Category Archives: Media Center

Windows Media Center is simply a fantastic media experience using your Windows PC. Most posts here also appear on thedigitiallifestyle.com.

Developing in MCML

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Simon

I’m about to start trying to write a little addin for Windows Media Center to let me make better use of the Y-CAM.  I’ve applications, like MCENetCam, but they just aren’t doing it for me. What I want to have … Continue reading →

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The snag list

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Simon

Ok, it is time to admit it.  All is not well in the geeky home.  There are little niggles, everythings working but it’s not slick and it’s not well integrated enough.  It’s time to start finding some solutions.  Here are … Continue reading →

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Y-CAM

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Simon

For a while now I’ve been looking at some home monitoring systems and how I can best integrate them into my digital experience.  Previously I’ve used Yawcam with some pretty great results but currently I’m trying to reduce my carbon … Continue reading →

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Manilla 2D and SideShow for Media Center

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Simon

Tonight I’ve had a bit of a geekout and got two really cool things done.  Both are on my Windows Mobile.  Firstly I’ve just installed Manilla 2D from XDA_Team over at XDA Developers.  Its superb, it’s an amazingly good home … Continue reading →

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Lovin’ the Home Server experience

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Simon

Gotta say I’m really loving the experience of Home Server.  It’s got to be one one the best products MS have put out in years!  It’s so simple, so well thought out.  I’ve got the client “Connector” software installed on … Continue reading →

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Windows Home Server

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Simon

It’s been a long time since I had something work actually blogging about but I just had to talk about this.  I’ve finally got around to setting up my old PC as a Windows Home Server, it’s taken me this … Continue reading →

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Squezebox part 1: Squeezebox Duet Installation Experience

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Simon

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iPlayer on MCE – very promising indeed

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Simon

I picked up on this from Ian’s blog but this has got to be one of the best Media Center plug-ins in development at the moment.  If you’re in the uk you’ll have heard of the BBC iPlayer, basically we … Continue reading →

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Freesat is comming…finally, oh and a recommendation for a FreeView aerial

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Simon

Stuff-em-up-the-hill-backwards has an interesting piece with links etc, on Freesat’s launch today in the UK. From my point of view I can’t wait to see support for this in Media Center, there are some codec changes that need to occur … Continue reading →

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Killer Web Services

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Simon

I’ve posted in the past about what’s on my phone, what’s on my Media Center, and what my Media Center hardware is.  In the same theme this post is about the killer web services that I use.  First up I … Continue reading →

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