http://www.odeo.com/channels/1527-TPN-The-Media-Center-Show no Everything you need to know about Microsoft's Windows Media Center and more! Everything you need to know about Microsoft's Windows Media Center and more! Everything you need to know about Microsoft's Windows Media Center and more! en 40 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:14:04 -0700 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:14:04 -0700 http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016595-The-Media-Center-Show-V2-07-Widevine-Technologies For any of you who are looking for an overview of Digital Rights Management and content protection, this is a great show. This week’s guest if Brian Baker, the CEO of Widevine Technologies. Brian gives us some background on his company, which is multi-platform and network content protection provider. Mike Wolf of ABI Research asks Brian about the differences around the traditional conditional access market and DRM, as well as how the music DRM market differs from that of the premium video market. Some highlights: -Brian talks about his discussions with music labels who are interested in using non-player and digital marketplace specific DRM - Brian talks about how studios are looking not only to protect their premium digital video assets, but also looking to content protection to protect the integrity of the embedded advertising in the video -Brian talks about efforts around in-home distribution and protecting content as it moves from device to device Overall its a very interes... For any of you who are looking for an overview of Digital Rights Management and content protection, this is a great show. This week’s guest if Brian Baker, the CEO of Widevine Technologies. Brian gives us some background on his company, which is multi-platform and network content protection provider. Mike Wolf of ABI Research asks Brian about the differences around the traditional conditional access market and DRM, as well as how the music DRM market differs from that of the premium video market. Some highlights: -Brian talks about his discussions with music labels who are interested in using non-player and digital marketplace specific DRM - Brian talks about how studios are looking not only to protect their premium digital video assets, but also looking to content protection to protect the integrity of the embedded advertising in the video -Brian talks about efforts around in-home distribution and protecting content as it moves from device to device Overall its a very interesting call. download link For any of you who are looking for an overview of Digital Rights Management and content protection, this is a great show. This week’s guest if Brian Baker, the CEO of Widevine Technologies. Brian gives us some background on his company, which is multi-platform and network content protection provider. Mike Wolf of ABI Research asks Brian about the differences around the traditional conditional access market and DRM, as well as how the music DRM market differs from that of the premium video market. Some highlights: -Brian talks about his discussions with music labels who are interested in using non-player and digital marketplace specific DRM - Brian talks about how studios are looking not only to protect their premium digital video assets, but also looking to content protection to protect the integrity of the embedded advertising in the video -Brian talks about efforts around in-home distribution and protecting content as it moves from device to device Overall its a very interesting call. download link tag:odeo.com,2007-08-27,22016595 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:14:04 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, General, DRM, Content Protection http://www.odeo.com/episodes/16163433-The-Media-Center-Show-v2-06-Sonos tag:odeo.com,2007-08-14,16163433 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:44:10 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016638-The-Media-Center-Show-v2-06-Sonos Great call this week, as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Tom Cullen, the VP of Sales and Marketing for Sonos. Sonos is a manufacturer of wireless multi-room audio systems, and Tom tells us about how Sonos went through an intense period of useability testing - as they tap the expertise of the woman who helped with useability for Philips’ Streamium products - to put useability “in the bones of the device”. Some interesting info Tom reveals about the typical Sonos user: -typically male -have thousands of tracks -typical income is over $100 thousand -users are generally not in their 20s, but typically 30-45 -Average of 3 rooms supported per customer, up from 2 rooms just a couple years ago -The average user say their music listening has doubled since buying their Sonos system. Take a listen: download link Great call this week, as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Tom Cullen, the VP of Sales and Marketing for Sonos. Sonos is a manufacturer of wireless multi-room audio systems, and Tom tells us about how Sonos went through an intense period of useability testing - as they tap the expertise of the woman who helped with useability for Philips’ Streamium products - to put useability “in the bones of the device”. Some interesting info Tom reveals about the typical Sonos user: -typically male -have thousands of tracks -typical income is over $100 thousand -users are generally not in their 20s, but typically 30-45 -Average of 3 rooms supported per customer, up from 2 rooms just a couple years ago -The average user say their music listening has doubled since buying their Sonos system. Take a listen: download link Great call this week, as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Tom Cullen, the VP of Sales and Marketing for Sonos. Sonos is a manufacturer of wireless multi-room audio systems, and Tom tells us about how Sonos went through an intense period of useability testing - as they tap the expertise of the woman who helped with useability for Philips’ Streamium products - to put useability “in the bones of the device”. Some interesting info Tom reveals about the typical Sonos user: -typically male -have thousands of tracks -typical income is over $100 thousand -users are generally not in their 20s, but typically 30-45 -Average of 3 rooms supported per customer, up from 2 rooms just a couple years ago -The average user say their music listening has doubled since buying their Sonos system. Take a listen: download link tag:odeo.com,2007-08-14,22016638 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:44:10 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, General, Sonos, Home Network http://www.odeo.com/episodes/16163423-The-Media-Center-Show-v2-05-BitTorrent-President-Ashwin-Navin tag:odeo.com,2007-07-31,16163423 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:25:27 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016660-The-Media-Center-Show-v2-05-BitTorrent-President-Ashwin-Navin Fascinating call this week as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Ashwin Navin, the President and cofounder of BitTorrent. Ashwin gives some of the background on the founding of the company with Bram Cohen and goes on to talk about some of the company’s initiatives with its BitTorrent DNA, efforts to put the BitTorrent client in consumer electronics devices, as well as talking about the company’s efforts to work with media companies to overcome the long-held perception that P2P is a dirty word. Take a listen: download link Fascinating call this week as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Ashwin Navin, the President and cofounder of BitTorrent. Ashwin gives some of the background on the founding of the company with Bram Cohen and goes on to talk about some of the company’s initiatives with its BitTorrent DNA, efforts to put the BitTorrent client in consumer electronics devices, as well as talking about the company’s efforts to work with media companies to overcome the long-held perception that P2P is a dirty word. Take a listen: download link Fascinating call this week as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Ashwin Navin, the President and cofounder of BitTorrent. Ashwin gives some of the background on the founding of the company with Bram Cohen and goes on to talk about some of the company’s initiatives with its BitTorrent DNA, efforts to put the BitTorrent client in consumer electronics devices, as well as talking about the company’s efforts to work with media companies to overcome the long-held perception that P2P is a dirty word. Take a listen: download link tag:odeo.com,2007-07-31,22016660 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:25:27 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, General, BitTorrent http://www.odeo.com/episodes/15161523-The-Media-Center-Show-V2-04-Archos-COO-Larry-Smith tag:odeo.com,2007-07-23,15161523 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:26:41 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016676-The-Media-Center-Show-V2-04-Archos-COO-Larry-Smith For those of you interested in networked entertainment - specifically portable networked entertainment - this is a show you can’t miss. We spend some time with the Chief Operating Officer of Archos, Larry Smith. Archos is a pioneering portable media player vendor, being one of the first to deliver Wi-Fi connected portable media players. My discussion with Larry is pretty wide ranging, as we talk about how the new Generation 5 of Archos media players differs from previous generations, what Archos can do against the Apple freight train, and the likelihood of mobile broadband in the next generation of Archos PMPs. Some interesting take-aways: -55% of those who bought Archos PMPs in the U.S. last year bought the DVR Station add-on, effectively allowing themselves to make their portable media device a PVR -25% of those who buy a PMP from Archos buy software add-on modules from Archos for new functionality. Archos is looking to take a more modular approach going forward as it allows... For those of you interested in networked entertainment - specifically portable networked entertainment - this is a show you can’t miss. We spend some time with the Chief Operating Officer of Archos, Larry Smith. Archos is a pioneering portable media player vendor, being one of the first to deliver Wi-Fi connected portable media players. My discussion with Larry is pretty wide ranging, as we talk about how the new Generation 5 of Archos media players differs from previous generations, what Archos can do against the Apple freight train, and the likelihood of mobile broadband in the next generation of Archos PMPs. Some interesting take-aways: -55% of those who bought Archos PMPs in the U.S. last year bought the DVR Station add-on, effectively allowing themselves to make their portable media device a PVR -25% of those who buy a PMP from Archos buy software add-on modules from Archos for new functionality. Archos is looking to take a more modular approach going forward as it allows them to reduce cost for their overall customer base while giving options to those who want to buy the modules -They are looking at adding 3G connectivity such as WiMax in the sixth generation devices, as well as VOIP. My feeling is that the 3G is a potential, but that it may slip to later generations. Anyway, lots of great info in this one as as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Larry about the future of connected portable entertainment. Take a listen : download link For those of you interested in networked entertainment - specifically portable networked entertainment - this is a show you can’t miss. We spend some time with the Chief Operating Officer of Archos, Larry Smith. Archos is a pioneering portable media player vendor, being one of the first to deliver Wi-Fi connected portable media players. My discussion with Larry is pretty wide ranging, as we talk about how the new Generation 5 of Archos media players differs from previous