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A resource for third party add-ins, past and present. Help contribute! Log in with TBG.tv credentials.
Media Center Cast *No Longer Supported*
Chromecast in MediaCenter
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TGB.tv donations drive !

Last post by Kevin Chalet « Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:39 pm
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by holidayboy » Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:47 am » in Forum Operations & Feedback

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Hi all,

Just a quick post to see if any of our members are willing / able to make a small donation to help cover our running costs?

I completely understand that times are hard for a lot of folks and many people are unable to offer any financial support.

Please don't feel pressured into donating...

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Who do I PM to add UDID for iOS My Media Center Ceton app? I was able to download but it will not install. If I can get working I will donate.

See

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Recorded TV HD Addin

Last post by Hi-Def_PCs « Thu Aug 22, 2024 2:16 am
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I just thought I would create this post just in case you haven't heard of Recorded TV HD.

Basically it is a different recorded tv interface that has a million options :)... You don't have to rename any of your files and it will automatically download background/poster art. You can also have...

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Unfortunately a lot of the guidance info was lost. Help videos on the main site and tips in the user forum were both lost when they were shutdown. I do have an archive dump of the forum but it is not in a particularly readable format.

That sounds similar to when your last parent dies, and you...
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Thu Aug 22, 2024 2:16 am
Remote Potato Addin (Version 2.1.3)

Last post by jdtayloruk « Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:47 pm
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by sccrgoalie1 » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:10 pm
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Hello All,

I have developed a media center addin for remote potato. This allows you to access your guide from a remote PC. The benefit of this is you can have one central recording box and view the guide and scheduled recordings on other PC's. It's a step towards softsled.

Currently the...

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Is that the official tv guide for media centre or not? Just interested, managed to get 21 channels on remote potato but no more when selected. At least it’s working
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Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:47 pm
My Channel Logos XL

Last post by mogulman « Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:43 pm
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by makryger » Mon May 20, 2013 9:54 pm
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What is it? MCL is an application thats main function is to display logos in your Windows Media Center guide. It also can enhance your guide in other ways, by minimizing dead space, increasing the number of rows and columns in your guide, and showing/hiding/swapping channel numbers, callsigns, and...

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You might try removing/re-adding the WMC Feature

Tried everything I could think of.. Old Backups of my system from 2014/2015. Restoring files from there. DISM and SFC /scannow.

Finally resorted to removing and installing Media Center as a feature. That worked.. Guess I should just try the...
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Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:43 pm
Media Center Calendar Addin

Last post by redmed « Fri Dec 13, 2019 3:43 pm
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by sccrgoalie1 » Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:23 pm
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Current verison 1.2.1
Version 1.1.1 released - first public release

My wife and I both use an exchange calendar. What we really wanted was a quick view of the entire month combining all our appointments onto one shared calendar and we wanted it in media center. That's where this addin comes in....

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A calendar that I have used in Windows for years is Clicktray Calendar. This calendar was developed by a German Co. on a Atari PC years ago. It is the most feature packed calendar I have found.

I find this to be the most useful program I have ever used. I would be lost without it. It is on all...
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Fri Dec 13, 2019 3:43 pm
SkypeMCEAnswer.0.4.2

Last post by rberkenpas « Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:15 am
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by nxsfan » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:30 pm
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UPDATE - SkypeMCEAnswer 0.4.2 Available

Download the newest version from

While SkypeMCEAnswer works perfectly on my 2 HTPCs, I'm sure it isn't bug free, please let me know if you have problems!
If new to SkypeMCEAnswer, it is dependent on

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SkypeMCEAnswer is an imaginatively...

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Hey, Is there any news in regards to this util? Or is there another option available?
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Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:15 am
Media Browser Add-in

Last post by jachin99 « Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:19 pm
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by Scallica » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:14 am
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For those that use Media Browser, version 2.5.0 has been released.

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I see EMBY is not designed to do what I want. I have no desire for another strip, or go to into one app and have movies, games tv. I want an icon for Movies and another for games, etc, as I already have strips setup for everything and I like my layout.

If registermceapp.exe works with MCERSTB, I...
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Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:19 pm
W7CallerID

Last post by STC « Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:22 pm
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After struggling off and on for quite a while and with others graciously trying to help me get caller ID working on my W7 X64 system in Media Center, I finally got it working with a new Caller ID server and addin (W7CallerID) which was just recently released. I tried many solutions to no avail....

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^ Yup.

A bit of effort required, but is bullet proof once working.
W7CallerID is based on this.
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Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:22 pm
Netflix Add-in search fix

Last post by jim97219 « Sun Jun 28, 2015 6:26 am
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by webminster » Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:11 am
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I just noticed today, trying a search from the Netflix add-in, it throws errors. Seems to work from Roku or from Netflix Web site. Is this a new problem or has search been broken in the add-in for awhile? Not a huge deal since I can manage this from the Web site, but just wondering.

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If you don't run as administrator, it will fail.
Ran it as administrator and I seem to be good to go.
Your reply is most appreciated!
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Sun Jun 28, 2015 6:26 am
Has anybody gotten Media center studio to work in windows 10?

Last post by Kevin Chalet « Fri Aug 23, 2024 8:59 am
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by caliskier » Wed May 06, 2020 11:13 pm

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That’s the question I wanna know if anybody’s got the media center studio to work in windows 10, or should I use something else for that purpose?

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Hey thanks for the help!! Ok, finally got to try it, been very busy. It opens, did not used to do that, but it crashes when I hit the start menu tab. here is the log...

Wooops, sorry, looks like I missed your reply :shock:
That error should be fixed in the 1.0.1 package I pushed a few days ago:...

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Last post by Kevin Chalet
Fri Aug 23, 2024 8:59 am
My Memories for Windows Media Center

Last post by IT Troll « Tue Aug 20, 2024 11:48 am
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by mark1234 » Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:07 am
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A new add-in for 7/8MC to replace the built in photo screensaver.

Looks interesting. I do like the default screensaver, but it only shows the same handful of photos over and over again. I wonder if this is better at chosing a wider range of pictures.

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I've added a wiki page for the My Memories add-in.
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Tue Aug 20, 2024 11:48 am
ModernMedia UI+ - Modern Theme and All-New Features

Last post by jns629 « Sun Aug 18, 2024 4:12 am
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ModernMedia UI+ is a new application released as part of Windows 10 Media Center Community . It provides a modified and modernized theme across the Media Center user interface with brand new built-in features, enhanced program data and much more. All of the details about the app are available here...

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It Works thanks,i had to add folder path to my library and file types it worked.
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Sun Aug 18, 2024 4:12 am
myForecast weather addin

Last post by nelinory « Mon Jul 01, 2024 3:38 am
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by nelinory » Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:26 pm
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What is myForecast?
myForecast is a free native Windows Media Center weather application. For a weather provider it uses Weather Underground.

Requirements
- Windows Media Center 7/8
- Internet connection
- Api key from WeatherUnderground

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- Only 16:9 screen layout (widescreen) is...

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myForecast v1.2.1 release.

Enhancements
- OpenWeather ® API integration now uses the Free Plan API (Current Weather/5 days forecast - Worldwide) due to OpenWeather ® API 3.0 requiring credit card to subscribe.
- Updated the uv index functionality to use CurrentUvIndex ® API (Worldwide)
-...
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Last post by nelinory
Mon Jul 01, 2024 3:38 am
How to install Add-ons, Plug-ins to WMC

Last post by Javes « Fri Jun 28, 2024 8:08 am

by Javes » Fri Jun 28, 2024 8:08 am

Hello, I'm *new in Windows Media Center and want to use YouTube in it I even have an app

Hi there fellow TGB'ers!

As you may know, it's possible to use the YouTube on TV (youtube.com/tv) Smart TV Web App version of YouTube by modifying the browser user agent (as was noted here ).

While the...

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Fri Jun 28, 2024 8:08 am
Dvblink for iPTv

Last post by stickywhitty « Fri Jun 21, 2024 6:22 am
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by Jacoats » Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:18 pm

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Hello GB,
Is there anybody here who is still good with DVBLogic products ? I’m still using it with WMC and I’m having a nagging issue that’s keeping it from working for me. Sure would appreciate any feedback from folks who used to use it or still do. I get an error when it tries to sink channels...

