{"id":45,"date":"2009-10-31T23:53:55","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T03:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/main.jmah.net\/?p=45"},"modified":"2011-07-06T20:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T00:43:44","slug":"video-playlists-for-vista-media-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/main.jmah.net\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Video Playlists for Vista Media Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vista Media Center<\/p><\/div>\n

This is something that is not a secret, but is also not very widely known. I would imagine that it is because not too many people have a use for it or know how it could be used.<\/p>\n

Of course, I’m talking about creating video playlists that can be used within Vista Media Center. I’m sure everyone knows what a playlist is, as they are most commonly used for music playback on just about any media player available. Anyway, I don’t like rambling that much, so I’ll get right into it.<\/p>\n

First, you need a media player capable of generating a playlist with the asx<\/strong> extension. This is most commonly a Windows Media Streaming extension. However, Vista Media Center can recognize and playback this format in both the Music and Video Libraries. I used Windows Media Player 11 to create mine. Simply drag your files into the Drag items here<\/strong> section, arrange them in any order you wish, click on the Untitled Playlist<\/strong> menu directly above and choose Save Playlist As<\/strong>. When naming your playlist, be sure to add the .asx<\/strong> extension and then choose Save As Type “Any Playlist”<\/strong> so that the asx extension is applied correctly (simply RENAMING<\/strong> it DOES NOT WORK<\/strong>). That’s it, you’re done!<\/p>\n

You do need to place the playlist file within the directory structure of your Video Library (obviously) so that it is picked up. You can even create a JPG file of the same name (playlist.asx = playlist.jpg, for example) to get a thumbnail to show up in the library nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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