Hi Crispy,

I use DG and xmltvgui, and get the star ratings and meta data.

I have a script that runs every night, extracts data from DG, into an XML file, BS EPG then imports this into MC - works well.

Tony

I've had issues with slow performance a few times and generally find that a clean library rebuild sorts it.

1. Close Media Player and stop the WMP sharing service (type Net Stop WMPNetworkSvc into a cmd prompt window and press enter).

2. Delete the contents of...

I had a similar issue. Often, when I turned the system on (AVR, TV, etc.) Media Center would come up in a default 1024x768 resolution. Closing MC and restarting it restored the resolution to what it should be, but that was a pain to do every time you turn on the system.

The solution that I came up...

I now see where these categories are used. They are the categories that show in the guide. This concept should extend to the Recorded TV screen so shows can be filtered by Category. It woudl also be nice if the user could create custom categories.

Hurrah! Result. :P

I found an article about incorrect paths in the registry relating to libraries : and found two incorrect paths (both pointing a drive long since removed) - that didn't solve my problem but gets an honourable mention as something to keep an eye out for and again gave me food for...

Can I hook up my HDMI Cable to my 360 without having to hook up my yellow, red and white cables? Hi, I want to hook up my 360 to my hd tv in my rec-room. The problem is my TV is mounted to the wall and I cant get behind it. The good news is that my dad recently hooked up a hdmi cable to our dvd...

In certain situations, where Media Center thinks the tuner itself is not working, it will simply stop using that tuner (until ehrecvr is restarted or the PC is rebooted) - perhaps that is what happened to all your tuners here?

Interesting. I didn't know that.

Maybe that's what happened to me...

Yes, you can edit the channel to put it as 41.0 and 41 will go to it on the remote. When you edit it in WMC that is always changing the logical channel number. It won't let you change the physical channel, only remove it or add a new one.

I'll make sure this solution gets included in the wiki :D

Awesome thanks, didn't know about that!

The other thing that surprises me, if I get the remote right on the IR receiver on the PC, shield the IR receiver on the TV and hit TV off, the TV turns off. Could WMC be telling the TV to turn off?
If you were shielding the TV's IR-receiver with your hand, it is possible that some IR was still...

Television uses a different colorspace than the other settings. Plus Television is the only setting that will offer 0% overscan.

bah. Sleep is overrated. Leave it on.

I get HDMI handshake issues frequently when moving from MC back to the Windows desktop, or when moving into showing a Netflix movie. It's never a message; it's just either a blank screen, or static and then a blank screen.

Turning the TV off then on again...

Sorry for the delay, busy weekend. Couldn't wait to try 411+info, a menu choice to display that info would be very handy...but I digress. So, I'm not sure what I need to be looking for in the Debug Mode. Frame Rate = 59.9401; Frame Corruption Rate = 1; Corrupt Frame Count = 10; Display Size =...

I get this problem constantly with my Ceton. Latest firmware & drivers installed. I'll be watching this thread closely...

Dontcha just love DRM???

Disable the sources for channel 19 and it should work.

If it doesn't, that's an indication that the station is transmitting bad PSIP info. Most likely it's transmitting info that says it's on ch19, but MCE sees it on ch10. MCE gets really confused when the PSIP info doesnt agree with the info...

I do have a question for those using XBOX 360 as an extender. In an XBOX 360 extender scenario, how log and how many clicks does it take to get to the guide or live tv? My wife and kids want things to be simple. Have to make sure it isn’t a non-starter.

I used an addin Control Panel 2.0 Beta...

I would try installing the latest drivers from the website. You can always rollback if additional issues appear.

ya i just downloaded it. thanks for pointing me in the right direction

My Ceton is PCI-e and currently installed in my server and networked shared, my ATI DCT is USB but I never had problems w/ it but I have my USB ports set to have +5VSB.

You might want to give MST a try, it has 2 options, one that will just help you set your power managment and a full install(I...

If this will ever be of help, I found nomousy:

Works very well.

You might try reverting to the older video drivers and seeing if the issue persists

You have my sympathies. And since the movie library scan process has not been published in a WP by Microsoft AFAIK, we are all in the dark...

After looking at some more traces on both client and server, the 15 sec time gap in my environ is still a mystery to me. I'm not seeing any of the usual...

