Media Streaming with Windows 7
Weve blogged about a number of features related to home networking and media in Windows 7. A scenario which brings all these together in a pretty cool way is Media Streaming.
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12.5.2009 Windows 7: Internet access to home media
By linking your Live ID to your user account in Windows 7 (from build 7048), you can now stream your home media to your another PC/laptop connected to a work or public network.
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12.3.2009 Office 2010 streaming-download
Microsoft has invited selected testers to try out a new way of delivering Office 2010 to customers using virtualization and streaming technologies.
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28.7.2009 Microsoft set to launch a music streaming service this month
The Telegraph is exclusively reporting that Microsoft is planning to launch a streaming music service, similar to Spotify, later this month.
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13.7.2009 Microsoft's MSN Video Player is now live, streaming TV shows
As promised, Microsoft has now launched MSN Video Player, its latest venture into the video on demand market.
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3.8.2009 Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center has been a part of my life several years. I've watched functionality improve in each new version, and I'm already using beta versions of Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Ultimate as part of my daily routine.
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7.6.2006 First Looks at Windows Vista Media Center
Microsoft's Media Center Edition of Windows XP has had a hard time. Though it's hard to call it a poor seller, MCE certainly has a market penetration that represents only a tiny fraction of the many millions of computers running Windows XP. And why should it? Most users don't have nice hi-def TVs hooked up to their PCs, or TV tuners, or really any need to enjoy their music, video, and TV stored on their PC via a 10-foot user interface. It doesn't help that the first edition of Media Center wasn't very good, either. Then again, Microsoft bounced back with its second effort, Media Center Edition 2005, one of the most improved software products ever.
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1.12.2005 Windows Vista Media Player Screenshots
Here is a sneak peek at what the new Media Player with the glass effect is going to look like in Windows Vista.
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Still 'no demand' for media-player-free Windows
A major U.K. retail store and three of the largest PC vendors worldwide still have no plans to sell the version of Microsoft Windows that does not contain its media player, five months after the version was released.
Microsoft started offering Windows XP N, a version of Windows without a bundled media player, in June of this year to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission.
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19.11.2005 Windows Media Player 11 Interview
I just put online my first interview here at The Insider. I ask a few questions I've seen asked here in the community in regards to Windows Meda Player 11 to Geoff Harris who is the Product Unit Manager for WMP 11.
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6.5.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Released
As promised and revealed by Neowin, Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP.
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30.10.2006 Windows Media Player Sidebar Gadget
This sidebar gadget has all the capabilities of WMP as embedded in a web page including the ability to play playlists, moves, audio, etc (.wpl, .wmv, as.
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12.2.2007 Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin
Have you been itching to enjoy your media content on Firefox? The Windows Media Player team put a lot of work into evolving media playback on Windows Vista through the new Media Foundation pipeline, and has also been actively monitoring feedback on WMP and playback in general.
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17.4.2007 Media Pack for Windows XP N SP3
Having taken Windows XP to Service Pack 3 in the first half of this year, Microsoft is continuing the evolution of the operating system.
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28.11.2008 Windows Vista Media Center Now with Netflix
The latest step in the evolution of Windows Media Center in Windows Vista is synonymous with the integration of the Netflix service directly into the default component of Windows.
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20.5.2009 Cover Flow in Windows 7 Media Center
Media Browser is a fantastic plug-in for Windows Media Center in Windows 7 and Vista which brings the famous Cover Flow like browsing experience from OS X Finder and iTunes right to your Media Center experience in Windows 7 !
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15.8.2009 Windows XP Media Center Rollup #2 Download
The Hotfix has been able to obtain the new Windows Media Center Rollup #2 hotfix (previously known as codename "Emerald") from a Microsoft contact ahead of time. This rollup is said to include a lot of new features as well as fixes, including Xbox 360 support, new TV card support, and much more. For the download and information on the rollup package click the links below.
