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Just a quick post as I’ve installed Windows 8 CP on to my older HTPC today and took some photos on my iPod. You can download the ISO images from here I installed the X64 bit English version. I used an old 40GB Western Digital IDE hard disk. A fish! You can choose UK for [...]
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I’ve wanted to be able to do this for along time but never figured it out and then I switched to using Logitech Harmony universal remote controls. But I had a requirement this week to be able to press the DVD button on a standard MCE remote control and for My Movies to be launched [...]
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My new favourite Windows Media Center add-in MCE LoveFilm has been updated to version 2.1.1 What’s new since version 2.0 ? Added “New Releases” and “Just Added” Added the ability to save favourites. Online favourites for licensed customers. Improved streaming capabilities. New Releases and Just Added are now available under genres, this should make finding [...]
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You may have read my recent post here about MCE LoveFilm and the lack of a Netflix Windows Media Center add-in here in the UK. Well Martin Millmore of Milliesoft has been hard at work lately coding version 2.0 of his MCE LoveFilm add-in. I have been lucky enough to do all his beta testing [...]
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UPDATE 1: There appears to be a problem playing back some MKV movies using the LAV filter in version 3.3.9 of the Shark Codec Pack, I have started a thread here. This was not the case in the last version of the Shark Codec Pack I was using which was version 3.1.6. In this guide [...]
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If you want to kill the standby power consumption of the TV’s in your home then using an E.ON TV PowerDown plug is one way to do it. They are free to E.ON Energy customers and you can purchase them from their online shop for only 3 quid each. They are very easy to setup [...]
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The big news this week was that Netflix have finally launched an online streaming service here in the UK. I have been waiting for this for a long time and naively assumed because Netflix in is Windows Media Center for users in the US that we would also get access to the official Microsoft/Netflix add-in. [...]
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I built a new iTX HTPC a while ago now but I thought I’d share my build on the blog. The HTPC is based around the Tranquil PC bare bones ixLS chassis and motherboard. Components List: Tranquil PC bare bones ixLS chassis Intel DH67CF(B3) iTX motherboard 4GB DDR3 RAM chip Intel i3 2125 CPU Sony [...]
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A quick write up on Macrotube which adds YouTube, YouTube HD, Daily Motion and MSN Soapbox videos and more into Windows Media Center. Go to this page download either the 32bit or 64bit installer file, run it and install the add-in. Now YouTube will NOT work out of the box and we want to add [...]
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If you are an Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre user, there is a new version that has been released yesterday. Version 5.2.1.119 adds some new features and bug fixes: NEW FEATURES 01. Automatic Refresh Rate Switching 02. Intel IvyBridge Support 03. AVCHD 3D content support 04. New authentication system (allows converting trial downloads into full version.) BUG [...]
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Back in the UK for this weeks show. Andrew was away ...