Blog by Bill Daugherty II
Hey, its been a while sence my last post. I decided that I would get back on and start writing once again.
Today, I installed a TV mount for my media center, i got an exelent deal for one from cregslist posts. The guy’s web site is: http://plasmalcdnparts.com/ (hope he doesn’t mind I put that on here)
Here is a picture of my setup:
http://www.wmediacenter.com/files/_Media_Card_BlackBerry_pictures_IMG00010-20090302-0022[1].jpg
Bill.
Hello, I have created a utility that I am using tward a new Media Center Plugin.
This utility will allow you to use some (not all) of the remote functions in your VLC.
It actually maps remote to key functions. Such as…
“Stop” => ” ” (space)
“Previous” => “Ctrl + P”
“Next” => “Ctrl + N”
I think those are the main features for now… I could not get “Play/Pause” to work. I will be checking this out later…
If you want to test this app…
Check out: http://wmediacenter.com/Files/VLC-Remote-Mapper-Beta.zip
The TV Meta Data Finder now has its own website:
http://www.tvmetadatafinder.com
I have decieded to keep up on this application, and am currently working on version 2.0 that will consume a whole new gateway caching service.
To download the application please visit http://www.tvmetadatafinder.com
There is a new release to the Sams Video Browser [Click Here to Download]. This new version 2.0.2.0 is pretty sweet and packed with features.. This includes some key features such as stopping and restarting the videos as well as some new screen layouts.
Diffrent from wmediacenter.com, it is a general tool set that I use when developing applications. They are mostly helper methods that parse strings, do things with XML, web, and more… Check it out if your a developer.
I have created a document that shows how to build applications on the Windows Media Center. This document is currently a live document, as I am working on building my own tool box. Please feel free to add comments to it.
HTML Version: http://wmediacenter.com/pages/Microsoft%20Windows%20Vista%20Media%20Center%20Development%20Guide.htm
DOCX Version: http://wmediacenter.com/files/Microsoft%20Windows%20Vista%20Media%20Center%20Development%20Guide.docx
Let me know if you are able to put this to good use, and if you would like to add any key values to this document.
Bill.
The all new RSS Speech Reader is a RSS to Speech (text to speech) application that requires the .NET Framework 3.5.
(I know it has nothing to do with the Media Center, but I wanted to add it on this high traffic site anyway)
It will listen for any new RSS feeds and read them out loud. It will only play each RSS feed only once, even if you restart the application.
Let me know what you think, I only spent about 3 hours building it… Also let me know what features you would like to add, or change.
Version 1.0
Download Link: RSSSpeechReaderV1.0.zip
The TV Meta Data Finder has its own blog and web site now: http://tvmetadatafinder.com/ More »
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