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Play .MKV’s in Windows Media Center (WMC)

Play .MKV’s in Windows Media Center (WMC)

For a long time I had resisted converting my DVD and Blu-Ray disks into any other format because I didn’t want to lose any quality.  I had lived by this rule for a long time, and thankfully companies like QNAP and Thecus came to my storage rescue.  However, the day has come where the cost of storing all the extra garbage that comes along with these movies has opened my eyes to benefits conversions.  With that, I have began converting my movie collection to a format that allows me to lose all the excess fat, but keep my movie loss-less. Read More…

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To access this: simply type the IP address of your server and the port number: example: http://192.168.1.150:8085

Unfortunately, this application doesn't come with a service installer.  That means that you will either have to be logged into your homeserver to have the application gather data, or install it as a service manually.  Luckily, AnyService Installer add-in can help us out with this, but you have to have the Windows 2003 Resource Kit installed for this to work (remember, you are still on your WHS).

To install the Windows 2003 Resource Kit Simply double click the executable from the download link and follow all the default options.

The same pretty much goes for the AnyService Installer, but when prompted to enter information populate the fields as follows (From the Top menu select Mode and Advanced:

  1. C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools
  2. C:\Program Files\Codebox\BitMeter\BitMeter2.exe
  3. BitMeterII
  4. Blank
  5. Blank
  6. Your Administrator Account
  7. Your Administrator Password

Then hit "Create" to finish the process. All that is left to do is start the service .

  1. Right click on My Computer from your Windows Home Server and choose "Manage"
  2. Expand "Services and Applications"
  3. Click on Services
  4. In the right payne right click on BitMeterII and choose "Start"

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Joe DiFiglia has written 226 Articles at C.O.D.


In early 2000 I became increasingly frustrated with hardware review sites praising less than satisfactory products. The saying: “if you want something done right, do it yourself” applies here. I wasn’t satisfied, so I did it myself; and here we are years later.

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