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MCE Buddy to the Rescue!
Monday, June 23rd, 2008There is a little addition to the Windows Media Center setup. It is a hidden gem that makes life so much easier.
In our home, we have a Windows Home Server. Thoughtfully named SERVER, it is small and sits quietly near the broadband connection.
After Media Center record TV shows on one PC, I generally like to [...]
Intro to Windows Media Center
Monday, June 23rd, 2008In the early days of radio, the receiver set was expensive and sat in the lounge. Today, radios are in cars, mobile phones and the shower.
The same occurred with television: expensive sets started in the lounge, and then migrated out to the kitchen, car and on small devices.
Now if your PC Windows Vista Home [...]
Media Center Noodling
Saturday, April 26th, 2008After attempting to install a dual channel Hauppauge card into the General, with the associated software installs/deinstalls – Windows Media Center could no longer see any TV Tuner Cards. This had been bugging me all week.
As always, I am determined not to go the de-install/re-install of Windows solution to problems. I’d much prefer to logically [...]
Aeoth: Sub AU$670 Media Centre
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Paul Jenkins proves that you can make a 1080p Vista Media Center for under AU$670. That's a spectacular achievement.
Well done, dude!
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Updating my Windows Media Center config
Friday, January 11th, 2008For completeness, updating the configuration of my Windows Vista Media Center
Installed Vista Ultimate x64 (all drivers found and installed OK, just need to load SATA RAID drivers for Gigabyte motherboard at install time)
Upgraded the case, swapped out the 500Gb PATA with a quieter Samsung 500Gb SATA drive (making a total of 4Tb in the house, [...]
How Windows Home Server Saved My Sanity
Thursday, November 15th, 2007The recent installation of the Windows Media Center has been an ongoing major project. Apart from the physical install, there has been a a few ongoing issues:
High-Definition TV "green screen of death".Thanks to the Vista and XP Media Centre forum, this is a known and fixed issue. The Microsoft Hotfix is available here.
Electronic Program GuideAttempted [...]
Weekend Project, Tuesday Update: Windows Media Center
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Update from the Weekend Project.
Some more bits from AusPC Market arrived. We now have audio cable, correct short VGA cable and a new dual channel Hauppauge PCI based Digital TV receiver. Oh, and I applied the thermal grease to the top of the CPU.
A few little cables for internal wiring ease, and the machine [...]
Weekend Project: Windows Media Center
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Yes, I know that the correct english spelling of Center is Centre.
Thanks to the generosity of Jeffa, I scored an old Mini-ATX case with power supply. Yeah, being the junior on the team - I get all the hand-me-downs.
Some hundreds of dollars later from AUSPCMarket, and I have my first ever:
AMD based PC (AMD Athlan64 [...]
