Bear with us now, not being native to the UK we haven’t been able to get this one to work locally but with such hard work going into it this fix appears to warrant some attention. Apparently, you in the UK have a new channel that’s acting up in the Windows 7 Media Center guide. More accurately it’s not [...]
One of the few features missing from Windows 7 Media Center but available in most modern DVR setups is the ability to remotely schedule recordings. This much touted feature of commercial DVR systems such as Direct TV have been sorely missed by many media center enthusiasts who are frequently away from home. Luckily, a third party program from FatAttidtude [...]
Not satisfied with the default setting of seven rows of channels displayed in the episode guide of Windows 7 Media Center? Unfortunately, there is no option to enable an increased number of rows to appear so increasing the rows displayed requires users to do extensive editing to the Media Center DLL files. Thankfully, Bill24 has posted a guide to [...]
There may come a time when you need to completely erase the history of your downloaded guide data and tuner setup. Something may have gone wrong with your setup, tuners may have changed or maybe you’re just looking to clean house a little. Don’t worry, this isn’t going to require a complete reinstall of Windows 7, the process is [...]
Looking for the ultimate in TV listing control including the ability to use third party services like IceTV or XMLTV files? Big Screen Global has got just the solution with it’s Big Screen EPG program. Big Screen EPG, currently in beta, gives you the ability to import XMLTV service files into your Windows 7 Media Center as well as [...]
My Channel Logos is definitely a favorite around here, partly because it’s just so darn easy to use. This handy little utility to add channel logos to your Windows 7 Media Center guide is so easy that it practically runs itself. Now the latest version of My Channel Logos even includes color channel logos and the ability to download fresh [...]
Some 3rd-Party EPG guide programs (which we’ll be covering soon) require you to have your EPG listings in XMLTV format. It can also be handy to have a copy of the Windows 7 Media Center listings if you switch between multiple HTPC applications. The easiest method, by far, to convert Media Center guide data into a standardized XMLTV format [...]
Managing Media Center’s TV listings can be a tricky business, options are spread out across multiple areas and the interface makes for slow and tedious work. Luckily, 1geek1tool has a solution with it’s Guide Tool program. Guide Tool will allow you to manage all your channels, tuners and listings from a single handy application which can even manage your [...]
Normally, Windows 7 Media Center only allows residents of the United States to use the Internet TV feature built into Media Center. Since a good portion of the Media Center community lies outside the United States in the UK, Europe and Australia this is a bit of a slight to a large number of users. Luckily, thanks to jem101 [...]
Adding colorful channel logos to the default Windows 7 Media Center guide has quickly become one of those features many users can no longer live without. Using the My Channel Logos program to add colorful channel logos to your guide listings is simple enough for even the most novice users and provides wonderful results. For users in the United [...]
If you’ve ever recorded movies from live TV in Windows 7 Media Center you may have noticed that by default these movies are also included in your Media Center Movie Library. For some this may be a perfect fit but others likely won’t want commercial laden and edited for TV movies filling up their Movie Library listings. Ian Dixon [...]
Last week we covered tracking down tuner problems using recording history, this week lets go over a possible fix to the problem. Let’s take a look at changing the tuner priority for specific channels. If you are having trouble with a specific tuner creating bad recordings on a certain channel you may want to try using a different tuner [...]
Is one of your TV tuners giving you problems? Maybe some of your recordings are poor quality compared to the others, no audio or garbled video or audio streams? Track down the problem tuner by using the Recording History inside Windows 7 Media Center.
First note the recordings that are giving you trouble. Jot down the title and episode of [...]
Did you know that Windows 7 Media Center includes the ability to schedule recordings by keyword? Say, for instance, that this month you’re interested in everything about pirates. Media Center will let you setup a schedule item to recording every show including that keyword. It doesn’t stop there either, you can schedule shows by actor, director, title and generic [...]
Windows 7 Media Center doesn’t always get your lineup right from the start. Channels may be assigned to the wrong number, improperly labeled channels or channels might be missing all together. What do we need to do to get our listings sorted out?
Step one is to select the right guide for your area during TV signal setup. This should [...]
This is a guest post written by Adam Plante, a Hack7MC reader. Do you have a guide you’d like to share with the community? Let us know by dropping us a line through the contact form or email mhealy@hack7mc.com.
This guide assumes you already have media browser installed and configured. Updated 6/3/2009 – This guide has been updated to include [...]
So you’re recording everything under the sun with your Media Center and you laugh in the face of those 80gb DVR users. That is, until you realize that you too have your limits. The options quickly become an ever expanding number of hard drives ($$) or find a way to squeeze those WTV files down into something more reasonable. [...]
