Items Tagged With media player

Here's a multi-talented little box that runs on embedded Linux, from SysMaster. Just have a look at the specs and features pages on the SysMaster Website for the huge list of uses - IPTV Streaming, Digital Audio Streaming, VoIP Telephony, Email Client, IM Client, PBX, VoiceMail, the list goes on...

We're huge fans of xBox Media Center here at Automated Home, and with 2nd hand boxes available for around £40 theses days it really is the media player bargain of the century. One little problem is the lack of an IR controlled On/Off facility for the system, but now UK Home Automation mailing list old timer, and serial moder Quinten Uijldert has blogged his installation of the XIR Easy Kit which fixes this issue...

This looks like a great free plugin for Windows Media Center that allows playback of DivX and XviD AVIs...

"One great thing with Windows Media Center is the all-in-one concept : you have all your pictures, music, videos and TV shows accessible from one remote control. Still, until the Vista Media Center, the customization was rather limited. For example, it was not possible to do a fast forward for "non-microsoft" encoded videos. And what about Matroska or AVI videos who have multiple audio and subtitle streams ? How to switch between them ? What about external subtitle files ? This is what this plugin brings and more. And of course all these features accessible from the remote control...

This new wired and wireless HD media player streams DivX, Xvid, MPEG, MPG, VCD(DAT), DVD(VOB, IFO), WMV(WMV-9), ASF(WMV-9), TP, TS, TRP and supports 480, 720p,1080i, 1080p out its DVI port...

"The new MX-760HD Media Center will take advantage of the superior capabilities of Sigma 8621 chipset, including outstanding visual quality supported by leading-edge video decoding technologies, the high resolution audio specifications and the capability for wireless connectivity to home and office networks. It features the wireless 802.11g technology with WEP infrastructure to deliver maximum wireless signal rates (of up to 54 Mbps) for streaming digital media across network clients...

The latest build of the excellent WebGuide 4.0 for Windows Media Center 2005 and Vista, includes the ability to stream live TV over the LAN or WAN...