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Archive for February, 2007

The Media Center Show #96 - Doug Berrett - Webguide 4.0

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

The Media Center Show #96 (MP3 - 19.5mb-  56mins 46secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This week on the show is Doug Berrett author of Webguide the remote scheduler application for media center, well I say remote scheduler but it does a lot more that that. Doug will be joining me to talk about version 4.0
I have Email [...]

The Media Center Show #95 Rathe Hollingum (Microsoft European Development Center)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

The Media Center Show #95 (MP3 - 18.4mb-  53mins 36secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This week on the show I am taking to Rathe Hollingum a Microsoft developer from the European development center in Ireland. We are going to be talking about the center and what they are adding to Media Center to make it a more [...]

First Windows Media Center Tip - How to transfer Series recording from one PC to another

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

To kick of the tips forum I have posted details on how to use mceBackup 2.0 to transfer Media Center TV series recording from one PC to another. This is the method I used when reinstalling my main Media Center PC with Windows Vista a couple of weeks ago.
How to get your Scheduled / Series [...]

Share you top Windows Media Center tips

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

As there are going to be lots people using Media Center for the first time when they get Windows Vista I thought it would be a good idea to share our top tips with the new users.
It could be anything, from how to share recorded TV to picture settings. Anything that you find useful [...]

The Media Center Show #94 - Mark Pendergrast on Extenders

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

The Media Center Show #94 (MP3 - 21.7mb- 1hour 03mins 19secs)
by Ian Dixon
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This week on the show I talk Media Center Extenders with Mark Pendergrast from Microsoft, we talk about the progress from the V1 extenders and what is coming in the future. Mark also has some great tips on getting the most out [...]

The Media Center Show Extra #9 CES Part 4

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Over on The Media Center Show Extra site I have posted Show #9.
This is the final Extra show from CES 2007, and on this show I talked to Jonathan Sass from Simplifi Digital. We look at their Media Center Expander card that enables you to have AV devices going directly in to Media Center and [...]

Details on my new Vista Media Center Book

Monday, February 5th, 2007

For a while now I have been working on a Vista Media Center book with Tony Campbell co-author of Using Windows XP Media Center 2005. The writing process is going well and I am really enjoying doing it, its amazing the hidden features you learn!
You can now pre-order the book on Amazon, it’s a fantastic [...]

The Windows Home Server Forums open

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

I am really excited about Windows Home Server, I think its going to be a great product for people like me with multiple PCs in the home. I am going to be talking about it on The Media Center Show in the future and have opened a new set of forums to discuss Home Server.
There [...]

The Media Center Show #93 - The Awards Show

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

 
The Media Center Show #92 (MP3 - 24.5mb- 1hour 11mins 21secs)
by Ian Dixon
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Welcome to The Media Center Show Awards. Joining me to talk about the results is Windows expert Ed Bott, we also catch up with a few of the winners.
There is a major new competition coming to the show the My Movies Contribution Competition 2007. [...]