We had a great night at the first UK Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server user group and you can ready all about there on my blog and Simon’s blog. All the recourses are available in the download section. There was plenty of other activity on the site in the last week including a call for contributions to the Windows Media Center Addon Wiki

• A question for the Media Center Dev community
• My Movie Finder for 7MC
• Answers to a few questions I was asked at MCHSUG
• Windows 7 Release Candidate April 30th for MSDN and May 5th for Public
• Podcast: The Custom Integrator Show Installment 00C
• Windows Media Center Addins Wiki
• Resources from 1st Uk Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server Usergroup Event (updated)
• Podcast: The Media Center Show #203 – Sheldon Witney
• Replace Default Movie Strip With Media Browser Strip
• New BBC iPlayer works great with Windows Media Center Extenders
• Media Center & WHS Integration
• DVD Library Tool for downloading XMLs
• 13 million using Windows Media Center each month
• How to Remove Commercials from Windows Media Center TV Shows

This week I am talking to Sheldon Witney. Sheldon is a real Media Center enthusiast and we talk about the experimentation he has done to get Media Center working the way he likes it, from getting Sky working with Media Center to streaming HD content and getting a Apple TV to work with the rest of the system

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Show Times:

00:25 Coming up this week
01:30 Email: Streaming to a PS3
02:40 Zune HD as a Offline Media Center Extender
04:30 The Custom Integrator Show Installment 00B
05:06 Media Center gets a new boss
05:52 13 million using Windows Media Center each month
07:23 Welcome to Sheldon
08:30 Sheldon’s backgroup
13:20 TV Tuners
15:05 Getting Sky working in Media Center
20:54 Windows 7 TV features
24:18 Using Home Group in Windows 7
27:41 HD-DVD and Bluray
30:07 Streaming HD content
34:46 Using a Apple TV
37:24 Using 3rd party applications
40:30 Media Center marketing
43:09 Favourite feature of Windows 7
48:41 See you next week

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Technorati tags: Windows Media Center, podcasts

Clubhouse tags: clubhouse, media center, windows media center, how-to

Lots of good stuff on TDL this last week. I have a video of the DVB-T version of a HD Homerun running on Windows7, there were stories of a new Zune HD, installment 00B of The Custom Integrator Show and on The Media Center Show I talked to the team behind Media Browser

Here are some of the posts from the last week

• Twitter comes to TunerFree MCE

• Media Center gets a new boss

• Okoro 2009 RK Digital Entertainment Media Servers

• Zune HD as a Offline Media Center Extender

• Windows 7 running with a DVB-T HD Homerun

• ZuneHD to feature capacitive touch, OLED and HDMI?

• MKV’s playing on my XB0X 360 MCX

• Announcing MCDU – The Media Center Decoder Utility (replaces VMCD)

• Color Channel Logos for My Channel Logos

This week I am talking to Jas Manghera and Sam Saffron from the Media Browser team, a great open source application for consuming media in Windows Media Center

Plus I have a roundup of the weeks news and I look forward to the UK Media Center / Windows Home Server user group

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Show Times:

00:27 Coming up
01:10 UK User Group event
01:57 Windows 7 Update
03:07 Hauppauge launch Windows 7 drivers for WinTV
03:25 The Custom Integrator Show Installment 00A
04:05 TDL Radio
05:15 TunerFreeMCE Update
06:03 A New Zune HD?
06:37 HP Updates MediaSmart Server Software
07:41 The Windows Media Center Ultimate Enthusiast Contest 2009
08:28 Twitter
09:08 Welcome to Jas and Sam
09:38 What is Media Browser
10:54 Why start Media Center
17:18 Why use Media Browser
20:29 Media Control
22:03 Using it with Windows 7
25:18 Movie playback
27:46 Meta Data
31:24 Coverflow UI
32:50 Media Center development issues
35:06 Contributing to Media Browser
44:09 Extenders
47:44 download from MediaBrowser.tv
48:50 Info for developers
50:43 Forums and wikki
52:33 See you next week at the UK User Group

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I have you are enjoying the Easter weekend and the extra days off it gives you to test Windows 7. On The Media Center Show this week I talked to Martin Milmore of TunerFreeMCE and on The Custom Integrator Show we finished off talking about the CableCARD MMI screens. Here are a round up of posts from the last week

• HP Updates MediaSmart Server Software
• 200x200 Low-res album artwork still not fixed? - Build 7077
• Episode 25-ShowAnalyzer
• A New Zune HD?
• Hauppauge launch Windows 7 drivers for WinTV
• Podcast: The Custom Integrator Show Installment 00A
• Cyberlink PowerDVD 9 Ultra - Initial Impressions
• The Media Center Show #201 – TunerFreeMCE
• Beginners Fine Tuning & Tweaking Comskip
• Fix for HD Homerun DVB-T Windows 7 Issue (Updated)
• Video: Unboxing and a first look at a HD Homerun DVB-T Edition
• My adventures with Windows Media Center
• How to automatically convert VOB to MPG and DTS to AC3

