MSDN: Windows Media Center

The latest information for developers on Windows Media Center.

Use Windows XP Media Center 2005 and DirectShow to record and store television files.

This section of the MSDN Library contains programmability documentation, sample programs and templates, Media Center UI guidelines, and other resources for software development on the Media Center platform.

Create applications and software components that take advantage of features provided by the Windows XP Media Center Edition.

Discover how to write a Microsoft Windows Media Player Audio DSP plug-in that can remove primary vocals from audio files.

Describes the Windows Media SDK components and provides information about downloading them.

Get recommendations for developing games that run separately, full-screen, outside of the Media Center user interface—plus references for developing games that run using the Media Center extensibility model.

Learn how to write DirectShow applications in C++ for D-VHS recorders and MPEG-2 camcorders.

Get tips and techniques for optimizing the performance of Windows Media on a Windows CE .NET 4.2-based platform.

Don't miss the late-breaking details and other helpful information that supplements the Microsoft Windows Media Format 9 Series Software Development Kit

Get a high-level overview of the target applications that are enabled by the Windows Media Device Manager SDK.