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Has anyone got a DVBLink for IPTV activation code

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Fri Jun 21, 2024 6:22 am
last.fm scrobbling support?

Last post by S24 « Sun May 26, 2024 1:41 pm
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by S24 » Wed May 01, 2024 3:37 pm

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hey! just got windows media center working on windows 10? is there any way to get it to work with last.fm scrobbling?

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woah never realized this got posted cus it just gave errors when trying to post it

anyways the official lastfm windows scrobbler works with it

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Sun May 26, 2024 1:41 pm
Remind Me plugin

Last post by Keylonta « Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:41 pm
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by Chris_B » Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:46 am

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Hi there all,
I was wondering if anyone has the Remind me plugin for MC7, I had to reload my HTPC, and lost everything.
if anyone could help that would be great.
Chris

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Hey, does anyone have a copy of the Remind Me installer? Would you mind sharing a download link?

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Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:41 pm
MyMediaCenter

Last post by DSperber « Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:34 am
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by The Mac » Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:56 pm

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Looks like the licensing info has been removed by the android store.

The android app no longer functions saying it is unlicensed.

Anyone find a workaround?

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==> I have created a new Answers thread in the EPG123 forum , which provides all the known information about getting the Ceton MMC Companion app to install and operate as best as can be hoped for.

I realize that this would have been the more appropriate forum for it, but I'd already tried to get...

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Last post by DSperber
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:34 am
wmc-dedupe: Remove duplicate recordings

Last post by Space « Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:27 pm
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by mrsilver » Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:32 pm
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wmc-dedupe is a free program which will identify all duplicate Windows Media Center recorded television shows (in either WTV or DVR-MS formats) and then either move them into a folder for duplicates or delete them. Recordings that are sitting in the duplicates folder can be automatically deleted...

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Do you have two Series to record the same show in some way?

Is it actually recording the show at the same time on two separate tuners?

I'm not sure if it's normally possible to get WMC to record the same show on two different tuners at the same time (for instance if you have one Series to record...
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Last post by Space
Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:27 pm
Installing Media Control

Last post by jachin99 « Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:43 pm
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by mapomme1108 » Sat Jan 27, 2024 9:38 pm

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Hello,

I want to try Windows Media Center on my Windows 11 HTPC.

I have installed WMC 8.9.1

I want to install Media Control
but when I run the installer, it says that ffdshow needs Visual C++ 2008 installed to continue
I have installed Visual C++ 2008 but there is the same message :

Do you...

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Poke around the link below

Windows Vista or Windows 7 with Media Center included (Home Premium or Ultimate)
FFDShow-Tryout revision 2804 or greater, configured as explained below or with Media Control configuration tool provided
Haali media splitter (not mandatory, but required to switch...

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Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:43 pm
Metadata in french

Last post by mapomme1108 « Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:38 pm

by mapomme1108 » Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:38 pm

Hello,

I would like to know if it is possible to configure Yammm so that it downloads the metadata of my movies in French.

Is there another software that can do it?

Thanks for your help :)

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Sat Jan 27, 2024 3:38 pm
Recording Broker download?

Last post by Kevin Chalet « Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:25 pm
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by gonzo90017 » Wed Sep 26, 2018 5:51 am

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Does anybody have the program Recording Broker for windows 8.1. The website and links in the wiki are all broken. I even tried downloading it using the Internet Archive but no go...

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I received an email from someone also looking for a way to make Recording Broker work on WMC for WIndows 8+ (used in all the recent unofficial WMC installers) but I was unable to find the bits patched by privatesam... so I decided to patch it myself :mrgreen:

For those interested, I attached the...

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Last post by Kevin Chalet
Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:25 pm
Spotify on WMC?

Last post by pinguin3634 « Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:27 pm

by pinguin3634 » Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:27 pm

Hey, I'm looking for some help to bring Spotify over to Windows Media Center. Is there any way to do that? Maybe some plugin or hack that can make it work? I would appreciate any advice or tips. Thanks in advance!

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Last post by pinguin3634
Fri Jan 19, 2024 6:27 pm
Integrating Kodi with WMC for Amazon, Netflix, etc.

Last post by Stubbertville « Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:18 pm
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by tonywagner » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:59 pm
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As you may have noticed, Kodi has a few great add-ons that allow you to log in with your account credentials to use internet streaming services like Amazon, Netflix, sports, etc. It's a great way to access these services with a media center PC and remote.

But because I still use WMC for TV, I went...

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Last post by Stubbertville
Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:18 pm
MacroTube provider XML file for 2023

Last post by DavidModPhone « Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:18 pm
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by agreenhouse5 » Wed Jun 21, 2023 3:57 pm

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Hello there.
I am currently using Jasmio MacroTube for viewing YouTube content in WMC. I do not like using YouTubeWMC as it involves using a tweak tool (e.g. MC Studio), most of which look like malware. But the problem is, MacroTube utilises a very outdated provider XML file for YouTube, when I...

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There is a way to make youtube macrotube xml files with youtube api v3?

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Last post by DavidModPhone
Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:18 pm
Batch rename for WTV recordings based on Metadata

Last post by prsa01 « Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:17 pm
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by McGary » Mon Dec 25, 2023 5:36 am

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I no longer use WMC, but have a few thousand files in .WTV format and it'd be really nice if there was a way rename these to reflect the Season & Episode numbers via a batch file.

I found the nifty WTVDetails utility that will show the info I want ... but it only shows it for one file at a time,...

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Actually I had another look at MCE Buddy and there is indeed an option to skip the commercial processing and also to change the output file to WTV unprocessed, and then it only takes about a minute per file to do. MUCH better -- I just started it on one set of files (every episode of Gunsmoke) to...

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Last post by prsa01
Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:17 pm
Is Netflix on WMC 8.9.1 with Windows11 possible?

Last post by Jacoats « Thu Nov 23, 2023 3:49 pm
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by tiabuanaka » Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:31 am

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Hello WMC users,
This text was translated from German to English using GoogleTranslator.
I'm currently trying to get Netflix running again in my MediaCenter. I have a Windows 10 system with WMC 8.8.5, where the Netflix add-on worked until the summer and since then I can still see my favorites list,...

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I would love to get this working on my sets. W10 and w8

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Last post by Jacoats
Thu Nov 23, 2023 3:49 pm
DVBLink TVSource - Activation 2022+

Last post by Kevin Chalet « Fri Oct 27, 2023 5:43 pm
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by AaronJ » Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:10 pm

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DVBLink Server / DVBLink TVSource / WMC integration:

Please if anyone finds a solution or in site on how we could develop figure out a workaround. Please post here.
For us paid users with HW Fingerprint Error or Trial Version Expired. Due to Hardware change or just an OS rebuild without backups....

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Please if anyone finds a solution or in site on how we could develop figure out a workaround. Please post here.
For us paid users with HW Fingerprint Error or Trial Version Expired. Due to Hardware change or just an OS rebuild without backups.

You can try to send an email to...

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Last post by Kevin Chalet
Fri Oct 27, 2023 5:43 pm
Windows Media Center MPC Plug-in for Blu-ray's

Last post by Barley « Wed Aug 09, 2023 1:45 pm
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by Joni » Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:59 pm
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I've always wanted to play Blu-ray's from native Windows Media Center Movie Library so that they open with players like MPC-HC or MPC-BE, so I could get the best possible image quality by using madVR and LAVFilters.

I decided to make a plug-in for 7MC/8MC, it's written in C#, Visual Studio 2012....

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2023 Update: I installed Joni's plug-in on WMC 8.9.1 on a Windows 11 HTPC, and got it to work! Now I can pop in a blu-ray and play it from WMC using MPC-HC and LAV filters and MadVR and AnyDVD HD (and Virtual Clone Drive if I want to play an ISO). Best of all, I have full remote control capability...
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Last post by Barley
Wed Aug 09, 2023 1:45 pm
Windows Media Center Remote

Last post by StinkyImp « Fri May 26, 2023 4:09 pm
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by Mechaniker_Tyler » Thu May 25, 2023 7:46 pm

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Do You Know an app that can be used on an android device to control windows media center, or do you recommend any windows media center remotes

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Unified Remote...

