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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, 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, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, 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 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 22, 2010
PowerDVD 9 10% OFF coupon [JANOFFER] expires on Jan 31 Coupon can be used in the US, UK AUSTRALIA, CANADA and all over Europe locales for PowerDVD, PowerDirector, PowerProducer, Media Suite 8, YouCam, Media Show Espresso 5.5, True Theater Enhancer which expire on 31st Jan 2010.
Continue reading...Thursday, 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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 14, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, 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 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 18, 2009
In a refreshingly to the point Internet Explorer 8 promotional stunt, Microsoft has buried $10,000 somewhere on the internet. Be the first to find it and you keep it. How? Visit the IE8 $10,000 competition website and follow tengrand_ie8 on Twitter. But you will never find it using old Firefox. (So get rid of it, [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 28, 2008
ZDNet Blogs have a promising first look at the recently released Windows 7 beta 1 (build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400) This beta is of excellent quality. This is the kind of code that you could roll out and live with. Even the pre-betas were solid, but finally this beta feels like it’s “done.” This beta exceeds the quality [...]
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