License

You can read the myHTPC license here.

System Requirements

myHTPC is supported on Windows 98 and above. It may very well run on other OS’s, but that has not been tested.

GDI+

You may need to download and install GDI+ if you are running Windows 2000 or below.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=32738

Installation

This release incorporates a set-up program. You do not need to un-install the previous version when a new release is made. Just back up your existing configuration file and install the new version.

Then, simply run myHTPCConfigure.

Read the included document on the basics of myHTPCConfigure.

Once you have finished configuring the application, just run myHTPC.exe.

Navigating myHTPC

You can use the mouse, keyboard or a remote control to navigate myHTPC.

If you are using the keyboard, the following are the keys:

Cursor Up/Left/Down/Right – use these to navigate the menus, left will always take you back to the previous menu and right will advance to the next menu.

ENTER – selects the highlighted choice.

Page Up/Down – moves up or down one page at a time.

Backspace – used to ‘go back’ to a previous state. For example, when browsing pictures, and selecting a subdirectory, use backspace to go back to the previous directory.

Space – equivalent to play and pause.

Alt-F4 – this is the only key combination that can be used to shutdown myHTPC.

If you are using the remote control, teach each command to myHTPC using the configure application.

Release Notes

I’ve been feeling guilty about the weather module not functioning and discovered yesterday that The Weather Channel (weather.com) offers a free XML weather feed.

So, this release no longer uses InterceptVector.com and uses TWC instead.

In order for it to work properly, you must run the configure application and go into each weather module to reset the location. Simply type the location name you want (or a zip code if in the USA), hit the Search button and select one of the resulting locations.

This version uses weather icons provided by TWC and has full support for metric units.

Note that there have been no improvements to the display of the weather module; it still looks poor at anything less than 800x600.

Revision history for previous versions

myHTPC was created by Pablo Pissanetzky

ã 2003, Marleyware