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Windows Media Player 11 for XP download
I have some information about release dates on WMP 11 for XP that no one else has. This info was obtained from a Microsoft employee who I can't name but was able to give me this info.
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10.5.2006 Critical Bug In Legacy Windows Media Players
Proof-of-concept code that exploits a critical bug in Windows Media Player has gone public, Microsoft Corp. warned users late Thursday.
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12.12.2006 Download Windows 7 RTM Media Center SDK
Windows 7 General Availability will in just a few days be only two months away and Microsoft is laboring to catalyze the adaptation of the ecosystem of hardware and software solutions orbiting Windows to the latest iteration of the platform.
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17.8.2009 Windows Media Player 11 Beta Official download
Finally, Today it seems that Microsoft have released the highly anticipated Windows
Media Player 11 public beta! Along with this release, Microsoft have launched WMP11's
new website, which explains some of WMP11's major
features.
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17.5.2006 Windows Media Player 11 will RTM on September 14th
Exclusive news from keznews.net: Windows Media Player 11 for XP will RTM on September 14th, 2006.
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6.8.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 released to the public!
Today Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 to the public. It can be downloaded at
http://www.microsoft.com/... 11/default.aspx. The new build number is 11.0.5705.5043.
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31.8.2006 Codename Nemo: Windows Live meets Media Center
Codename Nemo is designed to be an add-on for Windows Vista (Home Premium and Vista Ultimate editions), that integrates Spaces, Messenger and Live Call into a UI designed for large monitors and TVs.
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3.10.2006 Codename Nemo: Windows Live meets Media Center
Codename Nemo is designed to be an add-on for Windows Vista (Home Premium and Vista Ultimate editions), that integrates Spaces, Messenger and Live Call into a UI designed for large monitors and TVs.
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10.4.2006 Windows Media Center Survey for Possible Future Beta Testers
Microsoft is looking for people committed and interested in beta testing a future version of Windows Media Center.
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19.4.2007 Microsoft starts Windows Vista Media Center Beta applications
Microsoft recently began surveying current beta testers of Windows Vista to see which testers qualify for an upcoming Windows Vista Media Center Beta. The survey, which only current Vista testers can take, is located at Microsoft Connect.
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New IE, Media Player Features Expected to Debut in Windows Vista Refresh
Testers will soon have a new Community Technology Preview build, the second one that Microsoft has issued for its next-gen Windows client. Beta 2 is looking like December, sources say. windows -
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KB910393 Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
Microsoft has released KB910393 Update. This update is intended for systems running Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
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20.11.2005 Installing and Configuring Away Mode for Windows Media Center Edition 2005
Away mode is a new feature included in Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that allows the computer to appear off to the user while it continues to perform tasks that do not require user input.
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9.4.2006Media Streaming with Windows 7
Steven Sinofsky: Weve blogged about a number of features related to home networking and media in Windows 7. A scenario which brings all these
together in a pretty cool way is Media Streaming. This scenario allows you to use a Windows 7 PC as a hub for media sharingwhere you can share media
with other PCs and devices on your home network via streaming, and even stream this information securely over the internet. Scott Manchester on the
Devices & Media program management team coordinated this post, but as you will see it represents work across the Core User Experience, Media Center,
Networking, and even Windows Live chose to take advantage of the new APIs in this scenario. This is a pretty detailed post and theres a lot to try
out. Those of you using the RC to test things out, you can always install on another PC and use it for the 30-day period without requiring a new PID
key. Have fun!
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12.05.2009Netflix's Latest Conquest, Windows Media Center
Netflix is on a mission to takeover the world of movie streaming, 1st they invaded the computer with Silverlight powered streaming. Then they cut an
exclusive deal with Microsoft to bring streaming to the Xbox 360. Now they are bringing their world domination plans full circle. In a post on the
official Windows Team Blog, Microsoft announced Netflix integration into Windows Media Center. As of tomorrow users with Windows Vista Home Premium
and Ultimate will notice a new option in the "Movies & TV" tab of media center.
