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Video Library 2.0 alpha

JackLuminous in TGB forums has posted details of of Videolibrary 2.0. As you can see from from the screen shots the app is very impressive and adds to the list of great designed Windows Media Center application. Here are some of the changes for the new...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 10:41 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Media Browser to go commercial?

One of the most popular Media Center addons at the moment Media Browser could be going commercial. I saw on Twitter that Sam could be taking the application “for profit” but the code will remain GPL. Media Browser is a great application and...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2009 9:15 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Media Browser Beta 2.1.0.0 Released (updated)

Jas Manghera has details of the new Media Browser 2.1.0.0 . The core of the application has been updated making it a lot faster and there is a new plug in framework and DVR-MS support (so you get the same experience with TV files as you do with the rest...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2009 9:23 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Big Screen EPG – ‘by Remote’ (2 Foot PVR Client for Media Center)

Niall has details of his new component for his Big Screen EPG application called “by Remote” which is a 2” remote EPG application similar to Webguide. Before you get to excited this is only for EPG data imported via Big Screen EPG but its still...

Published Sun, Jun 06 2009 8:36 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Media Browser alpha testing started

Fans of Media Browser will be pleased to know that they have started testing 2.0.12 and according to the post on theHTPC.net its going to be an exciting release. Unfortunately there are no screen shots yet but it should look like the preview shots shown...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2009 5:23 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Plugin developers wanted for TuneFreeMCE

Martin Milmore the developer of TuneFreeMCE is working on a plugin feature for his application that enables 3rd party’s to bring TV content in to TunerFreeMCE . He is looking for developers to create and test the plugins so if there was a specific content...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 12:40 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Playing MKVs in Media Center and on Extenders

Just as Microsoft gets native Divx playback introduced in Windows 7 along comes MKV newer format that lots of enthusiasts want to use and out of the box Windows 7 does not support it. Fortunately since Divx introduced MKV support things have got easier...

Published Sun, Jun 06 2009 7:53 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins, Windows 7

TouchRC – Control Media Center from Windows Mobile

Controlling Media Center for a Windows Mobile device is something that I have tried many time with various degrees of success. One new application that looks great is TouchRC an open source application that works in conjunction with vmcontroller It supports...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 1:19 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

TwitterMCE – Twitter from Windows Media Center

I love twitter but I am not sure if I would want to twitter directly from Windows Media Center but if you want to you can with TwitterMCE . TwitterMCE will allow you to post tweets, view friends, followers and timelines within Media Center. This is just...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 12:30 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Introducing the TDL Reader for Windows Media Center

I am pleased to be able to introduce the brand new TDL Reader , a Media Center addin that enables The Digital Lifestyle.co mcontent in the 10 foot Windows Media Center UI. You can get all the TDL blogs, podcasts, videos and browse them directly from Windows...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 5:03 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, Addins, Windows 7

My Movies and Tranquil PC Competition

OK I know I am a little late on this but better late than never! My Movies and Tranquil PC Competition My Movies and Tranquil PC gives our customers and users the chance to win a Tranquil AVA RS5 “Special Edition” Media Server. The Tranquil AVA RS5 is...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 9:21 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Home Server, Addins

Windows Audio Changer for Windows Media Center

Vista Audio changer is an application that enables you to change the default output device for the entire system from Windows Media Center or via a hotkey. This will be handy if you have multiple audio outputs and watch to switch them on the fly. The...

Published Tue, May 05 2009 11:22 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, Addins, Windows 7

Vista Application to Hide Media Center Menu Strips

With Windows 7 you can easily hide Media Center menu item strips from the Windows Media Center UI but Windows Vista does not have this feature. You could go in to the registry and hide items from there but mikinho in TGB forums has come up with a nice...

