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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
Microsoft finalizes Fiji

Mary Jo Foley reports that the under-tested and underwhelming Fiji update to Windows Vista Media Center has been completed. Hopefully the 6 or 7 people who tested it did a thorough job. Microsoft is done testing “Fiji,” its update to Windows Media Center and is preparing to release the product — officially...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-18-2008
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
Media Center 'Fiji' = Windows Vista Media Center Feature Pack 2008

I put this on the front page the other day to see if anyone noticed, but no one did. Not coincidentally, Mary Jo Foley turned up yesterday with a post about beta testing of Fiji, a long-awaited Media Center update: there’s been no word in ages from Microsoft about “Fiji,” the next version...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-21-2008
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
October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista

Microsoft : Microsoft has released the October 2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista. This update rollup is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate. In addition to the fixes that are contained in the updates that are listed in the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-31-2007
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

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