Swim100flyy

No, I am totally in wanting of this.........I also want Media Center on my computer.......

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tj42

Originally Posted by Trav2003

Actually me and a friend who are pretty big into home theater stuff are pretty pissed Microsoft doesn't just release a free or low cost ($30) Media Center edition add on for current XP installations. All MCE really is, besides a few minor things, is an add-on to mediaplayer.

I know this is off subject, but as everyone knows, MCE is OEMs only. But, Microsoft changed the rules for what defines an OEM. Now, purchasing a mouse now makes you a OEM. You can get MCE for $119 if you buy a $5 mouse.

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/directron/xpmedia.html

and other places sell this too.

JustJ

I just downloaded MortButtons, Its really great, you can easily make your own thumb menus ( you dont need your stylus), and you can even use it as Explorer.
I think that would take the Movie or music loader function.

pmcizhere

I think this thread just needs more attention. Perhaps a call for help on the frontpage of this site? :)

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duckie

MortButtons is a great program, but I don't like the toolbar at the bottom showing

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bnlsn

I've been looking at the GSPlayer code (I don't care too much for a pretty GUI for videos) to see how feasible a simple change in GUI would be, and right now, it looks pretty difficult ... I still need to sort out exactly where all the gui code is... and I don't have much free time, but I'll see what I can do

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Swim100flyy

on the subject of Window Media Center, Ebay has a number of sets of a remote control and keyboard and software for $150

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OUBeaver

MCE is not OEM. Microsoft released MCE 2005 which is downloadable through MSDN subscriptions. I installed it on my homemade computer with no problems at all. Just have to have the right video card before hand. (hint, hint)

BTW, love the idea for a Media Center like app for our Axims. What apps out there play both music and movies?

Check this out.....found this while Googling
http://www.rudeo.com/mce.htm
http://www.rudeo.com/wmp.htm

Nero Showtime Mobile (Beta)
http://www.nero.com/eng/Nero_ShowTime_Mobile.html

The first two are just remote control software for MCE and WMP. But good looking non the less. The Nero one looks promising......

Demigod121

I'll throw my vote in on a MC app for my Axim. :)

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AlexH

I've fiddling with PC based front ends for a couple of years now and there are quite a few free ones about. Just nothing for pocket pc. I would love one, and happily pay for a good quality app. Just keep it simple and put loads of effort into the look and feel is all I can offer at the moment

If you need some inspiration then have a look at meedio, xlobby etc and you can see what these guys have been trying to perfect

DavidK

I think this is an awesome idea and I would definitely buy something like this. I am thinking that it should have a "pen mode" and "finger mode" with fatter buttons. Also, it would be cool if it had some of the menu animation found in Media Center. That, plus the capability to play videos, music, and pictures would make this a really cool app. In order to make this really cool I think it shouldn't just be a static skin. But I'm thinking that probably making a fancy animated menu system might be too much (or maybe the programming tools are not available).

cjradek

It would rock. I'd help anyway I can. I'm just an intermediate VB.NET programmer (for the most part), and havent done much work with mediaplayers outside of using windows media sdk :-P If any more talented programmer needs help though, I can help with basics.

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Xcilion

Originally Posted by duckie

Sooo...noone wants this? You'd rather spend another $500 on yet ANOTHER device(i.e. Creative or whatever) that does everything your current one already does? Hell, I bet the X50v will still out perform a proprietary Media Center device. Communities are a conglomeration of individuals(with similar needs and hopes) helping one another. I can't, for the life of me, accept that noone here has the skills to put something like this together...let alone make a valiant effort to at least throw together a basic app. I'm not a programmer...hence why I am not coding this myself. I'm an artist, so the GUI is something I would happily take on.

I've been looking at this thread and at TCPMP's development.
Have you by the way checked out Microsoft's Origami project (aka. Ultimate Mobile Personal Computers (UMPC))?
They have very flashy good looking menu's. I hope this will be somehow possible with TCPMP or any other application.
Having images that change to other images on touch is good but rather boring .
Don't know how other Pocket PC's would be able to handle flashy interfaces, but our Axim's can do it all for sure.

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JMJSelect

I kinda rushed this and jacked the icons off the internet, but what about something like this for the media player.



something simple and very very very stylus/finger friendly. i don't have time to make a general music skin or a movie/photo skin but i'll put together something a little later.

edit:
oh and here's a general idea of what it would look like on a pda(i know i know its not a ppc, but hey it's a pda)

sorry for the bad pic quality

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Beweglich

Sorry but Ahead Nero beat you all to it
At Cebit 2this year they plan to release Media center style interface
It is just supped up Nero Showtime Mobile which has been out for quite some time
but it inculdes an interface the same as Front Row