Welcome to mediacenterguides.com. Here you will find guides for how to customize Media Center. The site has been designed to be user editable, so feel free to make corrections or add details where needed. You are also encouraged to create new guides for Media Center topics that haven't been covered yet.
Not sure where to start? Here are some suggested links: Guides, or FAQs.
Great news for Media Center fans! Yesterday Microsoft announced that it will be opening up the CableCARDi system so that anyone can add a CableCARD tuner to their Windows 7 system. While this isn't everything that we want from Media Center, it has renewed my excitement for the platform.
Hosting isn't free, and it takes a lot of time to add and test new features and content for the site (and I have a lot more planned), so if you can help that would be great!
No, I'm not asking for donations, but don't let that stop you if you are so inclined. :)
Here is a short list of ways you can help:
I've redone the Registry Tweaks section of the site. It should now be much easier to navigate through the various registry entries to find what you are looking for. It is also much easier for users to add new registry entries, and you can make comments about any of the registry tweaks individually.
Check out the new Registry Tweaks page HERE.
We've just added an Applications section to Media Center Guides. This section features a list of many of the available plugins for Windows Media Center. After you login (using either OpenID, or by creating a new account) you can rate your favorite applications, leave comments about them, or even have us host your Media Center application for you.
Check out the Media Center Application listing HERE.
MCKeySender is a simple application that can send keystrokes to the Media Center window. It can also be used to automate basic Media Center tasks. It is used by running the MCKeySender.exe with command line parameters.
MCKeySender supports the following parameters:
Replace the default screenshot thumbnails in your Media Center video library with your own logos or icons.
Get started rating your feature requests here.
I started a Feature Requests thread over a year ago at The Green Button here: http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/191773.aspx Since that time the thread has grown to be quite long, as has the request list. Recently several Microsoft employees have become more active on that thread, and people are asking about polling options again.
If you have a memory card reader on your Media Center computer, you may notice that under the Picture Library there are a bunch of extra entries for either "Storage Device" or "Portable Device". These entries are very annoying because you can't actually do anything with them unless there is a memory card in the device.
You can hide these by doing the following:
With an album, video, or recorded show highlighted, simply hit "Play" on the remote to start it playing immediately - faster than pressing "OK" and then selecting "Play" on the menu.
Pressing "OK" on the remote while watching Live TV will go to the previous channel.
You can enhance your Media Center experience through 3rd party applications. Click here to see some.
Press "Clear" on the remote to delete the media that is currently highlighted (works for Recorded TV, Videos, Music, and Pictures).
In the Guide, press FF/REW on the remote to skip forward/back 3 hours at a time.
In the Guide, press Skip/Replay on the remote to skip forward/back 12 hours at a time.
Almost any menu strip can be hidden with a simple registry tweak. Click here for details.
Use the channel +/- buttons on the remote to browse the guide a page at a time.
In the picture library, highlight the folder or tag you want, then press "Play" on the remote to start a slideshow.
With a picture on screen, press "Info" (or "More") on the remote and select "Rotate" to rotate it.
While in the guide press the Record button on the remote twice to do a series recording.
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