by Marc
20. April 2010 16:58
The other session I was involved in at TechDays was the “After Hours” event on the Wednesday evening where Paul and Jamie (mainly) took us through a bunch of projects, and the weird and wonderful that go beyond the day job.
Mark Wilson has a great write-up of the evening here, and again I hope you enjoyed it.
One of my decks was the very small one below which was looking at my home set-up and how I blunder through that.
You can find related blog posts on the set-up here, here and here (and a few more), and I’ll continue to update as I do more stuff!
by Marc
30. November 2009 13:21
First of all, the
WHS had updated itself to include Power Pack 3. The main benefits of this are the integration into the
Windows 7 Libraries so it's a lot easier to find my stuff now. Also, the WHS integrates into the MCE shell so I can get a quick overview of the WHS via the remote, or archive recorded TV from the MCE to WHS (and compress to portable device profiles like Zune if I want to).
Once installed, I had the same problem that others seemed to be reporting: no icon in the shell to access the iPlayer. There were a couple of short-cut suggestions, but the best solution was a piece of software I hadn't seen before:
use the Advent Media Studio to customise menus in MCE. This is a click-once application and allowed me to drag and drop the iPlayer addin next to the Guide in the TV menu. Perfect!
The iPlayer addin itself performs well - the streaming quality from the BBC is great of course - and is usable via the remote. It'd be great to improve the navigation methods and sorting, but for the time being it means that I've always got
Waybuloo on-demand, which will make someone happy.
by Marc
16. October 2009 14:19
My home server has been a welcome addition to the home network and has been a trusty companion from day one. I must learn to do more with it though. Some useful stuff in the past couple of days from the Windows Blog:
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