Some of you may be thinking, “what are VIDEO TS folders and VOB files and why would I ever want or need to play them in Media Center?” VIDEO TS is the folder on a DVD movie. It holds VOB files that contain the contents of a DVD, such as video, audio, menus, extras, and even subtitles. Think of them as the file and folder structure of a DVD movie. By ripping these files to your hard drive and playing them in Media Center, it’s just like having your DVD collection loaded onto your system. But, you don’t have to go through the hassle of swapping discs.
Boxee is one of the nicer HTPC solutions this side of Windows Media Center. It’s not perfect by any means, but It has been slowly and surely making improvements over the last several months. It’s latest version release (0.9.21.11487) features greatly improved media identification. Identifying media, movies in this case, has gone from rather clunky, to somewhat refined in a short period of time. Not only has the initial identification improved, but fixing errors & unknown files is super easy.
Boxee uses the IMDB database to pull it’s movie information and cover art. As long as you have your movie files named properly based on IMDB standards, you’re pretty much half way there.
If you are constantly trying app, adding folders and shortcuts, it can be pretty easy for your Android home screen to become cluttered and confusing.
Recently the folks at Lifehacker rolled out a nice little guide for better organizing your Android Home Screen, complete with a video! They got some nice tips, tricks, and apps included in the post.
Check out the Video below:
Check out the full Lifehacker guide.
Having iTunes auto open is when you plug in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch can be a big annoyance, especially if you use a third party application to sync your device. Personally, I just don’t care to have it opening up when I just want to change my iPod Touch. Fortunately, turning off this annoyance is very easy.
This is a bit of a follow up on my previous article on how to play VIDEO_TS and VOB files in Windows 7 Media Center. The first time I focused mainly on how to play the DVD rips using the Media Browser plug-in for WMC. This time around, I’m going to focus specifically on ripping your DVD to play in the native Windows 7 Media Center Movie Library.
A few months ago I set out to search the interwebs for a quality armband for my Motorola Droid. As an avid runner and geek, I loved the idea of being able to run with what is basically a computer strapped to my arm. With Pandora and a run tracker app installed, I had dreams of some sort of 3G runner’s nirvana. Listening to streaming music while my distance, speed, and route are tracked by a running app.