However, I believe that there is a mode called hybrid sleep or S3-S4 , which is not as awake as S3, but more awake than S4 (I think that it is something like hibernate but with the ability to respond to the remote control). It might be worth looking at your motherboard BIOS to see what lower power...

Have a look at this article:

One thing not covered in that article is a case where TiVo sued Verizon for violating the overshoot patent.

As for WMC, again, refer to the link I posted with Peter Rosser's comments. Specifically, this statement:

Cue and rewind work past a certain speed (I think...

Figured it out. I have an ATI video card and Ceton Infinitv, so I have to deal with the dynamic contrast flicker issue. Well, every time I install ATI drivers, I have to go back and turn this feature off to solve the problem. The last time I did it, it looks like I turned off Smooth Video Playback...

Thanks for those links. BSG is a continual payment option isn't it, so I'll have a quick look at the other suggestions first.
Cheers for the links!

Agreed.

I'm not sure about flags etc..

There is a reg key for the last used strip, it might help you track something down?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media Center\Start Menu\LastUsedStrip

I think I found your answer from the WOW website:

Starting May 19, 2011 the WOW! Cable lineup will begin transitioning to an all-digital format. For uninterrupted service, you will need to connect a Digital Adapter to any TV that does not already have WOW! digital equipment. If you have a TV that...

A work around perhaps:

Yea, I saw that too. I prefer not to download a repair disk from BitTorrent. I ended up making the repair disk successfully using my laptop.

I believe I have now fixed this. In WMC settings go to Settings-General-TV-Audio and turn of the auto volume mode. Also do the same in Settings-General-DVD-Audio
The lag is now gone :D :D :D

That shouldn't be a problem (WMC wakes up something like 10 minutes early), so if you run into issues with that, you may want to contact Ceton.

Cheers Rob i'll look into that with the info you provided
phil

Big agreed.

Hi Lee,

so long as they are on different partitions, you can install the same version of windows twice at least (I've got it currently on my main HTPC - one partition being a test partition, the other being live) and it works fine - much simpler than having to swap discs etc, just make sure the...

+1 that is the likely fix, however, also check your system time. The PC clock tends to drift and cause shows to start late or finish early. If it is not accurate check the post that describes how to adjust the auto sync for windows system time...

Thanks for the reply. I did fix the clock...

oh and you could always go for a zone 2 dish...

thanks gents yes i found it under a 'Channel 4' channel, renamed and renumbered it to replace my encrypted one

Good help as always! (ps i found it marked as channel 503 which is in fact London Channel 4+1)

Blimey something i suggested actually helped someone, its normally me who needs the help :shock:

Looks like option 3. At least according to a thread over on tgb.com which is reporting MCE has been removed from the latest Win8 build. I don't see how XBOX 360 could be considered appropriate for the living room. Not unless you're used to the sound of a leaf blower in the house.

with regard to to the 258.96 driver not installing:

I've been playing with my own drivers, and it seems the NVIDIA driver won't install unless Windows has already installed its own driver first. If I tried to install the NVIDIA driver before Windows went through its own driver process, the NVIDIA software...

I replaced my router (wanted to anyway) and this symptom completely disappeared. I think it is just a matter of certain hardware not playing nice with each other....thanks for the help!

Just an update. The stop button worked wonderfully but while trying to fix another problem, I realized that the resolution was set to 1920x1080. I reduced the resolution to 1024x720 and it solved that problem.
1080 for on-board video, apparently bad. 720, good.

DOH. Fixed..... Thanks..

I am not positive but I believe MCE buddy uses comskip to detect and remove the commercials. If it is comskip you can set the comskip.ini file to delete the commercials and the beginning and the end of a show.

This setting
delete_show_before_or_after_current

in the comskip.ini file forces comskip...

The reason Netflix pricing has changed is no suprise if you have been paying attention to the state of things. Netflixs contracts with the studios will expire soon and their overhead will be going through the roof.

don't get it - browsed to both of them and they both still work???

How many tuners do you have, and have you made any changes to the live TV buffer length?

You could try this

Go to Start, type regedit in the search box and press enter.
In the Registry Editor, click the icon to expand the tree list on the left.
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, SOFTWARE, Microsoft, Windows, CurrentVersion, Media Center, Settings, then select ProgramGuide.
On the right...

