i've just done this. just select comskip instead of SA in the config. don't bother installing SA as part of the install.

drop your comskip files in the c:\program files\dvrmstoolbox\applications folder and overwrite whats already there.

and yest to the add-in

Thanks!

Jeff

No problem. Glad it's what you were after.

Wow, I guess I had not been following it close enough, count me as surprised…

OK Thanks, So Mine is what it is ?
IOW's, it is working the way it is supposed to?
If that is the case, Then I feel it needs improvement.
The way it is right now,I guess it's WMC for Free Internet TV, and Silverlight for Netflix.
One would think MS would make it a easier to use App.
I...

The main play button on the main view of the show (not on the episode pivot) *should* show the next episode for you. However, I haven't found it to be completely reliable. Also, I'm not sure what effect killing media center after each episode has on it remembering. You should be able to press stop...

I hear Shared Guide works quite well with touch screens :)

:lol:

Of all people, you would be the guy that knows.

Take a look in regedit here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Settings\MCE.PerUserSettings

I closed ehshell, set the following keys to 0 and then rebooted (starting MC back up might be OK without a reboot but I did it anyway!):

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Are there any WMC add-ins for trailers from IMDB ?

Thanks
I'm not sure if it pulls them from IMDB or not but If you use Media Center Master and Media Browser I think it is possible to set up MCM to pull down trailers for each movie you have. I believe there is a plug-in for MB that will allow you...

MPC MediaFile Premium 1.2 is available

Supports MediaBrowser, XBMC and Windows Media Center DVD Library (dvdid.xml)
Supports DVD Folder (VIDEO_TS)
Creates RSS Feeds compatible with iTunes and other applications
Finds duplicates and similarly named files
Converts Movies and TV Series metadata...

Thanks Richard, not sure how I missed that thread!

Just read a few more threads I found on Google, sounds like additionally installed WMP viz just don't work in Media Center on 64bit systems.

Sure I could get extra viz in to Media Center when on 32bit OS.

I've been getting Revision3 shows and CNET shows using the Media Center RSS plug-in:

This has worked well for me from the beginning over a year ago.

I started one:

you can get the Radio Times listings via the XMLTVGUI grabber:

If you pay the DigiGuide subscription then you can get data for a lot more channels and then use a plugin to get the data via XMLTVGUI as well.

Guidetool may do the job for you. I've used it many times to restore channel lineup to the same PC. I would think you'd still have to run tv setup on all pcs then restore guidetool channel lineup. I'm not 100% sure it works across PCs and you have to pay a few bucks to enable backup/restore. YMMV....

You can try Auto Rip and Compress. I haven't used it in a while but the purpose of it was to be able to insert disk from inside media center and rip and convert automatically. As for format everyone will have a different method. I have both extenders. I keep all my blu-rays in WTV h264. DVD's and...

I don't know of anything like that - it's a brilliant idea though!

These YouTube xml files work but then I have the issue I first described

Just wanted to say thanks for taking this one. MUCH appreciated.

sorry for not replying sooner, but I'm on a buisness trip
what kind of win do you have 32 or 64 bit
go to registry HKCU\Software\autoEPG export it and send it to me autoEPG@gmail.com
did you register the app?

I used Web Media for WMC in the past for streaming Thai TV channels.

Haven't tried it since Vista though and not sure if there is an X64 version?

thanks for the tips, I will have to give the download a try...

DVD Shrink, DVDFab HD, MakeMKV

Yeah DRM blows, as evidenced by this pic I made a long time ago.

And, any program that supports it follows in its blowiness.

But, I figured out I can convert the files with VLC so they're not infected with DRM so all is well.

Thanks for the replies. :)

Hi,

The iTunes-WMC utilities and instructions are contained in the latest release of our free Media Center Integration Kit (MCI-Kit). Download from

Note #1:
Make sure that you use non-production (test) iTunes and WMC music libraries to become familiar with the tools and the process.

Note #2:...

here is a workaround

The problem with the TV Catchup guide data is fixed now.

I also had another problem and when High Quality (HQ) was enabled in the settings I was unable to play ITV1 and Channel4 the developer has fixed this problem as well.

ISP service outage in my area. Started this morning EST. Painful.

