One of the best things about the Internet is that one can find almost anything. Sadly, there are some things that can’t be found (at the time of writing). Below is my personal list that I’m hoping to eventually find…
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0Problems with DS splitters playing a range of m2ts files
Ever since settings up a HTPC running Win7 Media Center I have had the occasional problem playing m2ts files. ffdshow supports all of the codecs used in m2ts files but still a few files play without without either audio or video, or the playback isn’t smooth despite more than ample hardware. I have experimented extensively with both haali matroska splitter en [intlink id=“58” type=“post”]gabests mpeg splitter[/intlink] but both have their flaws.
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0Annoying firefox extensions that can’t be removed
I have various annoying “extensions” listed in my firefox install that can’t be removed through the normal extensions tab. Here’s how to get rid of them…
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0ITV-HD as a proper channel
ITV-HD is finally available as a proper channel. For anyone manually tuning a freesat box of Media Center PC you need to add 10832MHz with 22600 ksymbols on horizontal. 2 extra channels should appear called 10000 en 10001. I can’t remember the channel numbers (and I have now renumbered them) but there were between 1000 en 1100 I think.
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0Problem with Juice — solved
For a while I’ve used the podcast manager Juice. I’ve been very happy for a while, but the other day it suddenly stopped running for no obvious reason. Uninstalling and reinstalling didn’t resolve the issue, but after some digging I discovered the uninstallation process wasn’t deleting the settings file. On Windows XP this is located in C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data and is a folder called iPodder (not Juice!). Deleting this folder and then reinstalling Juice restored it to its former glory.
1Subtitles and DXVA in Windows Media Center 7 x64
Thanks to a guide on theHTPC.net I have been able to get subtitles working with hardware accelerated decoding in Windows Media Center 7 x64.
For this simplified guide to work you must already be comfortable with the various tweaks necessary to change the default codecs used in Media Center. Once you know how to tweak codecs (and change their merits) you can simply follow these steps…
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0Media center basic codec tweaks
Following on from my [intlink id=“49” type=“post”]previous post listing details of the addins and apps[/intlink] that I use with my media center PC here are the details of the basic set of codec tweaks I use to enable maximum file compatiblity with DXVA support enabled…
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0Media Center apps
Below is a list of (and links to) all the apps I have used to enhance my Media Center PC
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3ATI BBC HD Fix!
Further to my post yesterday, I discovered, via Nigel Dessau’s blog (closed by AMD since this article was published), that ATI will be releasing a fix for this issue in the Catalyst 10.2 (February 2010) release. This is fantastic news, thank you ATI!
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0Update on BBC HD / ATI corruption issues
Just a quick update on a[intlink id=“34” type=“post”]previous post[/intlink] about problems with BBC HD in Windows 7 Media Center when using ATI video cards.
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“Hi James I realise it has been a long while, but I just checked this on windows 11 (build 23H2)…”