This week I am talking to Martin Milmore about TunerFreeMCE, one of the most popular addins for Windows Media Center at the moment. It an application that enables you to get BBC iPlayer, Hulu and other servers directly in to Media Center without a TV tuner. I have email, a roundup of news and details of TDL Radio and TDL Chat

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Show Times:

00:50 Coming up
01:54 Email: DVB-T v DVB-T2
03:16 Email: Windows Home Server and adding disks
04:17 Email: Ripped DVDs on the Xbox 360
06:00 Niveus Release “ZONE” Multi-room media solution
06:30 Zune job advert hits at Zune in the living room
07:50 Twitter Updates in Windows Media Center
08:33 How to automatically convert VOB to MPG and DTS to AC3
09:33 The Custom Integrator Show Installment 009
10:03 TDL Radio
11:39 The Digital Lifestyle.com and NEDMUG.COM Live Chat
12:37 The Members Adventure Blog
13:15 Video: Unboxing and a first look at a HD Homerun DVB-T Edition
13:42 Welcome to Martin
14:10 Getting started with Media Center development
16:17 Other Media Center projects
17:07 What is TunerFreeMCE?
21:17 Channels in TunerFreeMCE
22:29 Hulu on Media Center
23:53 Using a MVP to bypass region checks
27:27 TunerFreeMCE on Extenders
30:02 Windows 7
31:34 Download TunerfreeMCE
33:00 Requests for new features for developers
35:40 See you next week

Music by Ian Dixon

Technorati tags: Windows Media Center, podcasts

Clubhouse tags: clubhouse, media center, windows media center, how-to

First I want to say congratulations to Mike and Stuart on being awarded Microsoft MVP status, I am really please to have them blogging on TDL. This week I put put out the 200th edition of The Media Center Show with Chris Lanier, Charlie Owen and Ed Bott, Derek posted edition 9 of The Custom Integrator Show and Mike posted the a great video on CableCARD

Also checkout a new feature on the site: TDL Radio is a live stream of tech shows, with more shows being added soon

• vmcPlayIt Media Center add-in for PlayOn
• Calling all Media Center Hardware Vendors
• Twitter Updates in Windows Media Center
• Download Theme: Flying Whales
• Arcsoft Total Media Theatre 3 Platinum First Impressions
• Pre-cursor to Installment 009 of The Custom Integrator Show
• The Digital Lifestyle.com Radio
• Zune job advert hits at Zune in the living room
• Endgadget HD: Microsoft clarifies codec position for Windows 7
• The Digital Lifestyle.com and NEDMUG.COM Live Chat
• Hulu begins encrypting HTML to stop 3rd party apps
• Niveus Release “ZONE” Multi-room media solution
• Transcoding VS Remuxing? MS where's the native support? Have your say!
• The Digital Lifestyle Hardware - ATI Digital Cable Tuners

Well I have made it to show 200 and I have a special show for you. Ed Bott, Charlie Owen and Chris Lanier join me for a look back at Windows Media Center and looking forward to Windows 7 and beyond. It was great have them in one room (virtually) and I really enjoyed the conversation so I hope you enjoy the show

I want to thanks all the listeners for supporting the show over 4 years and 200 episodes, its a privilege to be part of the community

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Show Times:

00:50 Coming up
02:10 Email How to change a Windows Home Server system drive?
03:18 Gizmodo: Windows 7 Might Block Third-Party Video Codecs
04:13 The Custom Integrator Show Installment 008
04:46 The Digital Lifestyle Hardware - ATI Digital Cable Tuners
05:12 Video: How to install the new Windows Media Center addin for Windows Home Server
06:49 Welcome to Ed, Chris and Charlie
08:27 Where was Media Center back at show #1?
11:00 Windows Media Center availability
15:00 Features that changed over time
17:00 Online Media
19:00 10” interface and internet content
24:00 Ways to access content
36:00 DVDs and Bluray
40:51 Advertising not the answer?
48:09 Home Group in Windows 7
5:00 Driving Media Center in to the home
53:24 Simple v Features
59:23 Windows Eco-system
1:05:21 All the resources in the world?
1:11:00 Where will Windows 7 be in a year from now?
1:16:00 Windows 7 Media Center better for developers
1:17:00 Coming soon The Media Center Show addin for Windows 7 Media Center
1:19:00 Edbott.com
1:19:00 Chris Laniers blog
1:20:00 Charlie’s blog

Music by Ian Dixon

Technorati tags: Windows Media Center, podcasts