XBMC Media Center is a free cross-platform media player software and entertainment system application framework for Linux, Mac, and Windows. XBMC is capable of playing back all popular video, audio, and picture formats out-of-the-box.

Its graphical user interface allows the user to easily manage video, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disk, local network, and the internet using a remote control.

It is a popular alternative to Microsoft’s Windows Media Center and Apple’s Front Row, similar to MediaPortal and MythTV, and has a skinnable and user-configurable interface and plugin support.

Notes: I’ve tried this on Windows 7 and lots of bug is there to be repaired.