generations, what Archos can do against the Apple freight train, and the likelihood of mobile broadband in the next generation of Archos PMPs. Some interesting take-aways: -55% of those who bought Archos PMPs in the U.S. last year bought the DVR Station add-on, effectively allowing themselves to make their portable media device a PVR -25% of those who buy a PMP from Archos buy software add-on modules from Archos for new functionality. Archos is looking to take a more modular approach going forward as it allows them to reduce cost for their overall customer base while giving options to those who want to buy the modules -They are looking at adding 3G connectivity such as WiMax in the sixth generation devices, as well as VOIP. My feeling is that the 3G is a potential, but that it may slip to later generations. Anyway, lots of great info in this one as as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Larry about the future of connected portable entertainment. Take a listen : download link tag:odeo.com,2007-07-23,22016676 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:26:41 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, General, wi-fi, Portable, Archos, Portable Media Player http://www.odeo.com/episodes/15161513-Media-Center-Show-V2-03-Ronen-Mizrahi-of-TVersity tag:odeo.com,2007-07-09,15161513 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:21:34 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016717-Media-Center-Show-V2-03-Ronen-Mizrahi-of-TVersity Welcome back from (in the U.S, at least) a holiday week. This week’s show features an interview with Ronen Mizrahi, the founder of TVersity. TVersity is a media server, content management and entertainment guide application that can be downloaded for free at Tversity.com. Ronen founded the company in 2004 and the company’s application has been available in beta since 2005. The product features a number of interesting capabilities, including a DLNA server, on the fly transcoding of a number of different media formats as well as a entertainment guide. The app works with all three consoles and can also be used with Nokia’s 770/N800 web tablets. Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Ronen about his reason for founding the company and discussing the various iterations as TVersity marches towards release 1.0. Its a good show, so take a listen! download link Welcome back from (in the U.S, at least) a holiday week. This week’s show features an interview with Ronen Mizrahi, the founder of TVersity. TVersity is a media server, content management and entertainment guide application that can be downloaded for free at Tversity.com. Ronen founded the company in 2004 and the company’s application has been available in beta since 2005. The product features a number of interesting capabilities, including a DLNA server, on the fly transcoding of a number of different media formats as well as a entertainment guide. The app works with all three consoles and can also be used with Nokia’s 770/N800 web tablets. Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Ronen about his reason for founding the company and discussing the various iterations as TVersity marches towards release 1.0. Its a good show, so take a listen! download link Welcome back from (in the U.S, at least) a holiday week. This week’s show features an interview with Ronen Mizrahi, the founder of TVersity. TVersity is a media server, content management and entertainment guide application that can be downloaded for free at Tversity.com. Ronen founded the company in 2004 and the company’s application has been available in beta since 2005. The product features a number of interesting capabilities, including a DLNA server, on the fly transcoding of a number of different media formats as well as a entertainment guide. The app works with all three consoles and can also be used with Nokia’s 770/N800 web tablets. Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Ronen about his reason for founding the company and discussing the various iterations as TVersity marches towards release 1.0. Its a good show, so take a listen! download link tag:odeo.com,2007-07-09,22016717 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:21:34 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, General http://www.odeo.com/episodes/13413703-Media-Center-Show-V2-02-Ian-McCarthy-of-Orb-Networks tag:odeo.com,2007-06-28,13413703 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:23:07 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/13413693-Media-Center-Show-2-01-Joe-Belfiore tag:odeo.com,2007-06-28,13413693 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:07:36 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016761-Media-Center-Show-V2-02-Ian-McCarthy-of-Orb-Networks We have a great show with Ian McCarthy of Orb Networks. Ian and I chat about all things iPhone, as well as look at how Orb is doing now that it has been launched for all three of the big game consoles. Ian touches on the new Realplayer as well as his own digital home set up. Enjoy the show! Show Outline 2:00 – Show structure and format 2:30 – Digital Media Happenings 10:10 – Hello to Ian 11:30 – Three game consoles and Orb adoption 15:15 – Wii vs. 360 vs. PS3 as network extenders 21:20 – the Apple iPhone 23:15 – Apple positioning of iPhone 27:15 – openness of iPhone platform 29:00 - YouTube on iPhone 30:30 – Apple vs. Sony 32:21 – Apple TV and Media Center Extenders 35:45 – PSP phone and Walkman phone 40:01 – DRM on iPod 41:35 – new Real Player 46: 02 – remote vs. local storage of media and should you download media? 49:20 – renting vs. owning music 53:05 – Archos Wi-Fi players 58:20 – Ian’s digital home setup 1:00:01 – Ian’s final thoughts 1:02:44 – Goodbye download link We have a great show with Ian McCarthy of Orb Networks. Ian and I chat about all things iPhone, as well as look at how Orb is doing now that it has been launched for all three of the big game consoles. Ian touches on the new Realplayer as well as his own digital home set up. Enjoy the show! Show Outline 2:00 – Show structure and format 2:30 – Digital Media Happenings 10:10 – Hello to Ian 11:30 – Three game consoles and Orb adoption 15:15 – Wii vs. 360 vs. PS3 as network extenders 21:20 – the Apple iPhone 23:15 – Apple positioning of iPhone 27:15 – openness of iPhone platform 29:00 - YouTube on iPhone 30:30 – Apple vs. Sony 32:21 – Apple TV and Media Center Extenders 35:45 – PSP phone and Walkman phone 40:01 – DRM on iPod 41:35 – new Real Player 46: 02 – remote vs. local storage of media and should you download media? 49:20 – renting vs. owning music 53:05 – Archos Wi-Fi players 58:20 – Ian’s digital home setup 1:00:01 – Ian’s final thoughts 1:02:44 – Goodbye download link We have a great show with Ian McCarthy of Orb Networks. Ian and I chat about all things iPhone, as well as look at how Orb is doing now that it has been launched for all three of the big game consoles. Ian touches on the new Realplayer as well as his own digital home set up. Enjoy the show! Show Outline 2:00 – Show structure and format 2:30 – Digital Media Happenings 10:10 – Hello to Ian 11:30 – Three game consoles and Orb adoption 15:15 – Wii vs. 360 vs. PS3 as network extenders 21:20 – the Apple iPhone 23:15 – Apple positioning of iPhone 27:15 – openness of iPhone platform 29:00 - YouTube on iPhone 30:30 – Apple vs. Sony 32:21 – Apple TV and Media Center Extenders 35:45 – PSP phone and Walkman phone 40:01 – DRM on iPod 41:35 – new Real Player 46: 02 – remote vs. local storage of media and should you download media? 49:20 – renting vs. owning music 53:05 – Archos Wi-Fi players 58:20 – Ian’s digital home setup 1:00:01 – Ian’s final thoughts 1:02:44 – Goodbye download link tag:odeo.com,2007-06-28,22016761 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:23:07 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, General http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016768-Media-Center-Show-2-01-Joe-Belfiore Welcome Back. The first show back and its a great one. Joe Belfiore is our guest and gives us a great update on all things media center. We talk about CableCard, the launch of Media Center in Vista and the online features of Media Center in Vista. Take a listen. (Note: having trouble with this post in Wordpress - will repost showtimes hopefully later today or tomorrow…) download link Welcome Back. The first show back and its a great one. Joe Belfiore is our guest and gives us a great update on all things media center. We talk about CableCard, the launch of Media Center in Vista and the online features of Media Center in Vista. Take a listen. (Note: having trouble with this post in Wordpress - will repost showtimes hopefully later today or tomorrow…) download link Welcome Back. The first show back and its a great one. Joe Belfiore is our guest and gives us a great update on all things media center. We talk about CableCard, the launch of Media Center in Vista and the online features of Media Center in Vista. Take a listen. (Note: having trouble with this post in Wordpress - will repost showtimes hopefully later today or tomorrow…) download link tag:odeo.com,2007-06-28,22016768 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:07:36 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, General http://www.odeo.com/episodes/11579593-Announcement-Media-Center-Show-Host-Auditions-Now-Open tag:odeo.com,2007-05-10,11579593 Thu, 10 May 2007 02:34:17 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016777-Announcement-Media-Center-Show-Host-Auditions-Now-Open DOWNLOAD  DOWNLOAD  DOWNLOAD  tag:odeo.com,2007-05-09,22016777 Wed, 09 May 2007 19:34:17 -0700 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Uncategorized http://www.odeo.com/episodes/9353793-The-Media-Center-Show-96-Doug-Berrett-Webguide-4-0 tag:odeo.com,2007-02-21,9353793 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:42:27 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016806-The-Media-Center-Show-96-Doug-Berrett-Webguide-4-0 The Media Center Show #96 (MP3 - 19.5mb-  56mins 46secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show is Doug Berrett author of Webguide the remote scheduler application for media center, well I say remote scheduler but it does a lot more that that. Doug will be joining me to talk about version 4.0 I have Email and news plus another mcePhone + Pamela bundle winner Go to the Media Center Show Community site there are a whole range of forums, blogs and other resources The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your email to Ian @ thedigitallifestyle.com Show Times 00:34 Coming up this week 01:10 Mpeg 4 in DVB-T 01:30 Problem with DVB-S channel scanning in MCE2005 (forum post) 04:22 Windows Media Center Tips 04:54 Tip of the week and the winner of Pamela + mcePhone 05:29 Problem with HP Pavilion M7775 and Media Center Extenders 06:40 Webguide Sidebar Gadget for Windows Media Center 07:13 Windows Home Server Beta and it working well for me 08:30 Windows Live for TV 09:47 The pros an... The Media Center Show #96 (MP3 - 19.5mb-  56mins 46secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show is Doug Berrett author of Webguide the remote scheduler application for media center, well I say remote scheduler but it does a lot more that that. Doug will be joining me to talk about version 4.0 I have Email and news plus another mcePhone + Pamela bundle winner Go to the Media Center Show Community site there are a whole range of forums, blogs and other resources The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your email to Ian @ thedigitallifestyle.com Show Times 00:34 Coming up this week 01:10 Mpeg 4 in DVB-T 01:30 Problem with DVB-S channel scanning in MCE2005 (forum post) 04:22 Windows Media Center Tips 04:54 Tip of the week and the winner of Pamela + mcePhone 05:29 Problem with HP Pavilion M7775 and Media Center Extenders 06:40 Webguide Sidebar Gadget for Windows Media Center 07:13 Windows Home Server Beta and it working well for me 08:30 Windows Live for TV 09:47 