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Ed Bott links to two updates for Windows Vista: KB959485 “resolves issues with Media Center for Windows Vista” (the 64bit version is also available), the knowledge base page is not up yet but I believe it fixes a problem where TV shows recorded on CableCARD end up with just the audio. The...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Gordon Van Zuiden from Cybermanor , the winners of the 2008 Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Contest. They installed a fantastic integrated solution based on Windows Media Center and Life|ware and we talk about the solution and the components used. I also...
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Ian Dixon
on 12-04-2008
Filed under: Windows Media Center, Podcast, The Media Center Show, Podcasts
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Gordon Van Zuiden from Cybermanor , the winners of the 2008 Windows Media Center Ultimate Install Contest. They installed a fantastic integrated solution based on Windows Media Center and Life|ware and we talk about the solution and the components used. I also...
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Simon May has an interesting poll up: What do you want to do in Media Center but can't? We all have things we want Media Center to do that it can’t but if you could pick one thing what would it be? I would like to see shared tuners and I know lots of people want better codec support, so have your...
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Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Christian Steenberg from Denmark about this Windows Media Center installation, the troubles he faced and the furniture he used to make his solution. I have email, news items and details of the massive new competition TheDigitalLifestyle.com is part of. Addin...
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I'm with Ian on this, if you want it now, go for Vista. The reason for this is two fold, first, Windows 7 isn't even Beta yet. That means that features could be taken out, not that I'm saying they will be and you won't be getting any support for a pre-beta product either (not from the...
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The first part of the installations is to download and install the release version of the Sideshow gadgets for Media Center ( 64bit and 32bit ), when I ran the install it told me I needed the Sideshow Managed Runtime 1.0 which can be download from Microsoft . Once I had the Runtime installed I could...
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Installation Guide Installation Guide Windows Application Instructions HDHomeRun Config GUI + VLC Windows Media Center - MCE (Digital Antenna) Windows Media Center - MCE (Digital Cable) Windows Media Center - TV Pack (Digital Antenna) Windows Media Center - TV Pack (Digital Cable)
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OK, seeing as mControl contributes to Ian's work on theDigitalLifestyle.com I thought I should chime in on a review of thier software. I am using mControl to control all my lighting throughout the house, with plans to expand usage to security cameras and HVAC. So far the software was very easy to...
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Yes, I have a Facebook account . I don't visit too often but it does make a nice communication tool from time to time. It's also a good way to connect to and learn more about people from my past and that I work with. I was recently on Facebook and decided to do a search for "Media Center"...
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One thing I love about Media Center is the ability to make my media accessible from anywhere in my home. The use of extenders means that I can watch live and recorded TV, listen to music, or look at pictures from anywhere. Unfortunately, Microsoft has yet to allow us to stream DVDs to our extenders....
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I recently added a Windows Home Server to my home network and moved all of my media to it. Because of that, I had to reset both of my Vista Media Center Extenders' media libraries to get them pointed to the shares on my WHS. I documented the process here: How to reset your Vista Media Center Extender...
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Just sent my email!
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I am using windows media center (vista) on my computer and have a linksys extender on my TV and currently have the cable running directly into my computer thought a pc tuner. The thing is that I can't figure out how to get the HD cable into my computer. I use comcast cable and I believe the cable has...
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Hi,
I currently have all my DVD's stored as VOB files, I'm wondering if there is a media streamer that will allow me to stream these files to another room, I really don't want to re-encode them into MPG or any other format, they are split vob's, and I have nearly 3Tb of them.
I'm looking to see...