Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Testing MCE applications in 16:9 format

Today I found a great tip on Charlie Owens blog. He has a great blog with a lot of great tips for Media Center development. I have worked with a MCE project for some time now, and it works great on my 4:3 TV. But how can I test how the application looks on a 16:9 TV? Go to a friend and test on his computer...? No! Charlie Owen has the solution. He writes:

Do you want to test your extensibility application for widescreen compatibility without a widescreen monitor?

If yes, then...
Click Start => Run.
Type 'C:\windows\eHome\ehshell.exe /widescreen'.
Click the OK button.
Using the mouse, click the 'Restore Down' button to run Media Center in a window rather than full screen.

Voila, a 16:9 implementation of Media Center.


And to get it back to normal view:

With Media Center in a windowed mode use the mouse to click the Maximize button (which is in the same position as the Restore Down button when Media Center is full screen).

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