If you have a home theater PC, you’ve undoubtedly heard of AnyDVD HD. In fact, it is probably one of the first few items you install on a new HTPC build. Well, two years ago Slysoft announced they were doing away with lifetime updates for AnyDVD HD which we covered back in 2011. However, I [...]
XBMC Dharma 10.0 Review
2011/01/24 by
I’ve had a quick minute or two to play with the latest XBMC 10.0 release. So far it is a nice improvement over prior versions. Here are my thoughts on the Windows version so far. I will have to get some time to play around with the Linux version before I post a followup detailing [...]
AnyDVD HD Lifetime Updates
2011/01/08 by
Slysoft has announced that, as of January 01 2011, they will be discontinuing their lifetime update license for AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD. However, a quick check shows that it is still an option on the sales page. So if you have been playing around with their trial versions and thinking about getting a registered license, [...]
Blu-Ray Comes to Linux, Finally!
2010/01/04 by
For the Linux fans out there, today is a great day! Up until now, blu-ray playback support in Linux has been very complicated and quite an aggravating experience. First you would have to hope you had the right BD-ROM drive and that there was a hacked firmware for you to flash it with. Then you [...]
Ember Media Manager 1102 Released
2009/12/31 by
The guys over at the Ember Media Manager project have released revision 1102 with a number of bug fixes. Ember Media Manager is one of, if not the, best applications out there for managing your movie media collection and producing XBMC compatible NFO catalogs. Some of the more notable changes are: Many of the scrapers [...]
XBMC Gets 1080p Across All Platforms
2009/12/31 by
XBMC will now have the ability to decode and playback full 1080p streams with ease. And the best part about it, is that it will have full cross platform support! Previously, anyone looking to decode any 1080p streams in H.264 or VC-1 would need a nice beefy processor to do all the heavy lifting. Then [...]
XBMC 9.11 Released
2009/12/28 by
XBCM has released version 9.11 of their Xbox Media Center with a whole slew of updates, changes, and tweaks. The most noticeable difference is the new default theme. XBMC switched over to the new Confluence theme as the default with the recently updated PM3.HD set as the secondary default. As part of their cleanup, XBMC [...]
Blu-Ray: Obstacles and Advantages
2009/12/13 by
A few years back when blu-ray was just starting to come about, Richard Weber wrote in an article entitled “The Age of Blu-Ray” detailing some of the main benefits of blu-ray technology: “Do you remember how awesome it was when you upgraded from you old VHS tapes to DVDs? The picture was way clearer and [...]
Ember Media Manager Lives On…..Sort Of
2009/12/09 by
So earlier, I mentioned that development on one of my favorite media managers was being halted by the main developer. I have been following the thread over at XBMC Forums in hopes that some generous users will revive this promising gem. After 200 some odd pages, it appears that some have done just that. Well, [...]
Ember Media Manger Facing the Reaper?
2009/11/23 by
I wrote earlier about Ember Media Manager being a wonderful tool for managing and maintaining your vast movie collection. Well sadly, it appears that development on this project may be coming to an end. The primary developer has had some issues and has announced that he will be discontinuing development. He has offered to hand [...]
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