Good thread.

Thanks everyone for confirming I'm not going crazy :) The play button on the remote works well. It was funny when I was ranting and my daughter suggested just hitting play on the remote. :)
Queue management isn't a big deal for me as I find that easier done via my laptop.
Thanks for the advice and...

Panasonic makes a number of true 720p and 1080p TVs that have good PQ (in all fairness, the OPs display doesn't have very good picture quality compared to other Panasonic TVs that are available). So upgrading the TV to something with square pixels and an acceptable resolution does not mean...

This might be a good option as well... I haven't tried it yet, but I'm about to :)

That post should be pulled as its a dirty hack that can be done properly by opening a command prompt and typing :

C:\Windows\eHome\mcupdate.exe -MediaCenterRecoveryTask

Give it a min or two to run and then then reboot your PC

When you go back in all your guide data and TV setup has been wiped...

Thanks for the info. Now, am looking to move all my media to a NAS drive, while retaining it for use as noted above. However, am also looking to stream 1080p media/movies from that drive to dlna and upnp compatible devices with both ethernet cable connection and through my wifi router. Two...

WMC is built into Windows 7. When the PC boots you can set it so you each have seperate user accounts and can choose which account to log into and even password protect each account. In each user account you can have seperate media collections (Music, Movies, Pictures..ETC.) or opt to share those...

TMT5 Is great software and has the best looking Media Center Integration. However there are a few issues with the software BUT there is a patch coming soon that will address most of the issues.
I have the Beta Patch installed and it seems much better (back button now works on my remote). The Trial...

Do you have any words of wisdom for me regarding this setup and upgrade?

Start a new thread :-) This thread is about 32 vs 64-bit.

Anyway, I would ditch the two tuners you have and get a Ceton InfiniTV 4 tuner. The ATI TV Wonder 650 HD is not officially supported on Windows 7.

Make sure...

I dont think you can play full DVD structures i.e. VOBs in VIDEO_TS folders from the Video Library. You can play individual VOB files however, say if you had a movie in one large vob file.

Oh, you'll need the tag support plug-in as well. See here:
yup followed that tutorial in order to play flac. I double checked and support is enabled. Maybe the 4k flac files just dont have metadata.

Yes you can login with another session whilst leaving the primary login running.

You cannot stream video through it though.

Indeed, took me ages to do it but when I setup my guide recently the first step was goto guide tool, select all and Hit spacebar :)

Starting off with NO channels worked wonders for me. I just then added in all the channels We actually would watch and in the few cases where there is a HD version...

Thanks HB its sooo long since I did a reinstall forgot with the x64.

Regards

You can also see the InfiniTV channel map at , which includes the frequency for each channel in the map.

There's another hidden thing you can do - Auto Select. It automatically unchecks all the sources that down have a signal, and = I beleive = selects the ones that have a strong enough signal.

Tasks > Settings > TV > Guide > Edit Channels > Auto Select.

Takes a LONG while to run so don't be alarmed...

Holy cow toddos, thanks a lot! btw, Handbrake does recognize DVR-MS, so I'll try your suggestions but probably skip the commercial stripping.

I think DoubleTwist for Android can do this. Enable AirPlay from the settings - I am not possitive, but this may be a feature unlocked after the $4-5 upgrade for DoubleTwist (called AirSync).

Here's one: . According to the manufacturer, the device is HDCP compliant.

You could look into media browser.. I believe they have a music plugin and see if that is more to your liking

More info here:

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I actually get a time zone error when I try to access Netflix even though my time zone info is correct. However, I don't use Netflix much on the mediapc anyway I actually use my 360 for 99 percent of streaming imo the 360 handles Netflix perfectly.

The 100MB partition is created by win7 by default in case you ever decide to use bitlocker. You don't need that partition if you never intend to use Bitlocker, and you don't need to back it up even if you do intend to use Bitlocker (backups should be done at the filesystem level after Bitlocker has...

Bummer. It doesn't work on 64 bit Windows. If anyone can make this work on 64 bit systems, I would very much appreciate it!

They moved this site to a new host maybe it has effected the link. Try this

:D my kind of humor. Life is a constant procession of wings no?!

latest public version

Hi -

Just joined this site (this is my 2nd post) - and just wanted to clarify a couple of things-

- Pre Sorting the xmltv should not really make any difference at all to the import unless you have a lot of gaps/overlaps in shows (in which case it's first in best dressed when it tries to determine...

