Clint, XBMC screenshots are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/29133065@N05/, and yes it does have to be installed. It is a media center so it takes up the screen but can be windowed if needed. XBMC is a front end to FFMpeg which is usually built from source, but it is commonly used in MPlayer which is the default media player in Linux but it also runs on almost every platform in existence, you can choose one for Windows http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/projects.html#windows. FWIW I like Mulders Mplayer http://mulder.dummwiedeutsch.de/home/?page=projects#mplayer You can download the latest stable release of XMC which is 2.01 here http://download-free.programas-gratis.net/php/software.php?id_programa=21478&download-XBMC-2.0.1 I like the betas myself ;) Peter Kaulback Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin wrote: > Peter I don't see any info about it or any screenshots. Can it > be made clean, streamlined and clutter-free like WMP 6.4? > > I see it's in Beta, does it actually have to be "installed" > with registry and codec changes, or can it be used like that > Gabest version of WMP (Media Player Classic) which requires no > install? I'm leery of installing something Beta like a media > player due to the codec issues I've had the past. > -Clint > > God Bless > Clint Hamilton, Owner > http://www.OrpheusComputing.com > http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Kaulback" > > > Recently I found a great free media player that plays pretty > much > everything I have, including a couple I had forgotten about > like .mkv > videos. > > Anyways it's called XBMC http://xbmc.org/ and runs on Windows, > X-Box, > Mac, and Linux. Great, plays everything and runs everywhere too > :) > > Kind of a big download but quite worth it for me. > > HTH > > Peter Kaulback ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-