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This release includes documentation, tools, sample code and Visual Studio 2005 project templates for the following Windows Media Center platform models:
· Windows Media Center Presentation Layer Application (Local, Background and Web)
· Hosted .NET Framework 3.0 eXtensible Application Markup Language Browser Application (XBAP)
· Hosted HTML
Powered by Windows Media Center, Media Center PCs are complete Windows machines enhanced for home entertainment. These computers represent the evolution of home PCs into digital media hubs that bring together your entertainment choices and allow you to access them with one remote control in multiple rooms of your home.
The Windows Media Center platform enables you to create rich media applications and services for use with mouse, keyboard, and remote control.
This section contains programmability documentation, sample programs, and templates; Windows Media Center application user interface guidelines; and other resources for software development on the Windows Media Center platform.
Featuring Dolby Digital surround sound audio and hardware-accelerated video on all Microsoft DirectX compatible graphics processors, the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder will deliver unmatched color fidelity and smooth video, DVD and TV viewing.
Here are some key features of "NVIDIA DVD Decoder":
· Enables DVD viewing with Microsoft® Windows Media® Player or Microsoft Windows® Media Center Edition
·Enables TV playback for Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition. (A TV tuner is required to capture and tune the TV channels.)
· High quality MPEG-2 decoder supports any third party software application
· based upon Microsoft DirectShow
· Dolby Digital surround sound decoding
· Minimizes CPU utilization by offloading the MPEG-2 decoding onto the graphics processor
· Enables playback of ATSC and DVB transport streams in Windows Media Ceter and Windows Media Player.
· Supports Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Centers allowing end users to transcode MPEG-2 content into Windows Media Video 9
· S/PDIF pass-through for external decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS (compatible hardware required)
Technical Specifications
· Fully compliant ISO MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video and audio decoder
· MPEG-2 acceleration for inverse quantization (IQ), inverse discrete cosine
· transform (IDCT), and motion compensation (mo comp)
· Microsoft DirectShow support
· Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration support
· Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer 7 and 9
· Overlay support
· Sub-picture support
· Transport stream file reader for Windows Media Player and Windows Media
· Center
NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder supports all Microsoft DirectX 8.x compatible chips, including:
· NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series
· NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series
· NVIDIA GeForce4 family
· NVIDIA GeForce FX family
· NVIDIA Quadro® family
· NVIDIA Quadro2 family
· NVIDIA Quadro DCC family
· NVIDIA Quadro4 family
· NVIDIA Quadro FX family
· NVIDIA nForce family
· NVIDIA nForce2 family
· ATI® Radeon family
· Intel® i915
· Intel® i865
· Intel® i845G
· Intel i815G/i815EG
Audio Chips Supported:
· NVIDIA nForce Audio
· Creative Labs® Ensoniq Audio PCI
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PCI
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 +Wa
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster 512 3D
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audig
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audig
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audig
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audig
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5
· Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5
· Philips® Rhythmic Edge PCI
· Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
· SIIG® Soundwave Pro PCI 32-bit
Limitations:
· NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder Platinum 30 day Trial
Windows Media Center SDK - Documentation, tools and sample code for developing Windows Media Center applications and services The Windows Media Center Software Development Kit was designed to help developers easily create applications and software components that will take advantage of features provided by Microsoft Windows Media Center.
This release includes documentation, tools, sample code and Visual Studio 2005 project templates for the following Windows Media Center platform models:
· Windows Media Center Presentation Layer Application
· Hosted .NET Framework 3.0 eXtensible Application Markup Language Browser Application (XBAP)
· Hosted HTML
Powered by Windows Media Center, Media Center PCs are complete Windows machines enhanced for home entertainment. These computers represent the evolution of home PCs into digital media hubs that bring together your entertainment choices and allow you to access them with one remote control in multiple rooms of your home.
The Windows Media Center platform enables you to create rich media applications and services for use with mouse, keyboard, and remote control.
