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Stream H.264-MP4/M4V/M4A from Windows Media Player 11 to Playstation 3 & Xbox 360

This should be of interest to Digital Media fans. I've been trying to work through the incompatibility issues with H.264 in native Vista apps. This might just fix most of it. From Red Herring : This registry patch will tie MP4/M4V/M4A files into Windows Media Player [WMP11] and Windows Media Center...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-05-2008
Amazon launches On Demand video service

Amazon PR : Amazon.com today announced that customers can now instantly watch ad-free movies and television shows on Macs or PCs with Amazon Video On Demand, Amazon's digital video service offering thousands of movies and television shows. Previously, customers could only download titles and watch...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-03-2008
Microsoft confirms that Fiji is a joke

Mary Jo Foley finally convinced Microsoft to come clean on Fiji , the thoroughly uninteresting Media Center update. Here’s what they told her (emphasis mine): On July 16th, 2008, Microsoft released an update to the version of Windows Media Center included with Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 08-08-2008
CinemaNow now available through Windows Media Center

From Microsoft via email: CinemaNow’s library of over 3,400 feature-length movies is now available through Windows Media Center. This means that you can download and watch “Sweeney Todd” or “Juno” tonight, without a cable TV subscription. All you need is Windows Media Center...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-23-2008
Zune VideoX: Microsoft’s iTunes killer?

This comes at an interesting time for me, as I've been updating the Windows Vista Secrets book for Service Pack 1 and am adding a bunch of material on related technologies, including a chapter on Zune. Like many, I'd sort of written Zune off, mostly because they seem to go into deep hibernation...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-16-2008
Netflix Plugin for Windows Media Center

I use Blockbuster, not Netflix, but this looks like a great Media Center plug-in : If you're a Netflix subscriber, you definitely going to want Andrew Park's new plug-in for the Vista version of Windows Media Center called MyNetflix . The plug-in lets link up to your Netflix account, view your...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-19-2008
TiVo updates Series 3, HD DVRs

I'm continually surprised that TiVo isn't enjoying some kind of Apple-esque success right now. They're certainly firing on all cylinders. Here's the latest advance: TiVo, the creator of and leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced the new availability...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-23-2007
Napster relaunches with Web-enabled platform

Reuters : Napster Inc, the digital music service, said on Tuesday it plans to attract more customers by moving to a Web-based platform allowing users to play their music from any computer without having to download any additional software. The move is intended to open up the service and attract more...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-16-2007
Finding a good (and safe) codec package

It's so silly that we have to do this,but as I've been investigating various issues around the Digital Media Core series, I've run into all kinds of compatibility issues with various video formats, especially, so I've been trying to find codec packages that I can recommend to readers...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-15-2007
Digital Media Core, Video Follow-Up: D-Link MediaLounge DSM-520

I'm in Phoenix visiting friends and in a weird coincidence, I was involved in a technology purchase yesterday that has direct bearing on my recent Digital Media Core, Video blog post . And as you might expect, it completely corroborates the notion that digital video is a mess right now thanks to...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-08-2007

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