XBMC Icefilms Add-on ‘Failed to import Metahandlers’
Nov17

XBMC Icefilms Add-on ‘Failed to import Metahandlers’

KB ID 0000895  Problem XBMC was running quite happily, but whenever I tried to use Icefilms or navigate though the menus I was getting the following error. Icefilms Import Failure Failed to import Metahandlers A component needed by Icefilms is missing on your system Please visit www.xbmcchub.com for support Solution I did a complete remove and reinstall but the problem persisted. There are a couple of extra steps needed. 1. To...

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Playstation 3 – Error ‘A DLNA protocol error (2104) has occurred’ When streaming from Windows Media Player
Nov17

Playstation 3 – Error ‘A DLNA protocol error (2104) has occurred’ When streaming from Windows Media Player

KB ID 0000696 Problem My Windows 7 Media Center can’t stream to my PS3, but the Windows Media Player that’s built into the same PC can, (well it should be able to!) However when I tried, this is what the Playstation told me. Media Server Error: A DNLA protocol error (2104) has occurred. Solution Note: Your local firewall on the Windows 7 machine can also cause this problem. I have a decent firewall at home, so I disabled...

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How to Play .MKV files in Media Center
Nov17

How to Play .MKV files in Media Center

KB ID 0000564  Problem You have a video encoded in .mkv format, and that video is not listed and cannot be played in Windows Media Center. Solution Playing an MKV file is one problem, getting them to be displayed in Media Center is another. 1. First we need to get Windows to “understand” what a .mkv file is, to do that we need to install a codec. The one I’m using is from the shark007 website. If you’re x32 or...

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Force Media Center to Update its Libraries
Nov17

Force Media Center to Update its Libraries

KB ID 0000627  Problem I use Media Center a lot, and the one thing that bugs me is, every time I add a new film or TV series etc, I have to restart Media Center, restart services, or reboot the entire media PC before I can see them in the list. After some searching it appears that Media Center uses the same repository/database of media that Windows Media Player uses. There is a convoluted method of stopping services, deleting files...

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Windows – Enable  Two RDP Sessions
Nov17

Windows – Enable Two RDP Sessions

KB ID 0000554  Problem If you have Windows  (Professional, Enterprise or ultimate) you can already connect to it remotely using RDP. Unlike Windows Server 2008/2003/2000 which can have two concurrent RDP connections for remote administration, Windows client operating systems can only have one. If someone is logged into the machine and you connect in, it simply kicks them out to the login page. This was never a problem for me until I...

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