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Last post by StinkyImp
Fri May 26, 2023 4:09 pm
I finally open-sourced my WMC add-ins from 2012

Last post by hbcondo « Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:52 pm

by hbcondo » Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:52 pm

ESPN3WMC and TennisWMC are available on Github:

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Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:52 pm
New Theme for Media Center Studio

Last post by IT Troll « Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:30 pm
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by newfiend » Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:18 pm
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Got bored and made a new theme for use with Media Center Studio.
You can download the theme in .mct format to import and apply from my skydrive Public Folder Here:
There are other themes there as well, help yourself to whatever you like :D The Desktop Wallpaper that matches the background is there...

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Modded version for Windows 10. Unofficially labelled v1.0.0
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Last post by IT Troll
Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:30 pm
Difference Between WMC7/8 and Community Edition?

Last post by dab2kab « Wed Jan 11, 2023 10:46 pm
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by SalmonSurprise » Wed Jan 11, 2023 4:42 am

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What are the differences between regular WMC and the community version?

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extenders dont work in the community version. there may be other differences i dont know off the top of my head.

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Last post by dab2kab
Wed Jan 11, 2023 10:46 pm
Using a smartphone as a Remote

Last post by mercalia « Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:37 pm
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by mercalia » Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:51 pm

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How to control you media center. There used to be various methods. I use an infrared Antec Veris box that sticks in one of the PC bays plugs into the hardware using IMON software

Other people use wireless keyboards.

I came across a very cheap soln, if you have a Windows 10 or Android phone or...

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This unified remote for WMC looks great. Do you know if I can use it off the lan by setting up port forwarding ? I currently use the Ceton mmc app which works super well but at some point will stop. I am wondering if they have a version that would work well with Next PVR ?

try it and see. I...

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Last post by mercalia
Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:37 pm
activation key for windows vista mail?

Last post by jachin99 « Sat Dec 24, 2022 10:57 pm
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by sebas1974 » Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:11 pm

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is there anyway of getting an activation key for using the email app for windows vista media center edition? the one from oabsoftware.nl?

thanks!

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If your still around send me a pm. I might have one for win 7 and I no longer use WMC.

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Last post by jachin99
Sat Dec 24, 2022 10:57 pm
YouTube in WMC

Last post by StinkyImp « Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:57 pm
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by th3luk3st3r » Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:04 am
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As you may know, it's possible to use the YouTube on TV (youtube.com/tv) Smart TV Web App version of YouTube by modifying the browser user agent (as was noted here ).

While the most common methods such as creating a batch script or adding arguments to a shortcut can...
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Last post by StinkyImp
Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:57 pm
Help with YouTubeWMC

Last post by realphoenixe « Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:03 am
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by realphoenixe » Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:36 pm

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i tried to load youtubeWMC on my dualbooted windows 7 PC, but it won't load, it will move the cursor up and thats it, i even tried loading it without windows media center and it won't load. can someone help me with this, this is getting annoying

here is some info for you:
Application Error...

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So um, about the fact I couldn't get youtubewmc to work on my windows 7 PC, well when I installed the Opera browser cuz I want a fast browser and I have a vpn. YoutubeWMC Worked, and all I had to do was get the Opera browser

Well I am a idiot. :wtf:

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Last post by realphoenixe
Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:03 am
YouTubeWMC fixed?

Last post by realphoenixe « Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:02 am

by realphoenixe » Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:02 am

So um, about the face I couldn't get youtubewmc to work on my windows 7 PC, well when I installed the Opera browser cuz I want a fast browser and I have a vpn. YoutubeWMC Worked, and all I had to do was get the Opera browser

Well I am a idiot. :wtf:

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Last post by realphoenixe
Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:02 am
DVBlink for IPTV

Last post by Jacoats « Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:08 am
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by Jacoats » Fri Feb 11, 2022 3:33 am

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Hello all,
Long time mce user here and refusing to move on. After watching my cable bill soar I decided to cut the cord and subscribed to an IPTV service. I have been working for a few weeks now and I got it to feed into Plex so I was able to watch “cable tv” in the live tv / dvr area. Then I moved...

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Well 6 months down the road my whole beautiful setup imploded. I can’t use the dvblink for iptv with Wmce at all now. It sees the tuners but crashes before the final set up step. The channel sync process also won’t run. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled. Something changed that broke it but I’ve had...

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Last post by Jacoats
Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:08 am
Update Programs Within Add-ins

Last post by Springsteen76 « Sun Oct 02, 2022 6:54 pm

by Springsteen76 » Sun Oct 02, 2022 6:54 pm

Hi everyone,

I've finally recovered from the updates that broke WMC 8 and figured I'd take a stab at fixing up some things I'd originally set up on WMC. I updated to the latest Kodi but quite frankly we've always used and preferred Plex.

I had both Plex Home Theater and Open PHT as add-ins for...

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Last post by Springsteen76
Sun Oct 02, 2022 6:54 pm
How to Backup "Windows Media Player Plus!" Settings

Last post by Tim De Baets « Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:15 pm
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by Keylonta » Wed Sep 28, 2022 11:06 am

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How do you backup the settings for the WMP plug-in Windows Media Player Plus! ?

Windows Media Player Plus! can be used to fast forward AND rewind songs in WMC at a much faster speed than the default WMC snail-speed fast forwarding only option.

Does anyone know the location of the Windows Media...

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Windows Media Player Plus! stores its settings in the Windows registry, more precisely in the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\BM-productions\WMP Plus . To back up these settings, you can use the Registry Editor (regedit) to export that key to a .reg file.

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Last post by Tim De Baets
Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:15 pm
ServerWMC and Kodi 19.3 on Android TV

Last post by dkm « Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:26 pm
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by GnatGoSplat » Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:32 pm

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The latest TV box/dongles are becoming increasingly more powerful with good 4K capabilities, enough so that I now wonder if all my HTPCs are overkill. While it takes a couple hundred dollars investment in hardware to build an HTPC with 4K capability, I can pick up an Android TV box for $25 or less...

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By all means please do. This was looked into several times over the years and no one could make it work without either a lot of money and/or influence. SiliconDust had, essentially, an entire kickstarter devoted to it several years ago and to this day has not delivered on it.

That said, I don't...

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Last post by dkm
Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:26 pm
Add-in to show commercials on time line

Last post by cjsacksteder « Sat Oct 16, 2021 4:23 pm
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by cjsacksteder » Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:27 pm

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I had a small add-in that showed in red where commercials were marked on the playback time bar. Initiated with a definable keystroke. Somehow I have deleted that, and while I keep all installers, I cannot find it.

Does anyone know the name of that? As I recall, the utility had only this one...

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Thanks very much. This is interesting. I had Recorded TV HD installed for years, and I did remove it recently because I thought I wasn't using it. On re-install, it does indeed have an option to show commercial segments when it is used to play a recording. But it wasn't what I had been using, which...

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Sat Oct 16, 2021 4:23 pm
Advent’s “Media Center Studio” Replacement?

Last post by aquadextrous « Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:53 am
Replies: 10
by EpicBWMCAnswers » Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:54 am

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Well A Long Time Ago, Advent Created A New Server, And Website. it Was Named “AdventMediaCenter”. In Late 2009, The New “Media Center Studio” Application Was Formed. At Least You Know, This App Has An Ability To Create Custom WMC Themes With Great New Tools To Help You Look Personal. After That In...

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I've always had issues with MCS on Windows 10 - even with the newer version - So I use MCE Reset Toolbox which is similar but with more options. I only use it for changing start menu strips and names etc and not the theming and epg stuff (i use MEdia Center Themer, epg123 and MyChannelLogos for...

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Last post by aquadextrous
Fri Aug 13, 2021 9:53 am
WMC FluentUI?

Last post by EpicBWMCAnswers « Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:40 am
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by DracoMan671 » Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:36 pm

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is it possible for someone to make a theme based on the new fluentUI in windows 10?

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No One Reply’s To You At All.

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Last post by EpicBWMCAnswers
Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:40 am
HomeSync 1.0 (Sync TV Recording Resume Points)

Last post by Space « Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:47 pm
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by th3luk3st3r » Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:08 am

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Hi all!

I recently spent some time to create a small application that will synchronise WMC recording resume points across multiple machines on the network. At the time of writing it, I couldn't find any other applications that had the same functionality, as I like to start watching a programme in...

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Nice! Thanks for sharing!

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Last post by Space
Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:47 pm
Youtube TV in WMC ?

