We all know that sites like YouTube and Google Video are getting more and more popular everyday, and for that matter even video podcasts are exploding with traffic growth. The reason behind a large part of this success is due to the fact that people want to be able to choose what they watch and when, just like with their PVRs.That brings me to the point of this particular post which is to talk about TVTonic, a wonderful plugin which not only allows you to subscribe to video podcasts within MCE, but it also has predefined content channels for you. The channels are broken up into genres like news, music, and cartoons, and within those channels you will find multiple streams of content.
This plugin also offers huge flexibility with the fact that you can create your own channels and add your own feeds anytime you want, so you are in no way restricted to what the predefined content is.
TVTonic is currently a free download, and according to this interview with Michael Sprague from Wavexpress (the makers of TVTonic), it will also be bundled with Vista's Media Center. TVTonic will also work through Internet Explorer if you do not have a Windows Media Center device.
Thanks to Davis Freeberg who let us know about this through our Tips page.
1. I interviewed Michael Sprague for the Media Center Show last year
http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/mediacenter/2005/05/16/the-media-center-show-7-michael-sprague/
Michael talks about TVTonic and how it works
Posted at 4:18AM on Nov 2nd 2006 by Ian Dixon