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Windows media center is available with Windows Operating systems - Vista, Windows XP Media Center Edition, and all editions of Windows 7 except for Home and Starter. If its a Vista OS may be you can call it a vista media center, so you need your computer to have Windows Vista OS.
"Some features of the Vista media Center include, viewing and flipping pictures, listening and storing music, recording sounds or music and you can also watch videos through the vista media center."
If one is looking to set up a media center in Vista the best place to go is the popular website Youtube. There are hundreds of free tutorial videos to watch.
Home premium and Ultimate.
If one wishes to install Windows Vista Media Center one can find the download on the Microsoft Website. Installation is quite simple and upon clicking on download, one would just follow the prompts.
Vista Media Center supports Windows Media files which are .wm, .asf. Also supports Windows Media Video files such as .wmv. Windows video files in .avi format are also supported. The .mpeg, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .mp2, and .mpv2 movie files are all supported.
Microsoft no longer includes Hyperterminal in Vista, but you can download a version for Vista from the original software vendor. http://www.hilgraeve.com/htpe/
Windows Media Center allows one to play video files, though this can be done with other applications. It also includes Windows Movie Maker. Other video-making software exists, such as Final Cut Pro, but Windows Movie Maker is good enough for most cases and conveniently free (as part of Windows Media Center). The greatest advantage of Windows Media Center may be its ability to play, pause, and record live television. Overall, Windows Media Center is hardly unique, but convenient.
I believe the new thing is Vista Media Center with Sp3 (since you asked about an OS)
Media Center Extenders are part of the Windows operating system. The devices allow for connectivity over a network to another computer running other MS systems such as Windows 7 or Vista and stream the media onto the extender devices.
Quite a few softwares can do that. Windows Xp & Vista Media Player can. Version 11 is current.
Windows 7 or Windows Vista Ultimate