Tag: Media Center Programs

PVRWire is reporting that Snapstream has a new beta out with a few cool new features. There is user level access for TV programs, keyword based recording and some other features that will make its way into a future release. PVRWire There’s also a new keyword based recording feature that you can access using the Web administration feature. In other […]

SageTV, in their never ending quest to squish all bugs, have released another version :). What makes this one a little extra special is that this version will record online videos and add them to your library. Good work Sage :). Forum Thread  You can now use the ‘Record’ command while watching an online video and then that video will […]

I’m not an Apple TV user myself, but figured this would be of interest to those who do use it (or plan to use it). Apple All the new features of Apple TV — including movie rentals, a built-in music store, and big-screen access to Flickr photostreams and .Mac Web Galleries — are available now as a free software upgrade. […]

Maybe it’s time to finally pick up a cheap Mac Mini. 🙂 Life Hacker "Whether or not you’ve already transformed your old Xbox into a media Center with Xbox Media Center (XBMC), chances are you’ve seen what a killer media center application XBMC is. If you’ve ever wished you could bring the same saucy media center interface to your Mac, […]

Hi All,  I just posted a guide on the SageTV forums on how to record 1080i HD component input in SageTV using a Blackmagic Decklink Intensity Pro and thought some here might find it useful.  Enjoy! SageTV I spent over a year perfecting HD recording via component input on a Blackmagic Intensity Pro in SageTV. Of course, now that I’ve […]

Charlie Owen, a member of the Media Center Team, has posted a thread in the TGB forums requesting feedback on the Start Menu in VMC. Now I know everyone has an opinion on what they would like to see different. The Green Button My only complaints (and I suppose these have more to do with Recorded TV than Start) is […]

SageTV has a bug fixer update out today. Its not hard to see why Sage is a solid choice these days. They are always hard at work squashing bugs that are identified by the community. Click the read more button for a full list of changes. SageTV Forum Thread: Core Updates 1. Added support for multi-channel Favorites 2. Fixed NPE […]

Apparently someone out there claims to be leaking pictures and video of Windows 7, and what makes it interesting Media Center news is that their newest video appears to show off some "new" VMC features.  Unfortunatly, as with most leaks, this video is (intentionally?) very blurry, so its hard to tell exactly whats going on.  Engadget And we do have to say, […]

SageTV has a couple of updates that hti recently. Nothing ground breaking just some bug fixes :). HD-100 Extender Firmware update Fixed playback of many files submitted to us Compressed output on hdmi if the receiver supports it (Select SPDIF as the audio connector in the settings) Improved streaming performance in PS/TS push mode. Support for default aspect ratio (Needs […]