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We’ve heard time and time again from many Media Center enthusiasts that they wouldn’t upgrade to Windows 7 until there was a good solution for commercial skipping. The problem with this in Windows 7 is the new file format that Media Center uses. The WTV container has replaced the DVR-MS...
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Our good friend Michael Healy apparently isn’t busy enough churning out great hacks for Windows 7 Media Center (7MC) over at his site www.Hack7MC.com. Back in February he released his first themes for 7MC and they were gorgeous. Healy has continued his great work, and with that has created a...
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Tonight on the Entertainment 2.0 podcast, Josh Pollard and Adam announced that Jere Jones posted in the chat room during the live podcast stream, that there will be a beta release of Show Analyzer available some time this coming weekend that will have .wtv support. So head over to the Show...
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For those who could wait, or did not have technet/MSDN access for the “official” RC1 build 7100 version of Windows 7. The wait is no longer. Microsoft has now made Windows 7 RC1 available for download to the general public. So if you are so inclined head over, download it and give it a shot,...
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Today I saw this blog post about streaming recorded tv remotely over the internet from one pc to a netbook. Basically in the latest builds of Windows 7 (I have confirmed this to work on builds 7077 and 7100) you can setup windows media player, when linked to a live ID, to stream any of your media...
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Many people out there prefer to use a dedicated HTPC as a PC based Media Center Extender on more than one display in their homes. The added benefits you get with such a setup, as Andy VT points out in his blog post, Building a PC Extender, you get added benefits of native blu ray playback,...
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Back in Media Center 2005 (XP) and Vista Media Center (Pre-TV Pack) days, users of either system where limited in many ways, one of which were how many tuners you could use, as well as the the TV sources you could use. In MCE 2005 as well as VMC you couldn’t have one tuner on NTSC cable tv and...
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If you have an MSDN or TechNet subscription you can now download the official Windows 7 Release Candidate 1. If you aren’t fortunate enough to be in that group you will still have to wait until May 5th. The servers for MSDN and TechNet subscribers are currently getting hammered. Many people...
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Sound & Vision magazine is building their own HTPC. I am a regular subscriber to Sound & Vision magazine, and every once and a while I also head over to their website to see some of the latest featured custom home theaters on their website, if you are into custom home theaters go check...
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If you’ve been using Media Center for any length of time you probably have found the plugins that work for you. For movies and archived television I use Media Browser and Michael Healy of Hack7MC has posted how you can get rid of the standard movies strip that comes with 7MC and replace it...
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