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Interesting to see Denon announce their range of AV receivers have earned “Compatible with Windows 7” logo. This means that they are Play To compatible so you can stream music to it from Windows 7 (and other DLNA devices), in fact one of the devices can also receive video content so you could use it...
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Niall has been busy at work on his remote scheduling application “Big Screen EPG by Remote” , the new build adds a preview of the iPhone UI which adds the mobile pieces to equation. This means that when you will be able to browse the EPG and schedule recordings from an iPhone (Niall says...
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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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UPDATE: I was wrong, the fix is not included in the Windows Media Center update and you have to download the fix directly from Microsoft, if your experiencing the problem you can get the hotfix from Microsoft x86 or x64 Today I wrote about the update for Windows Media Center that fixes a number of issues...
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I know Da1ek already posted on this topic but I thought I would comment on it to, Microsoft have released a cumulative update the Windows 7 version of Windows Media Center. The update comes in 64bit and 32bit version and resolves the following issues: Improves the overall experience for systems that...
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I started getting these, as expected, a couple of days ago. It’s a guess but lots of others are receiving them now too so I thought I’d take the opportunity to remind people about what’s going to happen: http://simon-may.com/windows-7/windows-7-rc-has-15-days-left/ I’ve already...
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If you want to be able to remotely schedule recordings with Windows Media Center then there is Remote Potato and if you haven’t got access to good EPG data then there is Big Screen EPG and now Remote Potato natively supports Big Screen EPG Niall Ginsbourg has explained the configuration on his blog:...
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One thing I do like about the Apple TV is the tiny little remote control, what it lacks in buttons it makes up for in elegance. The remote that comes with the Zune AV Dock is equally as elegant and could make a simple alternative to the clunky Media Center remotes Lifehacker have a great...
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Good news for Sky subscribers in Ireland, the Sky Windows Media Center addin that UK users have had access to is now available in Ireland. Here is the full press release: Sky Player on Windows 7 Now Available in Ireland Watch TV from Sky Live and On Demand with Windows 7 Sky Player, Sky...
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I saw the ExoPC Slate on Engdaget today and I have to say this is a slate I could use. There are the obvious comparisons to Apple’s iPad but this is a full featured Windows 7 device with standard netbook insides and and will have a multitouch capacitive screen.The spec is Atom N270 at 1.6GHz, with 2GB...
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If you like archiving your DVDs and Blurays to Media Center system or Windows Home Server then there is a great app for doing this from the 10 foot Media Center interface. The application called Auto Rip n Compress uses 3rd party apps to do the ripping and will use Handbrake to do the compression...
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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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At CES Steve Ballmer showed off HP’s yet to be released slate PC, there was lots lots of interest but not many details. HP have released a video with CTO Phil McKinney showing off the new slate. In the video they say its a real product, not just a prototype and will be on sale this year. Having been...
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Long’s spotted a great series of advertising by Microsoft in the US that’s got a digital home bent to it so I thought I’d throw it out there. In Australia Microsoft are sponsoring part of the Open tennis coverage and (very cleverly) using the snap feature to do picture in picture switches between...
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An app I have been remiss in talking about is Remote Potato, its a remote record tool much like Webguide that enables you to schedule recordings via a web ui. With the changes to Windows 7 breaking Webguide remote access to the EPG has been missing from Windows Media Center and this is where Remote Potato...
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Just wanted to get this out quick so I am going to post below the announcement from Oberon over at the dvblogic forums. This looks superb and has already been patched to allow install on Windows Home Server. I love the fact it can act as uPNP server. http://dvblogic.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=43&t...
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Ian and myself went to see Arcsoft today to talk about 3d support in Total Media Theater within Media Center. Whilst this was certainly amazing to see I was even more impressed by their support in an upcoming version of High Bit Rate HD audio directly over HDMI from the recently announced Intel Home...
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Compulab's FitPC is astoundingly small when you see it in the flesh - it truly is a PalmSize PC but a powerful one as, harnessing the GMA500 chipset's hardware acceleration, it is quite capable of running HD Video - in fact it was demoed running an h.264 video in 1080p. It is also totally fanless and...
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If you got a new PC or Windows Home Server for Christmas here are a some videos I have recorded over the last year that may just interest you. They should help you get the most out of your systems or maybe inspire you to start a new Media Cente based project First if you have a new Windows 7 PC and want...
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If you looking for a list of the supported video formats in Windows 7 and whether the format supports features like Fast Forward then checkout Orge’s comprehensive list on his blog . He details of the containers, audio and video codecs and has details comments, its a very useful post! Containers ...
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TDL Mobile host Jon Dickinson has recorded a video of the Sky Player addin for Windows Media Center and the Xbox 360. I don’t have a subscription so I haven’t been able to test it so Jon kindly recorded a brief demo of the Sky features. The Media Center addin looks nice but its a shame it...
