FrontRow, Boxee, Plex, how many do we need ??
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Jason Miller said 7:51AM on 3-09-2009
@jash: Elisa has been around for a number of years, and it brings some great features to the table.
I just wish it was ready for Mac. I will wait.
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