http://runtime360.com on homebrew and misc stuff Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:00:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With my earlier attempt at power saving somewhat thwarted I decided to look at a different approach. I didn't realise it at the time but the behaviour of Windows Home Server that causes it to periodically wake up is in fact inherent to Windows 2003 Server. Servers typically ... http://runtime360.com/2007/12/30/wake-shutdown-and-reboot-on-lan/   I've been toying with the idea of moving from a NAS solution to WHS for some time due to the flexibility it offers, and what better way to discover how easy it is to integrate with WHS, than to write an add-in.Generally by about 2am everyone in my family is ... http://runtime360.com/2007/12/23/windows-home-server-power-saving/ If you were a little concerned over the future of Transcode 360; allow me to allay those fears. Its been only a fortnight since I shared a limited release of the source code with James Botham, and to be perfectly honest I'm really impressed with how quickly he has ... http://runtime360.com/2006/12/12/new-blood-and-transcode-360-for-vista-released/ Just weeks after the Fall Update introduced UPNP video client functionality to the Xbox 360, the clever chaps at TVersity are the first to offer a UPNP server featuring a realtime transcoding solution targeting the Xbox 360 in early beta form. In short this means that users of Windows XP (and ... http://runtime360.com/2006/11/25/tversity-on-the-fly-movie-transcoding/ I'm of course referring to Microsoft's latest dashboard update (and not this long overdue post!). Those of us hoping for a wider range of video formats will have been disappointed to find that the streaming media enhancements on offer are limited to WMV over Windows Media Player 11 and ... http://runtime360.com/2006/10/30/the-fall-update/ Folks looking to integrate T360 with their own apps will be pleased to know that I finally got off my managed to find the time to knock up a quick primer and some sample code demonstrating how to query and control Transcode 360. For more information follow the link. In ... http://runtime360.com/2006/08/05/developer-documentation-available-finally/ Wow over a month without any update, this is a first even for me! What's worse is I can't even blame it on my love of the 360, just look at my gamerscore, hardly any progression (ok it could be I'm just crap at games!). Despite that, believe it or not ... http://runtime360.com/2006/07/03/hiatus/ For a long time now I've managed without investing in a fancy-schmancy upscaling DVD player, the logic being that I'd kill two birds with one stone when I buy into the new high definition formats. Despite my affection for XBMC I cannot hand on heart say I'm satisified with its DVD ... http://runtime360.com/2006/05/27/jonzing-for-hd-dvd-or-blu-ray/ I realise its been a while since my last post, what with E3 and a couple of personal matters that took priority, everything else took a backseat. Despite that, I've made a start on My Movies integration and things are looking very promising with the author of My ... http://runtime360.com/2006/05/23/state-of-play/ This new release of Transcode 360 features a user interface for managing your settings as well as a number of substantial improvements: There is a new 'Automatic' installation option that will run T360 in the task notification area (system tray); this makes configuration super-easy and mitigates the network permissions issues some ... http://runtime360.com/2006/05/02/beta-4-get-it-while-its-hot/