Media-Related Windows 7 Beta Updates

If you’re one of the many people running the Windows 7 beta you’ll be interested in this. Microsoft has announced several of the changes/updates being made to Windows 7 that will be included in the soon-to-be-released Windows 7 Release Candidate. A few of the media-related highlights from their notes include:

• Improved Internet Radio playback
• Improved playback support for video content from digital camcorders and cameras
• Cleaner Now Playing view
• Filtering content that cannot be played
• Resume from sleep
• Quieting Windows Media Player sync relationships
• Easier access to advanced settings
• Jump List improvement
• Enriching the Device Stage ecosystem

Not a bad list of improvements. However I don’t see too much directly related to Media Center, other than several “behind-the-scenes” fixes. Read the rest of this entry »