Tip Of The Day & Daily Button
In the Media Center world, just like the computer world, technology is ever changing. Sometimes it feels like a three-legged tortoise struggling through a molasses flood but the bright side is changes are coming around the corner for the better. In the capture world two significant changes SHOULD happen, for-the-love-of-all-that-is-recording-please-let-this-happen-or, this year. First to arrive on the scene, hopefully in […]
Read moreThis Tip Of The Day is more of a preview for Mike’s next Life With A Plugin Episode. However, since I am on vacation I thought it would be appropriate. Just because you are on vacation doesn’t mean you need to leave your Media Center behind. If you are like me, you are always wishing you set a recording for […]
Read moreToday’s tip of the day is an attempt to get more out of your 10′ music experience. A big WOW factor for a lot of setups is having a nicely organized jukebox either on your HTPC or on various touchscreens/clients through out the house. Browsing a large music collection on most 10′ Media Center applications can be a bit on […]
Read moreRather then buy multiple stand alone boxes, an HTPC can be a more modular setup. If you are only interested in TV add in a couple of tuner cards, or if you want to watch high def discs throw in a multi-format high-def drive. The basics of adding Blu-ray or HD DVD to your HTPC can be found in our guide […]
Read moreWelcome to today’s edition of The Daily Button. We are brought to you by the letter G and the number 4. Hard Drive News: Seagate 1TB Barracude review @ Viper Lair Motherboard News: AutumnWave OnAir GT review @ Bjorn3D Video Card News: Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 review @ bit-tech Video Card News: MSI & Gigabyte 3870 reviews @ t-break Motherboard […]
Read moreA few of you may have noticed that Niveus has released their Media Center Companion. With that, I decided to devote a Tip Of The Day to this fine and free piece of software. The Media Center Companion acts as a remote control that works on any Windows clients. That is what ever you do on the Media Center companion […]
Read moreToday’s HTPC Tip Of The Day comes courtesy of a great "Must Have" plugin thread at the Greenbutton. If you are a VMC user you will want to head over to this thread and check it out. Here are a few from the first response. There are several other great responses to this that will let you get more out […]
Read moreSorry for lack of Daily Buttons this week. I have been kind of slacking and truth be told enjoying some down time. I was about as untechy as I could get last night. I read a book and listened to my alarm clock FM radio. I was pretty dang close to grunting and starting fires by using flint. It was […]
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Dipping your toes into the MythTV/Linux waters can be a daunting outlook. However, with some patience you too can enjoy a Media Center based around everyone’s favorite open source software. Since even the Linux noobs laugh at my Linux knowledge, I let John, our Myth expert, supply me with a few links to get you started. Have any other helpful […]
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If you happen to have a collection of ROMs that you are itching to play on your spiffy new Media Center PC, there are a couple of solutions available to you in VMC and one availble in Sage. First up is EMUCenter. TGB Thread It is a bit fiddly to setup but works quite well and is programmed with MCML. […]
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