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Football fans looking to watch the world cup in HD via Windows Media Center may be disappointed, last year Microsoft and Hauppauge announced Windows Media Center would be compatible with the new Freeview HD standard (DVB-T2) and tuners would be available for the World Cup in June but fans could be left...
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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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This week I am talking TDL Mobile podcaster Jose Ortiz about mobile devices and gadgets, with a new mobile platform from Microsoft and new devices from Apple plus Apple suing HTC there is a lot to talk about and Jose has boundless enthusiasm for mobile gadgets so its great fun catching up with him. I...
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This week I am talking TDL Mobile podcaster Jose Ortiz about mobile devices and gadgets, with a new mobile platform from Microsoft and new devices from Apple plus Apple suing HTC there is a lot to talk about and Jose has boundless enthusiasm for mobile gadgets so its great fun catching up with him. I...
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If your a Media Center enthusiast in the Seattle Microsoft want to here from you: We’re looking for a Seattle-area Windows 7 user who has incorporated Windows Media Center and related Microsoft entertainment products and services into their home entertainment system. We’d like to know how you are leveraging...
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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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This week blogger Chris Oldroyd joins me to talk about Media Streaming devices, boxes from Netgear and devices like the Popcorn hour are offering an easy way to get video and internet content on to the TV and could offer an alternative to Extenders. Chris will be talking about his experiences with the...
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This week blogger Chris Oldroyd joins me to talk about Media Streaming devices, boxes from Netgear and devices like the Popcorn hour are offering an easy way to get video and internet content on to the TV and could offer an alternative to Extenders. Chris will be talking about his experiences with the...
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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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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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This week Garry Whittiker and Jason Coombes join me to discuss networked tuners using DVBLink , Jason has all his tuners pooled in a Windows Home Server and then is using DVBLink to distribute the tuners around the network. Its an interesting solution and takes us closer to having a centralised TV tuner...
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This week Garry Whittiker and Jason Coombes join me to discuss networked tuners using DVBLink , Jason has all his tuners pooled in a Windows Home Server and then is using DVBLink to distribute the tuners around the network. Its an interesting solution and takes us closer to having a centralised TV tuner...
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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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Ben Drawbaugh on EngadgetHD has an interesting take the future of Extenders for Windows Media Center. Ben thinks that Extenders may not be dead and even speculates that a new bread come come out. He also talks about DLNA and play to and maybe that is an option for the future, personally I think...
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I have been a big fan of Avermedia''s USB tuners and I has keen to try out there latest hybrid tuner that includes video capturing. The device is a USB DVB-T tuner that works with Windows Media Center and features video capture from composite or s-video. So you could use this to capture the output of...
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I have been a big fan of Avermedia''s USB tuners and I has keen to try out there latest hybrid tuner that includes video capturing. The device is a USB DVB-T tuner that works with Windows Media Center and features video capture from composite or s-video. So you could use this to capture the output of...
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Hot on the heals of Boxee integration comes an XBMC addin for Windows Media Center. This was created by the same developer as the Boxee addin and works exactly the same way, you just download the installer and away you go. I am not sure how many of you are using XMBC but if you are this is a good tool...
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This week joining me is Dale Kirkwood a Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server enthusiast, we will be talking about his massive 40TB Windows Home Server and how he is integrating it with his Media Center setup. Dale talks about the hardware he used to build his home server and the software and...
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This week joining me is Dale Kirkwood a Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server enthusiast, we will be talking about his massive 40TB Windows Home Server and how he is integrating it with his Media Center setup. Dale talks about the hardware he used to build his home server and the software and...
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It seems there are more and more apps bringing TV content in to Windows Media Center even if you don’t have a TV tuner. The latest is from TVCatchup.com a web site that enables you to watch live TV on a PC, iPhone or a games console. The UK only service enables 48 channels of live TV to be consumed directly...
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Internet TV service SeeSaw has launched today after a month of beta testing. The service is available to UK users and offers content from the BBC, Channel 4 and Five. I played with the beta and found the services pretty good, its streaming only so there is no download option but there is a good variety...
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There are a couple of ways of integrating Boxee with Windows Media Center and now there is another neat solution. Developer teknowebworks.com has created a small installer that adds a Boxee tile to Windows Media Center, clicking on it launches Boxee and when you quit Boxee it returns you to Media Center...
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Yesterday Silicon Dust updated the firmware and software of the HDHomerun tuner. I haven’t updated my tuner yet but the changes don’t seem to major, the updates can be downloaded from SiliconDust Software changelog: Release 20100213: Windows: Add a7qam256-6100 a7qam128-6100 a7qam64-6100 modulation options...
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Here are the winners of the 5th annual TDL Awards as voted by TDL readers. We had a fantastic voter turnout, a big thanks to everyone that voted. This year I simplified the categories and focused on apps and integration tools, as ever all the nominations came from listeners and readers You can here Missing...
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Welcome to the the TDL Awards show. At the end of last year you voted for your favourite Media Center apps and answered questions on your digital lifestyle so this week Missing Remote’s Mike Garcen joins me to reveal the winners and to talk about some of the statistics from the votes. The categories...
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Welcome to the the TDL Awards show. At the end of last year you voted for your favourite Media Center apps and answered questions on your digital lifestyle so this week Missing Remote’s Mike Garcen joins me to reveal the winners and to talk about some of the statistics from the votes. The categories...
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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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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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There are lots of apps for controlling Windows Media Center with an iPhone and I thought I would start talking a look at how good they are. The first app I tried is vmcMote , I used the lite version which is free and there is a full version priced at £4.99. Both are available in the iPhone app...
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There are lots of apps for controlling Windows Media Center with an iPhone and I thought I would start talking a look at how good they are. The first app I tried is vmcMote , I used the lite version which is free and there is a full version priced at £4.99. Both are available in the iPhone app...
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S1Digital have launched a 100 disc Blu-ray changer for their Entertainment Server, it works with My Movies and can be used to to rip Blu-ray’s or DVDs to a Windows Home Server. If you have a lot of movies to archive then this may be a good solution. Details from S1Digital: S1Digital continues...
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Joining me this week is Oebele Beetstra from OABSoftware talking about his great range of apps for Windows Media Center. Oebele has been developer for Media Center since the XP days and has a great collection of apps including email, Twitter and stock apps. I also have email and a look at the weeks news...
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Joining me this week is Oebele Beetstra from OABSoftware talking about his great range of apps for Windows Media Center. Oebele has been developer for Media Center since the XP days and has a great collection of apps including email, Twitter and stock apps. I also have email and a look at the weeks news...
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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...