The pros and cons of upgrading to Vista from MCE2005 11:11 A Message from Onevoice 11:53 Welcome to Doug Berrett 13:00 What is Webguide 16:00 Getting integrated 18:00 Features 22:00 Sporting Events in Media Center 23:10 Search 24:30 Internationalization 26:50 New features of 4.0 30:17 Streaming 31:19 Live TV 37:33 Mobile devices 42:44 Recommendation Service 47:00 Installing Webguide 4.0 49:20 Vista support 51:15 Download link 52:00 New Vista Media Center books See you on TheDigitalLifestyle.com   Technorati tags: Windows Media Center, Podcast, Webguide The Media Center Show #96 (MP3 - 19.5mb-  56mins 46secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show is Doug Berrett author of Webguide the remote scheduler application for media center, well I say remote scheduler but it does a lot more that that. Doug will be joining me to talk about version 4.0 I have Email and news plus another mcePhone + Pamela bundle winner Go to the Media Center Show Community site there are a whole range of forums, blogs and other resources The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your email to Ian @ thedigitallifestyle.com Show Times 00:34 Coming up this week 01:10 Mpeg 4 in DVB-T 01:30 Problem with DVB-S channel scanning in MCE2005 (forum post) 04:22 Windows Media Center Tips 04:54 Tip of the week and the winner of Pamela + mcePhone 05:29 Problem with HP Pavilion M7775 and Media Center Extenders 06:40 Webguide Sidebar Gadget for Windows Media Center 07:13 Windows Home Server Beta and it working well for me 08:30 Windows Live for TV 09:47 The pros and cons of upgrading to Vista from MCE2005 11:11 A Message from Onevoice 11:53 Welcome to Doug Berrett 13:00 What is Webguide 16:00 Getting integrated 18:00 Features 22:00 Sporting Events in Media Center 23:10 Search 24:30 Internationalization 26:50 New features of 4.0 30:17 Streaming 31:19 Live TV 37:33 Mobile devices 42:44 Recommendation Service 47:00 Installing Webguide 4.0 49:20 Vista support 51:15 Download link 52:00 New Vista Media Center books See you on TheDigitalLifestyle.com   Technorati tags: Windows Media Center, Podcast, Webguide tag:odeo.com,2007-02-21,22016806 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:42:27 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/8836893-The-Media-Center-Show-95-Rathe-Hollingum-Microsoft-European-Development-Center tag:odeo.com,2007-02-15,8836893 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:18:39 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016816-The-Media-Center-Show-95-Rathe-Hollingum-Microsoft-European-Development-Center The Media Center Show #95 (MP3 - 18.4mb-  53mins 36secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show I am taking to Rathe Hollingum a Microsoft developer from the European development center in Ireland. We are going to be talking about the center and what they are adding to Media Center to make it a more global product. I have email, a winner of forum post of the week and details of a new competition Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site there are a whole range of forums, blogs and other resources Watch The Media Center Show Extra with 4 shows from CES (the show now has its own RSS feed) The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your email to Ian @ thedigitallifestyle.com Show Times 00:32 Coming up this week 01:02 Questions regarding Show #94 03:13 Winner of Forum thread of the week 03:48 Next weeks winner gets Pamaela Pro + mcePhone Bundle 04:10 New Forums, The Lounge, Video Cards and Tips and Tricks 05:29 Windows Home Server Beta 2 - register for the beta 06:40 A... The Media Center Show #95 (MP3 - 18.4mb-  53mins 36secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show I am taking to Rathe Hollingum a Microsoft developer from the European development center in Ireland. We are going to be talking about the center and what they are adding to Media Center to make it a more global product. I have email, a winner of forum post of the week and details of a new competition Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site there are a whole range of forums, blogs and other resources Watch The Media Center Show Extra with 4 shows from CES (the show now has its own RSS feed) The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your email to Ian @ thedigitallifestyle.com Show Times 00:32 Coming up this week 01:02 Questions regarding Show #94 03:13 Winner of Forum thread of the week 03:48 Next weeks winner gets Pamaela Pro + mcePhone Bundle 04:10 New Forums, The Lounge, Video Cards and Tips and Tricks 05:29 Windows Home Server Beta 2 - register for the beta 06:40 Aufero -BitTorrent client use with Windows Vista Media Center 07:28 Where are the Media Center Sidebar gadgets? 09:00 Links to my blog and TheDigitallifestyle.com 09:40 A message from Onevoice 10:07 Welcome to Rathe Hollingum 10:30 What is Microsoft’s European Development Center 13:00 Tuning changes in Vista 14:40 Telex improvement 15:21 Digital Text is coming to Media Center! 17:40 Subtitles in DVB 18:12 European Standards 20:10 DVB-S cards in Media Center 22:06 Guide data in the DVB-T signal 29:10 Working with Microsoft Redmond 31:00 TV differences around Europe 33:33 New counties joining Europe 35:00 Cable support 36:00 Australian Support 38:58 Future developments 44:50 Extender support 46:22 Don’t forget the new email , forums and blogs Music by Ian Dixon Technorati tags: Windows Media Center, Podcast The Media Center Show #95 (MP3 - 18.4mb-  53mins 36secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show I am taking to Rathe Hollingum a Microsoft developer from the European development center in Ireland. We are going to be talking about the center and what they are adding to Media Center to make it a more global product. I have email, a winner of forum post of the week and details of a new competition Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site there are a whole range of forums, blogs and other resources Watch The Media Center Show Extra with 4 shows from CES (the show now has its own RSS feed) The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your email to Ian @ thedigitallifestyle.com Show Times 00:32 Coming up this week 01:02 Questions regarding Show #94 03:13 Winner of Forum thread of the week 03:48 Next weeks winner gets Pamaela Pro + mcePhone Bundle 04:10 New Forums, The Lounge, Video Cards and Tips and Tricks 05:29 Windows Home Server Beta 2 - register for the beta 06:40 Aufero -BitTorrent client use with Windows Vista Media Center 07:28 Where are the Media Center Sidebar gadgets? 09:00 Links to my blog and TheDigitallifestyle.com 09:40 A message from Onevoice 10:07 Welcome to Rathe Hollingum 10:30 What is Microsoft’s European Development Center 13:00 Tuning changes in Vista 14:40 Telex improvement 15:21 Digital Text is coming to Media Center! 17:40 Subtitles in DVB 18:12 European Standards 20:10 DVB-S cards in Media Center 22:06 Guide data in the DVB-T signal 29:10 Working with Microsoft Redmond 31:00 TV differences around Europe 33:33 New counties joining Europe 35:00 Cable support 36:00 Australian Support 38:58 Future developments 44:50 Extender support 46:22 Don’t forget the new email , forums and blogs Music by Ian Dixon Technorati tags: Windows Media Center, Podcast tag:odeo.com,2007-02-15,22016816 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:18:39 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/8193473-The-Media-Center-Show-94-Mark-Pendergrast-on-Extenders tag:odeo.com,2007-02-07,8193473 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:57:30 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016825-The-Media-Center-Show-94-Mark-Pendergrast-on-Extenders The Media Center Show #94 (MP3 - 21.7mb- 1hour 03mins 19secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show I talk Media Center Extenders with Mark Pendergrast from Microsoft, we talk about the progress from the V1 extenders and what is coming in the future. Mark also has some great tips on getting the most out of your Xbox 360 Extender. Checkout The Media Center Show Extra and see my CES videos Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your email to ian @ thedigitallifestyle.com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:30 Coming up this week 01:02 Email on Codecs 02:37 New Email address 03:09 When will we see v2 Extenders and noise levels of the Xbox 360 04:36 My new book on the Vista version Windows Media Center (pre-order now!) 06:00 Onevoice Communicator controls Media Center Extender sessions 06:47 Windows Home Server Forums 07:49 Upgrading a laptop from XP to Vis... The Media Center Show #94 (MP3 - 21.7mb- 1hour 03mins 19secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show I talk Media Center Extenders with Mark Pendergrast from Microsoft, we talk about the progress from the V1 extenders and what is coming in the future. Mark also has some great tips on getting the most out of your Xbox 360 Extender. Checkout The Media Center Show Extra and see my CES videos Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your email to ian @ thedigitallifestyle.com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:30 Coming up this week 01:02 Email on Codecs 02:37 New Email address 03:09 When will we see v2 Extenders and noise levels of the Xbox 360 04:36 My new book on the Vista version Windows Media Center (pre-order now!) 06:00 Onevoice Communicator controls Media Center Extender sessions 06:47 Windows Home Server Forums 07:49 Upgrading a laptop from XP to Vista 10:03 The forums 10:25 A Message from Onevoice 11:28 Welcome to Mark 12:56 Mark’s roll at Microsoft 16:50 Features and how they get implemented 19:00 Cablecard 22:20 What was the success of V1 Extenders 26:31 Getting the Extender in to the Xbox 360 project 30:08 Challenges in developing the Extender 35:00 Why can’t we have Divx on Extenders? 38:00 Transcode 360 40:10 What is new in Vista for Extenders? 49:01 V2 Extenders 51:10 Media Center Extender Tips and Tricks 58:46 Thanks to Mark Music by Ian Dixon The Media Center Show #94 (MP3 - 21.7mb- 1hour 03mins 19secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show I talk Media Center Extenders with Mark Pendergrast from Microsoft, we talk about the progress from the V1 extenders and what is coming in the future. Mark also has some great tips on getting the most out of your Xbox 360 Extender. Checkout The Media Center Show Extra and see my CES videos Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your email to ian @ thedigitallifestyle.com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:30 Coming up this week 01:02 Email on Codecs 02:37 New Email address 03:09 When will we see v2 Extenders and noise levels of the Xbox 360 04:36 My new book on the Vista version Windows Media Center (pre-order now!) 06:00 Onevoice Communicator controls Media Center Extender sessions 06:47 Windows Home Server Forums 07:49 Upgrading a laptop from XP to Vista 10:03 The forums 10:25 A Message from Onevoice 11:28 Welcome to Mark 12:56 Mark’s roll at Microsoft 16:50 Features and how they get implemented 19:00 Cablecard 22:20 What was the success of V1 Extenders 26:31 Getting the Extender in to the Xbox 360 project 30:08 Challenges in developing the Extender 35:00 Why can’t we have Divx on Extenders? 38:00 Transcode 360 40:10 What is new in Vista for Extenders? 49:01 V2 Extenders 51:10 Media Center Extender Tips and Tricks 58:46 Thanks to Mark Music by Ian Dixon tag:odeo.com,2007-02-07,22016825 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:57:30 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show video, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/7544293-The-Media-Center-Show-93-The-Awards-Show tag:odeo.com,2007-02-01,7544293 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:16:04 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016839-The-Media-Center-Show-93-The-Awards-Show   The Media Center Show #92 (MP3 - 24.5mb- 1hour 11mins 21secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE Welcome to The Media Center Show Awards. Joining me to talk about the results is Windows expert Ed Bott, we also catch up with a few of the winners. There is a major new competition coming to the show the My Movies Contribution Competition 2007. This is a great competition that My Movies is running where you get rewarded for your contribution to the My Movies database, it has some great prizes and I will be drawing winners on future shows, so check that out in the show. Thanks to everybody that voted I couldn’t do the award show without you!  