Tim

that is what i suspected. my next logical step is to place the temp dir on the local disc of the HTPC and the final dir on the remote server, hopefully causing only one trip across the network.

what im hoping for is a setting or something that will allow the temp and final dir to be on the remote...

Kylo support don't seem to have the answer, they say they have seen this issue on some of their own systems and are suggesting using normal youtube.com as a work around.

I've never had this problem either

Is anyone else even using it LOL ? I might just uninstall it as its worthless if it ain't working.

Scratch that, looks like he released it about 3 hours ago.

I saw someone post a link to a new program that has added what sound like are all the capabilities of media center studio to a toolset for all things media center (changing themes, customizing channel names, etc, etc)

MCE 7 Reset Toolbox v3:

unfortunately its not free, but it does have a 30 day...

I checked the load on my old gpu(HD5450) and it was at 80%. Out of curiosity, I purchased a new HD6750 and tried it out. I figured I would return it, if it didn't help. In the end, the new card makes a difference on the planet earth Blurays. I have yet to try a regular 1080p Bluray. I'm really...

It is not clear whether you have cable recordings or OTA, but some cable content from certain providers is DRM protected. Even though you will be able to physically move the files from one machine to another, it will only play on the machine that it was recorded on.

If you have no DRM protected...

Sounds good. I wasn't pleased with the ValkyrieTech software. It never really worked how it should have. I'll have to check RCAware out.

I'm glad to see theres more competition in the HDMI-CEC space. The pulse-eight hdmi-cec adapter should get WMC support sometime soon.

I remember the last time Netflix broke, it just took time for it to be fixed. I worry that it will be permanently broken eventually though...

awesome thanks! I'll give it a try

Thanks for the suggestions. I did come across that recordedtvhd.com plug-in and it looked slick, but it didn't seem to offer quite what I was looking for. The built-in sorting by title, combined with the small-icon mode gets me closer to where I want to be, though I don't like having to page...

Thanks for clarifying. I installed it successfully now.

Are you referring to the Netflix plugin for Windows Media Center? If so, have you tried uninstalling and re-installing the plug-in?

Have you tried Media Browser? You can set it to use TMT.

Very good to know. Thanks gcoupe.

Hi

I was looking at this case I don't know what display it has?

You can add your own streams using SecondRun.tv. You can also add asx files this way:

Playon does cost money but I think it is worth it. You can get yahoo videos using this playon script: Radio Live script.

I've finally finished this now and got everything working properly and written up.

Its been a big job but I think being able to send SOAP requests via wGet from the Windows 7 HTPC to the mControl Web Service on the WHS has opened up a world of possibilities.

Enabling both the Amulet voice...

For the record, the only thing required to make MKV files play in WMC is an MKV splitter like Haali or Gabest. MKV is just a container, not a codec. The MKV container contains underlying audio and video streams that are already encoded with whatever codec. The codec is needed on your system to...

never mind. tried another reinstall and now it seems to working properly. i have no idea why it started acting weird though, this has been the first problem i've ever had with yammm.

...as long as they're not copy protected.

Same thing happening to me yesterday. I noticed the cookie message, but I never delete cookies since it is loaded on my server. I think it may have changed when I rebooted my server.

Wow this is fantastic news! I use comskip now with 7MC however the process to set this up is not easy.

I am using My Movies and tried playing MKVs in TMT5 within Media Center. It works in that My Movies plays the MKV in TMT5 but I found the MKV playback in TMT5 to be jurky and glitchy.

I've reverted back to playing MKVs in the native Media Center player.

How did others find the playback of MKVs...

Actually having been stuck at home sick for the past couple of days, I have renewed respect for NMTV. It does actually work very well considering how poor a lot of the streaming services are. 4oD seems to be particularly bad, frequently failing after the first ad break and displaying a black screen...

Thanks for the TMT5 info STC, glad you were able to figure it out. PC's can be so damn picky if things aren't just set up perfect..good job figuring that one out on your own. Now..on to that darn remote control...lol

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Right resurrecting this as got new query on it
Rebuilt PC - installed yammm - pointed it at my movies folder on another partition which is untouched by the rebuild
All the movies in their own folders with jpg art and xml files from prior to the rebuild when yammm was working fine.

