Open source Elisa Media Center goes cross-platform

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.

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!

Better or worse than XBMC? I tried it and was left horribly in comparisons to Xbox Media Center.

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.

Just another media player. FrontRow, Boxee, Plex, how many do we need ??

@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.