MP3 & Videos
Control More Applications With Your HTPC or MCE Remote
I have a new Home Theatre PC that I use to watch TV, play music and watch movies on. I do this using a Microsoft MCE remote which is fantastic, but it doesn’t allow me to control any apps outside of Vista Media Center (VMC), so I frequently have to get a keyboard and mouse [...]
25May2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
How To Avoid Plasma Screen Burn
I have a friend who has a very expensive Plasma TV, but because he didn’t take steps to protect his screen he’s suffering from screen burn. It’s easy to suffer from screen burn; just watching your favourite TV channel for too long can result in the logo being permanently displayed.
Although modern plasmas don’t suffer [...]
Download MP3s From Your Friends iTunes Libraries With Mojo
I’ve been playing with Mojo for a few days now and I think it is absolutely amazing. What Mojo lets you do is let you browse tracks within your friends iTunes Libraries over the internet, and then DOWNLOAD THEM! Once installed, a buddy window is available within Mojo that lets you check out the libraries [...]
21May2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
Synchronize MP3 Players & Phones With iTunes Using iTunes Agent
I currently use MediaMonkey to manage my music collection as personally I think it’s a better mp3 player than iTunes, with better tag, library, playlist and all round sexiness than iTunes. However, there are many who disagree and prefer to use iTunes.
If you are one of those, but want to sync another device like [...]
Guide To The Best Windows Codecs
Most users find that installing a codec pack is sufficient for playing video and audio files on a PC. However, if you are a power user and have in particular HD content on your PC, then if your PC isn’t top notch you will need the best codecs in order for your PC to be [...]
4May2008 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
10 Essential Free Vista Media Center Addons & Tweaks
I’ve had a lot of fun customizing Windows Vista Media Center over the last couple of days. Here are the best 10 free tweaks and addons I’ve found for VMC that will allow you to get so much more out of your Windows Media Center.
15Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
Start Vista Media Center In Media-Only Mode
In the final post of my Vista Media Center customization weekend, I’ve discovered thanks to Everton a way to open Vista Media Center in Media-Only mode. This is a great tip if you have kids and you don’t want them to start messing with your PC:
13Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
Yougle: Watch Youtube Videos In Vista Media Center
I’ve spent some time this weekend trying to improve the brilliant Windows Vista Media Center. One feature that VMC is lacking is the ability to watch Youtube videos. The problem was easily solved with a few google searches and I found Yougle Vista.
12Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
How To Remove Annoying Sample Music Folder From Vista Media Center
If you’re a Windows Media Center user, then you are have probably given up trying to remove the annoying Sample Photos, Sample Music and Sample Videos folders. It took me ages to find a way to find out how to remove them permanently from MCE, and the solution I found in the end was very [...]
10Apr2008 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
File2HD - Download Anything To Your Hard Drive
There are many downloaders out there that let you download content from sites like YouTube, but most tend to only work with one particular site.
File2HD is an almost complete universal downloader that lets you download files/videos/music whatever from websites to your local PC. It will grab just about anything that is embedded in a webpage.
More: [...]
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