If I understand the OP correctly, the goal is to move the recorded TV folder to another location other than the default location, and then have that folder accessible on the network so other computers can access it. In the explanation below, I will assume both computers are in the same Homegroup....

From what I've read, Media Center has a scheduled task that will overwrite any changes you make to the security of the media files. It does this to ensure that the extenders have access to those files.

You can change this behavior. Take a look here:

The record-by-description is certainly a smart idea. I'm not sure if such a function exists in Windows Media Center, though. You may just have to record all of the shows, and then delete the ones you don't care about. On the positive side, (unlike with TiVo), you can add an awesome tuner like the...

Fantastic - These can definently be translated to vbscript... So this should be a pretty good solution for me... (I'll need to wait till I get home to try out)

Thanks makryger you've been very helpful!

Cheers,
Fraser

I use robocopy to copy selected recordings from our HTPC to our whs - but the recordings still show in the recorded tv section, as I want... so not sure it would help!
I suspect that it is the WHS that makes the difference. I am simply copying files to folders that reside in the Video section in...

How did u create the images for say the volume bar etc..? These are the things I'd like to alter.. I'm currently running a tweaked version of your black theme. Any chance of a rar of the associated images????
I got the basic theme from steve (theWARM) and just changed the Main Pictures..steve...

That's interesting as I have not had one problem test restoring five 64 bit Win 7 clients. I had to use the PCI NIC for one PC. I have used it in a real life disaster recovery for a disk failure and it worked perfectly. That's good to know. I've never actually used it to do a full restore. My...

Occasionally when updating Nvidia drivers I see this appear. I usually strip them out and make sure to click the clean install button upon reinstallation. Always clears the issue for me.

I think it really depends on many factors as to where they get positioned. In North America, CNN captions come up word for word, without spelling mistakes or booboo's (usually) so I think that could possibly be human input doing those. For recorded shows. movies etc., I would expect whole sentences...

Yes, the whole sky player in media center has been a joke from day one!!!

yes, server & client if possible (not on x360 extender obviously...)

i dont use the net pack much either, but was more stable when flow control enabled.

i'm the same, just using 2 extenders around the house, and then HTPC -> connect direct to LCD for 3 screens in total.

i was thinking of getting...

Is this the beta with the refresh rate matching of files?

Yes this has the automatic refresh rate change.. It is a beta. Make sure you read the post at the link I provided before installing it.

newfiend

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Agree here totally with Richard. Disable SF & BM. If necessary use ffdshow to help normalize it.
Good luck!

Well, it might sound sexier if it was x69 ;)
Whatever do you mean???!!! We are IT geeks and don't understand all that stuff!! Lol ;)

I would like to see an app that exports the channel line up.

I just recently rebuilt my 7MC machine and by far the thing that took the most time was adding the new digital channels. My card found them and I could see them listed when I went to edit channels, but since they were not tied to any...

Hi guppy! Yeah disable the normal windows screensaver then enable the favorites one in media center. That's how mine is set up and it works perfik. :)

I have it on good authority it will be called SgooaggeleTV

Catchy, no?
I heard it was gonna be called SagagoogooTV!! (80's pop culture throwback for you oldies :d)

Thats right, Media Center will try to download metadata for movies in the guide but remember the bug that MS refuse to fix... find a movie in the guide, go to view its info, you will probably be presented with extra info under the normal details.... so far so good.... but .... go into the movie...

FWIW I had the same problem when I had RemotePotato installed with the playback library stuff enabled.

I agree with STC also that a manual recording is best. If you just want to let media center try for you can use my suggestion, but as Rich said guide data isn't always accurate. I would still check Hulu for a quicker/on demand option that might be available depending on the show. No problem Rich I...

Also, no audio equipment in that room, we use the TV speakers exclusively and when in Extender Mode, have to really crank up the volume.

I don't know if this is for me, but if it is, the amplifier I was talking about was the one in the TV.

Here's what it looks like coming from the tuner in the...

I also notice this when media is spanning multiple drives that may have powered down. I really hoped Microsoft would have addressed the bug ridden movie library. Oh well.