Media Center Programs
The devs behind SageMC continually work to make a better UI and to make a better environment for folks to develop for. The fruits of their labor have paid off recently with new theme concepts hitting the floor and new plugins. The newest one to is a new My Videos plugin to enhance the look and feel of the movie […]
Read moreThe title says it all, SageTV is coming out with a beta soon with expected EVR support. What does EVR bring to the table? Generally an increase in visual quality and offloading of the rendering to your video card. Andy’s Blog It seems that XP users can also get the EVR by installing .NET 3.5; I haven’t tested it, but […]
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GBPVR, probably the best free PVR software out there, has released a new version today. Version 1.3.7 has a few new features including a new skin type the brings a new look to GBPVR, which was sorely needed in my opinion. Why is it the software with the best PVR features and stable recording base tend to be the ugliest? […]
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We Got Served brings you a preview of what we might be able to expect with Media Center 7. There have been some tweaks here and there but I do not see anything to revolutionary at this point. The new info. screens bring a lot of usability to the table that should help a lot of newbies. The Mini-guide has gotten […]
Read moreMedia-Portal is not the only open source HTPC program on the block, XBMC, perhaps known for their great looking skins, is another major contender in the arena. XBMC has evolved into a multi-platform software that supports Windows, Linux and Mac. Do keep in mind XBMC supports a lot of stuff but if you are looking for TV tuning you will […]
Read moreUtilizing Microsoft’s Silverlight technology, BeyondTV has a spiffy suprise in the form of Placeshifting. In what equates to a personal You Tube, BTV 4.9 allows you to login to a webpage and have whatever is reocrded to be transcoded and streamed over the internet. This is a little bit of a different approach that Sage chose to use. Instead, Sage […]
Read moreArcSoft’s Upscaling Technology, SimHD, Is Being Demonstrated at NVISION 2008 FREMONT, Calif.–(Business Wire)– ArcSoft, Inc. announced today that ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre, its universal multimedia player, now supports NVIDIA CUDA which provides DVD upscaling through Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Devising its SimHD post processing technology with NVIDIA CUDA, ArcSoft is accelerating TotalMedia Theatre’s DVD upscale performance on GPUs to deliver viewers […]
Read moreSageTV keeps the development train moving forward with their release of SageTV 6.4. This is the software you want if you want to use Hauppauge’s new HD-PVR (record HD from component source and encode it to H.264). Whats new in 6.4? Look below for your answer. SageTV 6.4 announcement thread -Support for the Hauppauge HD PVR (Official on Windows, Experimental […]
Read moreEngadget has gotten their hands on the Vista TV Pack and does a little walk through of the new features. For those of you running VMC this is a must read.
Read moreI have been meaning to post this for awhile now but I just never got around to it. babgvant was a pretty active developer for the Vista MCE community and has recently switched to Sage due to their active development cycle. The link I just gave will provide the full rundown. He has already began active development for SageTV with […]
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