The closer we get to the unveiling of the Windows 8 beta, the more I’m thinking about the impact (or not) this operating system is going to have on the world. Since we first saw that Metro would be the default interface for Windows I have been as sceptical as many IT Pros, but now [...]
- Author: Melanie Gross
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How to add a Sleep Timer to Windows Media Center
This one is for the media buffs who want a new level of automation for Windows Media Center. It may be that you fall asleep while streaming video or music at the end of the day and the media keeps running until at some point during your slumber you are awakened by gunshots from an [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Remove TV Commercials With Life Extender
Recorded TV shows usually contain one or multiple commercial breaks, which most users would probably like to remove to save storage space, and watch recorded tv shows without interruption. A typical 30 minute TV show has between five to ten minutes of advertisements, which means that removing those ads from the video will save between [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 7
Xbox Media Center on Linux
The Xbox Media Center arrived in 2004 and became popular so quickly that it became clear more ports would be needed. So the XBMC team allowed this tool to evolve into a cross platform media center that would run on just about anything you can think of. But, of course, the purpose of this article [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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XBMC Media Center Final
The final version of the XBMC has been out for a while now. We covered an alpha release back in August and it is time to check on the final release and promote the product further. It may sound a bit biased but I’m using the XBMC for years on my old modded Microsoft Xbox [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 2
Xbox Media Center Cross Platform Alpha
I bought my shiny green limited edition Xbox when it came out, put a modchip inside and replaced the hard drive with a 120 Gigabyte drive. The first application that I put onto it was XBMC, the Xbox Media Center, which functions as my main entertainment hub ever since. I usually drop movies on it [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 5
Enable DVD Library in Windows Media Center
I came in contact with a Windows Media Center PC only recently, specifically with Microsoft’s Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. I noticed that it did not recognize DVDs that were stored on the hard drive of the computer which was kinda odd for a Media Center. Well a little research revealed a Registry setting [...]