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How To… Automatically Download Audio and Video Podcasts Via RSS With Windows Home Server

Monday, February 4, 2008

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Last week, a post over at the WGS forums discussed options for automatically download Audio and Video Podcasts with Windows Home Server via RSS Feeds, and move them to the correct shared folder on the home server. I invited one of regular forum contributors, DSSystems to pull together a walkthrough on achieving this, and I’m delighted to say, he’s [...]

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Add-In Update: WHS Disk Management 1.0.4

Sunday, February 3, 2008

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  Sam Wood has released an update to WHS Disk Management this morning with a number of new features, including the abilty to edit disk names and the addition of SMART status and temperature viewing in the Windows Home Server console. Version 1.04 has the following changes: 1.0.4 - Update Added: Editable disk names - open the Disk Info [...]

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Add-In Review: Recorded TV Manager 3.4.3 for Windows Home Server

Friday, February 1, 2008

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In my digital world Windows Home Server (WHS) was always going to be a logical partner for use with  XP Media Center (MCE) and a media extender. At the moment WHS does not quite manage to integrate itself seamlessly between recording TV on an MCE and watching it using a media extender, this is in [...]

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Add-In: Recorded TV Manager

Thursday, January 31, 2008

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Rick Drasch has released the final version of his Recorded TV Manager add-in to the web. The add-in, previously in beta, is designed to help you manage your recorded TV programs and series between your Media Center PCs and Windows Home Server. Features include: Collections - Collect series episodes automatically to the Home Server (or other location) [...]

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Add-In Review: TiVo Publisher for Windows Home Server

Thursday, January 31, 2008

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I was glad to see this add-in when I started working with Windows Home Server (WHS) because I have a TiVo Series 2 DVR on my home network and since I got it three years ago it has changed how we watch TV around our house. With the development of WHS and its ability to consolidate [...]

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Add-In Update: Windows Home Server Disk Management

Monday, January 28, 2008

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Sam Wood has updated his add-in, Windows Home Server Disk Management to version 1.0.3. Here’s what’s changed: 1.0.3 - Update Added: Right-click menu for disk operations Added: Disk information detail. Select a disk and click the info button, double click a disk, or right click a disk and select Details Added: Non-storage pool disks with drive letters now show details [...]

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Add-In Update: TiVo Publisher 1.21

Sunday, January 27, 2008

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Rob Durfee’s released an update to his add-in, TiVo Publisher which is now at version 1.21. The update includes the following features and fixes: Firewall Port exceptions are added automatically when the add-in first starts. FLV and files with the .DIVX extension now appear in Videos. Playlists now show up in Music (they appear as folders). M3U and WPL [...]

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Add-In Review: WHS Customizer

Sunday, January 27, 2008

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As the number of Add-ins for Windows Home Server increases and the Add-In developer community grows in size and expertise we are seeing a shift from single purpose add-ins to add-in suites containing a whole range of different tools accessed from console. We’ve already seen this demonstrated with add-ins like Whiist. Certainly Jay Hinrich’s WHS Customizer [...]

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Add-In: Tab Manager

Thursday, January 24, 2008

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Brendan Grant’s latest add-in is Tab Manager - this add-in enables you to display all of your installed add-ins within a separate window in the Windows Home Server Console.   This add-in is still in beta and Brendan’s advising that it’s not for widespread use - still, if you’re feeling brave…. More Info: Tab Manager | WGS Add-In Forum

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Add-In Review: Remote Notification

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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If you are a tweaker like I am then you will like this add-in a lot.  I always want to be on top of things and know what is happening when I am away from home.  How would you like to get an email or text message when your Windows Home Server is having a [...]

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