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| Xbox 360 Media Center Extender Update For Vista | |
Xbox 360 Media Center Extender Update For Vista Published by: forahobby on Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tagged: Media Center, Xbox 360,
Microsoft has released an update for Media Center Extenders for Windows Vista. This update is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate.
Issues that are resolved by this update:
This update addresses the following issues. These issues occur when you use Media Center on an Xbox 360 console.
 - This update addresses a picture quality issue that occurs when you use Media Center Extender on an Xbox 360 console that has a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector to the TV for video and a Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format (S/PDIF) connection to the audio device for audio.
- This update addresses an issue in which the Media Center Extender stops responding (hangs) when you play a large non-WMV video over an HTTP session.
- This update provides support for 50Hz output together with better quality for HD models. This feature applies primarily to regions that use the PAL video standard.
News-Source: http://www.microsoft.com
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| Windows Media Center with rack-mounted Extenders | |
Windows Media Center with rack-mounted ExtendersPublished by: forahobby on Monday, May 12, 2008
Tagged: Homebrew, Media Center, Xbox 360,
There are several ways to provide your customers with the Windows Media Center experience. This post covers one of those design strategies simply referred to as centralized Extenders. Like all designs, this approach has certain advantages and disadvantages and it will be up to you, the installer, to determine which is right for your customer’s system.
This solution is particularly advantageous for the customer that wants a minimal amount of AV hardware in each room, or who wants to distribute the audio from their Media Center experience throughout the house using a conventional distributed audio system, or desires the elegance of both.
In this design approach shown above, all five Extenders are located in the rack with the Windows Media Center PC, with the Extender’s video output connected to dedicated, in room, displays. This connection can be done via one of the various methods used to extend video between rooms that exists today (primarily baluns, and in-wall wiring) In addition, the audio from each Extender is routed to an audio switcher and amplifier, then on to speakers in each room.
For the user who simply wants a display with speakers (and no distributed audio speakers) in each room, traditional A/V or cat 5 wiring can be used to bring the audio and video signals to the displays. We highly recommend using HDMI or component video to ensure HD performance on the display. For distances over 25 feet, an HDMI or component video extender can carry the signal up to 150 feet or more (depending on model/mfg used).
Here is a quick list of the various advantages and disadvantages of using the centralized Extender design strategy.
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| Peter Safran Videos For 360 | |
Peter Safran Videos For 360Published by: wes213 on Monday, March 31, 2008
Tagged: Media Center, Xbox 360,
Expanding on the media center angle of the Xbox 360 Peter Safran, the Hollywood producer and talent manager, will be making scripted shows available only to Xbox live users.
Mr. Safran said, “The Xbox is unique. It operates at a level outside of what we generally consider Web entertainment,” in his interview with The New York Times and also included the fact that at least some of the shows would be supported by advertising.
Now what gets me is the article even refers to Microsoft’s previous attempts at this form of entertainment Ware Microsoft put $100 million in to original Internet shows and just ended up canceling them in no time flat.
Feel free to blast me in the forums but i think down loadable movies or even just a youtube browser would be a bigger hit then this flop waiting to happen, the chances of even one of the show making it big are slim to none and even then it wold just get sent over to more main stream form of media.
Its just my two cents but i pay live for my games and Comcast for my cable, stick to what you know and keep your variations small, no need to reinvent the wheel here. |
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| Microsoft Announces Windows Media Center Internet TV Beta | |
Microsoft Announces Windows Media Center Internet TV BetaPublished by: forahobby on Saturday, September 29, 2007
Tagged: Hardware, Media Center, Xbox 360,
Microsoft today launches a beta of its Windows Media Center Internet TV platform. Microsoft's Internet TV initiative was first hyped for the Xbox 360 platform, but it will first show up on Windows Vista machines.
Owners of Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate will be able to access free ad-supported TV content without the need for a hardware TV tuner. Over 100 hours of programming will initially be available during the beta phase including episodes of "Arrested Development" along with music concerts by John Mayer and Snoop Dogg.
 Vista users will also have access to news clips from MSNBC and sports highlights from FOX Sports.
Owners of Microsoft's Xbox 360 will be happy to know that their consoles can be used as Windows Media Extenders to view the same content available on Windows Vista.
Microsoft also announced that Linksys, D-Link and HP Windows Media Center Extenders would be capable of streaming Internet TV content to high-definition TVs.
Linksys' Media Center Extender DMA2100 is priced at $299, D-Link's DSM-750 MediaLounge HD Media Center Extender is priced at $349 and HP's 42" and 47" MediaSmart LCD HDTVs already incoporate Windows Media Center technology.
Click the read more link to view the entire story.. |
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| Microsoft debuts Extenders for Windows Media Center, adds DivX and XviD | |
Microsoft debuts Extenders for Windows Media Center, adds DivX and XviDPublished by: forahobby on Thursday, September 06, 2007
Tagged: Hardware, Media Center, Xbox 360,
As you may remember, back in late 2004 Microsoft's hardware partners announced Windows Media Center Extenders, which were basically STBs that could replicate a cheesy version of Media Center's interface on your TV over your home network. Not surprisingly, people didn't want another box (let alone a box with a crappy UI that wasn't as good as a real Media Center) so those boxes never took off. But the best (and most frequently used) implementation came way later on with the Xbox 360, which was able to far better replicate the XP and Vista Media Center experience.
