I am beginning to play around more and more with Windows Media Center. What it can do and what it does not do. The one feature that it does not have that I will keep bringing up is a version for WHS…
Moving beyond that “most desirable feature”, I became curious as to what is out their for add-ins, or plug-ins, for Windows Media Center. It would be quite nice to have a central list for Media Center add-ins. So off I went to Google (Sorry, MS Live Search!) and did a quick search for “windows media center add-ins”. The first item on the list sent right over to The Green Button. Chris’s last update was in 2006, so I went to the a couple of the links he listed.
MoreMCE has a list of 201(!) add-ins. mcesoft is another site with potential. So, if you are looking for MCE add-ins, check out these links. If you’re looking for a particular feature, you just might find something there.
I know that I will be perusing this list…
July 24th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Where did the nice under water background come from? How is it installed? Can it be animated?
Thanks,
Rich
July 24th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I really don’t know. Bodog had it in this post: http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2008/07/18/tweakmc-for-media-center-released-by-microsoft/. Terry must like it, he started changing my screen shot to Bodog’s (probably a pix sizing thing for the post) Anyway, you might ask Bodog.
I did a quick search on “change vista media center background”. Some items came up, so you could check that out, also.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
That “nice under water background” is a tv show running behind the Vista MCE interface - just press the green button when watching a show….