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Boxee Beta Revealed

The popular xbmc fork with a social networking twist, has just had its impressive beta unveiled at an event at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The Boxee team will open up this Beta to the public on Jan 7th (at CES) and over the next 4 weeks will gradually release invitations to our early access [...]

Android Remote for XBMC

Ever wanted to control your XBMC Media Center with an Android powered device like the HTC magic or the HTC dream?
Now you can, The Android Remote for XBMC makes controlling your XBMC powered HTPC or Xbox a slick affair.
Just a word of warning, This software is still considered as “in development”. Once the developers are [...]

Windows 7 and Vista Audio Changer

I have recently updated my main HTPC to the RC of Windows 7 and unlike Windows XP, it is not currently possible to set the default sound output device for the entire system through software.
With my previous HTPC build, My Auzentech DTS X-Plosion card would encode DTS on the fly for stereo sources and was [...]

5 of the best Free HTPC Frontends

Building a HTPC (Home Theatre Personal Computer) has never been more popular but you still need some decent software to accompany your hardware.  A good Media Centre is not just a result of its owners capability but also the functionality of the software chosen to provide the ultimate media experience.  Here are 5 of the [...]

SABnzbd binary newsreader

It is time to highlight some more great OpenSource Software. This time it is SABnzbd, A highly flexible, feature packed and modular binary newsreader.  SABnzb is available on  Windows (XP/Vista/Servers), Linux/Unix, Apple OSX and NAS devices.
What is SABnzbd?
SABnzbd is a free/open-source cross-platform binary newsreader written in Python.
It simplifies the process of downloading from Usenet dramatically, [...]

XBMC HTPC Windows Quick Setup guide

XBMC Quick Setup Guide Updated 29-1-10
As highlighted with our previous XBMC introduction article,   I have been using XBMC since it’s transformation from XBMP (Xbox Media Player) and was the sole reason I purchased the original xbox.  This day and age the focus is on High Definition formats and the original Xbox just doesn’t cut it [...]

Songbird 1.2 Released

The Open Source Itunes killer, Songbird has just had an update.  Along with Foobar2000 it is probably the best free music player available.
New Features
Automatically Organise Library Files
Songbird can now automatically organise the files that are contained in your library. Once enabled, it will consolidate your media in one location. You can customise the structure of [...]

Boxee Update: Mac, Pandora, Hulu and Radiotime.

The Open Source XBMC fork; Boxee, has been going from strength to strength adding some new “most requested” features and also managing to get Hulu into the front end thanks to a unique legal workaround.  The new version is currently only for Mac platforms at this stage with Windows and Linux soon to follow.
Download boxee [...]

PS3 Media Server

Until recently, using the PS3 as a HTPC device was a tedious and almost pointless affair.  Installing Linux was a possibility though restricting direct access to the PS3’s RSX GPU pretty much reduced the benefit of using a PS3 in this way.
Using software like TVersity was the closest you could get in turning the Playstation [...]

XBMC MEDIA CENTER

In our second Sourced article the spotlight is on the award winning XBMC Media Center.

What is XBMC?
Originally named Xbox Media Center, XBMC is now a full featured, award winning free and open source software media-player and entertainment hub for all your digital media.  I have been using XBMC since it’s transformation from xbmp (Xbox Media [...]