My tuning adapter is finally operational. I tried changing the configuration of my cable splitters and that seemed to have no effect. I have been getting very frustrated and now all this morning my tuning adapter is working again. I think I know what the solution was but I am cannot say with 100% confidence [...]
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In my first follow-up to my post on moving your family to a whole home Media Center solution I wanted to give a better idea on what I have in my setup and how it’s all connected. We have four rooms in the house where we can use and enjoy Media Center. The following diagram [...]
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For the past few weeks I have been posting about “My Encoding Quest”. The genesis of the posts was my desire to re-encode HD MKV files into native Media Center DVR-MS files while retaining the same video and audio quality. Well the quest is over and the result is a program that I wrote called [...]
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I wanted to post a quick update on how things went today. I went back to Windows 7, this time build 7077 instead of 7000. Here is a quick list of thoughts. I’ll expand later. Love the new intro animation Love the new sounds effects Where is my photo screen saver??? Love heterogeneous tuners Basic [...]
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One of the things I love about Media Center is my 30 second skip button. Why? Because the average commercial is 30 seconds. When I am watching recorded TV it only takes about 4-5 presses of the 30 seconds skip button to get right back to my show. Hacking Windows7 Media Center blog has a [...]
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