Last post by Shadow Lord « Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:26 am
Replies: 69
by DavidinCT » Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:10 pm
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Hey all,

I know there is a site that will work with a remote. From what I have seen it works pretty well. If you try to go to it on a PC you will get an error of You tube TV is not supported on this device (even with Re-launch)

Anyone find a work-a-round to get it in WMC ?

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I am wondering if anyone has figured out a way to get rid of the MCE Reset Toolbox error w/o resorting to a batch file?
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Last post by Shadow Lord
Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:26 am
Firefox v80 "MCE 7 Reset Toolbox Access Is Denied" Message

Last post by Shadow Lord « Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:28 am
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by Keylonta » Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:33 am

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I use MCE Reset Toolbox to add entry points to WMC for launching websites with Firefox.

Website Entry Points.jpg

The following image is of the settings I used in MCE Reset Toolbox for one of the entry points.

MCE Reset Toolbox Settings.jpg

Everything worked fine until yesterday when I...

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So I recently had to upgrade the default IE 8 in Win7 SP1 to IE 11. After doing the upgrade I am seeing the same issue with Firefox on Win 7 SP1. So the culprit seems to be a combination of Firefox and any of the following KBs: 2729094, 2731771, 2786081, 2834140, 2888049 and/or IE 11.

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Last post by Shadow Lord
Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:28 am
Recorded TV HD or alternative

Last post by StinkyImp « Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:27 pm
Replies: 4
by lucasbuck » Mon Nov 16, 2020 1:55 pm

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I've used Recorded TV HD for a long time. I know it's no longer supported. My problem is it will download art for movies I've recorded, but has lost all TV show art. I didn't know if there was a fix, or an alternative I could use.
Lastly, on the default Recorded TV built into WMC, which I never...

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I read over the post on the development and it seems a bit involved. I'm always too worried about screwing something up.

The developer is just trying to explain what he had to do to get it working and some of the nuances of this new version. That seems pretty involved and complex for the...

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Last post by StinkyImp
Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:27 pm
Viewing WTV Metadata

Last post by prsa01 « Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:59 pm
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by Charles » Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:59 pm

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So a while back I posted an update to Stephen Toub's EditDVRMSMetadata to make using with .wtv files easier. I've used that tool a lot for viewing and editing WMC's metadata. The downside is that a lot of the information it presents is not in a human-readable format. Fields like EncodeDate, or...

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Would it be difficult to include file data/codec type or does anyone know a simple way to get this info? I mainly want to know if the recording is mp2/mp4/???

I'm not seeing the info if it is there. Not knowledgeable about video files so if I'm being stupid just let me know.

Certainly not a big...

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Last post by prsa01
Thu Nov 26, 2020 1:59 pm
Where can I find MCSFix.exe?

Last post by StinkyImp « Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:24 pm
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by caliskier » Sat May 09, 2020 4:18 am

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Where can I find MCSFix.exe? Need it to fix Media Center Studio so updates can work.

I understand that Media Center Studio Needs MCSFIX to make the changes work in windows 7

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Much appreciated! Thank you. One question: do I need to save my configuration, after I get it all setup, for this to be able to restore it or do I simply run it, as a scheduled task, and it gets magically restored? TIA!

I run Win7 Pro x64 with the Media Center Studio version located at the link...

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Last post by StinkyImp
Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:24 pm
Movie information and movie CoverArt App - Metadata Utility

Last post by H2CO3HCO3 « Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:11 pm

by H2CO3HCO3 » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:11 pm

I've used this forum many times in the past and appreciate the great support and feedback from the active community in here.
After a long time of being just a 'passive' user, I've finally decided to register in this forum and contribute with my 2 cents : ).
I have been using an app that re-enables...

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Last post by H2CO3HCO3
Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:11 pm
ModernMedia UI - Advanced Tweaking Utility

Last post by W10MC « Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:05 am
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by W10MC » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:15 am
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ModernMedia UI is the first of many applications to be released as part of Windows 10 Media Center Community , a project dedicated to the development of media applications for Windows. It offers Windows Media Center users an easy way to access advanced, hidden settings without performing manual...

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Version 1.2.1 of ModernMedia UI has been released. It includes an additional setting to exclude TV recordings from the movies library in WMC.

Security protocols have also been upgraded to restore background checks for updates when viewing the About section in the app.
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Tue Sep 15, 2020 5:05 am
Blu-ray Network Streaming Stuttering in TMT5

Last post by WMCEnthusiast « Thu May 28, 2020 6:32 pm

by WMCEnthusiast » Thu May 28, 2020 6:32 pm

So I finally decided to upgrade my library to Blu-ray, and have been stuck with one issue for the last six months. All but one of my HTPCs are from the Windows 7 era , so I do have the luxury of a fully working TotalMedia Theatre 5 which reportedly offers the best WMC integration for BD playback....

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Last post by WMCEnthusiast
Thu May 28, 2020 6:32 pm
Need Help with Media Center Theamer XML Code

Last post by caliskier « Tue May 26, 2020 3:07 am
Replies: 9
by caliskier » Mon May 11, 2020 1:22 am

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Hi so thanks to all that have helped me learn about media center theamer. very cool.

What I am trying to do is add a program to play games. Using the code from the Media Center Theamer instructions to pull up the calculator as a test, I can get it to display my menu strip and the launch icon in...

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Retrocake...there isn’t a file at that link to download. I read the README file, it’s not really clear what I’m supposed to do with the other three files.

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Last post by caliskier
Tue May 26, 2020 3:07 am
Added menu item works but won’t stay on top

Last post by caliskier « Sun May 24, 2020 4:37 am

by caliskier » Sun May 24, 2020 4:37 am

Hey so media center Theamer Is working for me, I have a menu strip that works for all my installed apps except one, HDHomerunApp. It will start but as soon as it’s on the screen windows media center comes right back up again. All the other apps I have added to windows media center do not do this....

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Last post by caliskier
Sun May 24, 2020 4:37 am
Anyone use EMUCenter (console emulator) ?

Last post by DavidinCT « Wed May 20, 2020 1:27 pm
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by DavidinCT » Thu Apr 28, 2016 4:12 pm

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Hey all,

I rebuilt my HTPC machine for no real reason, I just dont know, As it didn't get any faster for WMC. So now I got this new system running a Quad core i5 with 16gb of DDR3 memory. WMC in 4K has been flawless. Even got rid of the res is too high message so all is good on WIndows 7 WMC.

So,...

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I did find the X86 version as well, if it's needed...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Wed May 20, 2020 1:27 pm
Battle of old software: My Media Center or Remote Potato?

Last post by IT Troll « Tue May 12, 2020 7:58 am
Replies: 4
by tsh2000 » Fri May 01, 2020 9:08 pm

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Looking at the discussions it looks like both Ceton My Media Center and Remote Potato are no longer actively supported/maintained and for My Media Center you can't even get the Windows 10 apps anymore. So which unsupported software do people prefer?

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The only thing that Remote Potato does that My Media Center cannot is content streaming to remote devices. I only used this a couple of times and found the video quality to be pretty average even on the best settings. For everything else (guide, scheduling, management, control) MMC is the better...

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Last post by IT Troll
Tue May 12, 2020 7:58 am
Seeking alternate for remote via iPhone

Last post by IT Troll « Fri May 08, 2020 11:16 pm
Replies: 3
by mike_va » Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:14 pm

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I had for years been using remote kitten and been very happy with it. A few screenshots are attached. pressing menu would launch WMC on my W7 computer. The thing I liked about it was how quickly it connected and responded. Mostly use it for watching TV and recorded shows.

Apple now made it...

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I think Logitech Harmony has a phone app. Trouble is I think you need to buy one of their hubs to act as bridge.

The other option is Ceton’s My Media Center. It is a brilliant app, but has been pulled from the App Store. But it is 64-bit and is currently working fine on iOS 13. So if you don’t...

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Last post by IT Troll
Fri May 08, 2020 11:16 pm
Internet Streaming in WMC

Last post by caliskier « Thu May 07, 2020 11:25 pm
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by caliskier » Sun May 03, 2020 9:11 pm

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Is there an app to bring back the internet streaming or is that dead?

Curious if there is an app to bring back or to enable internet show streaming. I.E. something you could find if you searched history channels website, fox, discovery? Not talking about hulu

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Hey, thanks, kodi is just not for me, although that is a really good thought. My problem is I can’t differentiate between legitimate addins that just pull from the website and the stuff I feel like I should be paying for. I never got to use WMC with that feature, they killed it a few months before...