This section contains programmability documentation, sample programs, and templates; Windows Media Center application user interface guidelines; and other resources for software development on the Windows Media Center platform.
Multi-featured multimedia center - all your visuals and music before your eyes! VAMP Media Center is a multi-featured multimedia suite that offers everything from simple listening to your MP3s to sorting your media files, media clips, photo sharing and more.
VAMP Media Center will enable you to create screensavers from your pictures, design wallpapers and send cool multimedia emails to other Vamp users.
It includes a full sample library of graphics for different occasions that can be included in your presentations. You can add text, edit the design, change image settings and more. Photo Sharing allows you to connect to groups and share pictures or open your own group and upload images for other to view.
The built in media organizer allows you to sort all your multimedia files and put them into easy to organize virtual folders. The screen saver builder allows you to create standalone screen savers and send them to your friends.
Additional features include dynamic greeting cards, calendar creation, text bubbles, media mixer, photo album and more.
mtvU for Media Center is the only 24-hour network dedicated to emerging music and everything you love about college mtvU for Media Center is the only 24-hour network dedicated to emerging music and everything you love about college.
The channel, which is broadcast to 7 million students at over
With mtvU for Media Center application, you can program the channel on demand and customize your experience, or just sit back and watch.
Requirements:
· Windows Media Center
VSPOT, VH1s new broadband entertainment network delivers VH1s best video programming on demand to Media Center PCs VSPOT, VH1s new broadband entertainment network delivers VH1s best video programming on demand to Media Center Computer.
Leading with music programming
Requirements:
· Windows Media Center Edition
SesamTV Media Center - all-in-one media center to enjoy PC medias on your TV set SesamTV Media Center is an all-in-one multimedia software designed to be viewed on a TV set (TV friendly interface, bold display, big buttons).
It can be totally controlled with any PC remote control (needs only 5 buttons).
SesamTV Media Center transforms your TV set into a genuine
Sesam.tv offers also two hardware packages: The Remote Control package contains a PC remote control and the Sesam.tv Navigator software. The SesamBox package contains a PC to TV wireless transmitter, a remote control and the Sesam.tv Navigator software.
Here are some key features of "SesamTV Media Center":
· TV friendly interface
· Designed to be controlled with any PC remote control
· Audio file player (mp3)
· Compact Disc Player
· Video file player
· DVD player
· Digital Photo player
· Internet radio access
· Internet video access (Sesam.tv Channels)
· Playlist
Requirements:
· Macromedia Flash Player
TVedia is a software that turns your ordinary PC into a feature packed media center Welcome to the world of digital media center! TVedia is the next generation networked Media Center PC software. TVedia is a software that turns your ordinary PC into a feature packed media center with stunning graphics and powerful media library management functions.
Using TVedia, you can access content on digital media server; you can play
Here are some key features of "TVedia":
· Flash like 10-ft media center user interface without special hardware requirement.
· Managing large media center collection with ease.
· First networked media center in the market.
· First media center software that supports both Windows Media DRM and iTunes Music Store purchased music.
· Portal to online digital content on your Media Center PC.
· Open source media center front-end, giving do-it-yourself Media Center PC enthusiasts complete control.
Requirements:
· Internet Explorer 6, DirectX 9 drivers
Limitations:
· 15 days trial
A directshow media center that can playback videos, controll your tv-card and broadcast over the internet or LAN your tv-card Star Media Center is designed to be a fast and smart tool that enables you to do pretty much everything with your audio-video hardware. At the moment Star Media Center has 5 main functions:
1. A very low resource demanding video player with tons of features. Refer to the howto section.
2. A TV viewing program. Star Media Center requires a TV-card with wdm drivers installed. It should work with every card out there as long as its drivers are fully compatible with DirectX9.
3. A FM tuning program. Star Media Center requires a TV-card (or a specialized radio capture card) with wdm drivers installed.
