For over a year now, I’ve had a Wired Home Network using the already run RG-6 coax, thanks to MoCA and Actiontec MI424WR routers configured as MoCA bridges.  HD Movies and TV shows stream from 7MC to the extenders throughout the house with ease.  Honestly, the only issue is when channel flipping from Media Center [...]

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Using VideoReDo TV Suite 3.x, I had to use WTVConverter to convert the .wtv recordings to .dvr-ms prior to using VideoRedo to edit out the commercials. Since last summer, I’ve been using VideoReDo TV Suite with H.264 4.x, which is able to open, edit (removing commercials), and save TV shows & movies as .dvr-ms files [...]

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I know this technically isn’t Media Center or Windows Home Server related, but still thought I’d share these tech tips that helped me out big time… Recently added a new Windows XP PC to my arsenal of existing Windows 7 PCs (7MC, Office PC, 2 Laptops) and WHS.  This new XP PC is exclusively used [...]

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I have wanted, for a looooooong time, the capability to watch all the latest high definition trailers from my extenders.   HD-Trailers.NET Downloader provides this capability!  I’ve been using it since June with no problems. Trailers for movies that are currently, or will be, in movie theaters is one thing I thoroughly enjoy doing watching from [...]

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In attempting to resolve a “Copying Prohibited” issue in Media Center, which I will post about next, for the first time I restored a backup of my 7MC via WHS.  Go figure that doing a simple restore wasn’t cut and dry. When restoring a PC from WHS, the PC’s NIC drivers must be loaded in [...]

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Times are REAL good for Media Center enthusiasts! The ATI DCT firmware update is available via Windows Update now. A new “Digital Cable Advisor” is in the Media Center “Extras” gallery for “linking” the ATI CableCard Tuner/CableCard with Media Center…running on a DIY PC!!! All the details at Engadget HD.

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Well, over a year ago, I bought this domain hoping to share actual Media Center experiences (good, bad, and ugly) with the world.  I’m still planning on doing this…it’s just going to have to wait until probably the end of the summer. Thanks to all the really active Media Center sites: TheDigitalLifestyle, Entertainment 2.0, and [...]

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