Windows Media Center 7 - manage your multimedia content

Your multimedia content, all-in-one!
Windows Media center is a program included in the top of the range versions of Vista and Seven in addition to Windows XP Media center Edition. We will be particularly looking at the version included with Seven in this article. With its simplified and good looking graphical interface, your PC can become a real all-in-one device for entertainment! This easy to use application allows you to completely manage all of your multimedia content. You are able to organise your multimedia libraries either via the use of a remote control, keyboard or mouse, and then listen to music files, watch DVD’s and other video files, create slideshows, edit photos or even project this all to their television screen…

Watching the TV in HD while taking advantage of the digital recorder...
If you have a TV tuner, even more possibilities will open up to you. These include watching HD television channels, viewing the electronic TV guide, using a complete digital recorder or listening to your favourite radio stations.


Installing WMC on a PC or dedicated external device (HTPC case, Console…)
With Windows Media center you have the choice of either occasionally using your PC as a multimedia center, or completely dedicating a peripheral device connected to the television for this (an old PC, HTPC, video games console). In this article, we will look at the primary functions of WMC which all users that have digital content will have to become familiar with if they want to get them most out of their system, be it playing their files or sharing these with the family without any technical complications.