Tag Archives: Media
Free Windows 8 Media Center Pack
Posted on Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & ThemesMicrosoft originally stated that Windows 8 wouldn’t include Windows Media Center for free, and that Windows Media Center would only be available as a chargeable upgrade with no new features. This disappointed many HTPC enthusiasts such as myself, but ...
Building a rich and extensible media platform
Windows provides a broad set of technologies for consumers to experience video and audio and for developers to tap into these technologies through rich APIs. This post goes into depth on both of these aspects of the Windows media platform, which has been substantially improved for both desktop and Metro ...
FAQ – DVD playback and Windows Media Center in Windows 8
We thought we would follow up the previous post with an FAQ which is based on the comments and discussions, so Bernardo put this together so things are in one place. Some of these might be introductory for some but since the comments covered a lot of topics, it seemed ...
Windows Media Center Available Only As Paid Upgrade On Windows 8
Posted on Everything Microsoft - Latest Microsoft News, Guides, Reviews & ThemesIf you are using Windows Media Center regularly on XP, Vista or Windows 7, you may now want to take note that changes are coming to the media player in Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 8.
According to a recent ...
Making Windows Media Center available in Windows 8
In this post we wanted to update you on Media Center and Windows 8, specifically how we will make sure Windows 8 fully supports the capabilities of Media Center as it is in Windows 7. We took the feedback about maintaining the functionality very seriously, and we ...
Using Libraries to Add Media in Windows 8
Posted on Windows 8 News, Rumors & TipsAfter going through the reviews in the Windows Store for the music and videos apps for Windows 8, I noticed that many users were complaining that it was either too difficult or not possible to pull their music and video files into the ...