Upgrade to Microsoft Edge to take advantage of the latest features, security updates, and technical support. Summary: Discusses the considerations for Windows Media Center developers who want to support Extender devices in applications for Windows Media Center. An Extender for Windows Media Center is a hardware device that enables the user to access Windows Media Center content and applications from a TV located elsewhere in the user's home with a remote control.
The Extender session is an independent session that can run at the same time as the user session on the PC. A single PC can support up to five Extender sessions at a time. Typically, users connect the Extender device to their TV and home network as specified by the Extender manufacturer.
Enabling an Extender requires only a few additional steps. The user accesses Windows Media Center by either pressing the green button on the remote or by selecting a link in the user interface of the Extender device, such as the Media tab in the Xbox dashboard.
For setting up a third-party Extender, see the information provided by its manufacturer. With the advent of third-party Extender devices and the continued success of the Xbox , we have seen a vast increase in the number of users who access Windows Media Center through an Extender rather than directly from the Windows Media Center PC.
It is now especially important that your extensibility applications support the Extender for Windows Media Center as fully as possible. As you design your application, it is important to remember that the Extender experience is subject to certain limitations that prevent the user from installing programs, using a keyboard or mouse, and playing certain types of media files. This article discusses how various considerations for Extender devices affect the development of Windows Media Center extensibility applications.
An extensibility application is a third-party software application that provides a Web-based service within the Windows Media Center user interface. The way your extensibility application is displayed and behaves in Windows Media Center and on Extenders depends partly on the type of technology you employ. Three types of extensibility applications are available in Windows Media Center for Windows Vista, each using a different technology.
NET Framework platform for developing applications. Windows Media Center Presentation Layer, a new feature in Windows Vista, provides access to the same rendering technologies that are used to create Windows Media Center itself. The Windows Media Center Presentation Layer provides dynamic layout capabilities, integrated animation support, rich text and graphics support, and automatic keyboard and remote navigation.
Windows Presentation Foundation is Microsoft's unified presentation subsystem for Windows and is exposed through the. NET Framework 3. Windows Presentation Foundation consists of a display engine that takes full advantage of modern graphics hardware, and an extensible set of managed classes that developers can use to create rich, visually stunning applications.
In November , Microsoft introduced the Xbox , which is a hub for digital media, online communications, and gaming. This powerful hardware delivers an Extender session that is smooth and responsive, with enhanced video quality and fast reactions to user input. This means that rich animations created for Windows Media Center Presentation Layer will be displayed at a frame rate comparable to the experience on the host PC.
Microsoft is currently working with leading consumer electronics manufacturers to enable them to add Extender technology to their devices, expanding the number and type of Extenders available to Windows Media Center users in Windows Vista.
Different manufacturers are building devices in different form factors; over time these may include simple digital media appliances set-top boxes , network-enabled DVD players, and network-enabled television sets. In addition, new Extender devices will support DivX. The first of these third-party Extenders are being introduced in the holiday season of The Extender user interface looks and behaves much like the Windows Media Center user interface on the PC, but there are a few important differences for extensibility applications, as follows:.
To create a comparable experience on the Extender, you may need to program your application to detect the Extender session, and to determine which type of Extender—the Xbox or a third-party device—the user is operating.
This information will enable you to make any necessary adjustments to your application to ensure that the user experience is appropriate for Extender users. These adjustments might include the following:. Capabilities object. On the host PC, IsConsole will always return true. To detect an Extender session in managed code, check the MediaCenterEnvironment. Capabilities property. Deviceinfo object. This property will return the string "Xbox " if the device is an Xbox , and some other string if the device is a third-party Extender.
For media content, all Extenders for Windows Media Center support the following media types through the PlayMedia method. Some third-party Extender devices may support additional media types, but to ensure support on all devices, Windows Media Center extensibility applications should use only the media types listed below.
Note The PlayMedia method is the only way to access Windows Media Center's built-in media player, which delivers media content smoothly to the Extender through a dedicated side channel. Playing video or audio content outside of this method, such as with an embedded ActiveX player, is not supported and probably will not play correctly. The only additional limitation on the Extender is that non-silent license acquisition, in which the user must navigate to a separate page to acquire the license, is not supported.
If you have DRM-protected content, you should work with your license issuer to set up a process to issue your licenses silently. Talking Tom Cat. Clash of Clans. Subway Surfers. TubeMate 3. Google Play.
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By the way, Till now I was unable to get it running in Vista. Since its fully working. You don't even need to install supplementary Decoder Soft e. Nvidia Pure Video or so on. But pay attention to the driver check!!! Otherwise my PC couldn't even bootup Vista whilst the Sat card was plugged-in. I have been fighting this subject the past few weeks, and still can't make anything happen.
I did look around, set permissions, sharings It used to work perfectly under the XP. The media extender believes there is not enough bandwidth between the XBOX and the PC, even though they are on the exact same router, side by side. SOOn my friend. Ihave spent the two last days trying to figure oute win media center,I got a tip. I have never heard about this marketplace,thre I can download anyting I what.. I ffeel like nothing works,I was sooo happy when I stumbald apon this place,please help me anyone,some tip..
I hope if anyone suddenly gets it,a text message hade been great.. And then again hey metion this at the very end;check if your computer backs this up.. I wont bather you anymore.. I hope you beate the extender problem. This is not a direct fix for this issue - but I promosed myself I'd write a post if only to help some other soul out there.
I was having a problem with the xbox and Vista MCE configuration. Yes - it worked by deleting the MCE info on the Xbox I hope this little bit of information finds someone else who can use it or maybe everyone knows except me. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads.
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I have an Xbox and I get the exact same thing that happens to you.
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