Published Sat, May 05 2009 7:25 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, Addins

Media Center Addin: TunerFree PVR

Not to be confused with TunerFreeMCE , TunerFree PVR is an HTML application for XP Media Center that also works with Vista Media Center and Windows 7. It streams live TV from tvcatchup.com which is a free UK TV streaming application (registration...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 3:58 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Videos of Netflix in Windows Media Center

Here are a couple of videos showing the Netflix application for Windows Media Center that I thought I would highlight both are from Brandon LeBlanc of the Windows Team Blog Netflix in Windows Media Center Getting Netflix in Windows Media Center There...

Published Wed, May 05 2009 10:31 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, Addins

Microsoft Opens the Curtain for Netflix in Windows Media Center

Here are the official details on the Netflix app for Windows Media Center: Microsoft and Netflix Enhance Movie and TV Watching on the PC Latest content addition offers more than 12,000 choices of movies and TV episodes that can be watched instantly on...

Published Wed, May 05 2009 7:09 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, Addins

Netflix comes to Windows Media Center

Microsoft are going to be announcing an official Netflix application for Windows Media Center. There have been 3rd party apps that have tried this before but this is an official addin. It has features like Watch Instant, you can manage queues and use...

Published Wed, May 05 2009 5:02 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, Addins

Windows Media Center Internet TV Beta 2 is Live

Richard has some screen shots of the new version of Internet TV for Windows Media Center, this updates the 1.1 version with an updated UI, I am not sure there is any new content. Check out Richard’s blog for all the details

Published Fri, May 05 2009 8:12 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Yammm - Yet Another Media Meta Manager

Yes is another Media Manager application! This one is called Yammm (Yet Another Media Meta Manager), this one runs as a Windows Service and will download any missing artwork (folder.jpg). The developer says that he created the application because he wanted...

Published Thu, May 05 2009 9:00 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Theme7MC.com from Hack7MC

While Media Center doesn’t have a theme feature there are some hacks to make it work and some great looking themes available on the web. Now Hack7MC have launched Theme7MC.com a site for hosting Media Center themes. There are a gallery of themes plus...

Published Wed, May 05 2009 9:29 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins, Windows 7

Big Screen EPG for Windows 7 – Public Beta Program Now Open

Its been a while since I talked about Big Screen EPG, this is an EPG tool developed for Windows 7 Media Center that has previously been in private beta and now Niall has opened it up the beta to all. If want to use 3rd party EPG data this may just...

Published Wed, May 05 2009 9:14 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins, Windows 7

Upcoming features for Media Browser

Sam Saffron one of the team behind Media Browser has details of some of the new features coming in the application. Sam seems pretty excited about the new release saying that the new version could be labelled as version 3 such is the amount of changes...

Published Fri, May 05 2009 10:53 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Testers needed for new Media Center app: TubeCore - PlayOn/TVersity front end

What to test a new DLNA client for Windows Media Center? CLaRGe on TheGreenButton forums is looking for testers of his new application called tubeCore, its designed to work with PlayOn, TVersity, Twonky and other DLNA servers. The application which...

Published Wed, May 05 2009 9:43 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Windows 7 PowerPlaylist Sample Application Now Available on CodePlex.com

You may remember the PowerPlaylist Sample Application that the Media Center team put out on Codeplex a while ago. This is the addin that adds a custom Start Menu strip to Media Center and each title represents an audio and slideshow combination. Great...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 1:16 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins, Windows 7

My Movie Finder for 7MC

Woodbark on TGB forums has made a nice little application for downloading dvd info for movies stored in the Movie Library of Windows 7 Media Center. There are a few apps out there doing this now but this app seems to be nice and simple and free. I recently...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2009 8:15 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins, Windows 7

Windows Media Center Addins Wiki

A while ago I setup a Wiki for Media Center addins and its been a bit neglected, seeing as at the user group meetup there was a lot of interest in Media Center addins I thought it would be a good idea to try and get some community input in to the wiki...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2009 2:57 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

How to Remove Commercials from Windows Media Center TV Shows

[This is an article I wrote for the February's Windows Vista magazine and its now available online , they have kindly allowed me to reproduce it here. This is designed for Windows Vista and will not work with Windows 7] The great thing about using Windows...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2009 4:46 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Vista, Addins

TunerFreeMCE Update

Since recording the interview about TunerFreeMCE with Martin Milmore a few weeks ago Martin has added a lot of features to the application so I thought was worth doing an update. In the interview Martin talks about needing mouse clicks to trigger playback...