4. A DVD player. Star Media Center is capable of DVD playback as long as you have proper decoder installed in your system.
5. A video broadcasting server. This means that you can use your TV-card to broadcast (share) your favorite TV programs with your LAN friends and even on the Internet. When in broadcasting
Star Media Center offers interconnected features - for example when watching a movie and you want to quickly tune to a news station for just a few minutes you may simply do that and when youre done you can quickly resume your movie with only one click - no more changing from software to software, overlay conflicts and so on... For more info about the Star Media Center features please refer to the howto section.
Star Media Center system requirements:
CPU: In order to play most video files you will need a Celeron @ 466 MHZ or more powerful. Note, that for broadcasting you will need a more powerful processor - Pentium III @ 733 or higher. For tv-card viewing the minimum processor requirement is Pentium @ 233 MHZ.
RAM: 48 Megabytes.
Video card: For maximum quality output you will need a video card with overlay and VMR9 support (any Radeon or GeForce class video card). Minimum requirement: any DirectX comptatible video card.
TV-Card: Optional. Any capture device with appropriate WDM drivers installed.
HDD: Star Media Center is so small that you can run the program directly from your browser, or a floppy disk.
Network: Optional. For broadcasting mode you will need at least a 56 kbps modem. The quality will increase proportionally to your connection speed.
Other requirements: DirectX9c installed. You will also need Windows Media Format 9. Star Media Center is a directshow based application - therefore directshow codecs are needed. To decode most multimedia files you will need to download SMC Components (included in the Star Media Center Full Package).
Vista Caller-ID Windows Media Center Add-in software was designed for Windows Media Center to track and announce phone calls. It uses your Voice or Data MODEM and Caller ID service provided by your local phone company in order to identify whos calling.
Requirements:
· Windows Media Center
Glory Media Center comes with Cinema, Media library, Web browser, Media Searcher, and Downloader. The Cinema can play different media format (MPEG, AVI, WMV, MP3, WAV, JPG, and GIF). Media Library automatically categorizes your media files into video, audio, and image. Media library even allows you preview image thumb view. Web browser allows you surfing the Web while listening the music..
SesamTV Media Center is a friendly multimedia-player software designed to help you create your own digital home.
SesamTV Media Center has a new easy-to-use interface and a following features:
- Digital Television (viewing, recording, time-shifting, scheduling)
- Audio player
- Video player,
- DVD player
- Photo album
- Playlist
- Internet Radios
SesamTV Media Center is a multimedia software designed to be used over:
- TV :managing all your media through a friendly TV user interface, with a remote control, or
- PC :easy-to-use media player that supports many formats and can replace one or more players you are using now.
SesamTV Media Center can be used with a Remote Control. Many types are compatible with SesamTV Media Center.
With SesamTV Media Center you can manage all your digital media lifestyle within one high level user interface.
Install this update to resolve video issues in Windows XP Media Center 2005 January 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 - Install this update to resolve video issues in Windows XP Media Center 2005.
This update rollup addresses issues with suspend/resume
After you install January 2006 Update Rollup for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, you may have to restart your PC.
Requirements:
· Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
· Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 contains new features, functionality and improvements Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 contains new features, functionality and improvements,
· The ability to connect Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 to Xbox 360 to stream music, photos, recorded TV and video
· Support for DVD changers
· Improved DVD burning capabilities
· Stability and quality improvements
This update is highly recommended for all Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 customers.
Wii Media Center X - allows to stream certain types of pictures, music, videos and files from your PC to your Nintendo Wii. Wii Media Center X is a free multimedia server developed by Red Kawa.
Wii Media Center X will allow you to easily stream certain types of pictures, music, videos and files from your computer (where the server running) to your Nintendo Wii.
Here are some key features of "Wii Media Center X":
· Videos - Wii Media Center X lets you stream and watch videos
· Music - Wii Media Center X lets you playback MP3s on your Wii without the need of an SD card.
