Free media center PC software which runs on Windows XP

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Published on 2009-08-11T10:57:13Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 14:59 UTC
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media-center

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tv-tuner

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recording

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Windows

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free

Is there something which may:

Play music, at the very least in MP3-format
Play video in various codec's
Helps in recording video of shows from TV through a TV-in card
Helps in organizing music and videos
Works with a keyboard and mouse

Additional pluses are:

If it also is possible to browse the web through it, or at least start the web browser
Has some games. Maybe through MAME or some other emulation like SNES or something.
If it's also possible to control it through a game pad.

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