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Windows7 Media Center LEARN MORE

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...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2009 7:16 PM by gadget

Filed under: Windows 7, Media Center, Window7, Learn More

SkyTV Sky Player Integration Within Windows7 Media Center ... hmm

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...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2009 8:27 PM by gadget

Filed under: Windows 7, tv, Media Center, Windows7 WME, Window7, UK, Sky, Sky Player

Video skip feature in Windows 7 Media Centre

I mailed this tip to the Entertainment 2.0 podcast recently and got some positive feedback from it, so I thought I’d post it here as well. When watching a video (recorded TV, avi or whatever) you can quickly jump forward or backward. Just enter...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2009 3:34 PM by mark1234

Filed under: Windows 7

Finally installed Windows7 - good/ok and oh well

Finaly got around to installing Windows 7 RC , hmm , ok its early days and it is a Beta but so far i have found a few issues that on the most part are probably my own fault 1. it took over 4 hours to get a desktop to display answer: remember that your...

Published Sat, Jun 06 2009 10:23 PM by gadget

Filed under: Windows 7, Media Center, Windows7 WME

Windows 7 RC - what's good and what still needs to be done?

I have been using Media Center the RC build on Windows 7 for a little while now and I have been able to test it various ways so I thought I would pass on my findings. Due to recent reorganisation in my home I am now using Media Center both directly from...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2009 7:30 AM by Dangelus

Filed under: Windows 7, Extender, ac3, .m2ts, .mkv

My adventures with Windows Media Center

After exchanging a few Tweets with Ian and expressing an interest to contribute to this community he suggested I do a post about my experiences, so here it is. I have been using Media Center for a few years now and I will keep using it as it is the only...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2009 9:23 AM by Dangelus

Filed under: Windows 7, dvb-s, Extender

TV Setup issue after upgrading from Windows 7 build 7022 to 7057

I have been testing Windows 7 on my media center PC and recently tried upgrading from build 7022 to the latest 7057. The upgrade process itself worked fine but when I loaded media center I received an error stating there was a problem with my TV setup...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 11:39 AM by jonathand

Filed under: Windows 7, Installation, Build 7057, Build 7022

Windows 7 install issues with Asus P5GZ-MX motherboard

After trying to install Windows 7 on my media PC recently I hit a major install issue related to the onboard graphics card on the Asus P5GZ-MX motherboard. If anybody else has hit a similar issue see the post below. http://www.jons-bar.co.uk/archives...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 11:04 AM by jonathand

Filed under: Windows 7, Installation

I'm A Windows Media Center PC and Upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 (Beta)

By Jason Coombes This post is about our experience with the version of Windows Media Center that is currently available in the Windows 7 beta (official and leaked builds) but first I thought it might be useful to explain what I feel is important for a...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 12:11 AM by JayC

Filed under: Windows 7, Media Center, Windows Vista

.wtv To .dvr-ms Command Line Conversion

As a follow up to my previous post on Convert to .dvr-ms option on the .wtv context menu in Windows 7 Build-7057 , and in response to some of the comments, I've looked a little deeper into the conversion process. Keeping an eye on Windows Task Manager...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2009 3:46 PM by JayC

Filed under: Windows 7, Media Center

Convert to .dvr-ms option on the .wtv context menu in Windows 7 Build 7057

Since the launch of the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) I have been trying to find a build of Windows 7 that would work with hybrid dual tuners, like the Hauppauge Nova-T-500, and so I've been testing each of the leaked builds in the hope that this might...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2009 10:57 AM by JayC

Filed under: Windows 7, Media Center

Mediaportal V Media Center? Which to choose?

Mediaportal V Media Center: Fight! 1. Background / Environment As a long time HTPC fan and serial tinkerer (is that even a word? If not, it should be!) I like to try a full range of HTPC software so have tinkered with a range of Operating systems and...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 9:05 PM by TheChief

Filed under: Windows 7, Media Center, monochrome, media portal, moving pictures, 4therecord, streamedMP, media browser

Going Back to Vista Media Center for the Time Being

After using Windows 7 media center on my HTPC exclusively for the last month, I have decided to return to Vista for the time being. Windows 7 beta Media Center just is not stable enough for me yet. Here are some of the problems that forced my hand. 1...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2009 3:11 AM by NDLux

Filed under: Windows 7, Media Center

Adding Freesat (and Freeview) to Windows 7

My current HTPC setup comprises of a custom built machine that dual boots Windows XP (with both MCE 2005 and Media Portal installed) and Windows 7 MCE – build 7022 (the latest available build at the time of writing). I did foray into the world of...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2009 5:07 PM by TheChief

Filed under: Windows 7, freeview, bbc hd, freesat, itv hd, dvb-s, dvb-t

OTA HDTV on a Netbook

I just figured out how to setup my Pinnacle HDTV Pro stick (801e) on my HP Mini Netbook (1010NR) to watch live TV in Windows 7 Media Center. It’s pretty simple, but there is a catch. There is not enough storage on the SSD to store the live TV buffer...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2009 8:01 AM by NDLux

Filed under: Windows 7, netbook, tv, atsc

How make Windows 7 task bar to look like Vista

by Andrew Cherry I’ve seen some people complain that they don’t like the changes to the taskbar in W7 and would like their taskbar to be like Vista, but haven’t seen anywhere how to do this. 1. Set the task bar to small icons and “combine...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2009 5:09 PM by Ian Dixon

Filed under: Windows 7

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SkyTV Sky Player Integration Within Windows7 Media Center ... hmm

Video skip feature in Windows 7 Media Centre

Finally installed Windows7 - good/ok and oh well

Windows 7 RC - what's good and what still needs to be done?

My adventures with Windows Media Center

TV Setup issue after upgrading from Windows 7 build 7022 to 7057

Windows 7 install issues with Asus P5GZ-MX motherboard

I'm A Windows Media Center PC and Upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 (Beta)

.wtv To .dvr-ms Command Line Conversion

Convert to .dvr-ms option on the .wtv context menu in Windows 7 Build 7057

Mediaportal V Media Center? Which to choose?

Going Back to Vista Media Center for the Time Being

Adding Freesat (and Freeview) to Windows 7

OTA HDTV on a Netbook

How make Windows 7 task bar to look like Vista

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