Gizmodo has a good article up explaining the different video codecs and containers. Its worth the click imo, they do a pretty good job explaining the different file formats and codecs and how it relates to modern technology. Gizmodo Okay, so all that stuff up there are industry-wide standard video codecs. On top of all of those, various entities love […]
Read moreI really like the new MTV Music Video site :). I watch quite a few videos on a weekly basis. I just wish a VMC plugin would become available. In the mean time, we will have to do with a MediaPortal version for the open source enthusiasts among us. Plugin Page Plugin Discussion
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I wonder what it takes to get a job in the ehome labs? After seeing a few of EngadgetHD’s shots, I would dust off the old resume :). Click here to see a whole lot more pictures of the eHome labs and the DirectTV HDPC-20 tuner in action.
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The other day, I heard about this little phenomon called bittorrent. I decided to check it out, actually I was interested to see if there was a plugin available for Vista Media Center. This let me to the TVitty plugin which integrates into VMC. tvitty is a plugin distributed by a company who has a small library of content available […]
Read moreHave you ever wondered about the ins and outs of digital streaming? Niel Hunt, Chief Product Office of Netflix, has a lengthy post that takes you through the encoding for streaming process. I won’t spoil the exciting read, head on over the Netflix Blog and read it yourself. Netflix Today we have rights to deliver about 400 streams in HD […]
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Welcome to another edition of The Daily Button :). While I have your attention, I thought I would throw out a question to you folks. Does it make sense for MissingRemote.com to get involved in some of the social networks? Do you really want to see a twitter update of me laughing out loud at Who’s Line Is It Anyways? […]
Read moreLong-time Sirius satellite radio subscriber Stan Petrov is fed up and he’s not going to take it anymore. He signed on with Sirius two years ago and bought several receivers. But since Sirius merged with XM radio, he has lost his access to coverage of NBA games. [ars technica] ars technica Long-time Sirius satellite radio subscriber Stan Petrov […]
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Long Zheng has several great articles up about the upcoming Windows 7. It is worth it to check out his blog for all of his Windows 7 updates. What caught my eye was a nice chart outline Window 7 CODEC support. We all hope this advancement finds its way to the extender world. Check out his blog post here. […]
Read moreThis is big news for us HTPC users that run Nvidia graphics cards under Linux. It sounds like you need a GeForce 8 card or newer to take advantage of it though. Phoronix Over the course of the past few months we have been saying that the NVIDIA 180 Linux driver to be released in the fourth quarter of 2008 […]
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Regardless of the economic situation, saving a few dollars always makes sense. Here are few tips that should help the HTPC novice in the planning stage, or even the seasoned HTPC pro save a few dollars on their digital lifestyle. Going through the list of suggestions in my head, I am pretty impressed by what is available in terms of […]
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