Most of us know how to view pictures as a slide show. We also know how to open more than one picture at a time on our PC thus view multiple pictures simultaneously. But what it comes to videos, things get complicated for the average user. With videos, you can only view one at a time and most of you probably might not have heard of video slide shows.

If you do want videos to work that way, Clipshow is what you need.

Clipshow is a plug-in for the Windows 7 Media Center. It does exactly what we’ve discussed: this plug-in enables the user to view videos as slideshows and/or open up multiple video clips and view them simultaneously.

With a small setup file of ~1 MB, Clipshow is quickly downloaded and easily installed. The current version available for download is 2.3. It’s available for both, 32 and 64 bit systems. If you’ve already used Clipshow but haven’t updated to the new version, update right away.

Clipshow’s website describes the new features introduced in the latest version of Clipshow:

• “Homegroup integration – clipShow will include media found in your Windows 7 Homegroup.
• Windows Home Server integration (PP3) – clipShow will allow you to view and create playlists from your Video media stored on your Windows Home Server (please see WHS note below regarding required Power Pack).
• Media timeline view – clipShow will organize your media regardless of physical location by timeline, with most recent media displayed first.
• Quick filtering – clipShow provides a quick way to filter your media by year or month, as well as apply search criteria to filter down to a specific list of media
• Quick playlist creation – clipShow allows for a quick playlist to be created based upon a specific year, month or search criteria. In addition, playlists created within clipShow can be saved as an external ASX playlist file that can be played within the Media Center shell
• Multi-media format support – clipShow supports the playback of all media formats supported in Windows 7 (including AVCHD file formats).
• Extender support – clipShow is supported for all current Windows 7 Media Center extenders (XBOX, LinkSys, HP)”

In short, Clipshow is a great way to enrich your video-viewing experience; the plug-in should be downloaded by all Windows 7 Media Center users.