It looks like Sky and Microsoft have put the Media Center Sky Player service live. I noticed that the coming soon line on the Sky Player had gone and that I could install the application. As well as the TV addin there is also a Sky Movies icon in the Movies strip. You need to [...]
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I want to introduce a project that has been consuming a lot of my time over the last few weeks: MadeforMediaCenter.com. Made for Media Center is an app store for Windows Media Center. Developed with fellow MVP Andrew Cherry of Digital Living Solutions the app store aims to brings together the fantastic selection 3rd party [...]
Full Story »![12monkeys[1]](http://thedigitallifestyle.com/w/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/12monkeys1_5F00_thumb_5F00_2B6DF5B5-135x90.jpg "My Shark 007 Win7 Codec Configuration")
Update: As of Shark 007 codec pack version 2.28 for my configuration to work as described below, I now also have to “Disable the DMO codecs on the SWAP TAB” I’ve been in Codec hell again lately, ever since first connecting a Windows 7 Media Center PC to an AVR and wanting to get 5.1 [...]
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If your ready to move up to Windows 7 but are worried about loosing your recording schedules then worry no more. On the Windows Media Center Team Blog they have a solution for porting your recordings from Vista (pre-TV pack) to Windows 7: Important note: This method is to port ONLY the schedule entries, and [...]
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It looks like the tool that Microsoft talked about at CEDIA for checking if you system is capable of working with CableCard has been released. The tool called the Digital Cable Advisor should be showing up in the Extras gallery in Windows 7, after you have installed the tool it will run an analysis of [...]
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I think I’ve found something too good to be true. I was just looking about on codeplex and came across this project WTVWatcher by Paul Bruce. It almost has me shaking in my seat for it’s simplicity and ease of use. What Paul’s done is created a little tool that requires no installation (but we [...]
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I read a report on PC Pro’s web site that some ATI cards are struggling with HD content in Windows Media Center. The post quotes forum members from AMD’s forums complaining that HD content from the BBC recorded via Freesat will not play on certain ATI Radeon cards. ATI told PC Pro that it may [...]
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I posted about Engadget HD’s guide and I someone missed Mike’s excellent post on how to do commercial skipping in Windows 7. As Windows 7 will bring a relaxing of CableCard copy protection the guide should work for HD content to, so follow the link to the 4 page guide When the announcement came that [...]
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For the last few years I have been using my Xbox 360 as an extender connected to my TV and have been really enjoying the Windows Media Center experience. But times are changing and there are more and more services come to the browser so when I got chance to try a Niveus ZONE I [...]
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For the last few years I have been using my Xbox 360 as an extender connected to my TV and have been really enjoying the Windows Media Center experience. But times are changing and there are more and more services come to the browser so when I got chance to try a Niveus ZONE I [...]
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