Media Center Manager

Media Center Manager

Media Center Manager is a forthcoming application for Windows Phone 7 and Windows 7 Media Center that will allow you to control aspects of your Media Center experience from your phone.

Update 01/18/2011:

Development is continuing on MCM and is moving along at a torrid pace. Below are some current screenshots of the application in action:

Please email me at sirtwist@twistontech.com with any questions, thoughts or ideas.  Or contact me on Twitter (@sirtwist).

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  1. Tweets that mention Twist: on Tech -- Topsy.com says:

    January 18th, 2011 at 10:19 pm

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    January 20th, 2011 at 12:07 am

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  3. Henrik says:

    January 20th, 2011 at 3:59 am

    Awesome functionality, but the UI needs lots of polishing!

    Looking forward to this!

  4. meg says:

    January 22nd, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    Why couldn’t this work with XP Media Center as well?

  5. meg says:

    January 22nd, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    …..or Vista Media Center?

  6. George Roberts says:

    January 22nd, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    Because it requires a plugin to be installed on the media center PC to interface with the MCM app on the phone, and that plugin is only being written to work with Windows 7 media centers. Theoretically it could probably work on Windows Vista so long as the TVPack is installed, but there were many changes made to the APIs and SDK when the TVPack came out for Vista which makes compatibility for both challenging.

  7. meg says:

    January 22nd, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    Thanks for your prompt reply!!  Updating XP Media Center to Win7 is a nightmare….and Vista is working fine…but sounds like I may have to update at some point.  I loved Orb TV, but it doesn’t work with WP7…dangit!  :)

  8. Damian says:

    January 23rd, 2011 at 5:29 am

    Looks cool – will this work with Extenders too?

  9. George Roberts says:

    January 23rd, 2011 at 10:42 am

    Yes, it works with extenders as well.

  10. Volker says:

    January 25th, 2011 at 3:11 am

    Meines Erachtens die erste Killer APP für WP7 – habe mir alles dazu durchgelesen und kanns gar nicht erwarten bis die APp kommt – das Meteor Projekt sollten wir echt supporten

  11. Volker says:

    January 25th, 2011 at 3:12 am

    Also ich meine natürlich die Jungs hier. -> http://blog.landdolphin.net/

  12. George Roberts says:

    January 25th, 2011 at 8:22 am

    To be honest, the only reason I started writing MCM was because I got tired of waiting for Meteor. I saw the Meteor information before WP7 was even released and was looking forward to it when I got my phone. Unfortunately, it’s now been nearly 4 months since the last information was posted about Meteor, even though Ben has stated publicly several times that he was going to post more info.

  13. Ben @thelanddolphin says:

    January 27th, 2011 at 2:02 am

    Yeah, sorry about the lack of info over the last few months. You know you can always contact me on twitter: @thenoumenon or @thelanddolphin if you want infos or to discuss stuff. Always keen to chat :)

  14. JJ says:

    February 20th, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    This looks great. Any update when its going to be available?

  15. George Roberts says:

    February 20th, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    I’m working hard on it. :) It’s a pretty complex app, so it’s taking me some time. I was hoping to have it out by the end of the month, but I’m not sure I’ll hit that. Some features I planned for the first version will likely get pushed back to a subsequent update, but the first version will be extremely usable still. :)

  16. Simon says:

    April 22nd, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    Dear Friend, maybe there are any news regarding the availability of this cool tool?

    Thanks & Regards

    Simon