Is there a touch-screen compatible media player like Front Row for the PC?

March 18, 2006 4:18 PM

I watch episodes of TV shows on my pc laptop in bed before I sleep most nights. They are usually divx AVIs, but sometimes DVDs. Is there a piece of software that would work well with a touch-screen monitor that would make watching things easier? I'm thinking of something like Apple's Front Row but for windows.
posted by cmicali to computers & internet (6 comments total)

VLC?
posted by quin at 4:32 PM on March 18, 2006

What is the difficulty in watching them now?

You might check out MediaPortal, which is an opensource front end that will work with some IR remote controls.
posted by Good Brain at 5:52 PM on March 18, 2006

There's no difficulty, but there is a lot of mousing, key pressing, etc to switch files. With the right interface i could attach a touchscreen LCD and have it be simpler.
posted by cmicali at 6:32 PM on March 18, 2006

The Origami UMPC project is heading that way.
posted by holgate at 10:36 PM on March 18, 2006

Any decent media player (I use Media Player Classic) ought to support a playlist, that you can add assorted files (or an entire season of '24') to. Learn the keyboard navigation shortcuts (or map them to a remote) and no mousing is required.
posted by unmake at 7:25 AM on March 19, 2006

Meedio (commercial) and MediaPortal (opensource) both work well with my touch screens. Of the two, I prefer Meedio but it's your money.

Linux alternatives: Freevo, MythTV
posted by blag at 11:49 AM on March 19, 2006