A PRESENTATION ON WINDOWS

XP MEDIA CENTER EDITION

Saibal Ray
Windows XP Media Center Edition

What is it?
Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) is a version of
the Windows XP operating system primarily designed to
serve as a home entertainment hub
Versions of Windows XP MCE
Version Info Release Date
Freestyle The Original Release July 2002
Harmony Service Pack 2 upgrades September 2003
Freestyle to Harmony
Included support for
Symphony Media Center Extenders October 2004
and CD/DVD Video
burning support
Updated Symphony;
Emerald includes support for Xbox October 2005
360, DVB-T broadcasts,
two ATSC Tuner Cards
Features of Windows MCE
Play DVDs
My TV
My Music
My Videos
My Pictures
Copy to CD/DVD
Online Spotlight
Sync to Device
Remote Control
Movie Service Finder
Over the Air (OTA) TV/HDTV Recording
My Radio
More Programs
 Play DVDs
 DVDs can be played on a Media
Center PC with full progressive
scan

 Online chapter lookup on

Media Center PCs equipped
with DVD decoders
manufactured by Media Center
partners
 My TV
 My TV offers a simple way to browse,
watch, and record TV, even on multiple
channels at the same time (both analog
and over-the-air digital)
 Works with an antenna, cable, or satellite
TV signal
 My TV includes Live TV, Recorded TV, the
Program Guide, Guide Search, and the
new Movie Finder service
 The My TV service is free
 My Music

My Music offers access to

personal and online music
collection

Plays a music CD, copies it into

the library, burn a CD, create a
playlist, and edit album details
 My Video
Provides an alternate view
of the My Videos folder in
Windows XP
Organizes video files and
folders by date or name
Displays a thumbnail image
for each video file
Supported video formats are
.avi, .mpg & .wmv files
 My Pictures
View and share digital
photos
Slide shows can be created
Basic editing of photos
Burning to CD/DVD
Can be operated with the
remote control
 Copy to CD/DVD
Recorded TV can be
burned to CD/DVD
with built-in CD/DVD
burning tool
 Online Spotlight
A portal of on-demand
entertainment
An online guide offering
access to music, radio
services, movie downloads,
on-demand services
Access to customized sports,
news and entertainment
programmes online
 Sync to Device
A feature by which
recorded TV, music,
movies, photos, videos
can be transferred to a
portable media center (as
shown), smartphones,
pocket PCs or external
storage devices
 Remote Control
The Media Center remote control keeps all of the
entertainment on your computer within easy
reach, complementing the keyboard and mouse
 Movie Finder Service
An application that
lets the user search
for movies
according to his/her
choices and
preferences
 Over-the-Air Digital TV/HDTV Local TV
recording
A feature to watch high definition TV programmes and video
recordings
Support for ATSC Digital TV (480p) and High Definition TV
(720p/1080i) local network TV programming delivered via UHF
antenna
 My Radio
Instant access to
Internet or FM radio
services
Pause and rewind up
to 30 minutes of live
radio
 More Programs
 Simple organization and
access to applications and
services designed for Media
Center that are installed and
available on the Media Center
PC
 The More Programs menu
option organizes all of the
installed applications and
services designed for Media
Center in one place
Typical Menu of MCE Emerald
New Features of Windows XP MCE
2005
Windows Movie Maker v2.5
Windows Media Player v10.0
Windows Royale Theme
Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition Components
Sound Spectrum’s G-Force
Media Center Extender Support
First Party Hardware
 Windows Movie Maker
Upgraded to version 2.5
in Media Center 2005
with new effects and
transitions and support
for DVD burning based
on Sonic Solutions's
AuthorScript
technology.
 Windows Media Player
Upgraded to version
10, along with
Windows Media
Format Runtime 9.5
 Royale Theme
Not included in
other editions of
Windows XP
except Windows
XP Tablet PC
Edition, it is
included and
enabled by default
Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition
components
A number of
applications not
included in previous
versions of MCE are
now included such
as Audio Converter,
CD Label Maker,
Dancer and Party
Mode
 SoundSpectrum's G-Force
A special edition is
included as one of
the music
visualizations for
Windows Media
Player
 Screensavers and themes
Screensavers and
themes from
Microsoft Plus! for
Windows XP are
included
(Aquarium, Da
Vinci, Nature,
Space and My
Pictures Premium
themes)
 Media Center Extender Support
Dedicated hardware devices that allow users to view
the same content that is available on the MCE
computer over wired or wireless Ethernet, are
introduced in this version for the first time

Media Center 2005 currently can support up to 5

Media Center Extenders per household
 First Party Hardware
Microsoft has released its own first party remote, receiver
and infrared blaster with MCE 2005. A new specially
designed wireless computer keyboard for MCE 2005 was
released September 2005
Minimum Hardware Requirements

1.6 GHz processor

DirectX 9.0 hardware accelerated GPU (ATI Radeon 9

series or nVidia GeForce FX Series or higher)

256MB RAM
Typical Software Version Screen
 References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_Media_Ce
nter_Edition

http://www.google.co.in/imghp?

http://www.microsoft.com/hk/windowsxp/mediacent
er/evaluation/features.mspx