Checkout The Media Center Show Extra, and see my CES videos Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:39 Coming this week 01:00 Windows Vista is here...   The Media Center Show #92 (MP3 - 24.5mb- 1hour 11mins 21secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE Welcome to The Media Center Show Awards. Joining me to talk about the results is Windows expert Ed Bott, we also catch up with a few of the winners. There is a major new competition coming to the show the My Movies Contribution Competition 2007. This is a great competition that My Movies is running where you get rewarded for your contribution to the My Movies database, it has some great prizes and I will be drawing winners on future shows, so check that out in the show. Thanks to everybody that voted I couldn’t do the award show without you!  Checkout The Media Center Show Extra, and see my CES videos Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:39 Coming this week 01:00 Windows Vista is here, find out how I got on upgrading 01:30 My Movies Contribution Competition 2007 05:07 Welcome to Ed Bott 05:50 Windows Vista 10:17 Best Commercial Application 3rd - mceTunes, - 2nd Orb, 1st - mControl 11:27 Ted Singh from Embedded Automation talks about mControl 16:57 Best Communication Tool - 3rd Onevoice ,2nd Skype, 1st Windows Messenger 19:50 Extender Usage 22:30 Best Community Resource - 3rd mce-community.de, 2nd xpMediacenter.com.au, 1st The Green Button 23:34 Best Enthusiast Media Center Blog - 3rd Big Screen Blog, 2nd Ed Bott’s Media Center Blog, 1st Chris Lanier 28:32 A Message from Onevoice 29:11 TV Card stats 31:24 CableCard 36:32 Best non commercial application 3rd - mceWeather, 2nd Webguide 4.0, 1st - MyMovies 39:06 Brian Binnerup talks about MyMovies 48:41 Should developers have access to the look and feel of Media Center? 51:49 Best Online Spotlight Application - mceWeather 55:21 Best Hardware Manufacturer 3rd Cannon, 2nd Niveus, 1st Shuttle 58:50 Best Media Center Utility - 3rd MyRemoteMouse, 2nd DVD-WMV, 1st DVR-MS Toolbox 1:00:00 Best Microsoft Blog, 3rd Matt Goyer (ex Microsoft), 2nd - Charlie Owen, 1st - Aaron Stebner 1:05:00 Best Vista Media Center Application - Big Screen Headlines 1:06:00 Stats on Vista upgrades 1:09:00 Onevoice winner 1:10:00 Go to The Media Center Show community site Music by Ian Dixon   The Media Center Show #92 (MP3 - 24.5mb- 1hour 11mins 21secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE Welcome to The Media Center Show Awards. Joining me to talk about the results is Windows expert Ed Bott, we also catch up with a few of the winners. There is a major new competition coming to the show the My Movies Contribution Competition 2007. This is a great competition that My Movies is running where you get rewarded for your contribution to the My Movies database, it has some great prizes and I will be drawing winners on future shows, so check that out in the show. Thanks to everybody that voted I couldn’t do the award show without you!  Checkout The Media Center Show Extra, and see my CES videos Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:39 Coming this week 01:00 Windows Vista is here, find out how I got on upgrading 01:30 My Movies Contribution Competition 2007 05:07 Welcome to Ed Bott 05:50 Windows Vista 10:17 Best Commercial Application 3rd - mceTunes, - 2nd Orb, 1st - mControl 11:27 Ted Singh from Embedded Automation talks about mControl 16:57 Best Communication Tool - 3rd Onevoice ,2nd Skype, 1st Windows Messenger 19:50 Extender Usage 22:30 Best Community Resource - 3rd mce-community.de, 2nd xpMediacenter.com.au, 1st The Green Button 23:34 Best Enthusiast Media Center Blog - 3rd Big Screen Blog, 2nd Ed Bott’s Media Center Blog, 1st Chris Lanier 28:32 A Message from Onevoice 29:11 TV Card stats 31:24 CableCard 36:32 Best non commercial application 3rd - mceWeather, 2nd Webguide 4.0, 1st - MyMovies 39:06 Brian Binnerup talks about MyMovies 48:41 Should developers have access to the look and feel of Media Center? 51:49 Best Online Spotlight Application - mceWeather 55:21 Best Hardware Manufacturer 3rd Cannon, 2nd Niveus, 1st Shuttle 58:50 Best Media Center Utility - 3rd MyRemoteMouse, 2nd DVD-WMV, 1st DVR-MS Toolbox 1:00:00 Best Microsoft Blog, 3rd Matt Goyer (ex Microsoft), 2nd - Charlie Owen, 1st - Aaron Stebner 1:05:00 Best Vista Media Center Application - Big Screen Headlines 1:06:00 Stats on Vista upgrades 1:09:00 Onevoice winner 1:10:00 Go to The Media Center Show community site Music by Ian Dixon tag:odeo.com,2007-02-01,22016839 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:16:04 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/6899063-The-Media-Center-Show-92-CES-Part-3 tag:odeo.com,2007-01-25,6899063 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:42:31 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22199049-The-Media-Center-Show-Extra-8-CES-Part-3   This week on the Extra show I continue my CES coverage. First is a look at the Gyration Remote Control that was on show at CES which is a great motion controlled remote control, it was the first chance I had to play with one and I must say I am impressed. Then Ted Singh from Embedded Automation showed me around his booth at the show, including a demo of the Vista version of mControl, the home automation software for Windows Media Center. I have one more CES show planned. If you have an suggestions for items I should feature on the show please head over to the community forum and let me know. Watch on Youtube Watch on MSN Soapbox Watch via WMV in HD The Extra show has its own RSS feed and site now, so don’t forget to subscribe   This week on the Extra show I continue my CES coverage. First is a look at the Gyration Remote Control that was on show at CES which is a great motion controlled remote control, it was the first chance I had to play with one and I must say I am impressed. Then Ted Singh from Embedded Automation showed me around his booth at the show, including a demo of the Vista version of mControl, the home automation software for Windows Media Center. I have one more CES show planned. If you have an suggestions for items I should feature on the show please head over to the community forum and let me know. Watch on Youtube Watch on MSN Soapbox Watch via WMV in HD The Extra show has its own RSS feed and site now, so don’t forget to subscribe   This week on the Extra show I continue my CES coverage. First is a look at the Gyration Remote Control that was on show at CES which is a great motion controlled remote control, it was the first chance I had to play with one and I must say I am impressed. Then Ted Singh from Embedded Automation showed me around his booth at the show, including a demo of the Vista version of mControl, the home automation software for Windows Media Center. I have one more CES show planned. If you have an suggestions for items I should feature on the show please head over to the community forum and let me know. Watch on Youtube Watch on MSN Soapbox Watch via WMV in HD The Extra show has its own RSS feed and site now, so don’t forget to subscribe tag:odeo.com,2007-01-25,22199049 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:57:44 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show video, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016861-The-Media-Center-Show-92-CES-Part-3 The Media Center Show #92 (MP3 - 11.5mb- 33mins 27secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This is my final set of interviews from CES. This week on the show I interview Steven Cheung from Vidabox talking HD-DVD. Christoph Buenger author of mceWeather explains what he was doing at CES, Ted Singh from Embedded Automation talks home automation and about the winner of their Digital Home contest and finally Jonathan Sass from Simplifi Digital talks about their digital audio solutions. Checkout The Media Center Show Extra, and see my CES videos Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:36 Coming up this week 01:21 Email - How to fix up your tags - Album Art fixer 02:44 Email - GPRocks.Net 04:02 List of TV Cards that work well or not so well with XP and Vista 05:20 The Media Center Show Extra CES P... The Media Center Show #92 (MP3 - 11.5mb- 33mins 27secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This is my final set of interviews from CES. This week on the show I interview Steven Cheung from Vidabox talking HD-DVD. Christoph Buenger author of mceWeather explains what he was doing at CES, Ted Singh from Embedded Automation talks home automation and about the winner of their Digital Home contest and finally Jonathan Sass from Simplifi Digital talks about their digital audio solutions. Checkout The Media Center Show Extra, and see my CES videos Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:36 Coming up this week 01:21 Email - How to fix up your tags - Album Art fixer 02:44 Email - GPRocks.Net 04:02 List of TV Cards that work well or not so well with XP and Vista 05:20 The Media Center Show Extra CES Part 1, 2, and 3 , leave suggestion here 05:45 Vidabox Cablecard 06:07 A Message from Onevoice 07:02 A Chat with Steven Cheung from Vidabox 10:00 HD-DVD and upscaling 10:50 Christoph Buenger author of mceWeather 14:29 Ted Singh from Embedded Automation 15:00 mCentral 18:00 Vista version of mControl 21:40 Jonathan Sass from Simplifi Digital 22:20 AV Expander card 24:00 Media Center amplifier 25:57 Ted Singh returns to talk about the Digital Home contest 29:11 Visit the community site http://iandixon.co.uk/cs 29:28 Music by Ian Dixon                     The Media Center Show #92 (MP3 - 11.5mb- 33mins 27secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This is my final set of interviews from CES. This week on the show I interview Steven Cheung from Vidabox talking HD-DVD. Christoph Buenger author of mceWeather explains what he was doing at CES, Ted Singh from Embedded Automation talks home automation and about the winner of their Digital Home contest and finally Jonathan Sass from Simplifi Digital talks about their digital audio solutions. Checkout The Media Center Show Extra, and see my CES videos Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:36 Coming up this week 01:21 Email - How to fix up your tags - Album Art fixer 02:44 Email - GPRocks.Net 04:02 List of TV Cards that work well or not so well with XP and Vista 05:20 The Media Center Show Extra CES Part 1, 2, and 3 , leave suggestion here 05:45 Vidabox Cablecard 06:07 A Message from Onevoice 07:02 A Chat with Steven Cheung from Vidabox 10:00 HD-DVD and upscaling 10:50 Christoph Buenger author of mceWeather 14:29 Ted Singh from Embedded Automation 15:00 mCentral 18:00 Vista version of mControl 21:40 Jonathan Sass from Simplifi Digital 22:20 AV Expander card 24:00 Media Center amplifier 25:57 Ted Singh returns to talk about the Digital Home contest 29:11 Visit the community site http://iandixon.co.uk/cs 29:28 Music by Ian Dixon                     tag:odeo.com,2007-01-25,22016861 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 04:42:31 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/6335223-The-Media-Center-Show-91-CES-Part-2-Home-Server-and-TVTonic tag:odeo.com,2007-01-18,6335223 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:33:02 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22199050-The-Media-Center-Shoe-Extra-7-CES-Part-2 The Media Center Show Extra #7 This Extra show looks at Vidabox’s HD-DVD Media Center Server with Steven Cheung, its the first time I