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Last post by caliskier
Thu May 07, 2020 11:25 pm
YAMMM

Last post by garay « Mon May 04, 2020 3:56 am
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by garay » Sun May 03, 2020 6:53 am

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I've successfully installed windows media center on 4 windows 10 machines. I've tried installing YAMMM and Ceton My Media Center on 2 of them and can't get either of them to work. My Movies installs and works but would like to try YAMMM and My Media Center before I stick with My Movies. Anyone had...

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Thanks jachin99, I'll give it a try

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Last post by garay
Mon May 04, 2020 3:56 am
WMC Layout Customization

Last post by caliskier « Sun May 03, 2020 10:55 pm
Replies: 7
by caliskier » Sat May 02, 2020 3:21 pm

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Is there a Show Wall in WMC like a netflix layout similar to HD Homerun?

So during a brief downtime of WMC I had to use the HD Homerun app, and I found a great feature there where you could search by show, sporting event or, movie. It was a big wall of shows that would be on tv in the next 14+...

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I see what you are talking about. Yes, I see that. wish they did it for shows and sports that are upcoming

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Last post by caliskier
Sun May 03, 2020 10:55 pm
Official Remote Potato download link?

Last post by jachin99 « Sat May 02, 2020 2:13 am
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by tsh2000 » Fri May 01, 2020 6:57 pm

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Is this an official Remote Potato download link?

It's been ages since I've used the app so wasn't sure if this was where the app wound up.

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The copy on myfrem exposes live TV for streaming I believe. He built an android app to go with it, where you can cast WMC's live TV to something like a Chromecast but you have to pay for the unlocker. I have a copy of it but I never used it much, and moved away from WMC.

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Last post by jachin99
Sat May 02, 2020 2:13 am
YAMMM broken 2020?

Last post by DavidinCT « Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:54 pm
Replies: 8
by martyHTPC » Sat Apr 11, 2020 6:47 pm

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I could be wrong, but it looks like YAMMM is no longer able to get data from tmdb.org. Looks like their page has changed so much that it's broken YAMMM's ability to get any movie data. Artwork, metadata, Movie names etc. Anyone else see this or is it just me. How do we respectfully request the...

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I use it all the time, still works fine for me... If we need a upload somewhere, let me know I can figure out what version I am using and upload it someplace...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Tue Apr 14, 2020 7:54 pm
Netflix plugin missing time / progress bar WMC7

Last post by Dianewilliamson « Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:34 am
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by sfvosbury » Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:25 am
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Hey Guys,

Randomly last week I lost my Netflix time / progress bar in WMC7. You know, the one that's usually at the bottom of the screen and tells you exactly how far into the movie you are? I tried reinstalling the Netflix plugin to no avail. I called Netflix and they suggested reinstalling WMC....

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Oh, thank you for the article, I had the same problem as you, now everything is solved very well, very grateful.
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Last post by Dianewilliamson
Tue Mar 31, 2020 9:34 am
CetonMonitor

Last post by genaldar « Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:53 am
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by KerrAvon » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:55 am

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Hi Everyone - Marc here (AmazonMCEAddin/NetflixMCE) with a new utility for Ceton InfiniTV6 ETH owners. I love my Ceton - what I don't love is the call from the wife at 3:30 in the afternoon that WMC is reporting no tuners available because -for whatever reason- the InfiniTV6 ETH device decided to...

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Anyone have this app that they can share? Looks like the link in this thread no longer works

The updated URL worked for me

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Last post by genaldar
Thu Feb 20, 2020 5:53 am
Simple Radio

Last post by jachin99 « Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:27 am
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by jachin99 » Mon Jun 04, 2018 1:24 pm

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I have been sitting on this one for a while, and I figured I would finally start a new post about it. Simple Radio is a streaming radio plugin, and its open source, and hosted on sourceforge here:

The stations that come pre-defined in the plugin don't work but they are easily edited via an xml...

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Alright, I don't use WMC anymore but here is the last good configuration I have for it. You might want to check the paths in services.xml to make sure they pertain to your system but most of these should still work. If there are any links to .pls files then you will need a program called openplswmp...

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Last post by jachin99
Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:27 am
Move TV Films: Move WMC recorded films to another folder

Last post by IT Troll « Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:06 pm
Replies: 22
by mrsilver » Sat Nov 15, 2014 4:49 pm
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This program (for Microsoft Windows) will move all Windows Media Center recordings that are films into a different folder. This is useful if you wish to stop your Recorded TV folder from containing a mixture of films and TV and also if you view and/or manage these films in a third party application...

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:thumbup: Thanks, they may come in useful if I need to find an alternative to Recorded TV HD for my movie browsing.
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Last post by IT Troll
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:06 pm
All about Macrotube

Last post by bobfall « Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:33 pm
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by jachin99 » Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:20 am

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I'm starting a thread about Macrotube because I was able to dig up a large collection of providers from the web archive. Macrotube can get a little complicated because different sites may require various codecs or bits of software in order to play videos correctly. QuickTime, and Adobe shockwave...

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Hi all.
Some TV channels now stream their live programmes via YouTube and I wish to play those streams within WMC. The idea is basically to end up with a static thumbnail/icon in Macrotube section, and when I press that, it plays that YouTube live video stream within WMC. There are five or six...

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Last post by bobfall
Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:33 pm
MCEBuddy & Comskip-> RecordedTVHD: metadata?

Last post by Ronstang « Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:26 pm
Replies: 3
by Wheeker » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:14 pm

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If I use MCEBuddy & Comskip to delete commercials & convert to mp4- I presume they'll still show up in RecordedTVHD, but do you lose the metadata (i.e. artwork, descriptions etc)? I'm also using EPG123 so would seem a shame if all that nice, rich metadata is lost. If the metadata does get...

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I just started realy using MCEBuddy and mine don't show up in Recorded TV nor do they seem to have any metadata so at this point it looks like I'll have much more hard drive space to record shows and movies that will no longer work or display properly in WMC....am I missing something here? I'd love...

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Last post by Ronstang
Wed Oct 23, 2019 5:26 pm
EditDVRMSMetadata Source Code

Last post by technodevotee « Fri Aug 30, 2019 11:52 am
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by Charles » Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:51 pm

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I think most people here are familiar with Stephen Toub's EditDvrmsMetadata program, from his Fun with DVR-MS article series ( ).

If you're not, it's a very simple program for viewing and editing the Metadata in .DVR-MS (and .WTV) files. As far as I know, as simple and rudimentary as it is, it's...

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Thanks for this.

I had a go with it way back and found it a faff to use.

So glad you have made it usable.

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Last post by technodevotee
Fri Aug 30, 2019 11:52 am
Tablet viewing/remote for WMC?

Last post by jbhall56 « Sat Jun 29, 2019 1:26 am
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by DarkKaplah » Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:00 pm

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So I've had a 7MC machine since the InfiniTV-4 PCIe was released (wow I picked the wrong horse... should have gotten a HDHR Prime). The machine finally ran into too many issues and tanked (hardware's fine. Windows ran continually for near a decade... it needs a refresh). So I'm taking this time to...

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Funny thing is I didn't consider the Harmony Home Hub. I have one at my place and it works great. That would be one alternative.

I'm also a plex lifetime pass holder. I had plex on the system before, but the problem was the ServerWMC + WMC2Plex plugin were a little confusing to use. As I have a...

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Last post by jbhall56
Sat Jun 29, 2019 1:26 am
Amazon On-Demand Video Addin for Media Center

Last post by jachin99 « Thu May 30, 2019 3:54 pm
Replies: 251
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Hi all,

I wanted to let you know that I have just started working on creating a Windows Media Center add-in to allow you to watch Amazon Prime streaming movies within Windows Media Center. I currently have an alpha version available for download if anyone is interested. To get more info, view some...

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I'm having an issue where when I launch a movie in Amazon MCE, the prime video application only shows a page telling me my browser isn't compatible. What can I do to fix it?
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Last post by jachin99
Thu May 30, 2019 3:54 pm
YAMMM type app for music ?

Last post by DavidinCT « Fri May 24, 2019 12:35 am
Replies: 6
by DavidinCT » Wed May 22, 2019 1:29 pm

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Now that Microsoft killed off music on WMC and WMP...

