March 2008 - Posts

• Installing Vista Service Pack 1 and WMV playback problems

  I have had Service Pack 1 for Vista on my test machine since the beta was first launched and have also had it installed on my Samsung Q1 since it RTMed.  So I thought I would update my main Media Center machine over the weekend. This was the biggest... Posted Mar 30 2008, 09:59 AM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• The Media Center Show #150 - Charlie Owen on the Media Center Platform

  Listen Here Welcome to show 150! Joining me this week is Microsoft's Charlie Owen, Charlie is a Program Manager on the eHome team and his area is the Media Center Platform and the SDK. Charlie talks about how the Media Center vision has changed since... Posted Mar 26 2008, 12:48 PM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• Should 3rd Party apps look and feel like the rest of Media Center? Vote Now!!

  A debate that has raged since Microsoft launched the SDK for Windows Media Center is should Media Center apps look and feel like native Media Center or should they have their own look Steven Harding has posted this question on his blog: Microsoft are... Posted Mar 26 2008, 10:12 AM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• QuiiQ Slashes Prices on QuiiQ Movies

  Last week I wrote about QuiiQ Movies , a new movie cataloging and management application for Media Center and the overwhelming response was “$100+, no thanks.” Well, it appears the guys at QuiiQ were listening and today dropped their price of the Base... Posted Mar 25 2008, 10:08 PM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• MCE Collections Beta

  WeGotServed.co.uk has an update on a couple of new addins and one that caught my eye was MCE Collections Beta. This is a new Vista Media Center application that provides access to TV collections on a Windows Home Server created with Recorded TV Manager... Posted Mar 25 2008, 10:29 AM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• New Remote Control software to control Media Center from PSP or iPhone

  There is a new Remote Control application in development that enabled you to control Media Center from a mobile device like a PSP or an iPhone. It's an open source project that is available from sourceforge.net , I will be giving it a try over the... Posted Mar 22 2008, 08:29 AM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• RadioTime for Windows Media Center

  I found a new (to me anyway) service today, thanks to an insert in the box my Linksys DMA2200 came in. Its called RadioTime, and its free. Its a Media Center plugin that allows you to stream Internet radio stations from all over the world. And it can... Posted Mar 22 2008, 01:03 AM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• All Vista Media Center Keyboard shortcuts

  Here is a top tip from the forums that I thought was worth posting. It's a complete list of Media Center keyboard shortcuts: A friend of mine gave me a little book on VMC and XBOX 360 etc. It contained a list of all the keyboard shortcuts for VMC... Posted Mar 19 2008, 08:50 PM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• Is QuiiQ a My Movies Replacement?

  QuiiQ Movies appears to be a new Vista Media Center plug-in for movie cataloging and management from within Media Center (Via Missing Remote ). Based on the User Manual it looks like this has it all, including support for Extenders and more. I’m not around... Posted Mar 19 2008, 04:33 PM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• Short Bits: Plug-ins

  Yougle 0.4.0 has been released with numerous new features and fixes (Via Ian Dixon ). Yougle is an MCML Media Center plug-in that allows accessing of YouTube, MSN Soapbox, and Flickr and much more. Druid 1.0.2 has also been released , an application for... Posted Mar 18 2008, 03:46 PM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• ‘Your video card or drivers are not compatible with Media Center’ error

  Problem:- When I start Media Center 2005 I get this message:- Your video card or drivers are not compatible with Media Center Resolution:- To stop this error one need to have a graphic card which is DirectX 9.0C compliant.Visit the manufacturer's... Posted Mar 18 2008, 05:49 AM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• MceFM - Last.fm addin for Windows Media Center

  If your a Last.fm user you will like the new addon for Windows Media Center by Damian Mehers . MceFRM is a a Last.FM addon Vista Media Center with features like using the More option from Media Center to select MceFM and then listen to more artist like... Posted Mar 17 2008, 11:38 AM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• The Media Center Show #148 - Todd Bowra on Media Center Extenders

  Listen Here This week I am talking Windows Media Center Extenders with Microsoft's Todd Bowra. Todd talks about the new generation of Media Center Extenders,how to connect them and the various types of devices available . I have email, news items... Posted Mar 12 2008, 11:08 PM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• Windows Home Server Corruption Bug Update

  The Microsoft knowledge base article about the data corruption bug that has hit Windows Home Server has been updated. It looks like a fix is being worked on with a delivery June 2008. This issue can now be reliably reproduced, and a fix is in development... Posted Mar 10 2008, 05:34 PM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online

• Media Center Health Monitor will send you Twitter updates!

  I have updated my Media Center Health Monitor with a Twitter addin. So if you have the monitor running and it detects a Windows Media Center issue it will update a Twitter account with the issue. It will also Twitter when the general status of the system... Posted Mar 10 2008, 03:26 PM by SA MCE Community External News on NewsGator Online