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20.05.2009Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008
This software is an optional supplement to Windows Server 2008. In Windows Server 2008, the Streaming Media Services role (which includes the latest
version of Windows Media Services) and remote administration tools are not included in Server Manager. To obtain the new features and tools available
in Windows Media Services for Windows Server 2008, such as the built-in WMS Cache/Proxy plug-in, you must obtain and run the appropriate Streaming
Media Services role installer file on the updated platform.
These Microsoft Update Standalone Package (MSU) files install either
32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) versions (as noted in the file names) of:
- Windows Media Services and the rest of the Streaming Media
Services role in Server Manager, on full installations of Standard and Enterprise editions of Windows Server 2008
- The Streaming Media
Services Server Core role, on Server Core installations of Standard and Enterprise editions of Windows Server 2008
- The Windows Media
Services snap-in for Microsoft Management Console (MMC) on a computer that is running the Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition of the Microsoft
Windows Vista operating system
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05.02.2008Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 RC0
This software is an optional supplement to Microsoft Windows Server 2008. In Windows Server 2008 RC0, the Streaming Media Services role (which
includes the latest version of Windows Media Services) and remote administration tools are not included in Server Manager. To get the new features and
tools available in Windows Media Services for Windows Server 2008 RC0, such as the built-in WMS Cache/Proxy plug-in, you must obtain and run the
appropriate Streaming Media Services role installer file on the updated platform.
These Microsoft Update Standalone Package (MSU)
files install either 32bit (x86) or 64bit (x64) versions (as noted in the file names) of:
- Windows Media Services and the rest
of the Streaming Media Services role in Server Manager, on full installations of Standard, Enterprise, Web, and Datacenter editions of Windows
Server 2008 RC0.
- The Streaming Media Services Server Core role, on Server Core installations of Standard, Enterprise, Web, and
Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2008 RC0.
- The Windows Media Services snap-in for Microsoft Management Console (MMC) on a computer
that is running the Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition of the Windows Vista operating system.
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25.09.2007CES to feature DLNA media streaming on CE devices
At CES next month, attendees will get a close look at interoperable media streaming across multiple DLNA-compliant devices from myriad vendors, across
home networks enabled by WiFi, coax, and Ethernet...
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08.12.2008MS Testing Media Center TV
Streaming
Microsoft is currently testing
a Slingbox-like add-on that
would allow Windows Media
Center users to watch
programming on their PCs from
anywhere using mobile devices
and laptops, BetaNews has
learned. The stream would play
through Windows Media Player...
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13.01.2006Windows Media Services 2008 for Windows Server 2008 RC1
This software is an optional supplement to Windows Server 2008 RC1. In Windows Server 2008 RC1, the Streaming Media Services role (which includes the
latest version of Windows Media Services) and remote administration tools are not included in Server Manager. To obtain the new features and tools
available in Windows Media Services for Windows Server 2008 RC1, such as the built-in WMS Cache/Proxy plug-in, you must obtain and run the appropriate
Streaming Media Services role installer file on the updated platform.
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06.12.2007Adobe upgrades, cuts price on video streaming software
Adobe Systems is announcing Tuesday its Adobe Flash Media Server 3 products, enabling streaming of high-definition video at a lower price point.
Instead of pricing its software at a range of from $4,500 to $45,000 as it was previously, the price now is at $4,500 and $995 for
the two different versions of the product.
Due in January, the product line features Adobe Flash Media Streaming Server 3 for
live and on-demand video streaming and Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server 3, for customized video streaming and multi-way social media applications.
Flash Media Streaming Server 3 is geared to small- to medium-scale usage, while Interactive Server is a high-performance server.
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04.12.2007Microsoft promises Web-based 1080p with 'Smooth Streaming'
Today, Microsoft announced updates to its "Smooth Streaming," which is a set of technologies for IIS and Silverlight designed to allow consistent
full-screen high definition streaming.
