Revision3 the people behind web shows such as Tekzilla, AppJudgment, Diggnation, Destructoid, and HD Nation have developed a Windows Media Center addin so you can watch their content directly from Windows Media Center. It looks like its part of their stragey for bring there shows to the TV as they are also targeting Apple TV,Boxee and Roku boxes. Its [...]
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In case you haven’t read my Thoughts on Windows Phone 7 post, I’m using a Samsung Omnia 7 which is one of the new Windows Phone “smartphones” running the latest mobile OS from Microsoft; Windows Phone 7 (WP7). Ian Dixon (Blog | Twitter) also recently posted that the final V1.0 release of Big Screen ‘byRemote’ [...]
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Just a quick post to say that the DVDBrowser app I wrote about earlier in the week is now available in the MadeforMediaCenter app store. If you haven’t tried the Windows Media Center app store you can sign up for free and start downloading Media Center apps without having to leave Windows Media Center Download [...]
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While Media Center does have auto delete features for recorded TV its not that flexible, so developer Slothie on TGB has come up with a neat solution. His Scheduled Delete application uses search strings to auto-delete recordings. Which will be great to keep my system clean after the kids have scheduled hundreds of recordings Download [...]
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Nial at bigscreenglobal.com has announced the launch of final versions of their Windows 7 Media Center and Windows Phone 7 applications: Big Screen ‘byRemote’ – for Windows 7 Media Center v1.0 *Final Release* *free* ‘BASIC EDITION’ Available now With Big Screen ‘by Remote’ – you can now access your Windows 7 Media Center EPG from just [...]
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Just spotted a new addin for Windows Media Center called DVDBrowser.With the addin you can browse or search your DVD Library and view DVDs by category. You can also add a cover.jpg for each movie for extra art work. I know there are lots of other great movie addins for Media Center but this is [...]
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Damian on MediaSmartServer.net has posted a great walk through guide to latest version of Media Browser (2.2.9). The guide explains the preparations you need to get started with Media Browser, the installation process and configuring podcasts, plugs-ins and themes. The guide is really detailed and Damian has done a great job explaining all the options, [...]
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SecondRun.tv is a Media Center addin that brings internet video content into Windows Media Center with sources like Hulu and CBS.com Version 2 looks like a major re-write and brings new sources and includes a channel build. The new edition will be out soon and Yaggs (the developer) has decided to start charging for the [...]
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I came across another interesting remote control solution for Windows Media Center. This one called Meanie works on most modern mobile web browsers, the developer has tested it with an iPhone but it should work on Android and Windows Phone 7 as well. On the Windows Media Center PC you install the server component and [...]
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Niall has officially launched version 1 of Big Screen byRemote the remote scheduling application. There are two version, a free basic edition and a pro version (no price yet) and there is Windows Phone 7 native client available soon. It’s great to see a free version, this application has grown as a really great service [...]
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