Ah okay. I ha a Hp Notebook at one time which was designed around Windows Media Center with its own built-in tuner and 2 different remote controls, one was designed for convenience whilst the other had more controls on it.
> On 31 Jan 2019, at 3:57 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah but waht Larry had was a tower. Not a lap top. It was verry cool. > Infact, that's how I first heard of Media Center. > > On 1/30/2019 11:14 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Ah yes >> I had one of those Hp Notebook PC’s and they were absolutely amazing. >> As you say the control revolved around Windows Media centre. >> >> >>> On 31 Jan 2019, at 1:05 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Ah no it is an HP PC designed with Media Center in mind. But yes I >>> dephinetly have a silicon Dust in mind as an accessory to get. But first >>> I need a Dell XPS tower. But in any case the M495C was a PC tower with >>> all kinds of connections and things. Infact you have the demo Dain. As >>> you have all the BCT podcasts. I'd like to try and figure out something >>> about those by the way. Because my internet is too wimpy for how we >>> tried to have me download them. Also I'm not gonna make ya ship me DVDs >>> over sees. For each folder ya told me was 4 gigs. That's pretty much a >>> DVD. But yeah it's 1 of the things he demoed in 2005. >>> >>> On 1/29/2019 11:38 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>>> Is that device Larry demonstrates a TV tuner? If so then I can recommend >>>> something which I think is very good and I’m talked about the products >>>> from Silicondust before. >>>> Plex finds them right out of the box so all the user has to do is connect >>>> to the LAN, connect to a TV aerial, Connect to a mains power outlet and >>>> switch on. >>>> The tuner has a handy interface for monitoring the tuners and watching >>>> live television from your browser. >>>> You can also check the status of each tuner - see what each is doing -, >>>> perform a channel scan etc. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 30 Jan 2019, at 3:25 pm, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I too have and still use Media Player. I use it because of the SRS Wow >>>>> effect you can put on music. Though if I bought SoundForge Pro i can >>>>> expand the stereo and SRS Wow the music my self. lol I've heard of Media >>>>> Center and kinda poked arround in it on my Vista laptop. I never did end >>>>> up buying a TV tuner thus never did take full advantage but from Larry >>>>> Scutchan's demo of his HP M495C it sounded like pure epicness. Man how >>>>> I'd love to get my hands on an epic HP M495C though like Dain would >>>>> rightly point out it's no longer a thing. It's from freeking 2004. Well >>>>> 2003 even perhaps. But dude it's epic me wants 1. So yeah I agree with >>>>> Dain. It is better to move on especially if said epic thing 1 is >>>>> discussing is no longer being updated or if it has no real use no more. >>>>> Which since Microsoft bent the knee to the TV guys or what ever that was >>>>> all about is saddly the case for Media Center. Actually I think there's >>>>> more to the whole thing than that. Leo Laport just said that because he's >>>>> kinda anti coppy right law. Or I guess how the industries are kinda snow >>>>> flaky about you doing stuff. Na remember the best Media Center ever and >>>>> the last 1 was Windows 7. That must mean something happened since 7 that >>>>> they decided to say uncle. Thus Dain, the 1 you could buy since Windows 8 >>>>> was basically the same Windows 7 1. All though I hear it was crippled. Oh >>>>> and that reminds me I never got an FM tuner either so never played >>>>> arround with the Radio. Oh well. So much for my epic plans I had for >>>>> Media Center. But I guess when I do buy an XPS like Dain said I could >>>>> always still buy a tuner and use Plex or something. >>>>> >>>>> On 1/29/2019 6:25 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >>>>>> While I don't have any experience with Windows Media Center, I have used >>>>>> Windows Media Player...and never was a huge fan of it! Having said >>>>>> that, at one time, I used Windows Window to rip CDs as it seemed pretty >>>>>> straight-forward to me; it already would rip the track titles right out >>>>>> of the box! But they they changed the look of it; didn't seem (at least >>>>>> to me) that intuitive! >>>>>> Tom Kaufman >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane >>>>>> Trethowan >>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:26 PM >>>>>> To: all-audio@groups.io >>>>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] FW: Of Interest >>>>>> >>>>>> What you forwarded to the list comes as no surprise to me and yes >>>>>> Microsoft do analyse usage data of their Apps. >>>>>> Windows Media centre hadn't - when I last used it - been updated for a >>>>>> good while and had at that time fallen behind many other alternatives. >>>>>> I now use Plex to handle everything that Windows Media Center did though >>>>>> - given I use Windows 10 - I couldn’t have used Windows Media Center >>>>>> even if I’d wanted to as Windows Media Center doesn’t come as part of >>>>>> Windows 10. >>>>>> I very much liked Windows Media Center however because of the infrequent >>>>>> updates known problems with the App just weren’t fixed whereas Plex and >>>>>> VLC are updated frequently. >>>>>> As for upgrading to Windows 10? There are plenty of good reasons to do >>>>>> so including better handling of audio and video devices, a far more >>>>>> stable operating system etc. >>>>>> Anyway its the individuals call. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 29 Jan 2019, at 3:06 pm, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you are running Windows 7 and like to use Windows Media Player, this >>>>>>> may >>>>>>> be something you'll want to read! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tom Kaufman >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From: marianne Interest >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Tom, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you use Windows 7 as I do, this may be of interest to you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Windows 7's Windows Media Player app is about to get worse >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> By >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Matt Hanson >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 3 hours ago >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Software >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No more metadata >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As Windows 7 hurtles towards its end of life date (January 14 2020), it >>>>>>> looks like Microsoft is beginning to strip features from the ageing >>>>>>> operating system, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> and it has now removed a key feature from Windows 7's Windows Media >>>>>>> Player. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> According to >>>>>>> >>>>>>> a support document >>>>>>> >>>>>>> that Microsoft quietly updated a few days ago, "you may be unable to >>>>>>> view >>>>>>> information (metadata) such as the title, genre, and artist for songs, >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> >>>>>>> director, actors, cover art, and TV guide for movies in Windows Media >>>>>>> Center >>>>>>> and Windows Media Player." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This move also affects the Windows Media Center app found in Windows 7, >>>>>>> Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So, it looks like when you import music or videos into Windows Media >>>>>>> Player >>>>>>> in Windows 7, titles, artist names and other information won't be >>>>>>> downloaded. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is a major blow to the usefulness of the app, in our view. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Why? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Microsoft looked at customer feedback and usage data regarding the >>>>>>> feature >>>>>>> and decided to discontinue it, so it probably means not many people were >>>>>>> using >>>>>>> >>>>>>> it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you were, it might mean it's time to finally upgrade from Windows 7 >>>>>>> - as >>>>>>> you'll probably want to anyway before January 14 next year - or start >>>>>>> using >>>>>>> >>>>>>> an alternative such as >>>>>>> >>>>>>> VLC Media Player. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> While the removal of this feature is disappointing, Microsoft has >>>>>>> promised >>>>>>> that metadata that's already been downloaded will still be available - >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> just >>>>>>> >>>>>>> won't download metadata for new media you add. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Microsoft has also explained that this change won't affect any of the >>>>>>> app's >>>>>>> media playing functionality, such as playback, media stream and other >>>>>>> major >>>>>>> >>>>>>> features. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Still, it's a reminder that it's probably worth thinking about >>>>>>> upgrading to >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Windows 10. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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