Ah yes I had one of those Hp Notebook PC’s and they were absolutely amazing. As you say the control revolved around Windows Media centre.
> On 31 Jan 2019, at 1:05 am, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ah no it is an HP PC designed with Media Center in mind. But yes I > dephinetly have a silicon Dust in mind as an accessory to get. But first > I need a Dell XPS tower. But in any case the M495C was a PC tower with > all kinds of connections and things. Infact you have the demo Dain. As > you have all the BCT podcasts. I'd like to try and figure out something > about those by the way. Because my internet is too wimpy for how we > tried to have me download them. Also I'm not gonna make ya ship me DVDs > over sees. For each folder ya told me was 4 gigs. That's pretty much a > DVD. But yeah it's 1 of the things he demoed in 2005. > > On 1/29/2019 11:38 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Is that device Larry demonstrates a TV tuner? If so then I can recommend >> something which I think is very good and I’m talked about the products from >> Silicondust before. >> Plex finds them right out of the box so all the user has to do is connect to >> the LAN, connect to a TV aerial, Connect to a mains power outlet and switch >> on. >> The tuner has a handy interface for monitoring the tuners and watching live >> television from your browser. >> You can also check the status of each tuner - see what each is doing -, >> perform a channel scan etc. >> >> >>> On 30 Jan 2019, at 3:25 pm, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I too have and still use Media Player. I use it because of the SRS Wow >>> effect you can put on music. Though if I bought SoundForge Pro i can expand >>> the stereo and SRS Wow the music my self. lol I've heard of Media Center >>> and kinda poked arround in it on my Vista laptop. I never did end up buying >>> a TV tuner thus never did take full advantage but from Larry Scutchan's >>> demo of his HP M495C it sounded like pure epicness. Man how I'd love to get >>> my hands on an epic HP M495C though like Dain would rightly point out it's >>> no longer a thing. It's from freeking 2004. Well 2003 even perhaps. But >>> dude it's epic me wants 1. So yeah I agree with Dain. It is better to move >>> on especially if said epic thing 1 is discussing is no longer being updated >>> or if it has no real use no more. Which since Microsoft bent the knee to >>> the TV guys or what ever that was all about is saddly the case for Media >>> Center. Actually I think there's more to the whole thing than that. Leo >>> Laport just said that because he's kinda anti coppy right law. Or I guess >>> how the industries are kinda snow flaky about you doing stuff. Na remember >>> the best Media Center ever and the last 1 was Windows 7. That must mean >>> something happened since 7 that they decided to say uncle. Thus Dain, the 1 >>> you could buy since Windows 8 was basically the same Windows 7 1. All >>> though I hear it was crippled. Oh and that reminds me I never got an FM >>> tuner either so never played arround with the Radio. Oh well. So much for >>> my epic plans I had for Media Center. But I guess when I do buy an XPS like >>> Dain said I could always still buy a tuner and use Plex or something. >>> >>> On 1/29/2019 6:25 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >>>> While I don't have any experience with Windows Media Center, I have used >>>> Windows Media Player...and never was a huge fan of it! Having said that, >>>> at one time, I used Windows Window to rip CDs as it seemed pretty >>>> straight-forward to me; it already would rip the track titles right out of >>>> the box! But they they changed the look of it; didn't seem (at least to >>>> me) that intuitive! >>>> Tom Kaufman >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane >>>> Trethowan >>>> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:26 PM >>>> To: all-audio@groups.io >>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] FW: Of Interest >>>> >>>> What you forwarded to the list comes as no surprise to me and yes >>>> Microsoft do analyse usage data of their Apps. >>>> Windows Media centre hadn't - when I last used it - been updated for a >>>> good while and had at that time fallen behind many other alternatives. >>>> I now use Plex to handle everything that Windows Media Center did though - >>>> given I use Windows 10 - I couldn’t have used Windows Media Center even if >>>> I’d wanted to as Windows Media Center doesn’t come as part of Windows 10. >>>> I very much liked Windows Media Center however because of the infrequent >>>> updates known problems with the App just weren’t fixed whereas Plex and >>>> VLC are updated frequently. >>>> As for upgrading to Windows 10? There are plenty of good reasons to do so >>>> including better handling of audio and video devices, a far more stable >>>> operating system etc. >>>> Anyway its the individuals call. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 29 Jan 2019, at 3:06 pm, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If you are running Windows 7 and like to use Windows Media Player, this >>>>> may >>>>> be something you'll want to read! >>>>> >>>>> Tom Kaufman >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: marianne Interest >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Tom, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If you use Windows 7 as I do, this may be of interest to you. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Windows 7's Windows Media Player app is about to get worse >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> By >>>>> >>>>> Matt Hanson >>>>> >>>>> 3 hours ago >>>>> >>>>> Software >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> No more metadata >>>>> >>>>> As Windows 7 hurtles towards its end of life date (January 14 2020), it >>>>> looks like Microsoft is beginning to strip features from the ageing >>>>> operating system, >>>>> >>>>> and it has now removed a key feature from Windows 7's Windows Media >>>>> Player. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> According to >>>>> >>>>> a support document >>>>> >>>>> that Microsoft quietly updated a few days ago, "you may be unable to view >>>>> information (metadata) such as the title, genre, and artist for songs, and >>>>> the >>>>> >>>>> director, actors, cover art, and TV guide for movies in Windows Media >>>>> Center >>>>> and Windows Media Player." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This move also affects the Windows Media Center app found in Windows 7, >>>>> Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So, it looks like when you import music or videos into Windows Media >>>>> Player >>>>> in Windows 7, titles, artist names and other information won't be >>>>> downloaded. >>>>> >>>>> This is a major blow to the usefulness of the app, in our view. >>>>> >>>>> Why? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Microsoft looked at customer feedback and usage data regarding the feature >>>>> and decided to discontinue it, so it probably means not many people were >>>>> using >>>>> >>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If you were, it might mean it's time to finally upgrade from Windows 7 - >>>>> as >>>>> you'll probably want to anyway before January 14 next year - or start >>>>> using >>>>> >>>>> an alternative such as >>>>> >>>>> VLC Media Player. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> While the removal of this feature is disappointing, Microsoft has promised >>>>> that metadata that's already been downloaded will still be available - it >>>>> just >>>>> >>>>> won't download metadata for new media you add. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Microsoft has also explained that this change won't affect any of the >>>>> app's >>>>> media playing functionality, such as playback, media stream and other >>>>> major >>>>> >>>>> features. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Still, it's a reminder that it's probably worth thinking about upgrading >>>>> to >>>>> >>>>> Windows 10. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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