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Archive for February, 2006

Coming up this week on the show

Monday, February 27th, 2006

Coming up this week on the show is David Fleshman, blogger and Program Manager at Microsoft on the eHome team.
David has a great blog and has some great incites in to the development process of Media Center.
Plus the Media Center Show news and email in to the show
 
Don’t forget to take the Media Center Show [...]

Start developing with the new Windows Media Center Presentation Layer

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

Something I have been waiting for since I found about the new Media Center mark up language in Vista
Charlie Owen has posted details about the new Windows Media Center Presentation Layer , this enables you to write Media Center apps that use the core Media Center display engine, so no more HTML fudges!
Charlie has [...]

The Media Center Show #46 - The Green Button

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

The Media Center Show #46 (MP3 - 18.6MB - 54mins 16secs)
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The Media Center Show with Orb Networks
On this weeks show I have Daniel Sterling from The Green Button, one of the first and most popular community sites for Media Center. Daniel talks about the history of the site and the redesign that is coming [...]

Media Center Show Survey

Friday, February 17th, 2006

The Media Center Show is nearly a year old so I thought it would be a good time to put together a survey about the show. So you can tell me what you like and dislike and any topics or guest you would like to see on the show.
 
No registration or email address is needed [...]

The Media Center Show #45 - Dave Alles

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

The Media Center Show #45 (MP3 - 21.8MB - 1 Hour 3mins 39secs)
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The Media Center Show with Orb Networks
On this weeks show I have Dave Alles, Product Unit Manager on the eHome team at Microsoft talking about Extenders, including how the idea for the original XBOX extender came about in a Redmond Brewery
I also [...]

The Media Center Column: #4 - Vista

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

Just noticed my article on Media Center in Vista on Digital Home Magazines web site has been posted.
I guess I should check there web site more often as it was posted last week!
 
This time I focused on Media Center in Vista
http://www.digitalhomemag.com/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=43179&subsectionid=1308

Coming up this week…Extenders and MIX06

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Coming up this week on the Media Center Show:
 
Dave Alles, Product Unit Manager on the eHome team at Microsoft talking about Extenders, including how the idea for the original XBOX extender came about in a Seattle Brewery
 
I also have an update from Charlie Owen about the MIX06 conference where Media Center is featuring as well [...]

The Media Center Show #44 - CES Round Up

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

The Media Center Show #44 (MP3 - 20.0MB - 58mins 24secs)
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The Media Center Show with Orb Networks
This week on the show the final interviews from CES.
Joe Harris from Digital Deck tells us about there updated product range and then to round CES off I sat down with Ian McCarthy from Orb and we [...]

Cable card will not be available to DIY MCE

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

Cable card will not be available to DIY MCE well according to a great article on Cable Card by arstechnica.com
 
 If you actually want to see that protected high resolution content, you’ll also have the opportunity to buy a new monitor that will work with Windows Vista, and a brand-new PC. That’s right—only new PCs from [...]

Get NASA TV on Media Center

Monday, February 6th, 2006

Great tip from the Green Button forums.
 

goto http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
goto the watch with windows media, it is an ASX file (look at IE status bar) right click and do a ‘Save Target As…’ and save into your My Videos folder.
You now have NASA TV on media center.