I’ve added a lot more icons to my set of custom pushpins for google maps. I’ve also now uploaded them individually to picasa web albums, so they can be directly linked to there.… Makalenin Tamamını Oku
0Firefox 8
Firefox 8 has been released. You can get it from mozilla. Unfortunately it still isn’t available as a 64bit release.
0Budget desktop PC for xmas 2011
Anandtech have a handy guide to budget PCs for the xmas 2011 period. Below is my own take on what I’d recommend.
1Solution 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 Center Extenders… Makalenin Tamamını Oku
0Motorola NYXBoard
Well, a big congratulations to pulse-eight and royal mail — I ordered a motorola NYXBoard QWERTY Remote control on Monday, ve 21 hours later it arrived at my door — and all that for free postage!… Makalenin Tamamını Oku
0Looking beyond the boxee remote-keyboard
For a long time I’ve been searching for the ideal HTPC remote control. I want a fairly standard remote, but with a QWERTY keyboard on the back, or inside a flip/slide out part. I’ve been tracking the options in [intlink id=“46” type=“post”]an article from Jan-2010[/intlink], and eventually ordered myself a Boxee remote a few months back. The boxee is an excellent wireless keyboard, but unfortunately, boxee have opted to go the “Apple route” (aka dumbed down) on the non-qwerty side. There are a total of 7 buttons, non of which is a power button. There is also no “back up” type button. This makes the boxee pretty useless for Media Center 7.… Makalenin Tamamını Oku
14MC-TVConverter: An alternative to MCEBuddy?
I’ve been following the development of MCEBuddy for a while now, as it was the only free way to transcode WTV files to a more compatible format. It is still in Beta however, and whilst it works it has 2 downsides to my mind. It transcodes the video which means an inevitable loss of quality, and this also means it takes a long time to transcode each recording. Around 4 hours for a 1Hr BBC HD recording on my Sempron LE-1100 server.… Makalenin Tamamını Oku
0A new Media Server
As I mentioned recently, I am [intlink id=“1836” type=“post”]planning a new media system[/intlink] for a new residence. Having already experimented successfully with dvblink, I decided it was time to move my TV cards from my HTPC to my server and hand the duty of recording, transcoding and storing TV to the server.… Makalenin Tamamını Oku
0Media Browser 2.5.1 (Hydra SP1)
Media Browser 2.5.1 was released today. This is a release in line with previous SP1 releasing following new major versions.
A few performance issues and bugs have been addressed.
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0Alternative ROM for HTC Desire
For the last 9 months or so I’ve been experiementing with alternative android ROMs for my HTC Desire. Whilst there is nothing particularly wrong with the official HTC ROM, they are often slow to release new versions of Android or Sense for older phones like the Desire. I was keen to have some of the Sense 3 features, along with the sense website access to my phone.
“Hi James I realise it has been a long while, but I just checked this on windows 11 (build 23H2)…”