Portable Media Center

Portable Media Center

Portable Media Center (PMC) is a defunct hard drive-based portable media player (PMP) platform developed by Microsoft. Codenamed "Media2Go", it was announced at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and later rebranded as "Windows Mobile software for Portable Media Centers". [cite press release|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/jan03/01-09m2glaunchpr.mspx|title=Microsoft Unveils "Media2Go" Portable Media Player Platform|accessdate=2007-04-08|publisher=Microsoft] It runs on a specialized version of Windows Mobile, built with TinyCLR, a .NET framework. In 2007, Microsoft had discontinued licensing of the platform. [cite web|url=http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2007/05/07/894101.aspx|title=Portable Media Center's Officially Dead (No Kidding)|author=|publisher=]

PMCs were introduced at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show, with the announcement of Creative's Zen Portable Media Center.

All PMCs are able to play audio files in MP3 and display images in JPEG. Also, they support Microsoft's proprietary formats: Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV). Other video formats will either be supported by each individual PMC, or transcoded though Windows Media Player. Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) is used for transferring data.

All players use a graphical user interface (GUI) modeled after Media Center, a software portal bundled with Windows XP Media Center Edition.

Manufacturers include Creative, Philips, iriver, Samsung, and Toshiba. Microsoft's Zune also uses a modified version of Portable Media Center.

ee also

* Portable media player
* Windows Media Center
* Windows Mobile

References

External links

* [http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=210&subcategory=211&product=9882 Creative Zen Portable Media Center]
* [http://www.iriveramerica.com/prod/multi/pmc_120.aspx iriver PMC-120]
* [http://www.playsforsure.com/ItemDetail.aspx?id=21 Samsung Yepp Portable Media Center]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Portable Media Center — Creative Zen Portable Media Center Portable Media Center (PMC) портативное устройство, медиаплеер на основе жёсткого д …   Википедия

  • Media center — (or media centre) may refer to: Audio visual software application or a dedicated media player device for such use Home theater PC, media computer designed for living room or Home cinema use Home cinema, also commonly referred to as a home theater …   Wikipedia

  • Portable media player — Sixth generation iPod A portable media player (PMP) or digital audio player, (DAP) is a consumer electronics device that is capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, video, documents, etc. the data is typically stored on …   Wikipedia

  • Windows Media Center — Компонент Microsoft Windows Детали …   Википедия

  • Media Center (software application) — This article is about the application by JRiver. For the Microsoft application, see Windows Media Center. For treatment of media centers in general, see Media center. Media Center Developer(s) JRiver Initial release 1998; 13 years ago (1998) …   Wikipedia

  • Windows Media Center — A component of Microsoft Windows …   Wikipedia

  • Windows Media Center — Entwickler Microsoft Aktuelle Version 6.1.7600.16385 (2009) Betriebssystem Windows Kategorie Media Center Lizenz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Windows media Center — Windows XP Édition Media Center Photo d un ordinateur portable affichant le module Media Center Windows XP Édition Media Center est un système d exploitation produit par Microsoft. Il s agit d une version modifiée de Windows XP Édition… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Comparison of portable media players — This article is about hardware device type portable media players. For other forms of media players, see Comparison of media players (disambiguation). The following comparison of portable media players compares general and technical information… …   Wikipedia

  • Windows Media Center Extender — Windows Media Center Extenders (officially Extender for Windows Media Center ) are devices that are configured to connect via a Network link to a computer running Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows Vista Home Premium/Ultimate or… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”