Category: Windows Media Center
Media Center Studio: Edit and Customize the Windows 7 Media Center Menu
One feature missing from Windows 7 Media Center is the ability to customize the start menu by moving the tiles and strips around to better suit If your media habits. The only real way to do any of this type of customizing is being able to add Extras Library applications to the Main Extras strip. [...]
How to Play Video TS folders / VOB files in Windows 7 Media Center
Some of you may be thinking, “what are VIDEO TS folders and VOB files and why would I ever want or need to play them in Media Center?” VIDEO TS is the folder on a DVD movie. It holds VOB files that contain the contents of a DVD, such as video, audio, menus, extras, and [...]
How to Rip a DVD to Your Hard Drive to Play in Windows Media Center
This is a bit of a follow up on my previous article on how to play VIDEO_TS and VOB files in Windows 7 Media Center. The first time I focused mainly on how to play the DVD rips using the Media Browser plug-in for WMC. This time around, I’m going to focus specifically on ripping [...]
Media Center Studio Customizations Missing After Media Center Update? Here’s a Fix.
Shout out to the group at the Australian Media Center Community forum for figuring this one out. After Microsoft pushed out an Update last week, those of us that have customized our WMC menu’s with Media Center Studio saw many of our customizations revert back to Media Center defaults. If you open Media Center Studio [...]
Does Your Remote Work in Windows Media Center but Not Hulu Desktop or Boxee?
I had been experiencing this issue for a few months. I have a Hauppage 2250 tv tuner card installed in my standalone Windows 7 Media Center HTPC computer. It came with a Media Center remote that works perfectly in Media Center. However, it doesn’t work with Hulu or Boxee. When I would switch over to [...]
Add Extras Library Applications to the Windows 7 Media Center Main Start Screen
Do you have an add-in in your Extras Library that you’d like to have added to the main start screen in Windows Media Center? I love the WC7 Sleep Timer plug-in and use it virtually every night. Unfortunately it’s located in the Extras library so it takes a few extra clicks on the remote (or [...]
