Disklavier

Yes, Windows Media Center, combined with an

HDTV Tuner made a very attractive DVR because

Windows also supplied a national and local

channel guide and  schedule free.


Yes, MediaMonkey is a good Media Player as is VLC

which often will play media files that other media

players can not.


Thank you for your reply. :-)


On 5/4/2015 9:54 PM, Spencer Chase lists@... [disklavier] 
wrote:
>
> i forget what media center does. i know they dropped it from win 8 but 
> you could add it. i was interested only because it was one option of 
> many to make my own DVR. instead i bought a Tivo so never had to 
> explore it further.
>
> the best Media Player of all is Media Monkey. it does not do TV stuff. 
> it has many addons and plugins and can even play MIDI files and 
> display metadata if you add the plugin for MIDI and for reading 
> metadata from a txt file. it can be simple plug and play or can get as 
> complicated as you want.
>
> basically, it is what Itunes would be if it were not a bloated pile of 
> garbage. Mac users have been crying for a Mac version of Media Monkey 
> for years and now it is sort of officially supported via plugins and 
> something called wineskin. no reason to suffer with Itunes for PC 
> (even worse than the Mac version) of Mac.
>
> http://www.mediamonkey.com/addons/browse/item/mac-osx-mediamonkey/
>
>
> On 5/4/2015 9:22 AM, dashby dashby@... [disklavier] wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Members of Disklavier,
>>
>>
>> By now most people using Windows for Disklavier
>>
>> applications either use Windows XP "off-line" or have moved
>>
>> on to Windows 7 or 8.1 or to an Apple iOS or Linux or Android.
>>
>>
>> For those in the Windows Camp, waiting in the wings is Windows 10.
>>
>> (For owners of Windows 7 and 8.1, the Windows 10 upgrade will be free.)
>>
>>
>> But alas, in that migration, those who use "Windows
>>
>> Media Center" will lose this program in Windows 10.
>>
>>
>> Therefore, heads up to "Windows Media Center" users.
>>
>>
>> Please see the following ZDNet article:
>>
>>
>> http://www.zdnet.com/article/rip-windows-media-center/?tag=nl.e539&s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Dale Ashby
>> Portland, ME
>>
>>
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