I noticed some of my NEW music does not have art or meta data any more. Needing me to download a CD cover and giving a a folder.jpg so an image shows.

Is there any auto find/update program for MUSIC so it will update art and meta data for...

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YAMMM is so easy, just drop in a folder with the name with the year and it will auto download everything for it, I wanted something like this for music.

Have you ever used MusicBrainz Picard ?

I've used it for many years with great success.

Nope, never used it, I'll give it a shot, thanks !

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Last post by DavidinCT
Fri May 24, 2019 12:35 am
TubeCore dead. Now what?

Last post by Sharks « Sat May 04, 2019 8:55 am
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by Sergio526 » Mon Dec 09, 2013 4:18 pm
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Since Tubecentric is out of business, we won't be getting any more updates to TubeCore. Does anyone know of any other PlayOn front ends for Windows Media Center and Extenders? The only two I've ever known were vmcPlayIt and Tubecore, but if and when PlayOn changes its delivery system, I don't want...

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I am still looking to get a tubecore license if anyone isn't using theirs. : D
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Last post by Sharks
Sat May 04, 2019 8:55 am
Auto Rip & Compress for Media Center

Last post by DavidinCT « Sat May 04, 2019 12:01 am
Replies: 11
by DavidinCT » Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:30 pm

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I was looking for apps that we don't have in the Wiki here and this is one of those apps that I always wanted to try but, never have. If still works, I bet a lot of people who keep a movie library in their WMC machine would like this tool or shall I say, set of tools..

I did find a download for...

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Can you upload that to the third party repository, or share it when you get a chance?

Done ! Pretty rare copy, never saw 2.21 in the wild...

Your awesome!!! I don't have much time for my PCs at the moment but I look forward to trying it.

I try...Thix !

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Last post by DavidinCT
Sat May 04, 2019 12:01 am
Discontinuing Support for Netflix Sept 2015

Last post by jachin99 « Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:29 pm
Replies: 217
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I got the popup message from WMC this morning.

Looks like it's finally over.

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I just realized that I never hosted the files to fix the netflix plugin so here they are

I'll probably just start a new thread with better instructions, and links for these files and the search fix.
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Last post by jachin99
Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:29 pm
WMC SDK on GitHub

Last post by jachin99 « Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:59 pm
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by Sammy2 » Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:43 pm

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Sent from my SM-G960U1 using Tapatalk

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Wow, thats funny. I was just working with a sample application earlier today. I think I'll grab it and see what has been updated. I have been looking for the win 7 addendum for a while but all the links were dead.

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Last post by jachin99
Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:59 pm
Media Center Studio 1.00 Theme WMC App Extra

Last post by jachin99 « Wed Apr 24, 2019 1:32 pm
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by StinkyImp » Wed Apr 24, 2019 1:09 pm

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Media Center Studio 1.00
Can you provide a changelog for this?

The last official version is BETA (0.0.6.5).

According to Sean Mauch, This tool still functions, however development has ceased, this last version (0.0.6.5) is offered here for posterity.

Thank you for your insights!

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According to this

The last official package won't work on Windows 10 - i.e it will blow up when applying a theme - for mainly two reasons:

- It internally uses WMI to retrieve the installed games, a feature that used to be provided by the games explorer on Windows 7 but that no longer exists...

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Last post by jachin99
Wed Apr 24, 2019 1:32 pm
Netflix for Windows Media Center (NetflixMCE)

Last post by Kick4U « Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:42 pm
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by KerrAvon » Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:36 am
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Hello All,

Marc Davis here (you know – the Amazon Addin Guy) with news of a new project. As the native Netflix Media Center app is not long for this world I have begun to look at what it would take to build a replacement that would have similar functionality. I have put together a project page...

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Hello, just installed this and its working. I'm getting a constant 'Script Error' whenever I enter the main Netflix UI.

Is there any security setting that I can adjust to suppress this error?
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Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:42 pm
Recommended add-ons

Last post by StinkyImp « Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:55 am
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by jachin99 » Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:40 pm

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I am a new WMC user but I have used Kodi in the past, and I still use JRIver in my main TV room. I came to WMC because it supports DRM, and I do not want to mess with cable box fees, plus their UI is clunky and ugly. My WMC setup so far is a sony VAIO laptop that I would like to use for Live TV, a...

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Thank you!

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Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:55 am
DVBLink WMC Client still working? [PlayReady Update Error]

Last post by kenidot « Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:09 am
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by WMCEnthusiast » Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:24 pm

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I have never solved the TV everywhere task satisfactorily. For a few years I deployed a combination of Extenders and ServerWMC+Kodi, but what I always wanted was to have the same interface and functionality on all HTPC clients. I figure most of us wished for softsled features in WMC, but alas...

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I don't know anything about IPTV. How would you go about that?

I would need the TVSource package. Not gonna happen, I can buy another network tuner for that money.

Pretty much uses IPTV sources (m3u or ts) just like on Kodi using a virtual tuner just like the rest of the addons they have....

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Thu Feb 21, 2019 1:09 am
GuideTool Discussion Thread

Last post by jelockwood « Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:54 pm
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by aeblank » Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:02 pm
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GuideTool help please!

I get Failed to create TV Seup Helper: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:5733 Please make sure that media center is started.

Media center is running..
Firewall is 100% turned off.
No antivirus of any kind.

I tried it...

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I have historically used Guide Tool 1.2.9 but I found this thread in an attempt to find a download for version 1.4.

I downloaded the 1.4 zip file and expanded it but when I try running it, I get the usual initial connecting to localhost dialog and then it crashes. The older 1.2.9 version still...
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Last post by jelockwood
Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:54 pm
DVB Link being droped for TV Mosaic No MC Network Client

Last post by multirotor « Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:07 am
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by MediaCenterCastError » Mon Jun 04, 2018 3:26 pm

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Hi All

I run what i consider to be the best Home TV setup based around Windows Media Center + DVBLink Server on the main Desktop/ Server (The one with the TV Cards in) and a bunch of NUC's places in most rooms in the house.

Runing winmdows 10 held at 1607 version with Media Center installed on...

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Hello,

I just registered to reply.

I have a similar setup to yours but entirely Win7 based.

I am using Xbox360's as extender but they consume way too much power (250 watts) and are limited to 720p.
So I have now configured a NUC, or actually an HP T620 thin client running Win7 (16 watts) and the...

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Last post by multirotor
Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:07 am
Total Media Theater? What broke it?

Last post by jachin99 « Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:36 pm
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by dbailey75 » Tue May 29, 2018 3:03 pm

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I'm still using TMT 5.1.146, and well, with in the last month, or so it's no longer working will not even open. Came across one thread from Jan 2018 where some one mention the Windows Win 7 Jan 2018 roll up killed it, I watched a moving maybe mid to end of april and it worked just fine, now all my...

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Might be helpful to some, even though its version 6

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Last post by jachin99
Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:36 pm
Feature request for Modern Media IP Control

Last post by jachin99 « Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:45 pm

by jachin99 » Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:45 pm

I glanced at the site, and I see that W10MC has added an application for IP control of Windows Media Center. Because I would guess that this has some base in VMC controller, would it be possible to add an event broadcaster service that other programs can consume. For instance, I was able to setup a...

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Last post by jachin99
Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:45 pm
Script for fixing media center studio

Last post by saeryn « Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:38 pm
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by jachin99 » Sat Mar 17, 2018 5:30 pm

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have GOT to make sure these menus don't get foobar while we're gone. So, here's my solution to this problem.

The StartResources.DLL gets overwritten by MCUpdate, right?

I created the batch file below, then setup a Windows Scheduled Task. But, I didn't have it run at a set interval--rather, I set...

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By available on here do you mean the forum?

The MCFix piqued my interest because I wasn't aware of a problem with the guide.
I haven't been paying much attention lately but finally got around to stringing up the network and setting up my VM recorder so now trying to figure out how to wipe the...

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Last post by saeryn
Mon Nov 05, 2018 11:38 pm
Zwave Home automation with VMC Controller & EventGhost

Last post by jachin99 « Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:35 pm
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by jachin99 » Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:09 pm

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If your looking for a way to incorporate your Zwave, Zigbee, or wifi smart devices among others, your options are very limited. There was power controller MCE, which worked with Zwave USB sticks but I haven't found any recent success stories with those although they still might work with newer...

