Disklavier

Thank you for your insightful reply.

I was not aware of XBMC/Kodi and will

add it to my Windows system and try it. :-)


 From first glance, I see it has good reviews

from C/Net and other rating and review websites.


PS: Your "kodi.tv/download" hypertext

link does not work for me so I pasted

a working link below.



http://kodi.tv/download/



Thanks again. :-)


On 5/5/2015 12:52 AM, 'Aaron Zornes' azornes@... [disklavier] wrote:
>
> XBMC/KODI replaced XB Media Center \u2026 It is fabulous media manager open 
> source tool ... runs on Linux, Windows XP/7/8/Vista, Mac, Android, 
> (jailbroken) IOS devices, etc. etc. ... stream content off the web 
> and/or streams content off your ripped DVDs/BDs on your devices/NAS 
> servers \u2026 we then use iPhones, Androids and iPads as remote controls 
> for even more ease-of-use ... even 5-6 year old kids and great 
> grandparents pick up the user interface immediately
>
> XBMC/Kodi - Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_%28software%29>
>
> en.*wikipedia*.org/wiki/Kodi_(software)
>
> Wikipedia
>
> Kodi (formerly *XBMC*) is a free and open-source media player software 
> developed by the *XBMC* Foundation, a non-profit technology 
> consortium. Kodi is ...
>
> \u200e10-foot user interface 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10-foot_user_interface> - \u200eList of 
> software based on Kodi ... 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_based_on_Kodi_and_XBMC>
>
> Most of my family, friends and neighbors in San Francisco area use it 
> \u2026 and have \u201ccut their cable\u201d and said \u201cgood bye\u201d to Comcast, DirecTV, 
> AT&T, etc.
>
> kodi.tv/download
>
> There is a learning curve but http://fusion.tvaddons.ag makes it 
> incredibly easy to configure \u2026 YouTube it.
>
> We run it on all our laptops, phones, tablets and TVs (with spare 
> laptops or $100-$200 Linux boxes such as ZOTAC)
>
> --Aaron in San Francisco // DC6A Mark III/DKC-850
>
> *From:*disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, May 04, 2015 11:22 PM
> *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [disklavier] "Windows Media Center" is Dead
>
>
>
> 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@... 
> <mailto: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@...
>     <mailto: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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