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What are the system requirements for Media Browser?

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.

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.

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