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This is a follow-up post to my earlier post about how-to get Matroska files to play on Windows 7 . Now that 7 has been released, goofy codec packs are no longer needed, except for special circumstances. The “Holy Trinity” of MKV filter packages is: Haali...

Introduction For the past few months, I’ve been working on and off with the Media Browser team to help create the ultimate media library solution for Media Center . I’ve come to realize that Media Browser’s folder based system has some major drawbacks...

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Depending on the requirements of the project, install the appropriate version of .NET Framework . Install Media Center SDK . Either the Vista or 7 version should work. If your build machine is Windows Server 2008 , find an already running Windows Vista...

UPDATE : Now that the Release Candidate (build 7100) of Windows 7 is out, only the Haali Media Splitter or the DivX Labs MKV Splitter are needed to get Matroska files playing in Media Center and Windows Media Player. However, neither splitter supports...

"When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere." - Robert A. Heinlein

When they tell you a disease could be cured in your lifetime what they're really saying is that it could be cured if we just threw enough money at it. The ironic thing about this type of disease is that it's exactly the kind of disease that big pharma...

I've uploaded some pictures of the house I'm currently living in. The only reason I've done this is because I'm sick of trying to describe what living here is like. The place is bascially perpetually being remodeled. Normally I wouldn't care because I...