5 Alternatives to Windows Media Center for Windows 10
Windows 10 will offer many new features, but some old favorites will be deprecated. The Windows Media Center will no longer be supported. Here are alternative media center application compatible with Windows 10 to take you forward.
Making The Best Media Center Better, With a Plex Pass [Giveaway]
Love Plex? You'll love a Plex Pass even more. With new and exclusive features only for Plex Pass holders, it's the best way to support development of the best media centre app around.
Get Even Closer To The Cinema Experience With Plex Movie Trailers
The cross-platform media server Plex now supports movie trailers and extras. We show you how to add those clips to your movie library.
Asustor AS-202TE NAS Review and Giveaway
Every perfect home media center needs a network attached storage. How else are you going to store your favourite TV shows and movies?
Build a Leaner, Greener, Meaner HTPC with AMD's New AM1 Platform
This article covers the various components, with suggestions, for building an AM1-based media center or office productivity desktop.
Chromecast vs. Apple TV vs. Roku: Which Media Streamer Suits You?
Media streaming devices are simply awesome. Those little boxes that connect to your TV can add a wealth of entertainment options to your living room. But which device is best for you?
Reddit + XBMC = Virtual Crack. Here's How To Set It Up.
Reddit always finds the best videos; XBMC is the best media center. Combine these two things to browse the best videos on the web right now, from your couch.
5 Options to Consider For Your Next Media Center
I've spent the last 5 years of my life searching for it and countless thousands of dollars in the process. I'm talking of course about the holy grail - the ultimate media center. Truth be told, I still haven't found it. There is no one solution that suits all my needs, that can do everything and do it with panaché - but some of these 5 hardware options certainly come close.
8 Essential Tools For the Digital Hoarder
Yes - I'm a digital hoarder - and my hard drive was so full I had to buy a 4TB NAS. Movies, music, photos, eBooks, stock footage -- I just know I'll get around to watching, listening, reading or making use of them someday. Without the proper tools (or counselling, probably) a collection like that can quickly grow out of hand. But I'm not here to judge - no, I'm going to enable you. These tools should help, at least until you realise it's time to purge yourself of these meaningly virtual things.
Roku 3 Review and Giveaway
As more content becomes available online, the need for a traditional television subscription may not be enough anymore to justify the costs. If you’re already subscribed to services like Netflix or Hulu Plus, now may be the time to make the switch. You will still need a computer or system that can access all of that content for you — more commonly, it’s called a media streamer or a home theatre PC. We got a Roku 3 to review and give away to a lucky reader, so let’s see whether it lives up to the hype!
Super-Power Your Media Centre With These 9 Hacks
The media center is the ultimate living room experience; one PC to play everything, one PC to find and download, and one PC to bring in all the family and bind them in front of a glowing widescreen TV. And if you didn’t get that reference, you ought to watch more movies. But with a few hacks, your humble media center can do so much more.
Replace Windows Home Server With These Great Free Tools
Microsoft has been implementing big changes lately, and none of them are sitting too well with me. If you’re as jaded as I am about the $50 Windows Home Server being killed off - replaced by the $450 Windows Server Essentials - then fear not; you can get pretty much all the same functionality from these awesome free tools, and not give Microsoft a penny in the process.
6 UPnP/DLNA Servers for Streaming Media to Your Devices
UPnP devices are able to see and communicate with one another, and one of the best uses for this technology to stream media around the house.
Sockso - Your Own Personal Music Server, No Third Party Required
Set up your own personal music server, with a web-based interface that lets you listen to your collection everywhere. Sockso does this, and runs great on Windows, Mac and Linux alike. Google Music and services like it are great. All of your music is moved to the cloud, giving you the ability to listen to it anywhere. There's a tradeoff, though - you're trusting a third party with your music collection.
How & Why To Use TVersity As An Alternative Media Server With Your Xbox 360
We recently published an article about the value of using your Xbox 360 as a media center. One commenter noted that the ease of its use can be enhanced with a media server program called TVersity. My experience with using Windows Media Center as an extender for my 360 has always been lackluster, so I gave it a whirl. TVersity turned out to be a good, though not flawless, solution.
How To Build A WiFi PC Radio With Subsonic [Cross-Platform]
Downloading or streaming music is definitely an activity that I love to do when I'm relaxing or just trying to pass the time. The problem I have is that when I download music to a PC, I may want to access that music from different PCs in my house. To solve that problem, I decided to create a sort of Wi-Fi PC Radio server where I can store all of my music and then allow users from anywhere to stream that music.
How To Stream Music & Video To Your iPhone, iPod Touch Or iPad From A Mac Or Windows PC [iOS]
An issue I encountered when I first received my iPhone was the inability to stream my fairly well-organised music and video collection direct to my new device. I don’t use iTunes other than on my iPhone for the odd podcast, mainly because I’m primarily a Linux user, so I thought I would try Air Playit for Windows and Mac OS X.
Take a Look at James' Home Setup [Show & Tell]
Taking a break from our regular awesome software reviews and tutorials, I thought it’d be interesting if myself and some of the other staff writers here at MakeUseOf show you our own home setups - whether that be in the form of fantastic custom desks, complicated home media-streaming networks, or just the apps and services we make use of on a regular basis and our favourite software tools.