Media Center Plugins And Skins
My Movies is well known to the Media Center crowd. However, its interface can feel a bit long in the tooth when compared to the MCML plugins that are now available. MC Organizer aims to help the situation out by releasing a plugin that allows you to play and organize your videos. It maybe worth checking out if you are […]
Read moreIf implemented, the Wath Now plugin, would be a big hit for the VMC crowd. I haven’t personally seen what is on the Watch Now list but givent that it is a free feature you really can’t complain. I would also be happy to see an Amazon Unbox plugin :). Sometimes I just want to plunk down a few bucks […]
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Perhaps the sexiest mini-guide I have seen to date has made an appearance in the SageMC screenshots thread. Biallo ahs created a very nice peice of work that has a a nice zoom-in effect that pops up a small summary of the show. A picture says a thousand words. Come on Studio experts, help this guy out! SageTV Forums This […]
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Continuing our weekend of plugins and skins, we have a Media Portal skin that is sure to wet the panties of any Star Trek fanatic. Seriously, this is a very well done skin that is made to emulate an old school Star Trek experience. Media Portal The skin has amazing animations for a REAL Startrek feeling. No more hints at […]
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The SageTV train seems to be picking up some speed with the recent release of Photshop Elements plugin and now a new theme. The Pro UI is based on gplasky’s old Meedio theme Pro UI. I think we can find the basis to many themes rooted in Meedio themes. SageTV Forums Unzip the package into your Program Files\SageTV\SageTV\STVs\SageTV3\Themes folder. In […]
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I was sure WebGuide for Home Server had been released before but according to his site, this happened on 1-18-2008. Hrm, I am sure someone will correct me, but if you are looking to get a bit more functionality out of your WHS box, be sure to install this newest WebGuide. WebGuide WebGuide for Windows Home Server enables you to […]
Read moreI am always very happy to see another plugin for media center enthusiasts. Our community needs as many new plugins as possible to extend functionality and attract new users. Today’s plugin is a Photshop Elements catalog view that works with the default 6.3 STV. Views by collections, tags, date ranges are available. You check out the SageTV forums thread here: […]
Read moreMCEBrowser was a plugin designed to be used with your remote and felt a bit limiting. As such, it was only a matter of time before someone designed a browser that can integrate into VMC and use a keyboard and mouse. It acts a lot like IE but has a couple of limitations like no cookies. TGB Thread VMC […]
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I had almost forgotten that Vista didn’t ship with a messenger plug-in, now that we have a mini-keyboard on the way I might even be tempted to use a Vista messenger plugin. The developer behind the FFDShow plugin for MCE has modified his plugin to act as a front end for Windows Live Messenger. Here is a screen shot from […]
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The next great hope, imo, for the Media Center platform will be the ease in which you can integrate HA devices. mControl is doing their part to hurry along the revolution by releasing their next plugin with Sideshow support. This would be a fantastic addition to the Rica or any other Sideshow enabled device. They go onto mention that they […]
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