Published Fri, Apr 04 2009 9:00 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

The Media Center Show #201 - TunerFreeMCE

This week I am talking to Martin Milmore about TunerFreeMCE , one of the most popular addins for Windows Media Center at the moment. It an application that enables you to get BBC iPlayer, Hulu and other servers directly in to Media Center without a TV...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 12:20 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Hulu begins encrypting HTML to stop 3rd party apps

Seems like Hulu are fighting the inevitable by trying to restrict their content to just the browser. Engadget HD are reporting that Hulu is encrypting the HTML content in a effort to break the 3rd party applications, they quote TunerFreeMCE’s Martin Milmore...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2009 11:12 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Addins

Media Center Health Monitor for Windows Home Server Beta

I have wanted to try Windows Home Server development so I thought the best way to start would be to work with one of my existing project so I have created a Windows Home Server addon for Media Center Health Monitor . The addon monitors the health of all...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2009 5:31 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server, Addins

Video Demo of Media Browser 2.0.10.0 (Vanilla)

I blogged about new beta of Media Browser last week and nunosilva in The Digital Lifestyle.com forums has posted a nice video overview of the new build. I really like the UI in this new version it looks great and it really adds to the media capabilities...

Published Sun, Mar 03 2009 7:57 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

New public beta of Open Media Library

Thanks to Scott for the tip, OML (Open Media Library) has a new public beta out. The latest build is a targeted for public testing rather than the daily developer build so if you want to test OML this is the build to use. You can listen to David Shulitz...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2009 5:29 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Media Browser Beta 10

One very cool application for Windows Media Center is Media Browser and today Jas has revealed details of version beta 10. The first thing about new the build is that its .NET 3.5 only and it has a new vanilla theme and I must say it’s looking fantastic...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2009 9:37 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Media Center Health Monitor Beta

It’s been a long while since I worked on the application so I thought it was about time I did some updates on it. So I have dusted out the source code and cleaned it up a bit with the aim of updating the features over the next few weeks. First a...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 5:26 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

Interview with Doug Berrett on Webguide

Webguide is one of my favourite addins for Windows Media Center and like many in the community I have been upset to see it will not work with TV Pack or Windows 7. One glimmer of hope was shown at PDC when the developer (and former guest on the The Media...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2009 10:04 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Webguide, Addins, Windows 7

Video: TunerFree MCE on a Windows 7 Netbook

TunerFree MCE is a Media Center application that enables streaming of TV content from the like of BBC, ITV and Hulu all to the 10 foot Windows Media Center UI, You don’t need a TV tuner just an internet connection. Martin Millmore the developer...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2009 2:37 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins, Windows 7

Big Screen EPG v0.3 (Pimp’n Edition)

Niall has details of Big Screen EPG (an EPG tool for Windows 7 Media Center), for regions without official EPG data this would be a very valuable tool. Here are some of the features ( taken from Niall’s blog ) Brand new User Interface – much...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2009 1:16 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Addins, Windows 7

Hulu / Internet TV for Media Center coming soon with SecondRun.TV

Richard Miller tweeted about a video showing Internet TV content (like Hulu) on Windows Media Center, the application is called SecondRun.tv so far there is only a video to go off the features, but it looks intriguing. I wish the TV companies would just...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2009 1:25 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins

DVRMSToolBox to work with Windows 7

Last weekend I spent hours working with DVRMSToolbox and Lifextender for a magazine article on how to remove commercials from Media Center recordings and I was aware than none of these apps worked with TV Pack or Windows 7, so I was pleased to see Engadget...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2009 9:57 AM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows Media Center, Addins, Windows 7

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