Category Archives: Windows Media Center

Surrender in the Windows v Apple War

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Al Martine

I love the commercials – Apple’s Mac and PC guy – and new new Windows 7 ones that feature the little girl.  The competition between the two companies is making the products from both companies (and oddly those from Google) … Continue reading →

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Why do they want to hurt us?

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Al Martine

boxee blog » the Hulu situation our goal has always been to drive users to legal sources of content that are publicly available on the Internet. we have many content partners who are generating revenue from boxee users and we … Continue reading →

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Windows Media Player: Missing Video solution

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Al Martine

Basic Problem I would attempt to play a movie in Windows Media Player (WMP) and only the audio was present.  The system needed a new codec (compression, decompression) to play these off-shored backups Solution The full Microsoft Write-Up is here: … Continue reading →

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Today’s Challenge: Getting AVIs to play on Windows Media Player

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Al Martine

Thanks to President’s Day, I have a little more time to play around on the Home Theatre PC (HTPC).  I’d love to just play on it for hours and hours, but I have a few other projects happening so I … Continue reading →

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