A new Media Center menu option on the extras menu to View WHS stats.That includes compression into Zune and other portable media formats. As part of the “Move TV Recordings” function described above, you can also choose to compress/transcode those shows to save hard drive space.A nice feature is the ability to transfer future, scheduled episodes of a given show as well. There is an option to select individual shows or entire series. A new Media Center menu option on the main menu of Media Center called “TV Archive.” This menu item allows you to transfer recorded TV programming to your WHS machine.This makes that content available for Windows Media Center as well as other Windows applications like Windows Explorer, Windows Media Player and others that use Windows 7 Libraries. You will now have Music, Photos and Videos shared folders from the WHS available to Windows 7 Libraries.The new Power Pack brings the following new features to Media Center: Once installed, you’ll notice a new Home Server selection in Windows Media Center menu.
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The MediaCenter bloggers were abuzz yesterday about the new WHS Media Center features so we’ll focus on those today.įirst you’ll need to install (or update) the Windows Home Server Connector software on your Windows Media Center PC.
It doesn’t allow you to use WHS as your one, MediaCenter “server”, but it is a step in the right direction. The update includes better Windows 7 support, improved netbook support and some nice new features for Microsoft Media Center users. Microsoft announced their Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Beta this week.