All Posts Tagged With: "VMC"

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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
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Last.fm Vista Media Center Plugin

Vista Media Center just gets better and better and in my view a media center PC is the best thing you can connect to your TV. The latest addition to the growing list of useful VMC plugins, is MceFM which allows you to listen to songs streamed from Last.fm.
With MceFM once you’ve typed in [...]

 3May2008 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | Continued
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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
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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