Category: Windows 7 Media Center
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Convert movies to the right format (QUICKLY)
It’s a constant struggle of mine to make sure everything plays properly in Windows Media Center. Some times I get home movies from friends or I backup my movies in an incorrect format and now when I want to play them they never work. There are many programs out there for converting movies to a…
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Podcasts
Doesn’t everyone hate the commute to work? Well I have found my new favorite way to pass the time: Podcasts. Now when I first heard about Podcasts many years ago, I though of books on tape that some business guy loaded on his 2 Gb iPod and walked around with between subway stops in the…
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Customizing Windows Media Center look and feel
To make Windows Media Center really stand out and impress I needed to add some pizazz to the standard interface and make navigating easier. My goal is that someone who has never used Windows Media Center should be able to pickup the remote control and get to whatever they need without my instruction on how…
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Types of TV Tuners
There are different types of sources for tuners and it took me a while to decipher which I need, plus more importantly, information specific to where I live. Here is what I have found (keep in mind I live in the Toronto area in Ontario Canada)… http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/TV-signals-that-are-supported-by-Windows-Media-Center NTSC This is the old analog cable that…
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Tuners for Media Center
The best feature Windows Media Center has going for it is the ability to add tuners and use it as a PVR. Once I have a show recorded I can pause and resume watching it from any TV in my house. With the recording being performed on my computer the only limit to the amount…
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Updating MetaData for Windows Media Center
With Windows Media Center and all of the nice add-ins that I have installed, they don’t do much with just an ordinary file. To get the pizzaz needed I user a couple different programs for keeping the MetaData up to date. MetaData is details regarding the media (actors in a movie or artist in a…
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My Add-ins for Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center is a very cool product. It does need some fine tweaking to get it working “extremely cool”. As I have previously mentioned I use “Media Center Extenders” for viewing my content around the house so having add-ins that work with extenders are a must. Here are my “must have” add-ins for every…
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Windows Media Center
For anyone not using Windows Media Center, try it! I am a big fan of this product and have been using it since Windows XP Media Center came out. I have a main computer in my basement where Windows 7 Ultimate is installed as well as a couple tuners. We don’t really use Media Center…
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