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Here at TDL we have published quiet a bit of info on Play To in Windows 7 including building the Play To wiki (which still needs your contributions) and its still one of my favourite features of Windows 7. On Microsoft’s On10 blog Sarah Perez has put together a guide on how to use Play To and Remote...
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We seem to be getting more and more ways to get TV in to Media Center that don’t need a TV tuner. The latest is a BBC iPlayer addin from a developer in the Xpmediacenter.com.au community, this app is for Windows 7 Media Center and streams the WMV version of the TV shows and according to commenters on...
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This is a short video looking at how to get TV on the PC with Windows Media Center and a USB Avermedia TV tuner . The new tuner is a AVerTV Hybrid Volar HX-TV Tuner for designed for Windows Media Center, the price of the tuner is £59.99 on Amazon I replaced my existing Nova-TD USB tuner which I...
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This is a short video looking at how to get TV on the PC with Windows Media Center and a USB Avermedia TV tuner . The new tuner is a AVerTV Hybrid Volar HX-TV Tuner for designed for Windows Media Center, the price of the tuner is £59.99 on Amazon I replaced my existing Nova-TD USB tuner which I...
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LEARN MORE A nice recent addition to Windows7 Media Center is the ability to Watch and Learn about Media Center. By selecting the “ Learn More “ option on the “ Tasks “ line, Videos and Text inform the user of what Media Center is and can do. The first short advert about Media...
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Microsoft have confirmed there is a corruption issue affecting Windows 7 users with ATI hardware: On Windows Media Center, when switching channels on broadcast television, or loading certain broadcast recordings, video output will become corrupted. This corruption may last from a few seconds and...
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Originaly Posted by Gadgmeister on 22/11/2009 Windows7intouch.com Below is a List of what is available in Windows7 Media Center from the UK ( BSkyB ) SkyTV Sky Player integration, what is listed below is the first view you will see of the various packages on offer from Sky but the list below is only...
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I noticed that the Sky Player addin for Windows Media Center launched on Tuesday but apparently the official launch is today. On the Windows Media Center team blog they have the official announcement: Watch TV from Sky Live and On-Demand with Windows 7 A new world of high quality television programming...
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It looks like Sky and Microsoft have put the Media Center Sky Player service live. I noticed that the coming soon line on the Sky Player had gone and that I could install the application. As well as the TV addin there is also a Sky Movies icon in the Movies strip. You need to register to watch the content...
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I want to introduce a project that has been consuming a lot of my time over the last few weeks: MadeforMediaCenter.com . Made for Media Center is an app store for Windows Media Center. Developed with fellow MVP Andrew Cherry of Digital Living Solutions the app store aims to brings together the fantastic...
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Update: As of Shark 007 codec pack version 2.28 for my configuration to work as described below, I now also have to "Disable the DMO codecs on the SWAP TAB" I’ve been in Codec hell again lately, ever since first connecting a Windows 7 Media Center PC to an AVR and wanting to get 5.1 surround sound...
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If your ready to move up to Windows 7 but are worried about loosing your recording schedules then worry no more. On the Windows Media Center Team Blog they have a solution for porting your recordings from Vista (pre-TV pack) to Windows 7: Important note : This method is to port ONLY the schedule entries...
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It looks like the tool that Microsoft talked about at CEDIA for checking if you system is capable of working with CableCard has been released. The tool called the Digital Cable Advisor should be showing up in the Extras gallery in Windows 7, after you have installed the tool it will run an analysis of...
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I think I’ve found something too good to be true. I was just looking about on codeplex and came across this project WTVWatcher by Paul Bruce . It almost has me shaking in my seat for it’s simplicity and ease of use. What Paul’s done is created a little tool that requires no installation...
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I read a report on PC Pro’s web site that some ATI cards are struggling with HD content in Windows Media Center. The post quotes forum members from AMD’s forums complaining that HD content from the BBC recorded via Freesat will not play on certain ATI Radeon cards. ATI told PC Pro that it may not all...
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I posted about Engadget HD’s guide and I someone missed Mike’s excellent post on how to do commercial skipping in Windows 7. As Windows 7 will bring a relaxing of CableCard copy protection the guide should work for HD content to, so follow the link to the 4 page guide When the announcement came that...
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For the last few years I have been using my Xbox 360 as an extender connected to my TV and have been really enjoying the Windows Media Center experience. But times are changing and there are more and more services come to the browser so when I got chance to try a Niveus ZONE I hooked it up to my TV....
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For the last few years I have been using my Xbox 360 as an extender connected to my TV and have been really enjoying the Windows Media Center experience. But times are changing and there are more and more services come to the browser so when I got chance to try a Niveus ZONE I hooked it up to my TV....
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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...