Wich Media Center are you using ?

[gladiateur555]

Hello,

for many years now I'm using my VAIO with the media center from Microsoft. I'm tweaking a lot with changing background, remove menu entry,...
For all movies/cartoon and TV series I use Media Browser and that is just amazing how is great! And Blu-Ray are playing with PowerDVD 13 inside
Media Browser. Everything works perfectly with my Remote Logitech Harmony One. (Except multi langage MKV)

Now that I make a fresh install I will consider if there is maybe something else better or not. I just take a look to XBMC that seems also very nice.
The only things that I'm missing and the possibility to launch game directly inside he Media Center. For example, create a menu "Game" and put
.exe icon that can launch the game inside Media Center and go back directly when I stop the game. Is it possible?

I saw that with XBMC an emulator exist and you can play directly inside XBMC.

Which software are you using inside yours VAIO ?

glad 

[Oliver]

Hi,

I use the same set up as you. I use Windows 7 media centre and media browser.
I use media browser to watch movies, HD TV and record.
I have always fancied trying different software, but I've been busy and everything just works at the mo, so I'm leaving it alone

[IT Troll]

XBMC is by far the most mature and best supported of the alternatives. I haven't tried it myself but if I was to move away from Media Center that would be my choice.

There is a freebie utility called Relaunch that allows you to launch anything you like from Media Center. You could use this to launch a specific game or perhaps launch Steam in Big Picture mode so that you can browse through your games from your sofa. Again not something I have tried yet.
code.google.com/p/relaunch/

[sinful]

Launching steam from WMC in big picture has been working pretty well for me, but it did bog things down a little before I upgraded everything.

[qualopec]

I use W7 Ultimate on a VGX-XL3/VGP-XL1B3. I split the OCUR power cable and obtained another usb harness from sony to install a 2nd internal OCUR tuner. With this setup I needed 2 CableCARDs, and 2 tuner adapters. Now I use the Ceton InfiniTV 6 ETH with a single CableCARD and only one TA.