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Songler is Martin Millmore’s brilliant music addin for Windows Media Center that enables music streaming from Spotify and Last.frm and now in the latest version (2.0) he has added support for Youtube music videos. The app is free and available from MadeforMediaCenter.com and you can get more details...
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There are lots of great web apps out there and wouldn’t it be great if you could access them from Windows Media Center, well you can with Mozilla Prism and Media Center Studio . Halcion1 in the TDL forums has posted a video showing step by step how to create the launch points.
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Recently Google launched a 10 foot interface for Google Reader (their RSS reader app) and while its not specifically designed for Windows Media Center it will work in the UI Martin Millmore of TunerFreeMCE fame has created a launched for the app so it will work in Windows Media Center. Martin does...
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Remote Potato the remote scheduling app for Windows Media Center has been updated to version 0.85. The new build adds real-time video streaming, fully-interactive Silverlight Skin, channels re-orderable by user and has multiple bugfixes and UI enhancements. There is also a videos showing off the...
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Niall continues working on his remote scheduling app “By Remote” (a remote EPG scheduling application) and over the last few days has added some interesting new features. By Remote v0.5g now runs as a service so that you don’t need the machine logged on for the app to work and the previous build...
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Jon over on theHTPC.net has a first look at the upcoming meta<browser/> 2.0 metadata manager. His review is pretty detailed and in fact he says we should treat it as a reference guide for now. Meta<browser/> 2.0 is metadata manager Media Center with framework for developers to create...
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I have been meaning to write about MCEZone’s latest app In The Movies 2.0 since it was released last week but thankfully Brian the developer has recorded a video showing the application in action The app collects info on currently showing movies in your area and displays them various ways, there are...
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We have been waiting a long time for a remote EPG solution for Media Center, we have the recently launched Remote Potato and now we have “by Remote” from Niall Ginsbourg . By Remote differs from other solutions by being a Silverlight app with the richness that delivers plus it used the built in EPG so...
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I know how many of you love Media Browser so I thought link to Jas Manghera latest post , he has a preview up of the new Diamond theme for the Media Browser. With the release of the next update of Media Browser the home screen will feature multiple backdrops where each folder can have it’s own backdrop...
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Project Kangaroo was going to be a video on demand site offering content from BBC worldwide (the commercial arm of the BBC), ITV and Channel 4 but was blocked by the UK Competition Commission last year. The technology behind the project was purchased by Arqiva and has been launched as SeeSaw.com . The...
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Just after we finish recording the interview for this weeks podcast Carl the developer gets an official partnership with My Channel Logos (My Channel Logos is available at MadeforMediaCenter.com ) Starting with the next release (over the next couple of days), Remote Potato will no longer come packaged...
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A few years ago after suffering the frustration of having to setup my series recordings after a clean build I decided to create a tool that would backup my schedules and enable me to import that back in to Windows Media Center. Version 1 was designed for XP Media Center and I updated v2 for Windows Vista...
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One of my new favourite apps is Remote Potato, this is the remote scheduling app similar to the classic Webguide app. I got it up and running on Friday and last night the developer Carlos has released a major update to the app. On the thread on TGB he says the update features: Theming support - create...
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I wrote about Sonlger the updated version of Martin Millmore’s Spotify app last week and today Martin has released the new version of the app that adds last.frm integration along with the Spotify features. The app is available to download in the Windows Media Center app store Songler for Media Center...
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Martin Millmore continues to develop his Spotify application and due to popular request he has added Last.fm integration. Even non-premium users can use it, if your are a premium users can listen to radio stations and band stations directly from Windows Media Center (plus it works on Extenders) The app...
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Martin Millmore has worked his magic and released his Spotify Media Center app after only a couple of days coming up with the idea. The application enables you “to play spotify music directly from your Media Center, all controlled with your remote. Get access to 6 million tracks instantly on your PC...
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As mentioned last week Martin Millmore is working on a Spotify app for Windows Media Center and he has posted a screens shots of app. He is also asking what should be app be called? My one question to you all is would people pay to buy a version that worked better but required a premium subscription...
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An early Christmas present for Media Browser users, version 2.2.1 (Firestorm) has been released. The release remains free and has a good batch of new features: Here are the details from Media Browser.tv : This release contains a massive amount of bug fixes and completed feature request, I would like...
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[Update: I will be interviewing Brian Binnerup on this weeks podcast] Brian Binnerup has released version 3.10 of My Movies. The new version of My Movies has new views like “Cove Strip” and “Cover Row” plus a new intros and trailers feature. You can read more about 3.10 on the...
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Martin Millmore has created a new application for controlling Bye Bye Standby devices from the Media Center UI. PowerControllerMCE enables you to control the Bye Bye Standby devices which are a range of power control units designed so that you can turn the power on and off to devices like TVs remotely...
