There have been quite a few updates in March that we’ve not had time to write about, below is a quick summary
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Blackgold BGT3600
Blackgold BGT3600, a Dual DVB-T2, dual DVB-S2 & DVB-C tuner. The ultimate media server tuner?
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Decoding Interlaced VC-1 with DXVA
Version 1.6 of MPC-HC supports interlaced VC-1 streams. The MPC-HC standalone codec is currently the only x64 codec that can do this.
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Haali Media Splitter: Official Site Down
The official website of Haali Media Splitter is down. Fortunately there are still mirrors available, and alternatives like LAV & MPC-HC.
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Release: Media Browser 2.5.2 (Apollo)
Media Browser 2.5.2 (Apollo) is released: Link to the download & changelog. Quick comment on changes since Media Browser 2.5.1.
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BrazosTweaker: AMD Brazos E350 tweaker
BrazosTweaker is an excellent utility for tweaking the power states of AMD’s Brazos CPU’s. FusionTweaker is a sister utility for Llano.
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FFDShow DXVA H.264 corruption resolved
Picking the best build of the FFDShow tryouts can be tricky – we’ve found a range of issues but have settled on build 3949 for now.
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Media Center Studio
It seems that the Media Center Studio site is permanently down. Fortunately several people have managed to archive the files needed to install it, and have provided them, along with some instructions. I have improved upon their manual instructions by making a self-extracting installer with shortcut. My version of the installer can be found on… Read more »
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Solution to Media Center Library Error
A couple of days ago I started getting an error on my HTPC when I tried to change library locations – either adding or removing. Media Center shows the error which says “A necessary component of windows media center did not start properly. Restart windows media center”. I understand this error can also affect Media… Read more »
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Motorola NYXBoard
Well, a big congratulations to pulse-eight and royal mail – I ordered a motorola NYXBoard QWERTY Remote control on Monday, and 21 hours later it arrived at my door – and all that for free postage!
