Windows Media Center UI Alternative?

[Cuffz]

I'm satisfied with Mediaportal+setting it to use zoom player .

[SiM]

cccp only has a couple of codecs in anyway:

The current playback pack will install:

* Haali Media Splitter 2008-03-29 (MKV, MP4, OGM/OGG, TS, AVI)
o Used for compliant MKV playback. Attempts to disable other MKV splitters on the system. Certain Matroska features are available only with Haali's splitter and not in Gabest's. This filter is also capable of being used as a splitter for MP4, OGM and OGG, MPEG-PS, MPEG-TS, and also AVI. AVI and MPEG-PS are not used by default in the pack and is not recommended to do so. You will, however, need the MP4, OGM and TS parts for playing those files. The installer will also set the source filter for each container only if it is checked in the installation, this fixes any issues with previously installed splitters by overriding them.
* VSFilter 2.39 r796 (mpc-hc) build (SSA/ASS, SRT, VOBSUB subtitles)
o For displaying subtitles. It will attempt to disable any previous DirectVobSub installations you might have.
* FFDShow Tryout r2133 2008-09-17 CCCP build (H.264/AVC, DivX, Xvid, various audio formats etc.)
o Decodes H.264, Xvid, DivX, generic MPEG-4, Flash video (FLV1 and FLV4), and others. Also used for audio decoding with the following formats turned on by default: AAC, Vorbis, MP3, MP1/2, AC3, DTS, FLAC, TTA, AMR, LPCM. If you would like to turn off ffdshow decoding for a specific video or audio format, read further down for instructions on how to do it properly.
* Gabest's MPV (MPEG2) Decoder r796 (mpc-hc) build
o Decodes MPEG2 video (the stuff on a DVD). The filter currently has an extremely low merit level and also MPEG1 decoding removed. It is primarily included as a fallback for DVD MPEG2 decoding if the user does not already have another MPEG2 decoder installed. A few other patches donated by Haali for interlaced/progressive fixes.
* CoreWavPack 1.1.1
o Decodes WavPack audio and splits WavPack audio files (.WV) for playback in DirectShow. The only DirectShow implementation to support all three WavPack modes: lossless, lossy, and hybrid.
* Gabest's FLV Splitter r796 (mpc-hc) build
o Splits FLV (Flash Video) files for DirectShow playback.
* Media Player Classic Homecinema 1.1.796
o Media Player Classic Homecinema, one of the two recommended players. Choose this one or Zoom Player according to your preference.
* Zoom Player 5.50 Beta 1 Standard
o The other recommended player. Other players are NOT supported; see the Media Players page.

And you can choose what you want to install too. I personally don't use it, but I get 80% of that stuff manually myself.