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Yes, The Green Button is Having Issues

Microsoft appeared to have fixed one of the issues I was having on the backend, but that fix has caused the entire site to come to its knees with wonderful message like "Value cannot be null. Parameter name: relativeUrl" when attempting to make a new post or reply. Unfortunantly, since I don't...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sat, Jan 31 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media
Short Bits: Debug Menus, TV Pack OEMs, Hurricane

I survived Ike without any damage here in Katy, sadly that can’t be said for the rest of the Houston and Galveston areas . Ever wonder which of your dozen TV tuners is being used to tune the program you are watching? If you have the TV Pack there is a bit of a hack that you can do in order to find...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sun, Sep 14 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media, Media Center PC's
Microsoft Takes Over The Green Button

Today is a big day for the Media Center community, and as speculated upon way too much The Green Button has become an official Microsoft web property ! So what does this mean? A few things, starting with increased Microsoft interaction that nearly everyone told us was so important. When Jessica Zahn...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Jul 3 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media
Advertise Here

Are you interested in reaching over 90,000 unique visitors a month generating over 130,000 page views? Stop spending top dollar advertising on non-targeted websites, reach your audience with low CPM based advertising here. You will be able to reach digital home and media enthusiasts at a CPM under $2...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sat, Apr 5 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media
The Media Center Show Awards 2008

Ian’s yearly Media Center Show Awards podcast has been posted, and while I wasn’t able to attend I want to thank everyone for voting for me for best enthusiast blog. Did I win? Download the show and fast forward to 52:37 to find out. If the suspense is killing you and you must know now, I won again this...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Feb 14 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media, Media Center Show
Short Bits: Hulu Invites, Netflix BD, USB Card Reader

I’ve got five (5) Hulu invites that I’m giving out. If you want one, reply to this post saying that you would like an invite and put your e-mail address as your URL . I will randomly select five people tonight and send you an invite. It look like Netflix is dropping HD DVD and going with Blu-ray only...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Mon, Feb 11 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media, HD DVD, Blu-ray
Random Vista Thoughts: Part 1

I’ve been using Vista for the past month, my first attempt to move away from Windows XP. I’ve noted a lot of things about Vista in this time, some that I like and some that I don’t. Just some random thoughts... MCML applications make it worth the upgrade to Vista. Period. For all Microsoft’s time spent...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Tue, Sep 18 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media, Windows Vista
Joost Invite Winners Posted!

If you replied to my post about Joost Invites last week, today is the day you know if you were selected at random! First, a background on the process. I deleted a few posts from people who had already got invites from other sources and a few posts on people offering invites to me (keep reading for more...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sun, Apr 22 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media
Update on Stolen Images from WebGuide4 Used In MediaPortal

Should it be any shock they never released this application? Your probably right though, nothing to hide on their part and clearly nothing was stolen in this coverup which resulted in no application being released. Update 3: Before commenting, remember that no one from MediaPortal has contacted Doug...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Tue, Apr 3 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media
MediaPortal Steals Images from WebGuide4 Developer (Rips Off Program)

Should it be any shock they never released this application? Your probably right though, nothing to hide on their part and clearly nothing was stolen in this coverup which resulted in no application being released. Update: MediaPortal Responds ! According to them: “To be clear, these parts are gfx only...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Tue, Apr 3 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media
Get Your Facts Right!

It kind of makes you go crazy when people link to stuff and don’t get the material right. For example, eHomeUpgrade picked up my post on the new Media Control Plugin for Vista Media Center . Alexander got everything in the post, however Gizmodo.com picked the story up from eHomeUpgrade and completely...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Feb 8 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media
The Green Button Forums Get An Upgrade

The Green Button Community Forums have undergone an update with Windows Vista set to be released next week. We now have subforums dedicated to Windows Vista and Windows XP Media Center Edition. This should help everyone get help and find the information you are looking for quicker and easier. The Green...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Fri, Jan 26 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other
The Green Button Back Up! (And In Need of Help)

A Message from Daniel Sterling (TGB Admin) Dear Members and Guests, As you are undoubtedly aware, TGB experienced an outage over the past week. During this time, many of us realized how vital TGB is to our daily routine and how the wealth of information contained therein can't be found anywhere else...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Mon, Jan 8 2007
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other
Yeah, It’s Down Again

Yes, The Green Button is down again. This time it looks more like a problem with the host then with Community Server messing up. Since it looks like a problem with the host, that means that only Daniel can take care of the problem. The other Admin’s who generally manage to fix the software problems can...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Nov 9 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other
The Green Button Continues To Grow

Just a few things new from The Green Button. Anyone reading who would like to advertise on The Green Button and reach the largest community based around Windows Media Center, please see here to advertise on TGB . In addition, please welcome Bryan Socha (accident) to the moderation team. Bryan is also...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, May 18 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other
The Green Button Blog!

With the new upgrade , The Green Button has a new blog! Our main feed can be found Here . I will be cross-posting most of the content on this site, and TGB feed will also contain specific posts relating to TGB. My specific blog can be viewed at.... The Green Buttton - Chris Lanier's Blog. Oh, speaking...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Mon, Apr 24 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other
The Green Button – New and Improved!

The Green Button | We are excited to present to you an all-new TGB! An entirely new platform and features have been developed to bring you the best user experience possible. In the coming weeks we will be rolling out additional features, such as an all new downloads center and additional Blog features...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Fri, Apr 21 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other
Changes In-store for ActiveX Controls? Webmasters/Developers

Activating ActiveX Controls (MSDN) | This was posted on MSDN a few days ago and might have a major impact on any site using ActiveX Controls. It sounds like Microsoft is updating ActiveX so that users will have to “activate” the control before it can be used. This would however effect any webpage using...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Thu, Jan 19 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Player, Media Center, Other
How Did I Do In 2005? CES Tells All

In 2005 I talked about many technologies and features that I thought Microsoft had in-store for Media Center. Since Bill Gates just finished his CES Keynote, I thought I would run down some of the announced features and point to where I talked about them in the past. During the keynote we learned that...

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Wed, Jan 4 2006
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media, Rights Management, Xbox, Windows Vista
Media Center Show Party at CES 2006

Media Center Show Party and Geek Get Together at CES! | Ian Dixon and Orb Networks have a party planned at CES , if you are going to be in town get in contact with Ian! On a side note, anyone with a few free tickets to CES, send them my way. :)

Posted to Chris Lanier's Blog by chrisl on Sun, Dec 18 2005
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Other, Digital Media, Media Center Show

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