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CasaTools Integrates Media Center with Russound and NuVo

Looks like another step forward for Media Center to fit in with whole house audio. Casatools bridges Windows Media Center with whole house music systems from Russound and Nuvo. Media Center will act as a multi-source server for the whole house. In a month...

Published Tue, Jul 31 2007 2:11 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

What Media Center Plug ins and addons do you use?

One of the great things about Windows Media Center is the ability to extend it's functionality above the basic specification with 3rd party applications, from Weather to RSS readers, from commercial skipping applications to movie management systems we...

Published Mon, Jul 30 2007 8:52 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

One Voice Wireless Home Voice Control

One Voice Technologies have a new wireless microphone solution for their Media Center Communicator software. The LTB Q-Bean Wireless 2.0 Audio link systems streams uncompressed audio through a link that allows duplex voice and data control. One of the...

Published Fri, Jul 27 2007 9:16 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

The Media Center Show #116 - Mike Garcen

By Ian Dixon (20.1mb 58mins 26sec) Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe via RSS This week Mike Garcen Microsoft MVP, contributor to MissingRemote.com and moderator at The Green Button joins me to talk about his community work with Media...

Published Thu, Jul 26 2007 12:24 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Podcast

MCEdev bring Media Center in to the Kitchen

MCEDev have developed on a interactive cookbook and combined with adnotam developers of mirror displays they have a great system for delivering Media Center in to a kitchen Last month MCE-Community.de and Microsoft hosted a Media Center event where MCEDev...

Published Thu, Jul 19 2007 1:15 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

The Media Center Show #115 Kevin Tofel on UMPCs

By Ian Dixon (20.6mb 59mins 56sec) Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe to the RSS feeds This week podcaster and blogger Kevin Tofel joins me to talk about UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PC). We talk about the different devices available, what...

Published Thu, Jul 19 2007 12:37 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Podcast

Windows Home Server has been released to manufacturing

Congratulations to the Windows Home Server team. Today they announced it has been RTMed (released to manufacturing) There will be a 120 day evaluation period, Iomega and Fujitsu-Siemens Computers will be shipping Windows Home Server. More from the Windows...

Published Mon, Jul 16 2007 5:35 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Home Server

Silverlight application for Media Center

Casey Chesnut has an interesting project on his site, mceItvSilver is a prototype Silverlight application for Windows Media Center. It looks like Casey is becoming a little disillusioned with MCML development and is targeting Silverlight as a way of delivering...

Published Mon, Jul 16 2007 9:19 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

The Media Center Show #114 - Steven Hughes

By Ian Dixon (22.8mb 66mins 28sec) Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Subscribe to the RSS Feed This week Steven Hughes a Windows Mobile MVP joins me to talk about Windows Mobile devices. We talk about Windows Mobile 6, mobile devices and how...

Published Thu, Jul 12 2007 1:36 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Podcast

Updated Media Center "Time Travel" article for Windows Vista

Stephen Toub wrote a great article on MSDN called "Time Travel" with Windows Media Center and a couple of months ago he updated it for Vista well now the updated article is available on MSDN Several months ago I updated my "Time Travel...

Published Wed, Jul 11 2007 12:51 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

Post your guide data problems

I want to keep all the comments and problems with guide data together in one location so I can pass on the details to Microsoft. So please report your problems or comments on THIS THREAD So please post your guide data problems and include the channel...

Published Wed, Jul 11 2007 10:31 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

Microsoft to launch cheaper Xbox 360?

It looks like they may be a cheaper Xbox 360 on the way. Reports are that the "Falcon" 360 will use a 65-nanometer manufacturing process making the console run cooler and be cheaper to manufacture. A cheaper device will be good for Media Center...

Published Tue, Jul 10 2007 1:22 PM by Ian Dixon

Download "De-Dupe DVRMS" and delete duplicate Recorded TV files

Garry Whittaker has a new tool available for download, called "De-Dupe DVRM". It's a tool that scans your recorded TV folder, looks at the metadata and identifies and deletes duplicate TV content. Very handy when you have series records setup...

Published Tue, Jul 10 2007 8:42 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

Sky coming to Windows Media Center?

Thanks to Media Center Show listener Mark Carline. He pointed out a very interesting thread on The Green Button about Sky and MCE. The thread reports on an article on MediaGuardian.co.uk and says that Sky is in talks with Microsoft related to pay tv service...

Published Mon, Jul 09 2007 2:45 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

Windows Vista SP1 Beta due next week?

Could there be a surprise beta of Windows vista SP1 out next week? According this post Microsoft could be preparing the beta for sometime next week with a RTM of November. It will be interesting to see if there is a Windows Media Center update included...

Published Mon, Jul 09 2007 10:20 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Vista

Microsoft Extends Xbox 360 warranties to three years

If you get the dreaded three flashing red lights on your 360 and need to send it back to Microsoft for repair there is one piece of good news. Microsoft is reimbursing anyone who has experienced the “three flashing red lights” error and incurred repair...

Published Fri, Jul 06 2007 10:16 AM by Ian Dixon

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The Media Center Show #113 - Sony

By Ian Dixon (19.5mb 56mins 43sec) Direct Download Link - Subscribe via iTunes - Get the RSS feed for the show This week Xavier Lauwaert from Sony joins me to talk about the Sony XL3 Media Center Server and the TP1 living room PC, we also talk about how...

Published Thu, Jul 05 2007 12:31 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Podcast

Missing guide data for ITV1

Over the last week I have noticed that there was no guide data on my Media Center PC for ITV1 (Granada), at first I thought it was a problem with my PC so re scanned the TV signal and setup the guide again but still I had no data. I tried editing the...

Published Tue, Jul 03 2007 2:13 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center

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CasaTools Integrates Media Center with Russound and NuVo

What Media Center Plug ins and addons do you use?

One Voice Wireless Home Voice Control

The Media Center Show #116 - Mike Garcen

MCEdev bring Media Center in to the Kitchen

The Media Center Show #115 Kevin Tofel on UMPCs

Windows Home Server has been released to manufacturing

Silverlight application for Media Center

The Media Center Show #114 - Steven Hughes

Updated Media Center "Time Travel" article for Windows Vista

Post your guide data problems

Microsoft to launch cheaper Xbox 360?

Download "De-Dupe DVRMS" and delete duplicate Recorded TV files

Sky coming to Windows Media Center?

Windows Vista SP1 Beta due next week?

Microsoft Extends Xbox 360 warranties to three years

The Media Center Show #113 - Sony

Missing guide data for ITV1