Media Center Plugins And Skins
At least Jenny didn’t forget that we are a user submitted news site, I guess its time for another contest :D. She sent in word that a new version of My Movies has hit with a few new features and some bug fixes. Ehomeupgrade My Movies now also functions as a data-provider for Media Center’s "DVD library" for the users […]
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Does anyone even have an AppleTV here? I think it’s funny how Microsoft gets bashed all the time by their lack of "better" 3rd party apps, but Apple pretty much gets ignored the fact that they really have zero. But then again, I’d imaginge there’s a few more MCE users than AppleTV, huh 🙂 GigaOM Jaman has done a great […]
Read moreJon M. writes… A main source of program guide information for MythTV, GB-PVR and other PVR apps is closing its doors. Zap2It For several years we have offered a free TV listings service to hobbyists for their own personal, noncommercial use. In October of 2004 we posted here an open letter saying the future of Zap2it Labs was at risk […]
Read morejennyfur sent in this news tidbit about a new Theme Cusomizer for Vista:). Chris Lanier MediaCenterFX is an upcoming product that will allow you to customize and theme Vista Media Center. I have to say that this looks amazing. You can change the fonts, colors, sounds, animations, and even things like backgrounds. This looks to be a complete themeing package […]
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Those of you familiar with quality MCE applications are sure to know Niall from his wildly successful "Big Screen Photos" application. The things he's able to do with the MCML interface in Vista Media Center is truly astonishing, and it looks like that's going to continue on this latest product. Can't wait to play with it! Niall Ginsbourg's Blog […]
Read moreFor those unaware, Recording Broker is an amazing tool that allows you to basically combine all your Media Center systems in case you try to record too many shows. If there's no tuners left, Broker will go out to other machines on your network (that have it installed) and will use their tuners to record the conflicting show! Pretty sweet […]
Read moreCyberLink PowerDVD Ultra Enriches the Quality of High-Definition Video Playback with Support for NVIDIA's Second Generation PureVideo® HD (VP2) Architecture Taipei, Taiwan—-May 17, 2007—-CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader in digital home solutions, announces that PowerDVD Ultra-the only retail software to support Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD, and DVDs-now supports NVIDIA's second generation PureVideo® HD (VP2) architecture on NVIDIA's latest […]
Read moreSageTV Media Server software available for Windows® Home Server Platform offering digital entertainment at home and away from home Inglewood, CA (May 15, 2007) — SageTV LLC, a leading developer of digital entertainment and Placeshifting software solutions, today announced support for Microsoft's Windows® Home Server. Everyone's digital media libraries are growing rapidly. Having a convenient, reliable, expandable, always on place […]
Read moreI got the e-mail but haven't been able to play around with it yet myself, but luckily Ian Dixon's posted some screenshots of the newly beta'd Big Screen Photos 2, which I must say looks quite impressive. Niall's done a great job with it & looks like it's just continuing with the new version. Ian Dixon This is a Vista […]
Read moreSuuure, you can placeshift and use Media Extenders but but but you can't have a client yet. Oh well, complaining aside, Doug has come up with a new beta that will allow you to Placeshift standard DVDs. A full list of features can be found by following the link below. WebGuide Lots of new stuff to play with. One of […]
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