After putting this project off for sometime, I have not forgotten it.
I have decided on the profile builder file system and what the useless color buttons on the remote will do.
The profile file system will use a xml style system, profiles will have an option for key toggling for typing and the color buttons will be used for toggling multiply profiles for one program.
Did you know that investing in a small laser/multifunction laser printer can save you hundreds per year on ink.
Today ink can cost more than the printer it’s self; in fact you could buy a printer on sale that includes ink for the same cost.
But if you’re a small business this concept sounds costly and inefficient.
Projects: Hauppauge WinTV Remote
(Extended Remote Project)
No real news from a developers stand point, but I’ve got some pictures.
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Many people have seen this option countless times, but should you do it?
This feature or option is a big security risk, because your password is stored as is and can be read by anyone.
How passwords are saved on a system.
When we save a password to a system like a website or application we know this password has to be saved somewhere, but how are these passwords saved?
Projects: Hauppauge WinTV Remote
(Extended Remote Project)
After putting sometime into setting up my old computer to finally be the media center PC it should be, I have uncovered the following additions to what I have already stated in Part 1.
Current Issues:
This maybe because it is interlaced and not progressive, this scan line that moves across the screen doesn’t happen with progressive video. Currently it’s a small problem and maybe fixable by changing the de-interlacing options on my ATI video card.
Developers Notes:
The project will be moved from Windows Command Line to the more powerful Visual Basic / Scripts.
Project: Programming my HTPC
My new personal project which I’ll be releasing to the public soon is an update and extension to the Hauppauge WinTV Remote.
Specifically the 45 button IR Remote for the WinTV-PVR 150.
Customized WinTV Remote Settings
Recently I’ve gave my old media center PC (HTPC) a new home beside the TV. Since I no longer use it as my primary computer, it is only fitting for it to take it’s rightful place beside the TV for now on.
HTPC’s where mostly popular as a new subject in computer marketing in the early 2000s’, but was a failure due to it’s unfriendly and difficulties to use.
(It’s a computer you can watch TV with and play your media with your entertainment system.) Great idea right? Well yes, but the fact it is a computer and not a high tech VCR means that nothing is simple.
Windows Licenses, what are they and what’s the difference?
Windows Licenses come in three different types: OEM, Retail and Upgrade.
