For example, the DefaultWideHD skin has a Xmas theme. Each skin also has alternative themes to choose from.

From that menu you can click GUI > Skin to select alternative default skins for the software. Select Settings to further customize MediaPortal. It includes Tetris, Sudoku and News plugins for you to select. Select Plugins from the homescreen to open the plugins included with the software. MediaPortal has a few built-in plugins, and you can also add more to it. Click Slideshow settings on the sidebar and then Slideshow to select alternative transition effects. Open the sidebar menu and select Slideshow from there to play them in a slideshow. Select Pictures and the folder icon to open thumbnail previews of your images as below. Alternatively, move the cursor to the left of the window to open a sidebar with extra options on it. Then you can right-click a song title there to open a context menu with further options. For example, click Music on the homepage and Music again to open your albums and songs in MediaPortal. As such, you don’t have to manually open them as in Kodi. The good thing about MediaPortal is that it automatically lists the music, video and images in your folders. On the left of that bar are back and home navigation buttons, and on the far right there’s a close option you can press to exit MediaPortal. At the top of the MediaPortal window there’s also a Top Bar that gives you quick access to playback and navigation controls. Navigation is pretty similar to Kodi as the MediaPortal homescreen includes a bar from which you can select Music, Videos, Pictures, Settings, etc. Run through the setup wizard, and then open the MediaPortal software in the snapshot below.

Click MediaPortal 1 to save its Zip file, which you can then extract by selecting Extract all in File Explorer. This article covers MediaPortal 1, which has more plugins than the other version. You can add a MediaPortal 1 and MediaPortal 2 to Windows 10 from there. MediaPortal is an alternative to Kodi you can add to Windows 10 from this page. Then you can click a category there and select an add-on to add to the Kodi. Select System > Settings > Add-ons and Install from repository to open the plugin menu.

Kodi also has an extensive repository of add-ons.

Media portal 2