How-to Setup Automatic Commercial Skipping in Windows Media Center

Nov 29, 2010 by Josh Pollard

One of the biggest advantages to using a computer as the basis of your of your living room DVR is the ability to automate commercial skipping. Everyone remembers when they got their first DVR, and how great it was to be able to fast-forward through commercials. Well combining Windows Media Center,...

DVD and Blu-ray to Media Center – One man’s journey

Mar 1, 2010 by Phil Lozen

There are many methods for getting content from optical discs into Media Center. Some are more complicated than others, some are more reliable. There’s even been previous posts on this site about this same topic. This is a story about my attempts, and what I found worked and didn’t...

True Commercial Skipping in Windows 7

May 16, 2009 by Josh Pollard

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...