· Pictures - Red Kawa Media Center lets you view pictures on your Wii without the need of an SD card.
· Files - Wii Media Center X lets you browse your files located on your server.
Requirements:
· Intel Pentium class processor (400 MHz or faster recommended)
· 64 MB RAM
· Java<<br>
PS3 Media Center X - allows to stream certain types of pictures, music, videos and files from your PC to your PlayStation 3. PS3 Media Center X is a free multimedia server developed by Red Kawa.
PS3 Media Center X will allow you to easily stream certain types of pictures, music, videos and files from your computer (where the server running) to your Sony PlayStation 3.
Here are some key features of "PS3 Media Center X":
· Videos - PS3 Media Center X lets you stream and watch videos in the Flash
· Music - PS3 Media Center X lets you playback MP3s on your PS3 without the need of any copying or downloading.
· Pictures - Red Kawa Media Center lets you view pictures on your PS3 without the need of any copying or downloading.
· Files - PS3 Media Center X lets you browse and copy files located on your server to your PS3.
Requirements:
· Intel Pentium class processor (400 MHz or faster recommended)
· 64 MB RAM
· Java
mce Portal turns your Microsoft Media Center PC into an information center with rss news, weather, movie times, sudoku, tetris, horoscopes and more. With updates every five minutes you are always in touch with the latest news and local weather.
Requirements: MS Media Center, Flash 8
NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder is a combination of a hardware video processor and video decode software for playback of DVD and MPEG-2 videos using Microsoft Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center Edition.
Featuring Dolby Digital surround sound audio and hardware-accelerated video on all Microsoft DirectX compatible graphics processors, the NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder delivers unmatched color fidelity and smooth DVD, video, and TV viewing.
Key features of NVIDIA DVD Decoder include:
- Enables DVD viewing with Microsoft® Windows Media® Player or Microsoft Windows® Media Center Edition
- Enables TV playback for Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition. (A TV tuner is required to capture and tune the TV channels.)
- High quality MPEG-2 decoder supports any third party software application based upon Microsoft DirectShow
- Dolby Digital surround sound decoding
- Minimizes CPU utilization by offloading the MPEG-2 decoding onto the graphics processor
- Enables playback of ATSC and DVB transport streams in Windows Media Ceter and Windows Media Player.
- Supports Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Centers allowing end users to transcode MPEG-2 content into Windows Media Video 9
- S/PDIF pass-through for external decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS (compatible hardware required)
Technical Specifications
- Fully compliant ISO MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video and audio decoder
- MPEG-2 acceleration for inverse quantization (IQ), inverse discrete cosine
- transform (IDCT), and motion compensation (mo comp)
- Microsoft DirectShow support
- Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration support
- Microsoft Video Mixing Renderer 7 and 9
- Overlay support
- Sub-picture support
- Transport stream file reader for Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center
NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder supports all Microsoft DirectX 8.x compatible chips, including:
· NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series
· NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series
· NVIDIA GeForce4 family
· NVIDIA GeForce FX family
· NVIDIA Quadro® family
· NVIDIA Quadro2 family
· NVIDIA Quadro DCC family
· NVIDIA Quadro4 family
· NVIDIA Quadro FX family
· NVIDIA nForce family
· NVIDIA nForce2 family
· ATI® Radeon family
- Intel® i915
- Intel® i865
- Intel® i845G
- Intel i815G/i815EG
Audio Chips Supported:
- NVIDIA nForce Audio
- Creative Labs® Ensoniq Audio PCI
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PCI
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 +Wa
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster 512 3D
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audig
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audig
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audig
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audig
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! 5
- Philips® Rhythmic Edge PCI
- Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
- SIIG® Soundwave Pro PCI 32-bit
Limitations:
- NVIDIA PureVideo Decoder Platinum 30 day Trial
IMPORTANT: For instructions on how to activate the trial version visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder_1.02-223-trial.html