media pc

What is the way to add a custom property for folders? This is what I want to do: I have moved all my DVD's to my media pc. I would like to have a custom field for each movie folder where I can add tags like "Young kids" "Older kids" "Family" "Parents" etc so that I can sort the folders by those...

Hey guys, I'm planning on buying a new PC for media purposes in the next week or so and this is what I've got so far. Planar - MSI 890GXM-G65 AM3 890GX 4*DDR3 PCI-E16 GBL DVI / VGA /HDMI/RAID/SATA3/USB3 - $130.00 Video Card - Sapphire HD6770 1G GDRR5 PCIE HDMI DP - $126.00 CPU - AMD Phenom II...

Hi, I own an Acer Aspire Revo (model R3600) that I am trying to use as a media pc connected to my tv. It originally had a version of linux on it, but I just installed Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit. However I can't get it to connect to the internet with a wired connection. I can connect to my...

I am pulling my hair out trying to get a few things sorted out with my home setup. I have media pc running windows 7 ultimate. But trying to stream AVI files over Cat6 cable to my local network to my media player [zensonic/ziova z500] just doesnt work, I can see the folders but not the...

Hi all, New to the forums but not to Windows. I just recently built a new system as an upgrade from HP Elite m9340f Media Center PC. I bought a new Mobo, Video Card and PSU. I used the HDD, RAM, CPU, DVD, and TV Tuner card from the HP in the new build. My current specs: Gigabyte...

I've recently purchased a new media PC to run Windows 7 RC with the new and refreshed WMC compared to Vista. Problem is that the everything works fine until the computer restarts and does the "Completing installation" in which it hangs for an extreme amount of time of where the bar appears to...

Hi there, I have installed 7, and very happy with that. There is only one issue witch i cant find out. Maybe you have any idea's. When sharing a map on my windows7 its possible to go there by any windows client. It's open and can be found. But my conceptronic media hdd, cant acces the...

I just spent a lot of money on a so-called "media" computer from HP that has Vista 64 bit installed. I collect a lot of art. That is why I spent a lot of extra money for a computer that has, or is suppose to have a superior quality for media. When I open a picture in a folder, something called...