21 January 2010
The Holy Trinity of Matroska (.mkv) Filter Packages for Windows 7
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 Media Splitter AC3Filter VSFilter Not technically... Read More...
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03 December 2009
Comprehensive Report of Relevant Container and Codec Support in Windows 7 and Media Center
Containers   FF/RW Subtitles Selectable audio tracks Useful metadata Chapters AVI No No No *** No No MP4 Yes No * No **** No ***** No TS No No * No **** No ****** No M2TS No No * No **** No ****** No WTV Yes Maybe ** Yes Yes No ******* * Despite the spec requiring this, Microsoft decided not to... Read More...
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15 October 2009
On the Path to the Ultimate Media Center Media Library (Part 1)
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 and I’ve been unable to convince the team to switch... Read More...
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29 September 2009
Fun With ToDVRMS v1.0.1.0
I managed to get a hold of the “Early Access” version of Andy ’s ToDVRMS tool specifically to test out the WTV file creation features. So far, every h264 encoded Matroska file I’ve tried converted to WTV and played back properly in Media Center. There are a few issues however: ToDVRMS doesn’t support... Read More...
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16 September 2009
The Not-Microsoft AVP (Almost Valuable Professional) Award Program
Warning : This blog post, the “AVP Award Program”, the graphics associated with the program, and linked from this post, and anything derived from anything on this post, or linked to from this post, are parody and are protected as free speech in the United States by the decision of Supreme Court case... Read More...
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12 September 2009
How-To Disable DXVA for ATI Cards to Fix Pixilation and Corruption in High Bitrate h264 Files
I originally posted this as a reply on The Green Button : http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/p/77948/387265.aspx And now I’m posting it here for mostly personal reference. I have problems with at least four 1080p and three 720p h264 files. The problem is basically what netscan02 said: ATI cards have issues... Read More...
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19 May 2009
How-To Set Up a Build Machine to Compile Media Center Projects
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 installation and copy Microsoft.MediaCenter.dll... Read More...
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02 May 2009
How-To Get Matroska (.mkv) Files to Play in Windows 7 RC (Build 7100) using FFDShow-tryouts or MPCVideoDec
It seems like all the buzz in the Media Center community lately is about DivX Labs latest project: A “Technology Preview” of Matroska support in Windows 7 . I’ve tried out their solution and it seems to work, however, I need to have subtitle support and alternative audio stream support (for reasons that... Read More...
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30 January 2009
How-To Configure Windows 7 To Play Matroska (.mkv) Files
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 subtitles yet, so if you need subtitles, check out... Read More...
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20 May 2008
Space Travel
"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 Read More...
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20 March 2008
Shit sub!
"The shit sub gone crazy!" - Maassen Read More...
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19 May 2007
Team Hanselman and Diabetes Walk 2007
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 doesn't want cured. Since diabetes can be "managed... Read More...
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10 May 2007
Are you flowin?
"It's very addictive to be in (as Brad calls it) the flow of programming. You can't type fast enough and everything is just pouring out in a stream of emotion disguised as code. You are no longer looking in at the code, but you are inside it, and rather then pushing it to where you want it to go, it... Read More...
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16 April 2007
Hell House
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 don't venture out of my room that much, but lately... Read More...
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27 October 2006
First Post!
First post from Windows Live Writer: http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/ Although it was designed to work with Windows Live Spaces , Live Writer supports several other blogging services and packages including Community Server (the blogging package I use). Live Writer is basically a compact word... Read More...
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