Up until maybe a year ago I had never done anything more then replace the RAM out of a computer. Within the last year I have built two HTPCs and one Windows Home Server, and I have had the itch to build another PC. I decided this time around I would build a mini-itx HTPC [...]
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Sorry I have been MIA of late with posting content, been real busy at work and when I try to sit down at my PC at home my son makes me put on for him cartoons (his favorite to watch now is the Thomas The Tank “Hector The Horrid” episode). A few weeks ago I [...]
I was doing my usual morning read of some blogs I follow when I came across a post over at Multimedia-PCs that I thought was interesting. I do a lot of switching back and forth between Windows 7 Media Center, XBMC, and Boxee which can be a PITA since I can’t do this easily using use [...]
A few weeks ago I put together Part I of my guide on how to set up Bitstreaming with your Windows 7 HTPC . Part I focused on using Media Player Classic, so Part II will focus on setting up bitstreaming using WMP12/W7MC. This gets a little tricky, so you will see why after reading this guide my [...]
Just a couple of hours ago one of my favorite add ins for Windows Media Center, Media Browser, just released their next version codenamed Thunder Blade. I have only had a few minutes to test it out so I can’t write much yet, but be on the lookout for my writeup in the next few [...]
If you have been following along with my last few posts (The Family IT Guy and Setting Up MPC) the main goal that I was working towards was to finally set up bitstreaming of HD Audio (DTS-MA and TrueHD) with my HTPC. Leading up to the last few months this was only possible by using an expensive sound [...]
MPC HC (known as Media Player Classic – Home Cinema) is a free and versatile audio and video player for Windows. One of the great features of MPC HC is that the audio and video codecs are built-in. What this means is that you don’t have to mess around with dreaded codecs or filters on [...]
Windows Media Center users have been enjoying MyMovies for many years with many other media center platforms being left out in the cold. Well, it looks like that is about to change. PluckyHD, the man behind Sage Movie Wall, is working on porting MyMovies over to SageTV. What exactly does this mean? Well, all the functionality you get [...]
If you follow the world of gadgets you have probably heard the name “Boxee” mentioned more then a few times of late. Boxee is a media center application based on the xbmc open-source project. Boxee plays media from your computer and other devices in your home network, as well as connect you to various Internet [...]
