Software Requirements
Media Browser works in Windows Media Center on both Windows 7 and Windows Vista 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) versions. Windows XP is not supported.
The complete list of supported operating systems is:
- Windows Vista Home Premium x86
- Windows Vista Home Premium x64
- Windows Vista Ultimate x86
- Windows Vista Ultimate x64
- Windows 7 Home Premium x86
- Windows 7 Home Premium x64
- Windows 7 Professional x86
- Windows 7 Professional x64
- Windows 7 Ultimate x86
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
- Windows 7 Enterprise x86
- Windows 7 Enterprise x64
If you are using Windows Vista you also need:
The .Net 3.5 Framework is installed on Windows 7 by default.
If you have the pre-reqs and for some reason Media Browser is still not working, there is a known upgrade issue with Windows 7, see: Configurator Crashes when I install it on Windows 7
Hardware Requirements
If Media Browser is installed on a machine with lower specifications than these then it may run slowly and require certain visual elements to be disabled to increase performance.
- At least 2GB memory
- Dual Core CPU of at least 2GHz
- A graphics card with at least 256MB memory
- At least 2GB of free hard disk space
Note: Some Intel Atom processors are also capable of running MB with no slowdown, as are some nVidia ION chips.
Other Requirements
If you want to use the built in capabilities of metadata and artwork retrieval, an active internet connection on the computer is required. The same applies if you want to install any plugins or themes.
Basically, to make full advantage of Media Browser, you will need to have an active internet connection.
- The hardware requirements in the latest improvement suggestion are rough estimates, further research will be required to confirm them. I just felt that some kind of HW info needed to be documented somewhere. – Shidojin 13 days ago