Microsoft Internet video strategy (Windows Media Center Internet TV)

To put it simply, from today on, as long as you are using the Windows 7 family pro, professional or flagship edition, access broadband, and start the media center, you can watch a large number of copyrighted video programs on Sina, Sohu, and China International Broadcasting Station on your computer at any time? That is, the old and old. There are the latest movies and TV series, and many of them are Internet HD videos with a code rate of kb/s (not those on TV)

There are many Internet video clients. In my opinion, the Internet video that win7 brings to you has the following features:

1. One-Stop experience, no longer need to download a variety of plug-ins

2. With simple settings, you can see a variety of overseas TV programs brought about by Windows 7 ~~

3. You can easily connect your computer to a TV card with such good technology. In this way, your computer is an invincible entertainment center that combines Internet videos and wireless TV programs.

The following describes the installation methods and functions. Then, let us know how you feel when using it. For example, under what circumstances would you like to use it?

Part 1: Preparation

Configure the preparation area:

1. Confirm control panel-> region and language-> the format column is selected as: Chinese (simplified, Chinese)

2. Confirm control panel-> region and language-> location bar. The current location is China.

3. control Panel-> area and language-> Management bar, click "Copy Settings", and confirm that the "Welcome screen" format is "Chinese (simplified China )", the location is "China". If not, select: copy the current settings to "Welcome Screen and System Account" and save the application.

Preparations for quick Media Center Configuration

1. Click the blue button in the lower left of Windows 7 desktop and select and run Windows Media Center:

2. If this is the first time you run media center, the following screen appears. Click continue:

3. Click "quick ":

4. Wait about 5 minutes until the media center update is not displayed on the tray. Restart the media center. In this case, an "Internet video" item is added to the media center:

(The media center update icon is displayed in the blue box)

Appendix: If you have configured Windows Media Center, the update runs automatically and regularly updates the video program.

Part 2: media center Internet video Experience

2.1 Media CenterPlayer component installation:

2.1.1 click the internet video item, select "I have read and understood the terms of service and privacy statement", and click "Install" (this step is the first installation, if it has been installed, will not be prompted ):

2.1.2 installation process:

2.1.3 after the installation is complete, the content provider interface will be displayed. Currently, there are China International Broadcasting Station, Sohu and Sina:

2.2 Content playback on China International Broadcasting Station:

2.2.1 click CRI International Online To Go To The content page

2.2.2 movie-> HD, select "Family Fun 2009 ":

2.2.3 click to play

2.3 Sohu video playback

2.3.1 press backspace to return to the content supplier page and navigate to the Sohu video from the left and right to enter:

2.3.2 for the HD movie column, click "yueguang Bao box ":

2.3.3 click play, and the system will prompt you to install the Adobe Flash Player Plug-in (this step is the first installation. If it is already installed, the system will not prompt again):, check: "I have read and understand the terms of service and privacy statement" and click "Update ":

After the Adobe Flash Player Plug-in is downloaded and installed, it will be played:

2.4Sina video playback

2.4.1 The backspace will return to the content supplier page and navigate to Sina blockbuster:

2.4.2 go to Sina blockbuster. content provided by Sina:

2.4.3 select TV series: "Latent" and enter:

2.4.4 select and play the first episode:

Because Sohu has installed the Adobe Flash Player Plug-in, Sina no longer requires installation. cri players are not based on Adobe Flash Player and do not require installation of this plug-in.

I. Basic functions

After entering the Windows Media Center, go to the keyboard or remote control's upper and lower keys, or click the mouse to find the "TV" column, you can see the "Internet video" option:

After clicking enter (you can also press enter on the keyboard or select OK for the remote control), you will see the content provider interface:

You can browse more content providers by clicking the Left or Right key or clicking the incomplete part on either side:

More content providers:

After you select a content provider, click to enter to view the video content list:

On the list page, you can select the main category of the video. For example, after selecting "movie", you can browse all the movie content of the content provider:

You can also select the sub-category of the video to better find the video content you want to watch. For example, after selecting "movie" in the main category of Sina, select the sub-category of "terrorism, only the content of a terrorist movie will be listed:

After selecting the desired category, move the mouse over the image to highlight it (you can also press the arrow key on the keyboard or remote control) and see the corresponding content name and introduction:

Some content may contain multiple videos, such as TV series. After you click here, you will see the content:

It may only contain a single video, such as a movie:

After clicking the image (or press enter on the keyboard and press OK on the remote control), you can see the video details page:

Click the "play" Key (the keyboard or remote control needs to focus on the "play" button first) to start watching the video:

When you move the mouse to the lower part of the screen, you can see the control bar, you can use forward, back, control the volume, pause, stop, and other operations, like operating a normal player:

You can also drag the time bar to jump to the expected paragraph:

Ii. Return

In all Windows Media center locations, you can press the backspace key or the return arrow in the upper left corner (move the cursor to the upper left corner to display) to return to the previous page:

During video playback, you can press the backspace key to roll back to the previous page for other operations. At this time, the video is still playing in the background:

Some types of videos provided by content providers can also be played on the background of the main interface:

3. Guide

On the Right of "Internet video" on the main interface, there is a "Guide" option:

Windows Media Center lists the video channels provided by content providers:

Press the up/down key to view different video channels:

You can select the video recommended by the content provider:

Click here to directly link to the corresponding video content:

4. Search

On the main interface, there is a "Search" option on the right of the "Guide" to help you find the content you want to watch in the video:

You can also click the search button on the content list page to go to the search page:

Search Page:

On the search page, you can specify "all" to search for all content providers, or only search for the video content of the specified content provider:

You can also use the left and right keys to search for other video categories:

You can also select a search range using the filter options on the left side of the page:

When searching for English and numbers, you can directly enter and click the search key in the text box. The search results will be listed in the center of the screen:

If you need to enter Chinese characters for search, you must use the screen keyboard (you need to press the "OK" key on the remote control or double-click the text box ):

It uses a keyboard input method similar to a mobile phone. For example, if you enter "guo", You need to first click "4", "8", "6" on the screen keyboard ",:

Click the flip button to find the word "guo:

After selection, you can continue to enter the next word:

After entering the complete information, click "Search" to obtain the search result:

5. gadgets

Right-click the desktop and select "gadgets" to add Windows Media Center gadgets:

You can dynamically display video channels and recommended videos on the desktop:

Click the corresponding video content to see the corresponding introduction:

Click the channel on the gadgets to directly start Windows Media Center and link to the corresponding content provider channel.