media center

SesamTV Media Center description
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 multimedia center for your videos (MPEG, DivX, DV), your DVD, your music (MP3, CD), your pictures and the Internet (Video On Demand, radios).

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

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 gives you the opportunity to transform your TV set into a genuine multimedia center for your videos (DivX, DV, MPEG ...), your DVD, your music (MP3, Compact Disk), your pictures and the Internet (Video On Demand, radios). You can also watch, record and pause live TV if you have a TV tuner Card.



SesamTV Media Center major features :

- TV friendly interface

- Designed to be controlled with any PC remote control

- Live TV display, recording and pausing

- 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


Sesam.tv offers also two hardware packages :

- The Remote Control package contains a PC remote control and the SesamTV Media Center software.
- The SesamBox package contains a PC to TV wireless transmitter, a remote control and the SesamTV Media Center software.
http://www.sesamtv.com

Windows Media Center SDK description
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 (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.

Organize and experience all your media -- music, photos, and video YOUR way - all from a single software program!

Connect your PC to your home entertainment hardware and control it all with a remote! Load your music on your iPod while you watch TV!

Media Center is a software that helps you collect, organize and play media files.

Copy music from MEDIA CENTER to a portable digital audio player or move digital camera photos into MCs powerful image library.

Make a CD of music for your car. Record your favorite shows and watch them on your TV. More than one soundcard? Play different music simultaneously in different rooms.

Here are some key features of "Media Center":

· Copy music from MEDIA CENTER to a portable digital audio player or move digital camera photos into MCs powerful image library. Make a CD of music for your car. Record your favorite shows and watch them on your TV. More than one soundcard? Play different music simultaneously in different rooms. MCs Media Server can even stream your music to your PC at work!

· Camera and Images
· Support for Canon and Kodak cameras and others that use the WIA interface. Almost all cameras are supported.
· Image enhancement during slide show or for e-mail and web upload.
· Display color images as black-and-white or sepia.
· JPG, BMP, TIFF, RAW and PNG support.
· With one click, acquire images from your camera and load them into your media library.
· Basic image editing.

· Remote control Improved learning mode and additional commands.

· Handheld Devices
· For the iPod:
· Single Click Synchronization of iPod audio and data with MC.
· Apply Replay Gain to files on iPod.
· Dynamically adjust playback volumes.
· Audible file bookmarking.
· iPod playcounts, date last played, and rating transfer to MC from iPod.

· For players that support synchronization or appear as a drive:
· Drag and Drop on Handheld image in the Action Window.
· One click synchronization.

· For players that appear as a drive:
· Auto create a folder structure based on tags.
· Designate a root directory.

· For Microsoft PlaysForSure devices
· Support for handhelds that play Microsoft protected files and the WMDM standard.

· Cover View
· MC has a new view showing album covers for audio tracks Note the new "My Computer" section of the organization tree, where you can browse your drives without leaving the application. Digital Images
· The main image screen, showing thumbnails of digital camera images. An optional properties window can be opened for details about each image Minor edits can be made with the included Image Editor.

· Theater View Prefer to browse your media from the comfort of the couch? This customizable view is designed for use from across the room on a monitor or TV. Type is enlarged and navigation is simplified so its easy to use with a remote.

· PLAY your media YOUR way
· Create a slideshow of your vacation photos, and add a music soundtrack from your song library. Get the party started with a playlist of hot tunes. Or let MC do the work by picking an Auto Smartlist, such as an hour of random music, a CD of MP3 favorites, an audio CD of recently played tracks etc.

· Slideshow
· Digital images can be screened in an automated slideshow. You can stop to zoom in on a single image, pan from side to side, and then resume. All with your favorite music playing in the background. Slideshow options
· Change the look of your slide show by altering the timing between images, transition effects and more.

· Auto Smartlists
· An hour of random music, a CD of MP3 favorites, an audio CD of recently played tracks, all tracks with empty properties. These and more are what "Auto Smartlists" are about. Powerful TV Features
· TV recording, pause, resume, fast forward and re-wind. Control it using a remote device across the room or a PDA, PocketPC or TabletPC.

· ORGANIZE your media YOUR way
· Want to arrange your pictures by subject, date, and location? Categorize your music by artist, album, genre and assign a star-rating to your favorite songs? Or sort your videos by director, cast and year? Do it easily with the worlds most powerful and flexible media library. Even add your own custom categories.

· File Browser
· A new section of the Organization Tree called "My Computer" lets you browse all your files and folders as with Windows Explorer. You can even see files you havent imported and files on your portable music player. Flexible views
· You can add new "view schemes" under any media type so you can see your files, arranged as you want to see them.

· CD and Track Lookup
· J. Rivers YADB database is the most trouble-free and accurate database available for CD titles and tracks. Audio fingerprinting also lets you look up track names on individual tracks. Extensive Tagging Capabilities
· MC supports ID3v1 and ID3v2 for music. It supports J. River tags for photos. It can also import MusicMatch tags. You can fill the tags from the file names, re-name files from the tags, clean tags and much more. When the files are moved and re-imported, the organization is restored.

Media Center description
Media Center will collect, organize, and play media files Organize and experience all your media -- music, photos, and video YOUR way - all from a single software program!

