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Get directories included in Windows Media Center libraries

I'm writing an add-in for Media Center (the version that comes with Windows 7) and want to retrieve the list of physical directories which the user has included in the media libraries (pictures, videos, recorded tv, movies, music). The Media Center…
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media center extended

Where can I find resources related to writing your own media center extender client - i.e. an application that will run on another machine at home and remotely render vista's media center on it, allowing to stream movies, live tv etc Thanks, Gil
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Is there a .Net API for querying the Windows 7 Media Center Program Guide?

I'd like to query the Windows 7 Media Center Program Guide from a C# app. e.g. to answer questions like "What time is The Inbetweeners next showing on Channel 4?". I've looked through the Media Center SDK (v6 and v5) but this suggests it is only…
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Matching list of files (for a tv show) with episodes for that show

I would like to implement or find a library implementing a feature similar to that in Plex where it matches video files for a show to actual episodes for that show. What I have found so far: Plex's scanner is closed source but based on XBMC. XBMC's…
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Is .NET 3.5 a reasonable pre-requisite for a media center plugin?

We have an open source media center plug-in. At the moment its download size is one measly megabyte. If I change my plug-in to require .NET 3.5, users may have to download 197 megs just to be able to use my plug-in. I am in the middle of a big…
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Windows Media Center Application and UAC

I'm currently trying to write a Windows Media Center Application (Vista) that can restart a service with UAC enabled. Everything works fine when UAC is disabled but as soon as UAC is enabled I get an Access is Denied error. I believe this is because…
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How to write a hello world add-in for Win 7 Media Center

I want to write a simple hello world add in for Media Center on Windows 7, but I am having problems finding up to date functional documentation. I found this page: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mcreasy/archive/2004/10/12/241449.aspx which looks to be…
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UWP Mediabox - a few questions

I have a question to you and I really hope you can provide me some information. I wish to build a media center because I have not found any possibilities to cast my stuff straight to the big screen from my Windows mobile phone. Off course there is…
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Is the IE 7 in Windows Media Center a full featured IE?

I'm getting reports from my website of weird Javascript errors in a piece of code that normally works well, all with the following user agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; WOW64; Trident/4.0; GTB6; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727;…
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how create a rectangle glass like windows media center xaml

I want to create a rectangle glass and a menu exact like that is in windows media center i want do it with xaml not blend... please help i want create a menu like this for my app. want do this too
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BuildFire: Looking to add a folder option in the Manual Media Center

I'm looking to add folder functionality into the manual media center plugin. Ideally, when I click on an item that I've added into the media center, that item would then open up to a folder plugin. How should I combine the code of both plugins to…
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Getting recording status in Win Media Center 7

I am using a Hauppauge HD-PVR with Windows 7 Media Center (using DVBLink to connect them). I'd like to write a small application to check if the system is currently recording and if not perform some action. Which classes do I use to get this status?…
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How do I add a reference to the Microsoft.MediaCenter.TV.Scheduling namespace used in the media center SDK examples?

I want to use the Microsoft.MediaCenter.TV.Scheduling namespace in my C# windows media center project but it's not showing up in the Add Reference dialog in Visual Studio. Where can I find the right DLL to reference?
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Registering MCE AddIn under existing root menus

I have written a plugin for Windows 7 Media Center, and I would like to register it to appear under the root "TV" menu. What do I need to put in the Registration.xml to achieve this? Thanks!
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Null media experience when playing videos from a plugin in windows media center

In our windows media center plugin we use the PlayMedia api to play Videos. This is the documented API by MS for playing videos and is documented in the…
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