have seen HD-DVD close us and I was impressed. Then in the 2nd part of the show I look at the new Vista version of TVTonic with Michael Sprague, it really makes good use of the new development platform of Vista Media Center. More from CES soon Note the new RSS feed for The Media Center Show Extra Download WMV Watch on YouTube Watch on MSN Soapbox Links from the show Vidabox TVTonic The Media Center Show Extra #7 This Extra show looks at Vidabox’s HD-DVD Media Center Server with Steven Cheung, its the first time I have seen HD-DVD close us and I was impressed. Then in the 2nd part of the show I look at the new Vista version of TVTonic with Michael Sprague, it really makes good use of the new development platform of Vista Media Center. More from CES soon Note the new RSS feed for The Media Center Show Extra Download WMV Watch on YouTube Watch on MSN Soapbox Links from the show Vidabox TVTonic The Media Center Show Extra #7 This Extra show looks at Vidabox’s HD-DVD Media Center Server with Steven Cheung, its the first time I have seen HD-DVD close us and I was impressed. Then in the 2nd part of the show I look at the new Vista version of TVTonic with Michael Sprague, it really makes good use of the new development platform of Vista Media Center. More from CES soon Note the new RSS feed for The Media Center Show Extra Download WMV Watch on YouTube Watch on MSN Soapbox Links from the show Vidabox TVTonic tag:odeo.com,2007-01-18,22199050 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:19:14 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, video http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016883-The-Media-Center-Show-91-CES-Part-2-Home-Server-and-TVTonic The Media Center Show #91(MP3 - 10.2mb- 20mins 52secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE As you may have seen Microsoft are launching a new product called Windows Home Server and while at CES I got chance to interview Todd Headrick Product Planner from the Windows Home Server team. We chat about what Windows Home Server and what it can do for you, its especially interesting for anybody with more than one PC at home. I also interviewed Michael Sprague from TVTonic talking about the new Vista version of TVTonic. Oh an I need your help with the a community list of hardware that works well with Media Center, starting with TV cards Checkout The Media Center Show Extra, and see my CES videos Part 1 and Part 2 (coming soon) The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Checkout the newShow Times: 00:40 Coming up this week 01:40 See CES in the... The Media Center Show #91(MP3 - 10.2mb- 20mins 52secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE As you may have seen Microsoft are launching a new product called Windows Home Server and while at CES I got chance to interview Todd Headrick Product Planner from the Windows Home Server team. We chat about what Windows Home Server and what it can do for you, its especially interesting for anybody with more than one PC at home. I also interviewed Michael Sprague from TVTonic talking about the new Vista version of TVTonic. Oh an I need your help with the a community list of hardware that works well with Media Center, starting with TV cards Checkout The Media Center Show Extra, and see my CES videos Part 1 and Part 2 (coming soon) The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Checkout the newShow Times: 00:40 Coming up this week 01:40 See CES in the Media Center Show Extra , HP Touchsmart, HD-DVD, Sideshow 02:50 Community list of TV card hardware, I need your help 04:58 Big Screen Headlines update 05:20 New build of mceBackup 2.0 05:56 A message from Onevoice 06:46 Todd Headrick on Windows Home Server 07:51 What is Windows Home Server 10:00 Hardware designs 10:56 Free domain names 12:42 What you need at home 14:28 Backup and Restores 16:05 Pooled storage and folder duplication 17:45 Windows Media Connect 20:00 What is it based on? 22:10 Developer story 23:00 Time Frame 23:20 Michael Sprague from TVTonic 24:00 Streaming v downloading 24:51 Expected Content 25:10 Adding new feeds and the guide 25:38 Availability 25:57 Visit the community site http://iandixon.co.uk/cs Music by Ian Dixon         The Media Center Show #91(MP3 - 10.2mb- 20mins 52secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE As you may have seen Microsoft are launching a new product called Windows Home Server and while at CES I got chance to interview Todd Headrick Product Planner from the Windows Home Server team. We chat about what Windows Home Server and what it can do for you, its especially interesting for anybody with more than one PC at home. I also interviewed Michael Sprague from TVTonic talking about the new Vista version of TVTonic. Oh an I need your help with the a community list of hardware that works well with Media Center, starting with TV cards Checkout The Media Center Show Extra, and see my CES videos Part 1 and Part 2 (coming soon) The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Checkout the newShow Times: 00:40 Coming up this week 01:40 See CES in the Media Center Show Extra , HP Touchsmart, HD-DVD, Sideshow 02:50 Community list of TV card hardware, I need your help 04:58 Big Screen Headlines update 05:20 New build of mceBackup 2.0 05:56 A message from Onevoice 06:46 Todd Headrick on Windows Home Server 07:51 What is Windows Home Server 10:00 Hardware designs 10:56 Free domain names 12:42 What you need at home 14:28 Backup and Restores 16:05 Pooled storage and folder duplication 17:45 Windows Media Connect 20:00 What is it based on? 22:10 Developer story 23:00 Time Frame 23:20 Michael Sprague from TVTonic 24:00 Streaming v downloading 24:51 Expected Content 25:10 Adding new feeds and the guide 25:38 Availability 25:57 Visit the community site http://iandixon.co.uk/cs Music by Ian Dixon         tag:odeo.com,2007-01-18,22016883 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:33:02 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22199051-The-Media-Center-Show-Extra-6-CES-Part-1 Over on The Media Center Show Extra blog I have posted the first CES video, please Subscribe to the new RSS feed for the Extra show The Media Center Show Extra #6 CES Part 1 This is my first video from CES. Tim Cutting from Niveus and I walked around the Microsoft and Intel booths with the video camera. We saw HP’s new touch screen PC “HP TouchSmart” with a Media Center photo application, we looked at HD-DVD on a Niveus Media Center Server and the played with the new Sideshow devices including remote controls and a phone. Note the new RSS feed for The Media Center Show Extra Download WMV Watch on YouTube Watch on MSN Soapbox Links from the show Niveus Media HD-DVD Sideshow The Media Center Show Extra #6 WMV Over on The Media Center Show Extra blog I have posted the first CES video, please Subscribe to the new RSS feed for the Extra show The Media Center Show Extra #6 CES Part 1 This is my first video from CES. Tim Cutting from Niveus and I walked around the Microsoft and Intel booths with the video camera. We saw HP’s new touch screen PC “HP TouchSmart” with a Media Center photo application, we looked at HD-DVD on a Niveus Media Center Server and the played with the new Sideshow devices including remote controls and a phone. Note the new RSS feed for The Media Center Show Extra Download WMV Watch on YouTube Watch on MSN Soapbox Links from the show Niveus Media HD-DVD Sideshow The Media Center Show Extra #6 WMV Over on The Media Center Show Extra blog I have posted the first CES video, please Subscribe to the new RSS feed for the Extra show The Media Center Show Extra #6 CES Part 1 This is my first video from CES. Tim Cutting from Niveus and I walked around the Microsoft and Intel booths with the video camera. We saw HP’s new touch screen PC “HP TouchSmart” with a Media Center photo application, we looked at HD-DVD on a Niveus Media Center Server and the played with the new Sideshow devices including remote controls and a phone. Note the new RSS feed for The Media Center Show Extra Download WMV Watch on YouTube Watch on MSN Soapbox Links from the show Niveus Media HD-DVD Sideshow The Media Center Show Extra #6 WMV tag:odeo.com,2007-01-12,22199051 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:51:26 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, video, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/5667303-The-Media-Center-Show-90-CES-Part-1 tag:odeo.com,2007-01-11,5667303 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:48:48 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016892-The-Media-Center-Show-90-CES-Part-1 The Media Center Show #89(MP3 - 14.3mb- 41mins 39secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE Well I made it back from CES, and what a week it has been. From seeing all the great Media Center content, to meeting Bill Gates and seeing 107″ 1080p displays I got plenty of interviews both video and audio. This week on the show are my first thoughts from CES, an interview about the new Sports Lounge in the Vista edition of Media Center and a chat with Tim Cutting from Niveus about their display at CES including their CableCard products. Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show, new show about CES coming soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:40 Coming up this week 01:36 Pictures from CES 02:00 What I saw and did at CES (see the updates on my blog) 03:00 Cablecar... The Media Center Show #89(MP3 - 14.3mb- 41mins 39secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE Well I made it back from CES, and what a week it has been. From seeing all the great Media Center content, to meeting Bill Gates and seeing 107″ 1080p displays I got plenty of interviews both video and audio. This week on the show are my first thoughts from CES, an interview about the new Sports Lounge in the Vista edition of Media Center and a chat with Tim Cutting from Niveus about their display at CES including their CableCard products. Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show, new show about CES coming soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:40 Coming up this week 01:36 Pictures from CES 02:00 What I saw and did at CES (see the updates on my blog) 03:00 Cablecard 04:00 Sideshow 05:00 Phototouch 06:43 Windows Home Server 07:48 Lots of video content, so Media Center Extra Shows cominng out soon 09:00 I met Bill Gates 11:10 Bill Gates CES keynote 12:45 Interview - Sports Lounge 15:10 Interview - Fox Sport Portal 21:28 Interview - Vongo 23:05 A Message from Onevoice 24:13 Interview - Tim Cutting from Niveus on Cablecard 29:53 Pro Exenters 32:47 Next week more interviews including Windows Home Server 33:28 Checkout the new RSS feed for the Media Center Show Extra 34:02 Mike’s Digital Home Blog 34:36 Update on the Media Center Show Awards 35:03 Music by Ian Dixon The Media Center Show #89(MP3 - 14.3mb- 41mins 39secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE Well I made it back from CES, and what a week it has been. From seeing all the great Media Center content, to meeting Bill Gates and seeing 107″ 1080p displays I got plenty of interviews both video and audio. This week on the show are my first thoughts from CES, an interview about the new Sports Lounge in the Vista edition of Media Center and a chat with Tim Cutting from Niveus about their display at CES including their CableCard products. Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show, new show about CES coming soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:40 Coming up this week 01:36 Pictures from CES 02:00 What I saw and did at CES (see the updates on my blog) 03:00 Cablecard 04:00 Sideshow 05:00 Phototouch 06:43 Windows Home Server 07:48 Lots of video content, so Media Center Extra Shows cominng out soon 09:00 I met Bill Gates 11:10 Bill Gates CES keynote 12:45 Interview - Sports Lounge 15:10 Interview - Fox Sport Portal 21:28 Interview - Vongo 23:05 A Message from Onevoice 24:13 Interview - Tim Cutting from Niveus on Cablecard 29:53 Pro Exenters 32:47 Next week more interviews including Windows Home Server 33:28 Checkout the new RSS feed for the Media Center Show Extra 34:02 Mike’s Digital Home Blog 34:36 Update on the Media Center Show Awards 35:03 Music by Ian Dixon tag:odeo.com,2007-01-11,22016892 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:48:48 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/5195953-The-Media-Center-Show-89-Catch-Up tag:odeo.com,2007-01-04,5195953 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:01:07 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016909-The-Media-Center-Show-89-Catch-Up The Media Center Show #89(MP3 - 4.83.0mb- 14mins 07secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This is a short catch up show before I leave for CES in Las Vegas, I round up some of the news items from the Christmas break and talk about the new Media Center Show Communitiy site. There is no interview this week so its nice and short. Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show, new show coming soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:34 Coming up this week 01:09 New Media Center Remotes 02:00 Update on mceBackup 2.0 now with ATSC support 02:40 Media Center Show Extra #5, new RSS feed 03:30 The Media Center Show Community 04:30 Do you want your own Media Center Blog 04:38 Mike’s Digital Home Blog 05:34 Software give away 06:00 Microsoft review modal laptop 07:53 P... The Media Center Show #89(MP3 - 4.83.0mb- 14mins 07secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This is a short catch up show before I leave for CES in Las Vegas, I round up some of the news items from the Christmas break and talk about the new Media Center Show Communitiy site. There is no interview this week so its nice and short. Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show, new show coming soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:34 Coming up this week 01:09 New Media Center Remotes 02:00 Update on mceBackup 2.0 now with ATSC support 02:40 Media Center Show Extra #5, new RSS feed 03:30 The Media Center Show Community 04:30 Do you want your own Media Center Blog 04:38 Mike’s Digital Home Blog 05:34 Software give away 06:00 Microsoft review modal laptop 07:53 Photo’s of the laptop 08:40 See you at CES, back next week 09:01 Music by Ian Dixon    The Media Center Show #89(MP3 - 4.83.0mb- 14mins 07secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This is a short catch up show before I leave for CES in Las Vegas, I round up some of the news items from the Christmas break and talk about the new Media Center Show Communitiy site. There is no interview this week so its nice and short. Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show, new show coming soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear Checkout the new Media Center Show Community site Show Times: 00:34 Coming up this week 01:09 New Media Center Remotes 02:00 Update on mceBackup 2.0 now with ATSC support 02:40 Media Center Show Extra #5, new RSS feed 03:30 The Media Center Show Community 04:30 Do you want your own Media Center Blog 04:38 Mike’s Digital Home Blog 05:34 Software give away 06:00 Microsoft review modal laptop 07:53 Photo’s of the laptop 08:40 See you at CES, back next week 09:01 Music by Ian Dixon    tag:odeo.com,2007-01-04,22016909 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:01:07 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22199052-The-Media-Center-Show-Extra-5-Music-mceBackup-and-RSS Welcome to Show #5. On this on the all Vista show I will be taking a look at mceBackup 2.0 my backup tool for Media Center, Big Screen Headlines a RSS reader for Vista Media Center and a look at Music in Vista Media Center. The extra shows are great fun to do and I appreciate your feedback and suggestions. Media Center Show Extra #5 in Normal (28mb) HD (167mb) Media Center Show Extra #5 on MSN Soapbox Media Center Show Extra #5 part 1 and part 2 on Youtube This week show Welcome to Show #5. On this on the all Vista show I will be taking a look at mceBackup 2.0 my backup tool for Media Center, Big Screen Headlines a RSS reader for Vista Media Center and a look at Music in Vista Media Center. The extra shows are great fun to do and I appreciate your feedback and suggestions. Media Center Show Extra #5 in Normal (28mb) HD (167mb) Media Center Show Extra #5 on MSN Soapbox Media Center Show Extra #5 part 1 and part 2 on Youtube This week show Welcome to Show #5. On this on the all Vista show I will be taking a look at mceBackup 2.0 my backup tool for Media Center, Big Screen Headlines a RSS reader for Vista Media Center and a look at Music in Vista Media Center. The extra shows are great fun to do and I appreciate your feedback and suggestions. Media Center Show Extra #5 in Normal (28mb) HD (167mb) Media Center Show Extra #5 on MSN Soapbox Media Center Show Extra #5 part 1 and part 2 on Youtube This week show tag:odeo.com,2006-12-27,22199052 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:06:01 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show General, video, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/4390693-The-Media-Center-Show-88-Mike-Newell-Microsoft tag:odeo.com,2006-12-21,4390693 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:06:01 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016942-The-Media-Center-Show-88-Mike-Newell-Microsoft The Media Center Show #87(MP3 - 23.0mb- 67mins 07secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the final show of 2006, Mark Newell a Program Manager from the eHome team at Microsoft joins me to talk about the history of Media Center, the new look and feel of Vista Media Center and what happens when you submit an error report in Windows.   The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show, new show coming soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:34 Coming up this week 01:30 mceBackup 2.0 02:34 Please leave feedback for mceBackup 2.0 here 04:17 Still time to vote in the Media Center Show Awards 04:29 A new Media Center Extra show out soon 04:51 A message from Onevoice 05:45 Welc... The Media Center Show #87(MP3 - 23.0mb- 67mins 07secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the final show of 2006, Mark Newell a Program Manager from the eHome team at Microsoft joins me to talk about the history of Media Center, the new look and feel of Vista Media Center and what happens when you submit an error report in Windows.   The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show, new show coming soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:34 Coming up this week 01:30 mceBackup 2.0 02:34 Please leave feedback for mceBackup 2.0 here 04:17 Still time to vote in the Media Center Show Awards 04:29 A new Media Center Extra show out soon 04:51 A message from Onevoice 05:45 Welcome to Mark 06:00 Mark’s background 06:32 The Vision of the Media Center 09:09 In the early days 11:40 Features v ease of use 15:20 How the UI has changed 17:50 The new left to right UI of Vista Media Center 25:30 The new Start Menu in Media Center 28:34 My Music in Vista Media Center 33:00 Albums v Singles 35:09 Viewing music by year 38:33 Most used functions in Media Center 44:00 Tags on Photos 50:00 Mark’s favorite feature of Vista 52:18 What happens when you Send an error report 59:09 What is coming now Vista is complete 01:02 Get your questions in to the show 1:03:00 See you in the New Year Music by Ian Dixon      The Media Center Show #87(MP3 - 23.0mb- 67mins 07secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the final show of 2006, Mark Newell a Program Manager from the eHome team at Microsoft joins me to talk about the history of Media Center, the new look and feel of Vista Media Center and what happens when you submit an error report in Windows.   The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show, new show coming soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:34 Coming up this week 01:30 mceBackup 2.0 02:34 Please leave feedback for mceBackup 2.0 here 04:17 Still time to vote in the Media Center Show Awards 04:29 A new Media Center Extra show out soon 04:51 A message from Onevoice 05:45 Welcome to Mark 06:00 Mark’s background 06:32 The Vision of the Media Center 09:09 In the early days 11:40 Features v ease of use 15:20 How the UI has changed 17:50 The new left to right UI of Vista Media Center 25:30 The new Start Menu in Media Center 28:34 My Music in Vista Media Center 33:00 Albums v Singles 35:09 Viewing music by year 38:33 Most used functions in Media Center 44:00 Tags on Photos 50:00 Mark’s favorite feature of Vista 52:18 What happens when you Send an error report 59:09 What is coming now Vista is complete 01:02 Get your questions in to the show 1:03:00 See you in the New Year Music by Ian Dixon      tag:odeo.com,2006-12-21,22016942 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:06:01 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/4142963-The-Media-Center-Show-87-Tim-Cutting tag:odeo.com,2006-12-14,4142963 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:01:54 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016950-The-Media-Center-Show-87-Tim-Cutting The Media Center Show #87(MP3 - 23.0mb- 67mins 07secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show Tim Cutting CEO and founder of Niveus Media joins me on the show to talk about Niveus’s latests products including their Cablecard,HD-DVD and rack products. It great to get Tim back on the show they have some great products and Tim has some good information on Cablecard and HD-DVD The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show. The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:41 Coming up this week 01:16 Vista XBOX 360 Extender screen saver problems, see HERE 02:09 Media Center Extender’s and PC spec 03:59 Question on Sky from the forums 05:10 Charlie Owen on Why Our Look ... The Media Center Show #87(MP3 - 23.0mb- 67mins 07secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show Tim Cutting CEO and founder of Niveus Media joins me on the show to talk about Niveus’s latests products including their Cablecard,HD-DVD and rack products. It great to get Tim back on the show they have some great products and Tim has some good information on Cablecard and HD-DVD The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show. The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:41 Coming up this week 01:16 Vista XBOX 360 Extender screen saver problems, see HERE 02:09 Media Center Extender’s and PC spec 03:59 Question on Sky from the forums 05:10 Charlie Owen on Why Our Look & Feel Isn’t Available To Applications 06:30 Big Screen TV- The weekly Nial spot! 07:50 My Movies update 08:15 Vote in the Media Center Show awards 08:40 New Media Center Show Extra out soon 08:45 New Version of mceBackup out soon 10:00 A message from Onevoice 10:50 Welcome back to Tim 11:15 Recap on Niveus 12:40 Media Server not a PC 16:58 Certification 18:00 Connections and back panel 21:55 what is new? 23:00 Rack version 26:00 DVD server 30:25 Managed Copy on HD-DVD 31:40 Info on HD-DVD 36:00 State of the next gen DVD war 38:00 Cablecard 41:00 Cablelab Certification process 44:00 How it works 48:00 No more irblasters! 52:00 Niveus Cablecard Readiness 54:30 Vista 56:30 Companion Software 1:00:00 Thanks to Tim 1:01:00 Words and Music by Ian Dixon The Media Center Show #87(MP3 - 23.0mb- 67mins 07secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show Tim Cutting CEO and founder of Niveus Media joins me on the show to talk about Niveus’s latests products including their Cablecard,HD-DVD and rack products. It great to get Tim back on the show they have some great products and Tim has some good information on Cablecard and HD-DVD The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show. The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:41 Coming up this week 01:16 Vista XBOX 360 Extender screen saver problems, see HERE 02:09 Media Center Extender’s and PC spec 03:59 Question on Sky from the forums 05:10 Charlie Owen on Why Our Look & Feel Isn’t Available To Applications 06:30 Big Screen TV- The weekly Nial spot! 07:50 My Movies update 08:15 Vote in the Media Center Show awards 08:40 New Media Center Show Extra out soon 08:45 New Version of mceBackup out soon 10:00 A message from Onevoice 10:50 Welcome back to Tim 11:15 Recap on Niveus 12:40 Media Server not a PC 16:58 Certification 18:00 Connections and back panel 21:55 what is new? 23:00 Rack version 26:00 DVD server 30:25 Managed Copy on HD-DVD 31:40 Info on HD-DVD 36:00 State of the next gen DVD war 38:00 Cablecard 41:00 Cablelab Certification process 44:00 How it works 48:00 No more irblasters! 