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Windows Media Center Platform in the PDC Build of Windows 7

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:06:36 GMT

The Windows 7 release of the Windows Media Center platform focuses primarily on small, targeted improvements to the Windows Media Center Presentation Layer and additions to the managed code object model to make all applications (with greater emphasis Read More......(read more)

Windows Media Center in the PDC Build of Windows 7

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:00:38 GMT

If you are attending the 2008 Professional Developers Conference you received a pre-beta Windows 7 build today (6801) which contains many features the Windows Media Center team has been developing over the past year. It’s my pleasure to take a few minutes Read More......(read more)

The Media Center Show #177 - GridSearch

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:27:18 GMT

Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Jonathan Bowes about GridSearch , Gridsearch is a new visual way to search through video files that will make finding any scene in a movie very simple and just a few button presses. Have a look at the video Read More......(read more)

Details of the Media Center updates

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:55:51 GMT

I mentioned the two updates for Windows Media Center that were put out on Windows Updates this week and Microsoft have released details of the update. On my test system the TV Pack update was installed and then cumulative update has been offered as a Read More......(read more)

October 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:17:19 GMT

Microsoft has released the October 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista on 14th October,2008. This update rollup is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate. In addition to the fixes Read More......(read more)

Cumulative Update for Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:17:19 GMT

Microsoft has released the Cumulative Update for Media Center TV Pack for Windows Vista on 14th October,2008. This update rollup is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate with the Media Center TV Pack Read More......(read more)

Microsoft Releases October Media Center Updates

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:11:00 GMT

October 2008 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista (KB955519) Fixes an issue in which you cannot seek through recorded TV shows on Windows Media Center systems that have digital cable tuners. Additionally, the recorded TV shows display Read More......(read more)

Release Candidate of Windows Media Center Gadgets for Windows SideShow (but not TV Pack)

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:29:00 GMT

Remember the beta Windows Media Center gadget for Windows Sideshw that released back in July? ( see the review on the gadget blog ) well Microsoft have put out a Release Candidate of the gadget and It looks like it now supports Extenders. The updated Read More......(read more)

The Media Center Show #172 - CEDIA

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:16:15 GMT

Listen Here (mp3) Last week was the CEDIA show, a show for high end custom installers with likes of Niveus and Life|Ware showing off 10 extender based systems. This week I have Kevin Collins, director of the Custom Installer Channel in the Connected TV Read More......(read more)

New utility to create links for DVDLibrary

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:05:15 GMT

Remember the guide on how to stream DVDs to Extenders? The guide works well but it is a pain to create the link files necessary for streaming to work. Fortunately a cleaver developer has created a utility to simplify the process and has created an updated Read More......(read more)

The Media Center Show #171 - Kevin Tofel on Cloud Computing

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:51:43 GMT

Listen Here (mp3) Back after a week off, this week talking with blogger and podcast Kevin Tofel talking about Cloud Computing. Kevin recently switched to only using web based apps and we chatted about what is Cloud Computing, the security risks around Read More......(read more)

TV Manager 1.0 for Windows Home Server and Media Center

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:29:20 GMT

TV Manager is a Windows Home Server add-in that lets you move your recordings to your Windows Home Server for management and storage, something that I wish WHS had built in out of the box. Version 1 is out of beta and works with XP and Vista and is a Read More......(read more)

The Media Center Show #170 - Musicgiants

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:19:43 GMT

Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Scott Scott Bahneman, CEO of MusicGiants about their HD audio and video services that can deliver high quality music and videos directly in to Windows Media Center. As more of us connect Media Center up to AV Read More......(read more)

CE Pro’s take on the TV Feature Pack

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:40:27 GMT

CE Pro have their take on the TV Feature pack, they have nice details on some of the new features including PlayReady , how QAM support works and the new TV format. TV Pack is still shrouded in secrecy. OEMs still are not allowed to talk about its innate Read More......(read more)

Live Chat with Ed Bott on Windows Media Center TV Feature Pack – Today

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:21:00 GMT

Don’t forget to join Ed Bott and myself for the live caht today talking about the new Windows Media Center TV Feature Pack. I know there are a lot of questions about the update and Ed will do his best to answer them. Head over to Yahoo Live at 12pm PST Read More......(read more)

Ed Bott on Windows Media Center TV Feature Pack

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:50:00 GMT

I know there are a lot of upset Media Center enthusiasts at the moment with the confirmation that the feature pack is going to be OEM only. Ed Bott as ever has a balanced view on the subject, his opinion seems to be that Microsoft were stuck between releasing Read More......(read more)

Microsoft post details on the Windows Media Center TV Pack

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:30:00 GMT

As you will see on TheGreenButton.com Microsoft’s have moved to clarify the situation around the Media Center update formally know as fiji. I know the main bone of contention will be the availability of the update which is OEM Microsoft's Ben Read Read More......(read more)

The Media Center Show #168 - Mark McCall and a naked guy

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:55:26 GMT

Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Automated Home's Mark McCall. We recorded the interview live and took questions from the chat room, we covered a wide range of topics from pre-installed crapware to home servers, Xbox Media Center to Apple Read More......(read more)

EngadgetHD:Hands-on with the Vista Media Center TV Pack

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:36:28 GMT

Last weeks The Media Center Show guest Ben Drawbaugh has got a leaked copy of the Windows Media Center TV Pack and posted his hands on experience on EngadgetHD , again I can't say much other than its worth reading the review and I will have a full Read More......(read more)

Mary-Jo Foley on TV Feature Pack

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:44:11 GMT

Put this down as “another story I can’t comment on but is worth reading”. ZDNet’s Mary-Jo Foley has a post on the unrest amongst testers of the TV Feature pack for Windows Media Center. It looks like there are still some testers leaking out information Read More......(read more)

The Media Center Show #167 - Ben Drawbaugh (Engadget HD)

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:26:00 GMT

Listen Here (mp3) This week I am chatting with Engadget HD's Ben Drawbaugh. We will be talking about Windows Media Center, Home Automation, remote controls and the recent Extender shoot he did for Engadget HD. I also have your email and a round up Read More......(read more)

Paul Thurrott reviews Media Center Extenders

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:28:43 GMT

You may remember me getting a bit upset by Paul Thurrott’s dismissal of the new generation of Extenders for Windows Media Center. Basically he said the extenders were no better than the old models and they were not worth looking at. I totally disagreed Read More......(read more)

MCE Plugins Bazar

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:31:55 GMT

I am really impressed with the volume of MCE plugins added in the data base of MoreMce.com .And the best part of it that if you will get an alert whenever there will be any update in their data base(you have to be a subscriber for that) so enjoy! MoreMce Read More......(read more)

Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (KB954086)

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:22:22 GMT

This update has been released by Microsoft on 22nd July,2008. Install this update to resolve an issue in which a Windows Media Center configuration that uses an analog TV broadcast without a set-top box, displays a protected content message when recording Read More......(read more)

The Top 10 things you never knew about Windows Media Center “Fiji”

SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:22:22 GMT

Well here is the list.I won't comment anything.Just enjoy! http://mobilewares.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!78533A1A2E078194!1860.entry Read More......(read more)