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Also, depending on the drivers you need, you might need to disable driver signing enforcement but this is only needed for Win 10. On windows 7, and windows 8, you should be fine. I brought this up because I saw this thread:

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Last post by jachin99
Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:35 pm
WMC Backup

Last post by WMCEnthusiast « Sat Sep 01, 2018 7:25 pm
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by Chairface » Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:57 am
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I made a little application to assist with Backing up my WMC config (recording schedule / Channel Lineup) and view my scheduled recordings.

Thought I would share.. Recently added a CLI version for automating the backups and dumping out your show list.

Nothing fancy here, but its quick and...

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How do I restore my channel lineup? I did a factory reset from within the application and restored before going through the WMC setup process again. After restoring the lineup shows up correctly in guidetool, but as soon as the tuner setup is done it gets replaced by the default channel lineup. I...
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Last post by WMCEnthusiast
Sat Sep 01, 2018 7:25 pm
TV Library - anyone still using it?

Last post by aquadextrous « Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:39 pm
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by JackLuminous » Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:23 pm
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Howdy. Are there any users on here still using the tvlibrary plug-in? If there are, how many are using Win8 or planning to move to Win8? How many are still on win7?

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Jack

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I'm sorry I can't answer your question because I don't use TV library but I'm curious about weather or not the Internet TV portion of it still works on your PC. The few times I have tried to install it, I couldn't get that part working. Have you had any luck?

No it’s completely empty

I also gave...
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Last post by aquadextrous
Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:39 pm
Yammm - Where?

Last post by jachin99 « Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:23 pm
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by aeblank » Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:53 pm
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I am rebuilding a 7MC box.
I'd like to use Yammm. I have 8.13.10.26, which is on a win10 stick computer, but it won't install on Win7.
I have 1.0.3867, but it isn't working. The checkboxes to actually monitor the folder(s) is greyed out. It doesn't seem to *do* anything.

What version can I use for...

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I am running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and the Win8 version of Yamm won't even install. Pops up a warning that you must be running Windows 8 or higher. The author did mention on missingremote that there were newer versions from 2016 floating around but went silent after that. If I could get the source...
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Last post by jachin99
Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:23 pm
W7 Playlist Creator

Last post by jachin99 « Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:58 pm

by jachin99 » Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:58 pm

I haven't seen this one brought up but I have been doing a lot of work with codecs, and playlists lately in WMC/WMP in an effort to add content to existing programs. W7 playlist creator allows users to, Quickly create wvx video playlist for Windows Media Center. This functionality is not included...

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Last post by jachin99
Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:58 pm
Creating Symbolic Links for RecordedTVHD

Last post by jachin99 « Mon May 21, 2018 2:36 am

by jachin99 » Mon May 21, 2018 2:36 am

I have tried this on two machines, and it has worked out each time. I have had some trouble getting one installation of RTVHD to pickup the metadata for TV shows recorded on a different machine (Which also has RTVHD installed). I solved this problem by creating a symbolic link the public folder of...

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Last post by jachin99
Mon May 21, 2018 2:36 am
ZWave and Power Controller

Last post by jachin99 « Tue May 08, 2018 4:11 pm

by jachin99 » Tue May 08, 2018 4:11 pm

I'm starting to test out ZWave with Windows Media Center. The sole remaining ZWave program that I have found for WMC is PowerController by Milliesoft. PowerController is a WMC plugin written in MCML that allows users to control their ZWave devices in the WMC interface. It installs a local web...

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Last post by jachin99
Tue May 08, 2018 4:11 pm
DVDFAb bluray ripper etc

Last post by mercalia « Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:12 pm
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by mercalia » Mon Dec 11, 2017 8:41 pm

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Since the clamp down in the US has any one bought their software from the .cn website they now run and presumably payments processed in China with credit card?

I have downloaded the demo and it does a really fine job in superfast time with a Nvidea Cuda graphics card as little as 20 minutes for...

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nothing bad has happened to my credit card so I think safe to buy DVDFabs products

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Last post by mercalia
Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:12 pm
Classic Media Browser plugin & Podcasts icon

Last post by mercalia « Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:04 pm

by mercalia » Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:04 pm

Sorry if this has been posted before
I still use the original Media Browser plugin still use this in a Windows 7 Media Center installation. Works well but one thing that has irriated me is the inability to associate an icon with the the Podcast entry in the menu list along the bottom ( typically)....

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Last post by mercalia
Sun Apr 15, 2018 5:04 pm
MCE Controller

Last post by DavidinCT « Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:13 pm
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by jachin99 » Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:06 pm

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Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:13 pm
Truly Uninstalling Media Center Studio

Last post by jachin99 « Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:05 pm

by jachin99 » Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:05 pm

There are some versions of media center studio floating around the internet that work but don't put the program in programs and features under the control panel. This would be fine if that version of MCS was truly portable but its not because MCS registers assemblies in the .net 3.5 GAC located...

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Last post by jachin99
Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:05 pm
Comskip DVRMS Toolbox help please

Last post by adam1991 « Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:25 am
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by soccerdad » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:58 pm

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I had to rebuild my HTPC due to a hardware crash. I need help with getting DVRMS Toolbox to not process the protected files. I have read tons of posts, and have it close but not working yet. I created a processing condition and it executes it. And it finds that the file is protected. But then it...

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I never got comskip to work well, but ShowAnalyzer does a great job.

Go figure.

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Last post by adam1991
Tue Mar 20, 2018 1:25 am
Help finding a remote guide add-in

Last post by jachin99 « Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:06 pm
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by spinrut » Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:01 pm

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Been lurking around for a while and either I've gone completely insane or I'm just failing at searching.

I could have sworn I saw a post talk about some kind of add-in that allowed secondary (remote, if you will) instances of WMC to bring up a guide from a central WMC that helped to centralize all...

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There is such a thing. Remote potato, and shared guide potato are two separate programs where remote potato is the server, and shared guide potato is a remote potato addin for media center. Shared guide relies on silverlight, and there are two separate installers for remote potato depending on if...

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Last post by jachin99
Mon Mar 19, 2018 8:06 pm
Music browser 2

Last post by jachin99 « Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:30 am
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by jachin99 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:02 pm

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I'm putting a link to this tagging software here because adding embedded tags in windows music files might fix backdrops in music browser 2

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Music browser is essential if your music tags are screwed up because it's views are centered around folder structure. It also adds cover art, backdrops, and some last.fm capability I haven't quite sorted out. I figured I would give it a go, and see how it works but I don't think I'll be keeping it....

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Last post by jachin99
Fri Mar 16, 2018 1:30 am
Cool Old WMC Embeded STB Demo

Last post by jachin99 « Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:08 pm

by jachin99 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:08 pm

Here is a little motivation for anyone still developing for or tweaking WMC.

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Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:08 pm
MCE Reset Toolbox registration dead?

Last post by tonywagner « Fri Jan 05, 2018 6:48 pm
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by Akin » Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:38 pm
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I have been trying MCE Reset Toolbox to customize the ribbons on my Windows 7 living room PC and it was working out really well for me. However, my trial period expired. It looks like the website is now down and there is no longer a way to obtain a registration key.

Anyone have one I could use, or...

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I never did figure out how to reset the trial on my system, but I found Media Center Themer, which seems like it has most of the same customization options and might be a little more straightforward/stable (I prefer editing the XML file over trying to navigate a GUI editor anyway):
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Last post by tonywagner
Fri Jan 05, 2018 6:48 pm
About McPandora & Pandora

Last post by jachin99 « Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:38 am
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by jachin99 » Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:25 am

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I noticed the other day that when I play a song in a playlist through Pandora (I have the free version) It saves the song in my music library on my machine. I have no idea why or how, and I didn't even have to ask it or configure it to do so. I dug a little, and found out that Pandora has a...

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It would be nice if I could find someone who has managed to bolt a Roku web browser onto Windows 7, then you could use it for generic purposes like this.

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Last post by jachin99
Wed Dec 27, 2017 1:38 am
EMU Center

Last post by DavidinCT « Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:29 pm
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by jachin99 » Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:07 pm

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I'm starting a thread for EMU Center because I use it, and i want to share what I know about it with others. I have set this up to successfully work with Dolphin Emulator, and I've even gotten Emu Center to show cover art for my titles. I chose Emu Center because it its a native MCML WMC plugin so...