Now just to...

Yes, for shows like SG1 I resort to the updown wobble at the bottom of the screen (no left click required), but I use a Harmony most of the time and I hate searching for the keyboard! I'm actually hoping the Boxee update this fall will provide a better netflix interface because I'm fed up with the...

Thanks for that, will get right on it. Probly use the black keys

yea, They're tv channels with no picture.

Didn't think of that =D

Sorry Ron, I don't know where WMC holds the Tag list. If someone knows, perhaps they can tell us. I suspect that if the Tag list is deleted, WMC will re-create it and give you the updated tags.

That Buy Music option in Media Center has never worked properly to my knowledge and I don't know why its still in there. I agree it seems a no brainer to have the Zune Marketplace content available inside of Media Center. I personally wouldn't use it MS need to lower their prices first.

It's just Media Browser custom entry points. I've used them for quite a while. I restored them to stock and started all over. Works now.

its not working on my xbox either.

edit:

i was getting the error just before posting this thread, and even after. went into the bedroom and tried netflix on the xbox, it worked fine. went back into the living room and tried it again, and now it works fine.

i don't know what's going on. i...

Glad you're up and running again :)

Does TMT5 play HD-DVDs?
Yes

Well, as makryger said, you can press the green button when you're not playing video and it will display the clock in the upper-right corner. Pressing the green button again takes you back to where you were previously. Also, when you're watching video, just press the PLAY button to display the...

Ok, so this turned out to be a bit different than I imagined. I've been wanting to do this for a number of my movies, (a lot of trilogies!) so I went through and figured it out. Note that this is slightly different than multi-disc sets for one movie (like Lord of the Rings).

5) Now we will add a...

Hi

I'm not familar with the watcher add-in? however I would recommend using Media Center Launcher Configurator I had no issues with closing external apps and then Media Center being maximized again and coming back in to focus. See my blog where I talked about using Media Center Launcher...

Have you enabled folder monitoring on both MCE PCs? You only really need to enable Folder Monitoring in the My Movies Collection Management options on the main server machine - You would add in paths to your UNC network folder shares i.e.

\\Server\DVD
\\Server\XVID
\\Server\Blu-ray

Do not add in...

Its been along time since I used Windows 7 as a server / standalone install as I have a WHS server now. But if you are still having issues with the firewall setup you may have to go in to the advanced settings of the firewall some where in control panel and manually add or edit existing firewall...

Issue has been resolved, I explained the fix in the first post.

MCM is the best metadata downloader I have used. The only annoying thing is that every time you launch the app, it checks and downloads an update. If there is a connectivity issue, sometimes it will freeze. There appears to be no easy way to disable auto-update. i was able to disable it using a...

So with the thread.sleep() it will just wait for a while? It is suppose to do something every 30 minutes.
Yes, Thread.Sleep(x) will pause the current thread for x milliseconds, so Thread.Sleep(30 * 60 * 1000) will wait for 30 minutes. (Remember to use System.Threading; to get access to the Thread...

I tried it a few times, with a few different configurations. It worked briefly, but not consistently. I thought secondrun would give me the best shot.

I posted this on the MSFT site too. Hopefully nobody minds the cross post?

PipTube

Installation

Download PipTubeSetup.msi
Run the installer
Open Media Center and Navigate to Extras Library
Run PipTube
You may see some dialogs from Media Center. Answer those
If leanback does not work...

I don't understand the question or the previous answer. Media Center Studio just removes the icon(s) in the Movies strip or removes the entire Movies strip altogether. If you want to hide the entire Movies strip, I would recommend downloading mikinho's Hide Media Center Menu Strips ( ), as it does...

I used My Movies 3 and now 4 I don't recall seeing this problem, my current HTPC is also Windows 7 64bit.

Well I've decided to abandon my effort on this. I simply do not understand C# and don't really care to spend the time to learn the language. Trying to make heads or tails of the SDK when you don't know the language isn't very easy. Additionally, there doesn't appear to be any way to interact with...

Yeah, thanks for the heads up on this, will install when I get chance.
Wonder if i can get it to launch via mymovies.