52:00 Niveus Cablecard Readiness 54:30 Vista 56:30 Companion Software 1:00:00 Thanks to Tim 1:01:00 Words and Music by Ian Dixon tag:odeo.com,2006-12-14,22016950 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:01:54 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/3720413-The-Media-Center-Show-86-Brian-Frost tag:odeo.com,2006-12-07,3720413 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:47:27 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016971-The-Media-Center-Show-86-Brian-Frost The Media Center Show #86(MP3 - 17.1mb- 50mins 00secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show Brian Frost joins me to explain how to get the best out of your existing Media Center investment including looking at how to connect Media Center to your existing HIFI, plus how to connect Media Center to your 5.1 surround sound systems The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show. The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:22 Coming up this week 00:57 Update on XBOX 360 Extender problem 01:49 Podcast client for Media Center 03:40 The Media Center Show Awards 2006 04:40 CE Pro shows Home Automation on Vista 05:14 Mobilewares Online Showcase (MCPL Web Application) 06:00 CES 200... The Media Center Show #86(MP3 - 17.1mb- 50mins 00secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show Brian Frost joins me to explain how to get the best out of your existing Media Center investment including looking at how to connect Media Center to your existing HIFI, plus how to connect Media Center to your 5.1 surround sound systems The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show. The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:22 Coming up this week 00:57 Update on XBOX 360 Extender problem 01:49 Podcast client for Media Center 03:40 The Media Center Show Awards 2006 04:40 CE Pro shows Home Automation on Vista 05:14 Mobilewares Online Showcase (MCPL Web Application) 06:00 CES 2007 07:00 Onevoice 07:53 Welcome to Brian Frost 08:41 Brian’s background 11:00 Connecting your hifi to Media Center 15:00 Speakers 18:00 2 Channel Audio 24:50 Cables 26:44 Surround Sound connections 33:00 Switching on digital connections 43:30 Thanks to Brian 44:06 Music by Ian Dixon The Media Center Show #86(MP3 - 17.1mb- 50mins 00secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show Brian Frost joins me to explain how to get the best out of your existing Media Center investment including looking at how to connect Media Center to your existing HIFI, plus how to connect Media Center to your 5.1 surround sound systems The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show. The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:22 Coming up this week 00:57 Update on XBOX 360 Extender problem 01:49 Podcast client for Media Center 03:40 The Media Center Show Awards 2006 04:40 CE Pro shows Home Automation on Vista 05:14 Mobilewares Online Showcase (MCPL Web Application) 06:00 CES 2007 07:00 Onevoice 07:53 Welcome to Brian Frost 08:41 Brian’s background 11:00 Connecting your hifi to Media Center 15:00 Speakers 18:00 2 Channel Audio 24:50 Cables 26:44 Surround Sound connections 33:00 Switching on digital connections 43:30 Thanks to Brian 44:06 Music by Ian Dixon tag:odeo.com,2006-12-07,22016971 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:47:27 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/3720393-The-Media-Center-Show-85-Gregg-Cannon tag:odeo.com,2006-11-29,3720393 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:30:28 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016979-The-Media-Center-Show-85-Gregg-Cannon The Media Center Show #85(MP3 - 18.9mb- 55mins 01secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show Gregg Cannon of Cannon PC joins me to talk about Cannon PC’s range of Media Center PC’s and building Media Center Servers I have email in to the show and items from around the web. The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show. The Media Center Show with Orb Networks So go and vote now please!!   Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:43 Coming up this week 01:07 Email - MyTVtoGo 02:36 Email - Vista XBOX 360 problems 04:23 Big Screen Contacts for Vista Media Center 04:50 Webguide 4.0 adds live TV streaming 06:19 The Media Center Show Awards 2006 07:58 CES 2007 08:24 A Message from Onevoice 09:14 Welco... The Media Center Show #85(MP3 - 18.9mb- 55mins 01secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show Gregg Cannon of Cannon PC joins me to talk about Cannon PC’s range of Media Center PC’s and building Media Center Servers I have email in to the show and items from around the web. The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show. The Media Center Show with Orb Networks So go and vote now please!!   Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:43 Coming up this week 01:07 Email - MyTVtoGo 02:36 Email - Vista XBOX 360 problems 04:23 Big Screen Contacts for Vista Media Center 04:50 Webguide 4.0 adds live TV streaming 06:19 The Media Center Show Awards 2006 07:58 CES 2007 08:24 A Message from Onevoice 09:14 Welcome to Gregg 10:07 Cannon’s background 12:50 Picking Media Center components 18:00 Building a PC for the home 21:09 Cannon PC’s products 23:00 Hot Swap drives 24:00 Rack Designs 30:00 Client and Servers 31:30 Microsoft Remote Keyboard 33:00 Onevoice’s Media Center Remote 35:10 Case Displays 38:10 Why do Media Center PC cost more? 42:00 Vista Media Center demand 44:37 Future plans 50:00 Thanks to Greg 50:29 Music by Ian Dixon The Media Center Show #85(MP3 - 18.9mb- 55mins 01secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show Gregg Cannon of Cannon PC joins me to talk about Cannon PC’s range of Media Center PC’s and building Media Center Servers I have email in to the show and items from around the web. The Vote page is up for The Media Center Show Awards, so get voting now and enter the prize draw Have you watched The Media Center Show Extra yet? Its my new video accompaniment to the show. The Media Center Show with Orb Networks So go and vote now please!!   Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:43 Coming up this week 01:07 Email - MyTVtoGo 02:36 Email - Vista XBOX 360 problems 04:23 Big Screen Contacts for Vista Media Center 04:50 Webguide 4.0 adds live TV streaming 06:19 The Media Center Show Awards 2006 07:58 CES 2007 08:24 A Message from Onevoice 09:14 Welcome to Gregg 10:07 Cannon’s background 12:50 Picking Media Center components 18:00 Building a PC for the home 21:09 Cannon PC’s products 23:00 Hot Swap drives 24:00 Rack Designs 30:00 Client and Servers 31:30 Microsoft Remote Keyboard 33:00 Onevoice’s Media Center Remote 35:10 Case Displays 38:10 Why do Media Center PC cost more? 42:00 Vista Media Center demand 44:37 Future plans 50:00 Thanks to Greg 50:29 Music by Ian Dixon tag:odeo.com,2006-11-29,22016979 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:30:28 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/3211643-The-Media-Center-Show-84-Joe-Costello tag:odeo.com,2006-11-23,3211643 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:34:11 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22016995-The-Media-Center-Show-84-Joe-Costello The Media Center Show #84(MP3 - 18.3mb- 53mins 21secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show, a slight deviation from Media Center as I talk to Orb co-founder Joe Costello about Orb 2.0, mycasting, the explosion of digital media and taking your Media Center content with you on the go. Checkout The Media Center Show Extra #4, also tell me what you think of the “extra” shows on the survey page Don’t forget the Media Center Show Award nominations, voting starts soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com (feel free to send your questions in mp3) or you can send your questions and comments in to the show Skype Line “MediaCenterShow” Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:41 Coming up this week 00:57 The Media Center Show Extra #4 - Z Sample Application 02:00 Windows Media Center SDK (v5.0), Details on Media Center Sandbox 02:41 OABsoftware Vista Me... The Media Center Show #84(MP3 - 18.3mb- 53mins 21secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show, a slight deviation from Media Center as I talk to Orb co-founder Joe Costello about Orb 2.0, mycasting, the explosion of digital media and taking your Media Center content with you on the go. Checkout The Media Center Show Extra #4, also tell me what you think of the “extra” shows on the survey page Don’t forget the Media Center Show Award nominations, voting starts soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com (feel free to send your questions in mp3) or you can send your questions and comments in to the show Skype Line “MediaCenterShow” Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:41 Coming up this week 00:57 The Media Center Show Extra #4 - Z Sample Application 02:00 Windows Media Center SDK (v5.0), Details on Media Center Sandbox 02:41 OABsoftware Vista Media Center Application (from Aaron Stebners blog) 03:24 The Media Center Show Extra Survey 03:50 The Nominations for the Media Center Show Awards 2006 close soon 04:32 New Media Center Book 04:58 A Message from Onevoice 05:55 Welcome to Joe 06:10 What is Orb and how was it founded 12:50 Digital Media growth 14:57 What is new in 2.0? 21:00 A new UI 24:09 New Flash Player 27:27 Content on to mobile devices 28:05 Orb this 33:33 Sharing content 37:00 Skinning 39:00 A 10 foot UI? 42:00 Availability 42:36 Future developments 48:23 Thanks to Joe 48:55 Music by Ian Dixon The Media Center Show #84(MP3 - 18.3mb- 53mins 21secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show, a slight deviation from Media Center as I talk to Orb co-founder Joe Costello about Orb 2.0, mycasting, the explosion of digital media and taking your Media Center content with you on the go. Checkout The Media Center Show Extra #4, also tell me what you think of the “extra” shows on the survey page Don’t forget the Media Center Show Award nominations, voting starts soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com (feel free to send your questions in mp3) or you can send your questions and comments in to the show Skype Line “MediaCenterShow” Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:41 Coming up this week 00:57 The Media Center Show Extra #4 - Z Sample Application 02:00 Windows Media Center SDK (v5.0), Details on Media Center Sandbox 02:41 OABsoftware Vista Media Center Application (from Aaron Stebners blog) 03:24 The Media Center Show Extra Survey 03:50 The Nominations for the Media Center Show Awards 2006 close soon 04:32 New Media Center Book 04:58 A Message from Onevoice 05:55 Welcome to Joe 06:10 What is Orb and how was it founded 12:50 Digital Media growth 14:57 What is new in 2.0? 