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Watch Beijing Olympics 2008 Live

olylivechannel — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:31:28 GMT

Watch Beijing Olympics 2008 Live on

http://olympicslivechannel.blogspot.com

Good Quality Streaming

wassa

Tyrone — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:26:32 GMT

Hello this is Tyrone

MSF Supports Windows XP or not

manishaa_p — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:27:54 GMT

Hi everybody!!

i m new to this forum,

i saw on msdn/MSF Link that MSF supports Windows Vista as well as Windows XP.
When i tried to execute my app it build well on XP but when i try to run it it shows an exception which is related to shell32.dll

So, i want to ask this thing tht do we have XP Support also with MSF or not, & if not then can we do some modifications to achieve tht in XP.

thnx..

Manisha

Wow! Still no SL in FF3?!?!?

BlackTiger — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:20:31 GMT

Guys! You're slower than C8! :D
They had problems with... well, page requests.. :)
You're having problem with... what?

Windows Mobile FaceBook Appl- ITs Cool

sandra — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:32:00 GMT

I work with Vringo and wanted to let people know about what the company has created.

The Facebook application version lets you see your friends pictures as caller ID. The Facebook version works for Windows Mobile 6 phones (Blackjack 2, Motorola Q9, HTC Cavalier, HTC Touch, T-Mobile Wing, Palm Treo 750) Here you can go : http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=9215392534

After installing the facebook app, just go to: http://get.vringo.com on your phones browser.

Free to use and easy to set up, Vringo lets you quickly send your friends Facebook pix to your cell phone.

Just take a look for Fun.

live mesh fails to start on bootup

mcp111 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:01:42 GMT

Several times live mesh fails to start on boot and I have to manually start it.

has anybody else experienced this problem? any solutions???

msn statusbar clickable link

Kajan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:43:48 GMT

What we want to know is if its possible somehow to make a link in the status bar for a plugin program, like winamp, you play the song, it shows in your statusbar , click on the song and it forwards you to a url

something like:
stone sour - socio (in statusbar in msn) click on it and it forwards to this link --> http://open.spotify.com/track/50ygpH4EcBjNBg7LelWbqd

Any c9 refugees here?

DCMonkey — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:46:48 GMT

So they rolled out the new Channel 9 today. Unfortunately it's having some teething problems ranging from being very very slow to unusable.

Now it's giving me JavaScript errors during the AJAX post load so I can't even view posts in the Coffeehouse much less contribute.

:(

Hopefully the team will get things squared away soon.

RIP OFF…on CNBC last night

Josie — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:25:25 GMT

Complete ripoff of the Cit bank commercial with little old ladies and male voice of thief that stole her bank account user name & password, but it ain’t Cit bank…company actually saying no bank login is safe. Anyone see this commercial? http://www.iwantmyphonefactor.com

Toolbar not Compatible with Silverlight 2

Unionizer — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:30:08 GMT

Why would Microsoft advertise the full release of MSN Toolbar on Silverlight's website,the beta be compatible with Silverlight 2, and the full release not be compatible with Silverlight 2? I am quite sure there is an explanation for this illogical post-beta release. We the Silverlight 2 MSN toolbar testers and connect.microsoft.com members need to know.

i can has embed codez?

Googleman81 — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:17:46 GMT

I would like to know if there is a possibility that you could provide folks that would like to put a little Channel 10 on their webpage/blog/Myspace/Facebook profile/whatever with an embed code for the awesome videos? I would really like to put the Frogger Popfly video on my gax profile page.

Live Mesh and the new Microsoft

northerngeek — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:22:07 GMT

Quick yes or no question:

Does anybody think MS will make a big success out of LiveMesh? They have other brilliant offerings such as Silverlight (and yes Rome wasn't built in a day) but adoption is still mainly limited to the technically literate. At present LiveMesh doesn't serve a gret deal of purpose to a very large proportion of the population, and this is what MS is using to stay relevant. Don't misinterpret my words, I think the idea is great, it's just I question the timing:

At present not many people need the basic feature
By the time developers have made tools is it possible that somebody else will have arrived with a truely multi-platform solution?
I can see one of the most promising things for a technology like Live Mesh is the new lines of UMPCs and other road warrior second PCs- however at present they don't run on Linux or Mac, yes Mac support is planned, but Linux and devices like the EePC won't run this whilst MS hasn't really broken mainstream consciousness yet with the UMPC- personally I think the form factor still needs some changes.
Will this sort of thing be in the next Windws release? If not I can see something else doing the same and getting all the attention.

Just some concerns, I can understand the numerous reasons for not supporting Linux including the fact that many would turn their noses at any MS product for some reason, but I can't help feel I am not the only one who thinks this like many great MS products could get wrongfully overshadowed by a Google App for instance and this is the thing that is praised as keeping MS relevant!

Other examples:

MS Live image search- best UI out there by a long way, barely known about
MS Live Video- great preview funcionality nobody paid any attention to
MS Vitual Earth- a brilliant GUI and fantastically useful features- rarely used by anybody I know

MS is very good at building on past successes but I don't see much that will definitely keep them relevant in the near future, I hope I am wrong but I think many people rarely see the brilliance of this company and it saddens me.