Connect your PC to your home entertainment hardware and control it all with a remote! Load your music on your iPod while you watch TV!

Media Center is a software that helps you collect, organize and play media files.

Copy music from MEDIA CENTER to a portable digital audio player or move digital camera photos into MCs powerful image library.

Make a CD of music for your car. Record your favorite shows and watch them on your TV. More than one soundcard? Play different music simultaneously in different rooms.

Here are some key features of "Media Center":

· Copy music from MEDIA CENTER to a portable digital audio player or move digital camera photos into MCs powerful image library. Make a CD of music for your car. Record your favorite shows and watch them on your TV. More than one soundcard? Play different music simultaneously in different rooms. MCs Media Server can even stream your music to your PC at work!

· Camera and Images
· Support for Canon and Kodak cameras and others that use the WIA interface. Almost all cameras are supported.
· Image enhancement during slide show or for e-mail and web upload.
· Display color images as black-and-white or sepia.
· JPG, BMP, TIFF, RAW and PNG support.
· With one click, acquire images from your camera and load them into your media library.
· Basic image editing.

· Remote control Improved learning mode and additional commands.

· Handheld Devices
· For the iPod:
· Single Click Synchronization of iPod audio and data with MC.
· Apply Replay Gain to files on iPod.
· Dynamically adjust playback volumes.
· Audible file bookmarking.
· iPod playcounts, date last played, and rating transfer to MC from iPod.

· For players that support synchronization or appear as a drive:
· Drag and Drop on Handheld image in the Action Window.
· One click synchronization.

· For players that appear as a drive:
· Auto create a folder structure based on tags.
· Designate a root directory.

· For Microsoft PlaysForSure devices
· Support for handhelds that play Microsoft protected files and the WMDM standard.

· Cover View
· MC has a new view showing album covers for audio tracks Note the new "My Computer" section of the organization tree, where you can browse your drives without leaving the application. Digital Images
· The main image screen, showing thumbnails of digital camera images. An optional properties window can be opened for details about each image Minor edits can be made with the included Image Editor.

· Theater View Prefer to browse your media from the comfort of the couch? This customizable view is designed for use from across the room on a monitor or TV. Type is enlarged and navigation is simplified so its easy to use with a remote.

· PLAY your media YOUR way
· Create a slideshow of your vacation photos, and add a music soundtrack from your song library. Get the party started with a playlist of hot tunes. Or let MC do the work by picking an Auto Smartlist, such as an hour of random music, a CD of MP3 favorites, an audio CD of recently played tracks etc.

· Slideshow
· Digital images can be screened in an automated slideshow. You can stop to zoom in on a single image, pan from side to side, and then resume. All with your favorite music playing in the background. Slideshow options
· Change the look of your slide show by altering the timing between images, transition effects and more.

· Auto Smartlists
· An hour of random music, a CD of MP3 favorites, an audio CD of recently played tracks, all tracks with empty properties. These and more are what "Auto Smartlists" are about. Powerful TV Features
· TV recording, pause, resume, fast forward and re-wind. Control it using a remote device across the room or a PDA, PocketPC or TabletPC.

· ORGANIZE your media YOUR way
· Want to arrange your pictures by subject, date, and location? Categorize your music by artist, album, genre and assign a star-rating to your favorite songs? Or sort your videos by director, cast and year? Do it easily with the worlds most powerful and flexible media library. Even add your own custom categories.

· File Browser
· A new section of the Organization Tree called "My Computer" lets you browse all your files and folders as with Windows Explorer. You can even see files you havent imported and files on your portable music player. Flexible views
· You can add new "view schemes" under any media type so you can see your files, arranged as you want to see them.

· CD and Track Lookup
· J. Rivers YADB database is the most trouble-free and accurate database available for CD titles and tracks. Audio fingerprinting also lets you look up track names on individual tracks. Extensive Tagging Capabilities
· MC supports ID3v1 and ID3v2 for music. It supports J. River tags for photos. It can also import MusicMatch tags. You can fill the tags from the file names, re-name files from the tags, clean tags and much more. When the files are moved and re-imported, the organization is restored.


Requirements:

· 600 MHz Pentium
· 32 MB RAM
· 40 MB Free hard drive space
· Sound card
· Video card
· Microsoft Internet Explorer I.E. 5.0 or above
· Internet connection (recommended).


Limitations:

· 30 days trial

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 (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.

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..

CoolCube XP Media Center is a free tool that will incorporate a Media Center functions and features to your Windows XP. It delivers 5 broadband platforms: Music, News, Movie, Finance and Sport with the same easy access to hundreds of channels.

Wii Media Center X is a free multimedia server developed by Red Kawa. It allows you to stream certain types of pictures, music, videos and files from your computer (where the server running) to your Nintendo Wii. Wii Media Center X runs on most major operating systems including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Here are some key features of "Wii Media Center X":

· Videos - Wii Media Center X lets you stream and watch videos in the Flash video format (FLV) on your Wii. You can download flash videos from many places on the internet or create your own using Wii Video 9.
· 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.


Whats New in This Release:

· Removed: CH Flash Video Player
· Added: Flowplayer Flash Video Player
· Added: Manually setting for IP of server
· Added: Alerts for Slideshow and Music Functionality