The Media Center Blog

Written by a Microsoft Windows Entertainment & Connected Home MVP. Covering HTPC MCE / Kodi (XBMC) and Home Automation.

Monday, 24 January 2011

Control your Z-WAVE modules in Media Center - Power Controller MCE

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I’ve been testing out some Z-Wave kit recently, for those that don’t know Z-Wave is a home automation protocol / standard, think X10 but its...
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Saturday, 8 January 2011

My Movies–Missing metadata whilst playing a movie?

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This article applies if you are using My Movies for Windows Home Server. If you are using a standalone My Movies Server / Client on Windows ...
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Wednesday, 29 December 2010

New intro videos available on VIPID

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Hello just a quick update, there are two new custom intro templates available on VIPID, one is a Warner Brothers one and the other is a Luca...
Friday, 17 December 2010

Control your Mouse cursor with your Logitech Harmony remote control

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I saw an interesting post on The Green Button here that linked to another interesting post on the Logitech Harmony forums here . What was b...
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Thursday, 9 December 2010

My Movies for iPad - controlling My Movies for Windows Media Center

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Brian Binnerup of My Movies has released a new YouTube video of My Movies for iPad in action controlling Windows Media Center. I have to s...
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Friday, 3 December 2010

Change the default windows audio device within MCE

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I added a Denon CD Receiver (AMP) to one of my 7MC PC’s today to power some in-room speakers. I used the analogue stereo 3.5mm port on the b...
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Friday, 26 November 2010

WHS V2 Vail = Fail – Tell Microsoft your thoughts on them removing Drive Extender

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You have probably heard by now that some bright sparks at Microsoft have decided that removing Drive Extender from Windows Home Server Vers...
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Thursday, 25 November 2010

VipID Custom Intro Videos – Now open for user registration

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I previously wrote about a new beta website from VipID I was testing, which enabled you to easily create your own custom Home Theatre Into V...
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Monday, 22 November 2010

Amulet Voice Remote Control – Part3

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In part two I took a look at the Amulet Media Center add-in screens and eventually established that the voice commands not only work in the...
Thursday, 11 November 2010

Amulet Voice Remote Control – Part2

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Update: You can see Amulet in action on the Amulet YouTube Video channel here It seems some of my assumptions about the need for the Amulet ...
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