Arby 'n' the Chief

Googleman81 — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:03:18 GMT

I didn't make this, it is an incredibly funny machinima based on the Halo 3 game and Halo action figures. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb8rdc-0OpQ

Channel 10 Podcast won't update on Itunes

TigerClaw — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:16:15 GMT

For some reason the Channel 10 podcast feed on Itunes is giving me an error when trying to update. I click the ! mark and it says.
There was a problem downloading "Channel 10"/ An Unkown Error occurred (-50).
Please check that the URL is correct and the connection to the network is active and try again.

Is anyone else besides me having the same problem?

Library Folders

saintalan — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:30:34 GMT

I'm hoping as this is a young forum run by an enthusiast that I might get the true situation regarding folders.

I have Vista MC & a Linksys DMA2200 extender linked to my Plasma TV. It really works and I am very pleased with the operation and have not had (m)any technical hitches. However despite reading other forums and reading several 'solutions' to my question there appears to be no total solution.

Basically, why cant you just select the Folders you do/dont want to appear under the various media selections i.e. Music/Pics/vids. This applies to both the PC & Exteneder. No matter how much I have added/removed folders, rebooted, cleared MC watched folders etc folders I dont want re-appear.

The worst offending is Root Drive letter where I keep folders. e.g. I keep my Media Folders on an M drive but always the M Drive shows up as a folder even though it only contains folders for Music/Vid/Pics. Aother repeat offender is the Music Album Covers in Pics.

File EXplorer is probably the oldest piece of software in Windows and yet VMC cant do something as simple as letting the User have control over their selections.

Your cooments would be interesting and any solutions you (may) have found.

Thanks, Alan & good lick with the blog/forum.

Firefly: The first game for Microsoft Surface

Googleman81 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:17:28 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFapI4PxL9Q&eurl=http://www.gaxonline.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1511077%3ABlogPost%3A97477

Mass Effect is coming for PC in May. :D

On10 @ SXSW 08?

djscratchex — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:31:14 GMT

Anyone from On10 or this forum going to be at this years SXSW?

Connecting Vista MCE Server to all TV at Home?

MCEInnovator — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:30:26 GMT

I've been doing some research on connecting my Vista MCE to bedrooms, but just can't get my head around. Let me paint an image of what I want to do.

I've built a Media Home Center which is Vista Home Premium sitting in my basement. Its a Duo Core Asus Motherboard with 2GB memory, Hauppauge HVR-1600 Tuner and 8500GT nvidia Video Card. I have 3 Standard Televisions in 3 Bedroom which is on the top floor and 1 TV in the Kitchen. I want Watch TV in any of my bedroom, i.e. any member can watch different channels simultaneously, how can I achieve this? I don't have XBOX 360 and don't want to invest 4 XBOX 360 for each TV. Is there any other way I can do this?

Help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
MCE Innovator

My video made the Media Center homepage!

EnglishBloke — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:29:39 GMT

So someone apparently liked the interview with me, the video was recut a little and now there is a link on the actual Media Center homepage!

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/mediacenter/getstarted/community.mspx

How to create a blog ?

viewon01 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:47:48 GMT

Hi,

I would like to know how we can create a blog and add post :-)

Thanks

Check this video out!!!

Googleman81 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:57:54 GMT

I know someone will come and assassinate me with a nerf gun and some water bombs while I sleep for posting a Youtube video, but i dont care... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsU3B0W3TMs

I am waiting for the Vista version.

Automatically Display latest video from Channel10 on your blog

TEN — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:33:40 GMT

Automatically Display latest video from TechNet EDGE on your blog

Although the tip given is for TechNET EDGE, it should also work for Channel 10 videos?? Will it work? Else channel10 to implement this. And I have put it on trial basis on my blog sidebar and it should automatically display the latest video from Channel 10.

Just try this out. Please check the above URL for details.

TuneUp Utilities

ResearchWizard — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:02:53 GMT

What about TuneUp Utilities? It's probably the most powerful tool out of all.

MPEG-2 (MP@ML) encoder apps

kingeroo — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:26:07 GMT

i need to port 4 widescreen videos to MPEG-2 (MP@ML) format for audio/video playback via CompactFlash on a DVM-7400 Digital Video Player (www.alcorn.com/library/manuals/man_dvm7400.pdf).

my question is... what are the software app options for encoding to this format?
i use Compressor, Cleaner and Squeeze. will any of these suffice?

thx.

Webguide add-in

smicale — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:00:57 GMT

I am curious as to how well the Webguide plug-in works with WHS when trying to view video from an internet connection. Right now I have Webguide loaded on my MCE machine and when I want to stream video from my work my video is pretty bad. Choppy at times and keeps having to buffer every 4-5 seconds. Or the video freezes and the audio continues on. My MCE is a older box, but it is a Pentium III or IV I believe and I would guess it runs better then the Celeron in my new HP MediaSmart Home Server. When I am streaming I am streaming at about 200 kbps and it is still bad. Also if I am at home and want to stream I have to use a very low speed which does not manke sense since I am local to my webguide. Is my machine just not processing the video quick enough?

Thanks!

-Scott