Neowin News Feed for: Media center

XBMC 12.2

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:01:22 +0100

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Read more...

Microsoft acknowledges EPG Media Center outage for the UK

Brad Sams — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:44 +0000

Earlier this week we reported that Media Center users in the UK were experiencing EPG outages starting on the first of January and Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and is working on a fix. Read more...

Microsoft has slammed the door on the Windows 8 Media Center activation flaw

Brad Sams — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:15:09 +0000

Microsoft has finally patched an exploit that would turn an illegal copy of Windows 8 into a legal copy by downloading the free Windows Media Center add-on from Microsoft. Read more...

Windows 8 Media Center add-on now available, costs $10

Brad Sams — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:25:15 +0100

If you have been waiting to for the Windows Media center add-on to become available, wait no more, as the download is now available and it will set you back $10 and you can also pay with paypal. Read more...

XBMC ported to Android, nightlies released

Jake Durasamy — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:51:07 +0100

XBMC has just been released for the Android platform. The application is essentially the best open-source media center application which offers a number of customizable options. Read more...

Windows 7 Media Center fixit for "weak signal" error message

Steven Parker — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:39:04 +0100

Are you getting an error message in Media Center for Windows 7 for some channels? Microsoft has released a Fixit patch to remedy the issue, grab it here. Read more...

Media Center is getting neutered in Windows 8

John Callaham — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:28:45 +0100

The Windows 8 version of Windows Media Center won't allow users to boot their PCs directly from Media Center. Also, Microsoft won't offer certification to set test TV tuners and remotes for Windows 8. Read more...

Add Media Center to the Windows 8 Release Preview

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:24:03 +0100

Windows Media Center is absent in the Windows 8 Release Preview by default, but thanks to a handy guide by Microsoft you can add it at no extra cost in just a few minutes Read more...

Media Center will be a “media pack” add-on to Windows 8 Pro

Brad Sams — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:42:57 +0100

If you are a Media Center enthusiast, you will be happy to know that Media Center will coming to Windows 8 Pro but it will be a "media pack" add-on for an unknown price. Read more...

XBMC 11.0

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:41:28 +0100

XBMC is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows. Read more...

Lifebrowser: Microsoft's answer to personal data mining

Jake Durasamy — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:08:17 +0000

Having the ability to organize media and browsing data chronologically is important and Microsoft realises this. Lifebrowser aims to let your browse through grouped media more efficiently over time. Read more...

Latest Windows 8 Consumer Preview build number: 8225?

Denis Wong — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:16:22 +0000

Some unclarity surrounding the inclusion of Windows Media Center in the upcoming Windows 8 Consumer Preview prompted Microsoft to do two things: reveal Media Center itself, and a build number: 8225. Read more...

Microsoft talks more about Metro, Ribbon and Media Center in Windows 8

John Callaham — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:48:29 +0100

Another new update to Microsoft's official Windows 8 blog site discusses the feedback they have received about the operating system's Metro interface, the Ribbon UI for Explorer and more. Read more...

Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 for Windows Vista

UAC — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:42:02 +0100

Microsoft is done testing “Fiji,” its update to Windows Media Center and is preparing to release the product — officially known as “Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008.” Microsoft notified testers that it had RTM’d... Read more...

Using Origami as a free alternate to Windows Media Center

Taimur Asad — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:22:37 +0100

Not many of you would know that you could actually run Microsoft Origami Experience 2.0 on your regular Windows Vista machine. Origami offers touch features and is basically designed for Windows Ultra-Mobile PCs also known... Read more...

Windows Media Center Software Development Kit 5.3

Mercury_22 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:27:35 +0000

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The Windows Media Center Software Development Kit is designed to help developers create applications and software components that take advantage of features provided by Windows Media Center. This release includes documentation, tools, sample code and... Read more...

Microsoft launches Windows Media Center Internet TV beta

Steven Parker — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:24:13 +0100

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Microsoft is getting official with its Windows Media Center Internet TV feature, which is set to go live in beta fashion tomorrow morning. According to Microsoft, users of Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate will... Read more...

Microsoft Portable Media Center, RIP: 2004 - 2006

Tom Warren — Wed, 09 May 2007 08:06:05 +0100

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David Bono, a Microsoft employee, has posted in the microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter.portable newsgroup to confirm the demise of the Portable Media Center (PMC). "Microsoft is no longer licensing the PMC software. Here is an announcement that was... Read more...

Windows Media Center Survey for Possible Future Beta Testers

Slimy — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:37:34 +0100

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Microsoft is looking for people committed and interested in beta testing a future version of Windows Media Center. Microsoft will select beta testers by May 31, 2007 based on answers to a 64-question survey. ... Read more...

Media Control Plugin for Vista Media Center 0.4

Razvan Mihai Asmanow Serea — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:02:37 +0000

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Thanks to Drew1978 for posting this in WVS Media Control is an open source plugin that uses FFDShow decoder makes it so you can play back DivX, Xvid, and H.264 just like... Read more...