I love my Raspberry Pi but like I said in my first review the board feels a little vulnerable and so when I saw a case design at the Blackpool Linux User Group I had to get one. The case is made in Telford here in the UK by the Shropshire Linux User Group and [...]
A couple of years ago I started using Simple.tv a service for Media Center that would automatically convert recorded TV shows to a format I could use on other devices like the iPad, it worked very well but I haven’t used it for some time. Today I got an email from them explaining that they [...]
In the latest post on the Building Windows 8 Blog Microsoft have talked about the fast boot process in Windows 8 and with the use of UEFI firmware you don’t have to desperately press F8 to try and get in to the boot loader. It looks like things like booting from a USB stick are [...]
Samsung promised Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) for the Galaxy Note and it looks like it’s finally here (at least for UK owners). I had given up checking for the update each day but today my phone prompted me to download the 318mb download. Once downloaded the Note rebooted, installed the update and after about [...]
My Movies for Windows Media Center pre-release 4.03 has been released. There are new box set features, new Media Browser options and lots of other changes. You can get the download from My Movies.dk Details from the changelog: My Movies for Windows Media Center and My Movies Collection Management 4.03 Pre Release 3 Added: Box [...]
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When you get your new Raspberry Pi and download one of the images you will find that even though you may have 16GB card the Raspberry Pi is only use a small part of it. This is because the downloaded image is of a fixed size and so most of the space goes to waist. [...]
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Plex have been busy and updated their Media server and client applications. The beta version has a new media analysis feature that scans media and works out where it needs transcoding or not, there is support for iTunes videos and iTunes U and lots of other fixes. In the client there are plenty of fixes [...]
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I am really enjoying using my Raspberry Pi, its great fun tinkering with the Linux and getting XMBC working and yesterday RS Components starting taking orders for the Pi from users that pre-registered on the original release date. RS say that some 100,000 ordered on the first day and they expect boards will be shipped [...]
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An update rolling out today adds the ability to add background art and posters to TV library sections. So if the files are not automatically downloaded from theTVDB or you want to create your own Plex now supports that. The update is rolling out automatically today. Details from Plex: One recurring request we’ve gotten [...]
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For Media Center having the correct album art on music files is very important as the media playback experience looks so much better when everything is correct. A lot of users want FLAC support but where frustrated about the artwork problems so they will be pleased to see that WMP Tag Plus has been updated [...]
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Back in the UK for this weeks show. Andrew was away at keep fit so Jason Coombes joins Garry and I to talk over the weeks news including my thoughts on China and HP, Windows Media Center in Windows 8, family safety in Windows 8, building Media Center extenders, DTS audio, My Movies and we talk [...]
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The Windows version of QuickTime has been updated to version 7.7.2 and only contains security updates and has no new features. The update should be automatic via Apple Software Update. QuickTime 7.7.2 improves security and is recommended for all QuickTime 7 users on Windows. For information on the security content of this update, please visit [...]
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One of the things I wanted to try on the Raspberry Pi was XMBC and there are a couple of projects looking at getting the media application on to the £29 board, it’s early days yet but there are plenty of resources out there if you want to give it a go. I used OpenELEC [...]
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In another very long post on the Building Windows 8 Blog (which now seems to have disappeared) Microsoft talk about the enhanced multi-monitor. I have been using multi-monitors for years and would not like to go back to a single screen. In Windows 8 Microsoft are improving the edges detection with dual monitors, Windows 8 [...]
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