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• The Camcorder AV Cable, Who Knew?!

  It's not often that an older piece of technology blows my mind, but it happened this week and I'm still reeling with disbelief. I had no idea this cable existed until a couple of days ago! It's simple enough; a triple-band 3.5mm (headphone... Posted Dec 15 2008, 07:21 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Hardware, Media, Video, Cable, Zune, Audio

• VLC 0.9.2 Released Today - And Things Have Changed

  I tested out this new version using the batch file and playlist I created to stream my music collection over the internet. Using the new version as the server and client, the stream failed. Hmmm, there must be changes, here's what I found... by the... Posted Sep 15 2008, 03:31 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Software, Media, VLC

• VLC Media Streaming

  I setup VLC to stream media throughout my home and over the internet, and it works great. I tested it out by streaming a handful of mp3's and avi's over the http protocol. It works internally and over the internet as it should. The interesting... Posted Sep 08 2008, 09:08 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Script, Media, Batch, VLC

• Stream your Media Center with WebGuide

  If you already have a Windows Media Center up & running, you can be streaming all of your media (including LIVE TV!) over the web within the next half hour! Just download & install WebGuide on your Media Center machine and let the magic happen... Posted Apr 11 2008, 10:14 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Software, Media, Media Center, Center, WebGuide

• Sports Menu Item Missing In Vista Media Center

  After configuring my friend's Vista machine, I noticed he had a "Sports" item on his Vista Media Center main menu. I don't know why it was missing on mine. I don't know if I never had it to begin with or if it disappeared at some... Posted Nov 18 2007, 07:03 PM by Matt Williamson with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Windows, Vista, Software, Media, Center, Settings, Sports

• My Home Network Media Center Solution

  It's been a long, fairly expensive, time consuming and sometimes frustrating journey; but my quest to share my media throughout the house has finally come to an end. I'm going to layout my setup in this article but first I'd like to do some... Posted Nov 01 2007, 08:30 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Vista, Hardware, Software, Home, 360, Xbox, Media, TVersity, Center, Network

• TVersity Media Server Installation

  It's been about 4 days since I installed TVersity Media Server and I've finally got it running exactly the way I want it. I knew this whole business might be a little tricky, so I made a disk image of my server before installing anything. I'm... Posted Oct 21 2007, 12:02 PM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, Hardware, Software, 360, Xbox, Media, TVersity

• Accessing Network Shares from an Xbox 360 MCE

  Connecting my Xbox 360 to my Vista Ultimate machine through the Media Center Extender interface was simple. Once connected, any media stored locally on my Vista machine was easily accessible from the Xbox. The problem is, none of my media is stored locally... Posted Oct 17 2007, 09:16 AM by Matt Williamson with | with no comments Filed under: Server, 2003, Vista, Ultimate, 360, Xbox, Media, Share, TVersity, Media Center, Extender, Networking