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The UK Windows Media Center User Group

Ian and I have been looking for a way to really bring Windows Media Center users and enthusiasts together, we both live in the UK and we think there's some great fun to be had by getting the enthusiast community meeting each other. At this kind of...

Published Sat, Nov 29 2008 12:53 AM by simonster

Filed under: user group

Two neat meta data tools

Tonight I decided to try out Video Browser. I’ve got to say I’m really impressed, it’s a great add-in for watching your video. I actually picked it up to try it out for the the TV, and it’s pretty cool, you can download it here...

Published Sat, Nov 29 2008 12:18 AM by simonster

Filed under: add-in, media center

Tuner Free MCE – Now with Live BBC One and Two

I know I keep blogging about this but one of my favourite add-ins is a favourite because the developer, Martin, is just so fantastic about getting updates out. Updates are important particularly with a service like iPlayer where the BBC is pushing...

Published Thu, Nov 27 2008 10:41 PM by simonster

Filed under: add-in, media center

Great series of posts on Channel 8 for building a HTPC

Channel 8 is the Microsoft blogging channel aimed at people who haven’t quite entered the tech industry yet, student types. It’s kind of a mix of IT Pro, Home and Developer news. Right now Max Zukerman is writing a series of posts about building...

Published Thu, Nov 27 2008 7:48 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center

What would you like to do with Media Center but can't?

I've been having a few discussions with people at work about Media Center and why they don't make better use out of the kit that they have at home. Most people seem to think that Media Center won't do everything they want it to do, I'm...

Published Mon, Nov 24 2008 3:06 PM by simonster

TunerFree MCE updates

You probably know that I’m a huge fan of TunerFree MCE . Well it’s been updated with the following since my last post about it: Stopped BBC programs from playing twice when navigating away and back again. Update for new BBC changes. Play BBC high...

Published Thu, Nov 20 2008 2:36 PM by simonster

Filed under: add-in, media center

Smaller footprints on Windows 7

Over on the Windows 7 Engineering blog today the team are posting some great “insider” information about Windows 7 and how the team are designing it. Today’s post is all about design considerations around disk space usage, and with Windows having...

Published Thu, Nov 20 2008 2:16 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center

Foldershare is no more, well it is just called Live Sync

Before I was using Mesh to move files around my home network automatically I was using Live Folder Share. It does pretty much the same thing, it keeps a folder (or up to 20 of them) in sync around your network and online. It’s not as configurable...

Published Wed, Nov 19 2008 6:48 PM by simonster

Filed under: Live

Bye Bye One Care

As you probably know from previous posts on the subject, I was a real fan of Windows Live One care. The simplicity of the products approach, the fact that it looked nice and that it did a job were all good for me. It looks like it was slightly...

Published Wed, Nov 19 2008 4:55 PM by simonster

Filed under: one care

Xbox Experience is here

Well folks, there you have it. The New Xbox Experience, NXE. If you’ve turned on your Xbox today then you’ll have a nice little update download to your console. So what are you going to do with it now? You could do one of these things...

Published Wed, Nov 19 2008 4:44 PM by simonster

Filed under: xbox

Pause, Rewind and Fast Forward DivX (etc.)

A couple of people have posted comments around the site over the past week about how they’d like to be able to do all the “normal” stuff in the title with non-Microsoft video formats. Well me too, and I can. A while a go I was getting...

Published Wed, Nov 05 2008 3:00 PM by simonster

Filed under: add-in, media center, Tip

Connect your Xbox 360 to Twitter

I was looking for people to follow on Twitter the other day and using Twitter search I typed in “Media Center””. I found loads of updates from people saying they were watching Media Center content on their Xbox 360. I though to myself...

Published Mon, Nov 03 2008 2:29 PM by simonster

Filed under: Tip, xbox

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The UK Windows Media Center User Group

Two neat meta data tools

Tuner Free MCE – Now with Live BBC One and Two

Great series of posts on Channel 8 for building a HTPC

What would you like to do with Media Center but can't?

TunerFree MCE updates

Smaller footprints on Windows 7

Foldershare is no more, well it is just called Live Sync

Bye Bye One Care

Xbox Experience is here

Pause, Rewind and Fast Forward DivX (etc.)

Connect your Xbox 360 to Twitter

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