So today Microsoft is announcing a reinvigorated Media Center Extender effort called... wait for it... Extenders for Windows Media Center. Ok, the name totally sucks, but the important part is Microsoft upgraded its wayward Extender system with a new version that takes full advantage of Vista (including live HDTV streaming), supports 802.11n, and adds something that really blew our mind: codecs we actually care about, namely XviD and DivX. Niveus, Linksys, and D-Link will all be launching new devices based on this software platform, so watch out for those -- as well as DVD players, TVs, and all manner of other home theater devices Microsoft is apparently trying to get this new system built right into. Unfortunately this new Extender rev isn't being announced for the Xbox 360 (yet), so we'll all have to wait a while longer before playing XviD and DivX movies on that thing -- without transcoding, anyway.
News-Source: http://www.engadget.com |
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| 360 Extender for Beta Vista Requires XBL Connection? | |
360 Extender for Beta Vista Requires XBL Connection?Published by: patto on Sunday, October 22, 2006
Tagged: Hardware, Media Center, Xbox 360,
Some Vista Media Center beta testers were confused when they were unable to connect to their Xbox 360 during the Xbox Live downtime last Tuesday. Luckily, reader Andy Wismar bothered to read the release notes:
For the length of the beta program the Xbox 360 must have access to Xbox Live. This is typically accomplished by connecting your Xbox360 to your home network such that the Xbox360 has Internet access.
Presumably, Microsoft will drop this un-necessary restriction in the final Vista WMC release. As Andy points out, the reason you have a TV is so that you have something to do when your internet goes down.
News-Source: www.xbox360fanboy.com |
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| Transcode 360 Developer Docs and W.I.P. Development | |
Transcode 360 Developer Docs and W.I.P. DevelopmentPublished by: patto on Sunday, August 06, 2006
Tagged: Homebrew, Media Center, Xbox 360,
Folks looking to integrate Transcode 360(info) with their own apps will be pleased to know that I finally managed to find the time to knock up a quick primer and some sample code demonstrating how to query and control Transcode 360. For more information follow the link.
In related news, I've had word from Brian of My Movies confirming that the integration work is still going ahead and is now in its final stages so stay tuned...
I also found some time to squash a few long-standing bugs and am currently testing a new version of Transcode 360 on my new dual core Media Center setup. I'm not sure whether it might make sense to time its release with My Movies. I should be receiving a release candidate any day now so I'll defer the decision until then.
News-Source: runtime360.com |
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| Sign up for the Media Center Extender for Vista Beta | |
Sign up for the Media Center Extender for Vista BetaPublished by: forahobby on Sunday, May 21, 2006
Tagged: Media Center, Xbox 360,
Want to help the Vista team make sure that the Media Center Extender experience on the Xbox 360 is great? Then sign up for their beta program...but only if you can answer yes to all of these questions:
Requirements:
- You have an Xbox 360 connected to the Internet
- You have a PC capable of running Vista Ultimate or Home Premium (Read the minimum hardware requirements here.)
- You are over the age of 18
- You reside in the US
Then sign up for the beta program here
If you are accepted, you'll get an email directly from the Vista Media Extender team sometime in the next three weeks with further details.
News-Source: http://www.majornelson.com |
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| MCE Video Encoder now available | |
MCE Video Encoder now availablePublished by: forahobby on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Tagged: Media Center, Xbox 360,
Here's another application, similar to Transcode 360(info), that will convert xvid, divx and other video formats on-the-fly so you can stream them from your Windows MediaCenter PC to your Xbox 360.
MCE Video Encoder is a Windows application that controls encoding and streaming of all video files, including DivX and XVid.
The application also includes a set of add-ins for Windows Media Center Addition 2005 that controls the MCE Video Encoder application.
Therefore, this allows you to not only set up and control video streams from your Windows Media Center PC, but also control and view the streams from a Media Center Extender and even an Xbox 360.
MCE Video Encoder has the following features:
* Start and Stop Streaming from Windows Client and MCE Add-in,
* Pause and Unpause Streaming from Windows Client and MCE Add-in, |
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| Xbox 360 Working NES Emulator Through MCE | |
Xbox 360 Working NES Emulator Through MCEPublished by: patto on Sunday, March 26, 2006
Tagged: Gaming, Homebrew, Media Center, Xbox 360,
I've attached a link to a version of NESCafe that works through Media Center on the Xbox 360. This is currently setup to run at 480p (Widescreen). You can edit the nes.htm file if it does not fit correctly on your screen. I haven't found a way to add a menu for the roms list so you will have to edit the nes.htm and change to whatever Nes rom you want to play. I've included a Public Domain rom for testing but have verified Zelda1-2, Excitebike, and TecmoBowl and all worked.
INSTALL: You will need to extract the rar into C:Document and SettingsAll UsersStart MenuProgramsAccessoriesMedia CenterMedia Center Programs on your media center box. It took a bit for the icon to show up under More Programs but it finally will.
NOTES: Sound is not functioning, Media Center 2005 is required. If it locks up you will need to run something that warns you that it is a web page and check the box that says "Don't show this again". Once you do that it should run fine. I created an MCL that just went to Google and then checked that box. I've also attached an image with the mapping of the Xbox Controller to the corresponding keyboard keys.
View Video: here{youtube.com}
Download: Xester NESCafe 360 (Via MCE) |
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