21:00 A new UI 24:09 New Flash Player 27:27 Content on to mobile devices 28:05 Orb this 33:33 Sharing content 37:00 Skinning 39:00 A 10 foot UI? 42:00 Availability 42:36 Future developments 48:23 Thanks to Joe 48:55 Music by Ian Dixon tag:odeo.com,2006-11-23,22016995 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:34:11 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22199053-The-Media-Center-Show-Extra-4-Z This week on the show I look at the “Z” sample application in the Windows Media Center SDK (v5.0) Z is a complete end-to-end sample application that really shows off the power of Media Center Markup lanungage. You get the source code to the whole application in the SDK. I hope it not only inspires developers to get developing with Media Center but content companies too, they will be able to see the potential for getting there brand to the TV For more info checkout Charlie Owen’s blog post and you can download the SDK from HERE Download 640×480 (43mb) Download 320×240 (17mb) Watch via Youtube (Edited to fit the 10 minute YouTube limit) Have a look at the Media Center Show Extra Survey and let me know when you think of the show This weeks show This week on the show I look at the “Z” sample application in the Windows Media Center SDK (v5.0) Z is a complete end-to-end sample application that really shows off the power of Media Center Markup lanungage. You get the source code to the whole application in the SDK. I hope it not only inspires developers to get developing with Media Center but content companies too, they will be able to see the potential for getting there brand to the TV For more info checkout Charlie Owen’s blog post and you can download the SDK from HERE Download 640×480 (43mb) Download 320×240 (17mb) Watch via Youtube (Edited to fit the 10 minute YouTube limit) Have a look at the Media Center Show Extra Survey and let me know when you think of the show This weeks show This week on the show I look at the “Z” sample application in the Windows Media Center SDK (v5.0) Z is a complete end-to-end sample application that really shows off the power of Media Center Markup lanungage. You get the source code to the whole application in the SDK. I hope it not only inspires developers to get developing with Media Center but content companies too, they will be able to see the potential for getting there brand to the TV For more info checkout Charlie Owen’s blog post and you can download the SDK from HERE Download 640×480 (43mb) Download 320×240 (17mb) Watch via Youtube (Edited to fit the 10 minute YouTube limit) Have a look at the Media Center Show Extra Survey and let me know when you think of the show This weeks show tag:odeo.com,2006-11-20,22199053 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:52:02 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, video, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/2760523-The-Media-Center-Show-83-Kevin-Shields-Microsoft tag:odeo.com,2006-11-16,2760523 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:37:05 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22017008-The-Media-Center-Show-83-Kevin-Shields-Microsoft The Media Center Show #83(MP3 - 21.9mb- 1hour 03mins 53secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE I have a great interview this week. Kevin Shields, General Manager of the TV team at Microsoft talks about TV support in Media Center. From the original analog only support to digital standards and Cablecard. We talk about TV in Vista and TV support in future editions of Media Center. I also have email in to the show and some items from around the web.  Checkout The Media Center Show Extra #3, also tell me what you think of the “extra” shows on the survey page Don’t forget the Media Center Show Award nominations, voting starts soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com (feel free to send your questions in mp3) or you can send your questions and comments in to the show Skype Line “MediaCenterShow” Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:50 Coming up this week 01:05 Emai... The Media Center Show #83(MP3 - 21.9mb- 1hour 03mins 53secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE I have a great interview this week. Kevin Shields, General Manager of the TV team at Microsoft talks about TV support in Media Center. From the original analog only support to digital standards and Cablecard. We talk about TV in Vista and TV support in future editions of Media Center. I also have email in to the show and some items from around the web.  Checkout The Media Center Show Extra #3, also tell me what you think of the “extra” shows on the survey page Don’t forget the Media Center Show Award nominations, voting starts soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com (feel free to send your questions in mp3) or you can send your questions and comments in to the show Skype Line “MediaCenterShow” Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:50 Coming up this week 01:05 Email - Buying a Media Center PC 02:38 Email - Media Center Show Extra - Windows Media Encoder 03:15 Charlie Owen asks “What keeps you from using Media Center” 04:05 mControl v2 04:34 New Media Center Forums 04:57 Chris Lanier’s Home Automation Review 05:28 New Media Center Development Blog 05:56 Media Center Show Award Nominations closing soon 06:21 A Message from Onevoice 07:30 Welcome to Kevin Shields 07:40 How Important is TV in Media Center? 12:00 BDA Architecture 14:00 Supporting Digital Standards 17:45 ATSC 22:10 Japanese TV Support 23:50 How happy are you with TV support in Media Center? 28:00 Recommendation services 29:34 Social and Community features in Media Center 30:35 Cablecard and how its going to work with Vista 35:09 Cablecard Certification - How its going to work 41:50 DVB-S support in Vista 42:30 DVB-T Update in Vista? 43:17 Vista update for Media Center 45:00 IPTV 47:22 User Created Content 54:11 Internet and broadcast TV content together 55:34 Future Plans for Media Center 58:20 Music by Ian Dixon The Media Center Show #83(MP3 - 21.9mb- 1hour 03mins 53secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE I have a great interview this week. Kevin Shields, General Manager of the TV team at Microsoft talks about TV support in Media Center. From the original analog only support to digital standards and Cablecard. We talk about TV in Vista and TV support in future editions of Media Center. I also have email in to the show and some items from around the web.  Checkout The Media Center Show Extra #3, also tell me what you think of the “extra” shows on the survey page Don’t forget the Media Center Show Award nominations, voting starts soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com (feel free to send your questions in mp3) or you can send your questions and comments in to the show Skype Line “MediaCenterShow” Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:50 Coming up this week 01:05 Email - Buying a Media Center PC 02:38 Email - Media Center Show Extra - Windows Media Encoder 03:15 Charlie Owen asks “What keeps you from using Media Center” 04:05 mControl v2 04:34 New Media Center Forums 04:57 Chris Lanier’s Home Automation Review 05:28 New Media Center Development Blog 05:56 Media Center Show Award Nominations closing soon 06:21 A Message from Onevoice 07:30 Welcome to Kevin Shields 07:40 How Important is TV in Media Center? 12:00 BDA Architecture 14:00 Supporting Digital Standards 17:45 ATSC 22:10 Japanese TV Support 23:50 How happy are you with TV support in Media Center? 28:00 Recommendation services 29:34 Social and Community features in Media Center 30:35 Cablecard and how its going to work with Vista 35:09 Cablecard Certification - How its going to work 41:50 DVB-S support in Vista 42:30 DVB-T Update in Vista? 43:17 Vista update for Media Center 45:00 IPTV 47:22 User Created Content 54:11 Internet and broadcast TV content together 55:34 Future Plans for Media Center 58:20 Music by Ian Dixon tag:odeo.com,2006-11-16,22017008 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:37:05 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center http://www.odeo.com/episodes/2318427-The-Media-Center-Show-82-BuildMediaCenter-com tag:odeo.com,2006-11-08,2318427 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:44:07 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22017022-The-Media-Center-Show-82-BuildMediaCenter-com The Media Center Show #82(MP3 - 20.4mb- 59mins 30secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show I talk to Andy Zhulenev from BuildMediaCenter.Com, we talk about this experiences building a Media Center PC and how he got the idea of building a Media Center resource web site. We also talk about his other project, building a HTPC that is small and quiet  I also have email in to the show and some items from around the web.  Checkout The Media Center Show Extra #3, also tell me what you think of the “extra” shows on the survey page Don’t forget the Media Center Show Award nominations, voting starts soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com (feel free to send your questions in mp3) or you can send your questions and comments in to the show Skype Line “MediaCenterShow” Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:37 Coming up this week 01:04 Email - ICETV 02... The Media Center Show #82(MP3 - 20.4mb- 59mins 30secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show I talk to Andy Zhulenev from BuildMediaCenter.Com, we talk about this experiences building a Media Center PC and how he got the idea of building a Media Center resource web site. We also talk about his other project, building a HTPC that is small and quiet  I also have email in to the show and some items from around the web.  Checkout The Media Center Show Extra #3, also tell me what you think of the “extra” shows on the survey page Don’t forget the Media Center Show Award nominations, voting starts soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com (feel free to send your questions in mp3) or you can send your questions and comments in to the show Skype Line “MediaCenterShow” Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:37 Coming up this week 01:04 Email - ICETV 02:37 Email - Wake from Standby 03:30 The Media Center Show Extra #3 TV in Vista in HD! 04:02 You like your HD (The Media Center Extra Show Survey) 04:26 Chris Lanier writes about Home Automation Part1 and Part2 05:03 A Message from Onevoice 05:51 Welcome to Andy 06:06 What is BuildMediaCenter.Com 09:00 Hardware 11:00 Mini Media Center PC Project 16:00 Storage 18:20 Live TV usage 21:11 Downloading content 23:00 Home Automation 24:44 Finding Information 33:59 Picking components 43:00 Touch Screens 37:30 Hardware Reviews 53:10 Send your feedback to Andy 54:55 Thanks to Andy 55:20 Music by Ian Dixon The Media Center Show #82(MP3 - 20.4mb- 59mins 30secs) by Ian Dixon LISTEN HERE This week on the show I talk to Andy Zhulenev from BuildMediaCenter.Com, we talk about this experiences building a Media Center PC and how he got the idea of building a Media Center resource web site. We also talk about his other project, building a HTPC that is small and quiet  I also have email in to the show and some items from around the web.  Checkout The Media Center Show Extra #3, also tell me what you think of the “extra” shows on the survey page Don’t forget the Media Center Show Award nominations, voting starts soon The Media Center Show with Orb Networks Send your questions and feedback to isdixon at gmail dot com (feel free to send your questions in mp3) or you can send your questions and comments in to the show Skype Line “MediaCenterShow” Don’t forget your to check out Media Center Show Gear The forums are at Iandixon.co.uk/forums Show Times: 00:37 Coming up this week 01:04 Email - ICETV 02:37 Email - Wake from Standby 03:30 The Media Center Show Extra #3 TV in Vista in HD! 04:02 You like your HD (The Media Center Extra Show Survey) 04:26 Chris Lanier writes about Home Automation Part1 and Part2 05:03 A Message from Onevoice 05:51 Welcome to Andy 06:06 What is BuildMediaCenter.Com 09:00 Hardware 11:00 Mini Media Center PC Project 16:00 Storage 18:20 Live TV usage 21:11 Downloading content 23:00 Home Automation 24:44 Finding Information 33:59 Picking components 43:00 Touch Screens 37:30 Hardware Reviews 53:10 Send your feedback to Andy 54:55 Thanks to Andy 55:20 Music by Ian Dixon tag:odeo.com,2006-11-08,22017022 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:44:07 -0800 no TPN :: The Media Center Show podcast, Windows Media Center