The Media Center Show #88 - Mike Newell (Microsoft)
The Media Center Show #87(MP3 - 23.0mb- 67mins 07secs)
by Ian Dixon
This week on the final show of 2006, Mark Newell a Program Manager from the eHome team at Microsoft joins me to talk about the history of Media Center, the new look and feel of Vista Media Center and what happens when you submit an error report in Windows.
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Show Times:
00:34 Coming up this week
01:30 mceBackup 2.0
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04:17 Still time to vote in the Media Center Show Awards
04:29 A new Media Center Extra show out soon
04:51 A message from Onevoice
05:45 Welcome to Mark
06:00 Mark’s background
06:32 The Vision of the Media Center
09:09 In the early days
11:40 Features v ease of use
15:20 How the UI has changed
17:50 The new left to right UI of Vista Media Center
25:30 The new Start Menu in Media Center
28:34 My Music in Vista Media Center
33:00 Albums v Singles
35:09 Viewing music by year
38:33 Most used functions in Media Center
44:00 Tags on Photos
50:00 Mark’s favorite feature of Vista
52:18 What happens when you Send an error report
59:09 What is coming now Vista is complete
01:02 Get your questions in to the show
1:03:00 See you in the New Year
Music by Ian Dixon