Among Web servers, Microsoft's IIS enjoys about 33% market share (and slipping slightly)
against market leader Apache,
according
to Netcraft analysis. Smooth Streaming leverages
IIS Media Services (formerly known as
IIS Media Pack) and Silverlight 3 to provide on-demand high-def media (720p to 1080p), or live adaptive streaming.
The technology was first
used with the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
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21.04.2009Microsoft adds Netflix streaming to Windows Vista Media Center
Microsoft is adding streaming Netflix movies and shows to the content available in its remote-control-friendly Media Center interface on Windows Vista
computers -- adding another way for people to access Netflix on demand in the living room...
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20.05.2009Uh-oh, Blu-Ray: Sony looks to streaming movies
Sony's plans for the near future, which company chief executives discussed today in Tokyo, include streaming video for both the Bravia line of TVs
and the PS3. Looks like the game console could portend the future of media after all...
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26.06.2008US Internet Radio Providers Forced to Restrict Streams to US Listeners
Forced to comply with US
federal statutes on providing
music to foreign listeners
without a license, Pandora and
other American streaming
Internet radio services began
actively enforcing
restrictions on streaming to
IP addresses outside US
boundaries this morning...
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03.05.2007Hollywood studios join the streaming media parade
Studio 3 Networks, a joint venture of three major production groups, revealed today that
Epix -- the name for which it had filed multiple
trademark applications in early December -- will be a streaming on demand Web service...
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30.01.2009Copyright Board Upholds Decision; Internet Royalty Rates Proceed
Stating that Internet
streaming broadcasters'
objections had neither put
forth new evidence nor
presented any clear sign that
they had made some egregious
error, the three-judge US
Copyright Royalty Board this
afternoon ruled it would not
stay its own decision last
month imposing a massive,
per-performance rate increase
on Internet streaming
broadcasters, beginning in
2008...
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17.04.2007Real's Film.com to Stream Indie Films
RealNetworks' movie site
Film.com is set to become a
streaming media destination as
well. The company said Friday
at the Sundance Film Festival
that it will begin streaming
full-length versions of
independent movies from the
site...
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22.01.2007HP MediaSmart Server Update Arrives, With New Media Streaming, Anti-Virus Capabilities
HP have released their "April" update for the HP MediaSmart Server to the Web, which brings new, DLNA-complaint media streaming and anti-virus
capabilities to the home server, along with a suite of bug-fixes for HPs own add-ins.
The following new (optional) add-ins are
included...
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22.05.2008Music labels strike a deal over internet radio
Good news has arrived to the millions of streaming music fans of the world. Internet radio that was once almost killed off by the record labels
because of new royalty fees, has been saved. In 2007 the federal royalty board ruled that streaming music websites, such as Pandora, need to pay a
fee for each song played. Starting next year the rate would have jumped to 19 cents a song and that would have severely hurt the streaming services.
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08.07.2009Real Granted Streaming Media
Patent
RealNetworks said Monday that
it had been awarded a patent
by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office surrounding
its media technology. The
patent covers methods used
when consumers click on links
to stream content from Web
browsers and media players,
the company said...
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24.04.2006IIS Smooth Streaming Technical Overview
IIS Smooth Streaming dynamically detects local bandwidth and CPU conditions and seamlessly switches, in near real time, the video quality of a media
file that a player receives. Consumers with high-bandwidth connections can experience high definition (HD) quality streaming while others with lower
bandwidth speeds receive the appropriate stream for their connectivity, allowing consumers across the board to enjoy a compelling, uninterrupted
streaming experience and alleviating the need for media companies to cater to the lowest common denominator quality level within their audience base.
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06.04.2009BitTorrent Morphing into Internet 'Broadcast TV' Service
Brightcove, which provides Internet streaming services to commercial broadcasters including CBS, Fox, and Discovery Communications, will incorporate
BitTorrent's P2P streaming technology as "BitTorrent DNA" into its new IP video delivery platform, which it promises will bring
broadcast-quality video to Flash-enabled players as soon as next year...
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