Android Youtube app gets an update, adds HD playback for 2.2 and 2.3 devices

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Last night I noticed that the Youtube app for Android has been updated, this version adds HD playback to some Gingerbread and Froyo devices. It depends on your phone whether you get HD playback or not, I tested my Galaxy Note and that worked fine.   What’s in this version: Android 3.2+ devices: v.3.5 Sign-in with [...]

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Tip on getting DVBLink and other Media Center addins working with Windows 8

I have seen a few issues with Windows Media Center addins not showing up in the Extra’s gallery, some addins are failing because of compatibility issues related to the .net framework editions but some are failing because they are not registering as an extra in Media Center. Luckily Dean posted a comment on my Windows [...]

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My Movies Collection Management 4.03PR1 released

To go with My Movies for Windows Media Center 4.03PR1 there is 4.03PR1 of My Moves Collection Management. This update mirrors the Media Center version and includes PowerDVD 12 support, Data server API and trailer options. You can get the new version from the My Movies download page.   My Movies for Windows Media Center [...]

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My Movies for Windows Media Center 4.03PR1 released

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The guys at My Movies have released a new version of My Movies for Windows Media Center. 4.03 Pre Release can be downloaded from the My Movies download page and includes updates like PowerDVD 12 support, the new data service API, automatic trailer support and lots of other changes. I have seen some frustration from [...]

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XBMC 11 Eden RC2 released

It was only on Tuesday we reported about RC1 of XMBC 11 Eden and the fast working development team have got RC2 of Eden released.  The main change seems to be a fix to a video sync issue that was in the RC1 build. We are pleased to announce that the video sync bug introduced [...]

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Media Center Themer added to the Media Center app store

A few weeks ago Media Center Themer was released and yesterday it was released in the Media Center app store (MadeForMediaCenter.com) If haven’t had chance to check out the addin it’s a theming tool for Windows Media Center that enables changing of colours, fonts, images and strips basically re-theme the whole of Media Center without [...]

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AMD release Catalyst drivers for Windows 8 Consumer Preview

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If you have downloaded Windows 8 Consumer Preview and have a AMD video card you may want to checkout AMD’s new Windows 8 drivers. They have released a set of preview drivers for the 64bit and 32 bit version of Windows 8 support on the following cards: AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series AMD Radeon HD [...]

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PC World’s KnowHow Movie streaming services goes live with limited content selection

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This week we talked about Currys/PC World launching a movie streaming service and today the site was officially launched. Looking around at the site there is a fairly basic selection with only content from Warner Bro and Disney and the prices seem pretty high. For example Dolphin Tale can be bought for in HD for [...]

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Installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview first thoughts

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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vmcMote HD iOS Windows Media Center remote app updated

On the podcast this week we had an email about Windows Media Center remotes for iOS and the one I use on my iPad got an update today. vmcMote HD for the iPad enables browsing the music library (with art work), create playlists and control playback. The update published today improves library browsing speed which [...]

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