Media Center Plugins And Skins
Boxee has had a bunch of new content announcements this week, but none have me as excited as this one. The Revision3 interface (home of Diggnation, System and lots more) has been rather outdated for a while, so it’s very refreshing to see an update finally, and one that includes my new favorite show HD Nation! Boxee Blog The […]
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Arguably the most popular Media Center plugin since the beginning, MyMovies has been pretty quiet on the frontend part for a while, but still being an invaluable database manager for your movie collections. After much begging and pleading from it users, MyMovies will be releasing a new version very soon (Tuesday) for you to play with and enjoy. Here are […]
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Some unconventional but very interesting plugin additions to the Boxee video streaming options to pass the time. I was unaware of both before this announcement, so at least it’s good exposure for some other video sites. Boxee Blog FORA.tv curates high quality videos about the people, issues, and ideas changing the world. They gather the web’s largest collection of unmediated […]
Read morePart 2 of the WeGotServed review of the Recorded TV Manager add-in, and see how it directly compares to the offerings in power pack 3. Some of it is redundant, but there are enough differences to make this free offering quite useful to many people. We Got Served Once you have installed and configured the various Recorded TV Manager components, […]
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Brent at Geektonic has a teaser video of an upcoming skin of XBMC, and I’m not sure what to be more impressed with–the skin itself or the video, with it’s music and showmanship really has me excited! I only wish setup was easier on XBMC so more people could enjoy it, they’ve always been cutting edge with their graphical UI’s. […]
Read moreIf you’ve been looking for more control out of your movie "backups" then you might want to learn a bit more about Clown_BD, and underappreciated but extremely useful software tool to store your movies with exactly the features you need in the format you need. They’ve got a new update available with some improvements. MediaSmart Server Clown_BD will enable you […]
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Playing high definition movies within Media Center is tricky, and becomes even trickier if you are an extender user. Even if you get it working, then you lose certain things like fast forward and rewind. Luckily Ben makes use of some available free tools for Media Center, DVRMS Toolbox (from our friend Babgvant) and Yammm (from Mikinho) to almost automate […]
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The gang at WeGotServed cues up a Media Center plugin called Recorded TV Manager, designed to give you television episode collectors some ultimate control over your recordings (I doubt you are cablecard users). It’s a pretty in-depth program but there is some more steps to setup than is normal. Head on over for Part 1 of their review. We […]
Read moreFellow MVP Niall Ginsbourg–creator of some great Media Center plugins like Big Screen Headlines and Big Screen Weather–has continued his hard work on his new (and very popular) Big Screen EPG, a tool designed to help you import customized EPG guide data into Media Center. New version is available with a lot of updates. BigScreenGlobal The changes in the version […]
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The good thing about Boxee is the wonderful amount of content that is available. While it can be a bit overwhelming, it’s hard to argue with the abundance of selection. I hadn’t heard of most of these but I could see myself checking some out if I was completely bored–specifically Improv Anywhere or FailBlog sound humerous. Boxee Blog Easily […]
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