Not content with integrating only Boxee, Teknowebworks have made the same integration possible with the project that started it all, XBMC.
BMC Integration 1.0 provides an easy way for users to go back and forth between Windows Media Center and XBMC. When clicking on XBMC in Windows 7 Media Center, the software automatically closes Windows Media [...]
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Windows Media Center Boxee integration
February 17, 2010
If you have a Windows 7 powered HTPC, Boxee Integration 1.0 provides an armchair viewers way to control the excellent Boxee app directly within Media Center.
Boxee Integration 1.0 provides an easy way for users to go back and forth between Windows Media Center and Boxee. When clicking on Boxee in Windows 7 Media Center, the [...]
XBMC gets native DXVA2 support (Hardware Acceleration)
February 2, 2010
XBMC has been progressing at an incredible otherworldly pace and tonight’s latest Changeset is no exception. From Revision 27376 Onwards, XBMC now supports dxva2 decoder support for vc1/h264 courtesy of the Boxee DXVA implementation. Thats right, my aging Athlon 4400XP now barely hits 20% CPU usage with most 1080p material.
This is for the Windows [...]
Windows 7 and Vista Audio Changer
October 8, 2009
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 [...]
SABnzbd binary newsreader
September 14, 2009
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, [...]
Boxee Update: Mac, Pandora, Hulu and Radiotime.
April 7, 2009
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 [...]
XBMC MEDIA CENTER
March 13, 2009
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 [...]



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