I know we all have our own tastes and tools we use to get our HTPCs running the way we want. I’m sure you guys have heard of them, but I just wanted to highlight some of the plug-ins that have really brought things together for me in Win7MC so far (without any headaches).
[b]My Channel Logos[/b] – Adds logos to your guide (in color). Matches up the logo w/ the channel automatically using the channel metadata. I’m not sure why, but this just really seems to add that extra polish to the look of the guide.
http://mychannellogos.com/default.aspx
[b]Yet Another Media Meta Manager (Yammm)[/b] – Win7MC now has a “DVD Library” built-in w/o any reg hacks or other third party plug-ins. Yammm is a really lightweight program that runs as a service monitoring the folders you choose and downloads the metadata, DVD cover, etc. for you automatically.
http://mikinhosoft.blogspot.com/2009/05/yammm-yet-another-media-meta-manager.html
[b]MCE Sleep Tool[/b] – Another lightweight app that helps you configure your HTPC for standby (as the name implies). Highly configurable, and really makes standby configuration a piece of cake. Even if you have standby working, this plug-in will help you fine-tune it and get things working properly.
http://slicksolutions.eu/
NOTE: You have to use version 0.9.098 for Win7 support. It can be found in the thread here:
http://www.degroeneknop.nl/forum
These have all been verified as Win7 (x64) compatible, by yours truly. 🙂 I’ll update this list as I find more that are helpful, but feel free to contribute your own.
As always, please try to support the developers of these awesome apps.
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