SoftSled2

A revival of the old SoftSled Project, an open source Windows Media Center Extender

Current Progress

Audio RTSP communication is close to complete, RTSP playback working (running into issues with RequestHandle reaching 215 and jumping immediately to 65023)
Video RTSP communication is mostly done, RTSP playback not working (perhaps because of DRM license failure?)
Interface sounds (through RDP or local) currently being worked out

Finished Elements

Initial Device Configuration
Device Services Remoting (DSLR)
Extender Device Capability Queries (DSPA)
Extender Device Session Communication (DSMN)
Extender Device Media Control (DMCT)
Opening Sounds
Full-Screen Interface

Future Requirements

Implement Video Overlay
Create Extender Certificate
Implement media controls (play/pause/previous/next) media from client
Create RC6 remote control forwarder

Possible Features to Add

Create settings areas (perhaps could be used for dedicated device)
- WLAN
- Display
- Audio

Installation and configuration

Prerequisites

Windows 7

Configuration

(If using Linksys2200.cer)

Copy Linksys2200.cer to the Host Machine and let Windows install the certificate into the default store.
Start SoftSled.
Go to your Media Center PC and Navigate to Settings > Extenders.
Find SoftSled in the list.
Click Configure.
In the key type in 1234-3706, and WMC will try to pair the Extender.
Windows Media Center will go through the configuration steps and will pair the Extender, but will fail the last step and won't be able to connect.
Open netplwiz, and note the new user (in the form of Mcx{num}-{machineName}).
Manually reset the password of this user to mcxpw123.
Once done, try to connect SoftSled, and if you're lucky you'll get to the WMC home screen through RDP.