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Two new Media Center apps have been released in the last couple of day from OABsoftware . Media Center Twitter is a twitter addin for Windows Media Center that enables you to tweet and keep up to do date with the people you follow The other app is Vista Media Center Stocks, this as you may be able to...
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Brian Binnerup has released My Movies 3 in time for the Windows 7 launch, the app has been in beta for a month or so and now here is the release version. Checkout Brian on The Media Center Show from last month talking about My Movies 3 Download from MyMovies.dk My Movies 3 is now available with a fully...
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Charlie Owen may have left the Media Center team but he has still found time to get out PowerPlaylist 2 for Windows Media Center. The application adds a start menu strip with tiles for an audio, slideshow and / or visualization combination, as Charlie says its “highly customizable by the consumer resulting...
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Nick Kirkpatrick has updated his Slideshow application to version 1.2, the new version adds the option to hide the application title, to give a more streamlined UI. The download is available in TDL Downloads Magic Slideshow for Media Center Magic Slideshow for Media Center offers an alternative to the...
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Mike has details of the new version of what used to be called MCE Menu Mender and is now called Media Center Studio. It’s a great little free app arranging the Media Center menu however you like. Its beta at the moment but I have to say its looking good, download from www.adventmediacenter.com...
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Another nice new iPhone Media Center remote control application has been developed called NControl that works with Vista Windows 7 and Extenders. The app is free and you can browse pictures, video, recorded shows, tv channels, as well as navigate the Media Center. As with other iPhone remote app it requires...
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There is a new iPhone app out for controlling Windows Media Center, Remote Kitten uses a Windows servers that you install on your Media Center PC and the iPhone app comes advertising supported for free or $0.99 for an ad-free version. Details from the developers blog : Remote Kitten is an App for the...
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A new build of Open Media Library beta is available, 0.4 comes in server and client versions, here are some of the features (thanks to David Shultz for the details) The Server includes all client functionality so if your only going with one machine then server is what you need Client offers the ability...
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I have some exclusive screenshots of the all new My Movies 3. On Tuesday I will have an interview with Brian Binnerup the developer behind My Movies and he is going to talk about the new features and UI in the Vista and Windows 7 version of My Movies. Tuesday will also be the release of the beta of the...
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MCEZone keep cranking out the Media Center apps, the latest's is Optimum Voice MCE a voice mail app for users of Optimum Voice. It’s a free download from MCEZone.com I just switched from Vonage to Optimum Voice so I decided to make another voice mail plugin. Optimum Voice MCE allows you to view, play...
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Nick Kirkpatrick has updated Magic Slideshow for Media Center. The app offers an alternative to the standard slideshow that you can view whilst playing music in Media Center. Rather than taking it's selection from all of your photos, it will display photos taken in the year that the song was released...
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The Big Screen EPG has been updated by Niall to coincide with the RTM release of Windows 7. There are new help files, auto mapping features and other fixes, you can get the new version from bigscreenglobal and read about all the retails on Niall’s post On Friday (to coincide with the RTM release of Windows...
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Yesterday I talked about the new MSN Video services in the UK that is streaming classic BBC shows and I said it’s a shame there is no Media Center addin. Well Martin Millmore has confirmed that he is adding MSN Video as a source in TunerFreeMCE and he says as it uses WMV under the covers so will work...
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Hack7mc.com have a neat little tool for creating custom start strips. You can create, arrange and delete custom strips just using a wizard and without any hacking around in Windows. Great for getting your Windows 7 Media Center just to how you want it, download for free from Hack7mc.com Using this handy...
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Want a slide show in Windows Media Center that is a little different? Magic Slideshow is a Media Center slideshow app that display pictures from the year the track was released, so you great sound track to your pictures. Although I don’t have a lot of pictures that will match with 1973’s...
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There is a new Media Center application for German users, FimDE plugin looks like a movie recommendations app but that’s as much information as I could workout from the German translation: Das zweite auf der CeBit präsentierte neue PlugIn für den Windows Media Center kommt von FilmDE . Im Gegensatz zum...
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One of the main features of features of the new Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 beta is the much improved Windows Media Center integration. Not only is there a 10 foot version of the Home Server Console there is automatic archiving of Recorded TV shows. In this video I take a look at installing the...
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“Play To” and DLNA in Windows 7 is a good step forward in distributing content around digital homes but it doesn’t offer simultaneous playback. SinCast 3 is a new application that does offer simultaneous playback of music, videos and TV. It works with VLC, iTunes and Windows Media Player, no mention...
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tubeCore is Windows Media Center DLNA receiver that will stream Internet TV from services like Tversity , PlayOn , and Twonky Media . Yesterday they released beta 4 , no major changes that I can see but beta 3 released the day before adds support for: Windows Media Center Extender compatibility (including...
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Brian Binnerup the developer of My Movies has posted in the MissingRemote forums that a new version of My Movies will be coming in September and will be the first version that is a native Windows Media center application (written in MCML). Brian sent me a some work in progress screenshots (which I can...