Media Center Programs
So I had to post the good Mac news before the bad one. Seems like those of you fiending for the new AppleTV has been pushed back. Honestly kind of surprising, Apple's normally pretty good at delivering their big announcements on time. I gotta say, not a great sign that they're really behind the whole Media Center revolution. But then […]
Read moreThats right folks, Sage has a new release out that is aimed at squashing a huge amount of bugs. For those of you not in the know, Sage is a media center program that operates on Windows, Linux and has a placeshifting client for Mac. It is widley considered to have the best PVR features of the commercial programs and […]
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I love the smell of new releases in the morning. BeyondTV has updated their 4.x version to 4.6, which in addition to now being fully supported in Vista, has some other items. I wonder if it works on x64 Vista?? Here's some of the new features: Vista support: Beyond TV now works under Vista, bringing unique SnapStream features like SmartSkip […]
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I think it's great that Mac's are slowly becoming more adopted as HTPCs. I don't think they'll ever truly take off strictly due to the lack of DIY ability, and the high cost. BUT, that doesn't mean there can't be some nice stuff/designs from that world. Check out some of the latest updates to the Mac-only Itheater: Wii Remote support […]
Read moreCTpvr Media Center Version 2.1 is now Available. The only Window's PVR with PIP(Picture in Picture). CTpvr Media Center is a Personal Video Recorder(PVR) plus Media Player and Management Center. CTpvr allows you to record TV shows while watching shows you have already recorded. You can even watch a show while the recording is still in progress. Our Media Play […]
Read moreThe gang at Viper Lair has taken on a pretty big task by comparing three major OSes. This type of review can be as long as you want it or as short as you want it. In this case, the went with a battery of tests to see how individual tasks perform. However, from a Media Center perspective, there is […]
Read moreIan was bored again, so he threw up some nice instructions for how to transfer your MCE recordings to another MCE. Can't tell you how many times I've had to do this in my time, so definitely a good thing to know if you mess with your system often. Also, take my advice, always a good idea to backup your […]
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Read moreMedia Portal, a now long time staple in the open source HTPC world, is currently in talks to merge with Meedios. Meedios, an open source replacement for Meedio has been in development for a few months ago and are almost to a functioning core. With any luck, both teams will come together to make a solid open source producting with […]
Read moreWhile I try in vain to install WHS, the WHS team gives me a small taste of what I can expect when I finally get the install to work correctly. I am stuck in some sort of awful install loop! After the first reboot it goes to an older style Small Business server install and then after that reboot it […]
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