Windows Media Center Expert Zone Chat (May 21, 2009)
Chat Topic: Windows Media Center Expert Zone Chat
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009
Please note: Portions of this transcript have been edited for clarity.
Pete Brown MSFT (Moderator):
Welcome to today’s Windows Media Center Expert Zone Chat! We are pleased to welcome our Experts for today’s chat. I will have them introduce themselves now. Let’s begin the chat!
Introductions:
Robert Schlabbach (Expert):
Hello everyone! I'm Robert Schlabbach, Media Center MVP from Berlin, Germany. Ready to take your questions!
Nick [MSFT] (Moderator):
Hello, everyone, I'm Nick, a developer on the Media Center Extender team.
Andrew Cherry (Expert):
Hi - I'm Andrew Cherry, MVP from UK.
MikeGarcen-shadymg (Expert):
Mike Garcen here, aka ShadyMG, MCE MVP from MissingRemote.com and TheGreenButton.com, here in Northern California, USAAndrew Cherry.
Pete Brown MSFT (Moderator):
Feel free to enter your questions, folks, and be sure to check the "Ask the Experts" button when you submit them...
Start of chat:
Nick [MSFT] (Moderator):
Q: What is more important for good tv on media center - add more ram to my pc or better processor? (Vista ultimate)
A: It depends on which one you're currently more constrained by, and what kind of symptoms you're seeing. Either one of those can constrain your experience if you're trying to do many things on the system at the same time, particularly with high-def content. Like many hardware upgrades, you're best off figuring out which one you're "running out of" in your case and upgrade that one first.
MikeGarcen-shadymg (Expert):
Q: hi...i saw the netflix thing but when i left for work this am it hadn't shown up yet
A: You should be able to manually force it by going to MCE > tasks > Settings > Automatic Downloads > Download Now
Tim [MS] (Expert):
A: Chris - the Netflix tile is downloaded during normal guide updates. If you force a guide download, it should show up.
Andrew Cherry (Expert):
A: Also depends on what country you are in!
Tim [MS] (Expert):
Q: I use Digital Cable Cards for my TV signal now, but I've heard this is a newer techology coming out? Does anyone know anything about - advantages and/or approximately when will it be available?A: Hi Andy. I'm assuming you're asking about MOCUR. http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2009/01/08/1659674.aspx has some info you might find helpful
Tim [MS] (Expert):
Q: Hi - my friend said i can get tv on my zune. how do i do that?
A: Hi lisa. This chat is specifically for Windows Media Center. You might find information about Zune on http://zune.net
If you use Windows Media Center to record TV, you can synch some programs to your Zune using the Zune software. You go to the Settings page in the Zune software to set this up. We have a video up on how to do this: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-media-center/go-media-on-zune.aspx
Pete Brown MSFT (Moderator):
A: Thank you for joining us today for our Windows Media Center Expert Zone Chat! We hope that this was a good use of your time. If we weren’t able to answer your question of if you have others, please don’t hesitate to check out our public newsgroups: <http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.mspx> , or www.thegreenbutton.com <http://www.thegreenbutton.com>. A special thank you to the Microsoft experts who came out to help!We’ll see you again for another chat next month, please check <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/chats/default.mspx> for the list of upcoming chats.
Nick [MSFT] (Moderator):
Thanks for coming, folks.
Tim [MS] (Expert):
Thanks everyone! Will see you next month.
Robert Schlabbach (Expert):
Thanks for your questions everyone! Hope to see more of you and more questions next time :)
Pete Brown MSFT (Moderator):
Thanks a lot everyone. If you wandered in and weren't sure what Windows Media Center is, you can learn more at WindowsMediaCenter.com. Check it out - you'll thank me for it.
