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Posted Friday, October 14, 2005 8:04 AM by mcreasy | 3 Comments

Many questions - MSAS, playing WAV files and what to develop Media Center apps with

I've had lots of questions recently and no time to really get answers and post them up here. If I haven't answered you question it's because I don't know the answer and haven't had enough time to get to the bottom of it yet. First of all I had a couple Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 13, 2005 4:28 PM by mcreasy | 8 Comments

This week's questions (actually last week's): More on HTML and add-ins

How are HTML apps and add-ins associated with each other? (Can HTML apps trigger add-ins to be launched?) HTML and add-ins can both be part of the same application, that is each is a different entrypoint of the application. The association takes place Read More...
Posted Friday, June 24, 2005 5:18 PM by mcreasy | 3 Comments

Media Center PC's are getting cheap!

Betanews reports that Gateway/ eMachines will be offering a new Media Center PC for $599! The specs are pretty impressive for such a cheap computer: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ 1GB DDR SDRAM 200GB hard drive ATI Radeon Xpress 200 8 in 1 media reader Rewritable Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:45 PM by mcreasy | 7 Comments

This weeks questions - always on top and registering add-ins and HTML together

I've decided to take all the questions I get by email and answer them on Fridays in one post, so do please continue to email me any questions you have. That said, here's this weeks questions: How can I keep the Media Center window on top so I can work Read More...
Posted Friday, June 10, 2005 5:22 PM by mcreasy | 0 Comments

How to disable a Media Center add-in

Jason over at Digital Media Thoughts sent me an email about his new article on The Powers and Perils of a Platform . Jason talks about the trouble he had when a Media Center "plugin" went bad and couldn't be uninstalled. It's not clear if it was an HTML Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 09, 2005 6:06 PM by mcreasy | 4 Comments

David Burnett on digital photography

David Burnett talks to the New York Times on what cameras he uses and why he mainly shoots digital now - he's another Canon 20D user. The article is interesting, but the audio slideshow is much more interesting. He explains that he uses a number of different Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:27 PM by mcreasy | 2 Comments
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Questions answered

I've had a couple of questions by email that I should answer (note I've paraphrased some of these): What fonts should I use for my HTML Media Center application and can I use Flash? The SDK is where to go for design guidelines for HTML applications (the Read More...
Posted Friday, June 03, 2005 5:56 PM by mcreasy | 2 Comments

Yes, I'm still alive.

Sorry I haven't had much (anything) to say for a while. I've been terribly busy on a number of things that it won't take a genius to guess about. So what's been going on? Well, I'm very excited about the XBox 360 and it's built in Media Center Extender Read More...
Posted Friday, June 03, 2005 5:32 PM by mcreasy | 6 Comments

Back at work

No, I haven't forgotten about this blog. I've just got back from a long and exhausting holiday and now I'm back at work and catching up on what I've missed. I'll have some photos to share and a few stories to tell once I know what day of the week it is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:43 PM by mcreasy | 5 Comments

Media Center keyboard shortcuts

All the keyboard shortcuts for Media Center for those times when you just don't want to use a remote control are documented here . Update: If the page doesn't display, try again later, it's propagating around servers or something like that I'm told Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:29 PM by mcreasy | 7 Comments

iPod your BMW

The ability to install an iPod in a BMW has been around for a few months now and I hadn't given it much attention or thought until now. Mainly because I now have a car that the technology supports. So here's a mini review... Installation: No idea if it's Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005 2:03 PM by mcreasy | 15 Comments
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MSN Video Download

MSN Video Download apparently went live today with a choice of two membership types Premium and Basic. Premium is $19.95 a year and has more content than the free Basic membership. Not wanting to commit myself to a membership yet I signed up for the Basic Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:35 AM by mcreasy | 5 Comments

Canon SD500 first impressions

I've always owned Canon cameras and was looking around for a new small digital camera and decided on the Canon SD500 . I haven't had a small camera for a few years - the last being a Canon S100 (the original digital Elph/Ixus) which I enjoyed using. My Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:56 AM by mcreasy | 11 Comments
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MSN Remote Record

MSN Remote Record is live and out of beta. In simplest terms it's a way of browsing the same TV guide as your Media Center PC uses and then remotely instructing your Media Center PC to record something. Pretty clever stuff. There's a small download for Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:34 AM by mcreasy | 9 Comments
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