Tag Archive: Vista Media Center

Open Media Library for Vista Media Center

Posted Apr.26, 2008 under Development, Media Center

I’ve decided to put the resources and knowledge I gained from working on MyTheatre to use by joining the Development team of Open Media Library. Since it seems we all share a common goal, we should be able to get something functional out the door much quicker than what I could do myself.

Finally, an open source solution to viewing and organizing your dvd library with media center. This add-in allows users to browse their movie library all in one location. The titles have associated actor, producers, summaries, runtime displayed. The main layout of the project was designed to work through an extender such as the xbox360.

Here’s a preview of what’s to expect in the first functional release:

Open Media Library

Open Media Library

Got a suggestion, addition or just want to request a feature? Head over to the forums http://www.ornskov.dk/forum/index.php

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MyTheatre for Vista Media Center

Posted Sep.16, 2007 under Development, Media Center

Vista Media Center does a great job for displaying and organizing your DVD’s with the DVD library, but unfortunately lacks the ability to do the same thing with other media files. This is where MyTheatre comes in.

Here’s a bit of a preview of what I’ve been working on.

MyTheatre for Vista Media Center

Planned features include:

  • Multi file support (e.g. Movie CD1.avi, Movie CD2.avi)
  • Multiple file locations (You can have several locations where files are stored, and they will all show up on the one screen)
  • Metadata support for at least
    • Title
    • Release Year
    • Cover
    • Genre
    • Plot
    • Cast
    • Runtime
    • Rating
  • Ability to flag movie as watched
  • Offline media (You can have files on CD/DVD that will still show in the movies list. When selected you will be prompted to insert the appropriate media)
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