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The site has a pay option, I forget what it does but, it's why I went with Emulation Station. The programs EMU Center and Emulation Station kind of work the same. Edit for a type of emulator and show the games but, the Emulation Station interface is far more slick looking and with ReLanuch, it's...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:29 pm
Is there a list of current working addins for WMC?

Last post by DavidinCT « Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:43 am
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by ZippyTheChicken » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:41 pm
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as an end user of WMC
I was wondering if anyone keeps track of addins that are
currently supported and working
working but no longer supported

As a potential developer I would be interested in finding working addins that release source to see example code.

I might be interested in working on a...

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One app I'm really on the lookout for is My Recipies for MCE.

Not that I need it, I do remember that app (I did install it at one point for a client and played with it) and if I run into it on my quests, I will let you know.
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Last post by DavidinCT
Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:43 am
Adding folders to Recorded TV HD

Last post by StinkyImp « Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:55 pm
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by jachin99 » Sat Nov 25, 2017 4:28 pm

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I have found that if I add all of my movie, and TV folders to the recorded TV library, Recorded TV HD no longer has any trouble finding those files, provided I have configured it to use the same libraries as Windows. RTVHD will also sort them in to movies, TV, watched, etc. as long as the metadata...

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I was also able to add a network folder to my win 7 recroded tv folder and have it appear in rtvhd
There's also pretty refined settings in the RTVHD settings program that allow you to specify any folders you'd like as well as provide UNC credentials for network shares.

I don't change anything in...

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Last post by StinkyImp
Fri Dec 01, 2017 2:55 pm
GuideTool Activation Server returns 403 Forbidden

Last post by Crash2009 « Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:55 am
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by crawfish » Fri Aug 11, 2017 12:24 am

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Would like to activate the software I paid for years ago, but the server returns 403 Forbidden. Is it abandonware now or what?

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Just in case Mega ever goes down or otherwise.

Here are the 2 files from Dan.

GuideTool.zip is for Version 1.4

The other is for Version 1.25

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Last post by Crash2009
Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:55 am
Finally downloaded Media Center Themer - who has themes?

Last post by pittsoccer33 « Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:29 pm
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by pittsoccer33 » Sun Nov 12, 2017 2:12 pm

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Looking for some theme downloads. Help?

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Thanks newfiend - I actually have all yours, and I've been cycling through my favorites for about 6 or 7 years. Thats why I downloaded MCT, since I figured there would be a repository of themes somewhere.

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Last post by pittsoccer33
Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:29 pm
WMC Themes: VMCthemepack to MCT

Last post by DavidinCT « Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:53 pm
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by DavidinCT » Mon Feb 22, 2016 2:26 pm

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Hey all,

I have a good collection of themes that I used in Media Center studio. As this no longer works on Windows 8.1 or 10, I need to say good bye to my beloved program and find a stanadard that works well on other OS's than just 7...Even with Modded files in WMC 7, MCS no longer works.

I know...

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Oh, ok. The link above for DIM is in a foreign language, and even when I translate the page it asks me to sign up for an account, which is why I haven't tried to do anything with it yet.

I need to get some things for you, if I get the window to do this...I'll zip up a few of these themes so you...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:53 pm
METROPOLIS 2.1 WMC Theme

Last post by DavidinCT « Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:24 pm
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by jachin99 » Sat Oct 14, 2017 12:41 am

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Here is a download link:

I tried it out, and its kind of interesting. I like the UI sounds but they're packed into ehres.dll. What is really cool to me is that the download includes a reg key that enables the ability to add take ownership of a file from the explorer context menu. If I can take...

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Direct link for those that are interested

Looked over a few files, could be interesting Would love to see if could be converted into Media Center themer or something. I have cusom HEXed files, I don't want to mess with them.

It is a MANUAL theme, would love to see if could be converted to...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Tue Oct 24, 2017 2:24 pm
EPG generator and actualizer for windows and webgrabplus+

Last post by manyplay « Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:58 am
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by manyplay » Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:56 am

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Hi,
there are programs for windows and android to watch online stream tv / radio channels.
Also for user that is using webgrabplus+ for epg guide.xml generating there is a very simple windows tools
xmlgrabplus to create the complicate webgrabconfig.xml on the fly (it also can automate webgrab++...

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Hi,
xmlgrabplus allows you to generate the config.xml that is needed by webgrabplus+ to build a personal guide.xml that contains the channel epg data that u prefer for your country and tv channel guide website.

xmlgrab&store4me does use the config file from a installed webrabplus 2.0, generates...

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Last post by manyplay
Sat Oct 21, 2017 9:58 am
Recipes for Windows Media Center

Last post by jachin99 « Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:44 pm
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by Mogulbasher » Fri Aug 19, 2011 1:43 pm
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Latest Version 2.0 Beta
Added shopping list feature
Added ability to add images to create screens to avoid having to go out
Added ability to categorize ingredients eg Cooking the Ribs and Making the Sauce
Changed all text fields to XAML Formatted RTF to allow for text markup
Added DB Upgrade...

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Does anyone still use this, and if so does it still work. I would like to look at a copy of it but the download link is dead
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Last post by jachin99
Mon Oct 16, 2017 1:44 pm
Is MCE 7 Reset Toolbox still alive?

Last post by DavidinCT « Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:26 am
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by scyto » Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:50 pm
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Does anyone know if this project is still maintained?
I already own the Windows 7 version and was hoping the Windows 8 version would be along soon / help me transfer my recording DB's

PS any way to get my old TGB membership years back :-)

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Looks like this app is dead. The site is gone. I would like to purchase but there is no way now. :-(

You know you rreplied from someone that post was from 2013 ?

Anyway, there is a work around as the dev game up on the program

There is a link around here somewhere where you can download...
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Last post by DavidinCT
Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:26 am
Media Center Studio

Last post by DavidinCT « Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:41 am
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by xenobill » Sat Jul 22, 2017 11:55 pm

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Trying to add a games section to WMC with Studio, the Start Menu changes will not stick. I've been here: and . Neither of those seem to help. I actually tried to use GameEx, hated it, uninstalled it. Strangely enough the after the uninstall the GameEx (My Games) blade is still there and nothing...

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Trying to add a games section to WMC with Studio, the Start Menu changes will not stick. I've been here: and . Neither of those seem to help. I actually tried to use GameEx, hated it, uninstalled it. Strangely enough the after the uninstall the GameEx (My Games) blade is still there and nothing...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:41 am
1Geek1Tool Bridge Driver Still Available???

Last post by Venom51 « Sat Jul 22, 2017 1:34 am
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by dublus » Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:12 pm

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Hello all -

I'm trying to resurrect an old system and realize the 1Geek1Tool website has been offline for some time now. I have the old installation files for the HDPVR bridge but not the Colossus bridge. Since this is apparently now abandonware has anyone figured out a way to install it? Does...

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I'm not sure how you'll get it registered however.

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Last post by Venom51
Sat Jul 22, 2017 1:34 am
Remote Potato 2014 Edition for iOS7

Last post by IT Troll « Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:04 pm
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by carlosp_uk » Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:20 pm
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I'm really pleased to announce that Remote Potato 2014 Edition is now available in the App Store. If you're an iPhone or iPad owner running iOS7, the app's been extensively re-written to take advantage of Apple's stunning new operating system. (and fully backwards compatible with iOS6 too)

Key...

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Remote Potato is still being offered for sale with no warning.
Now gone from the App Store. Which is probably best to be honest.
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Last post by IT Troll
Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:04 pm
MCEBuddy setup for simple rename and move tasks

Last post by hunnypuppy « Fri Jun 09, 2017 2:04 pm
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by timn_fl » Mon May 01, 2017 9:19 am

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I originally posted this to the MCEBuddy forum but with CodePlex shutting down I wasn't sure if anyone was still actively visiting\answering questions there. I figured since MCEBuddy has become one of the staple tools for people use with their HTPC there would probably be someone who encountered...

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I originally posted this to the MCEBuddy forum but with CodePlex shutting down I wasn't sure if anyone was still actively visiting\answering questions there. I figured since MCEBuddy has become one of the staple tools for people use with their HTPC there would probably be someone who encountered...

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Last post by hunnypuppy
Fri Jun 09, 2017 2:04 pm
DVR-MS worth setting up?

Last post by jachin99 « Mon Jun 05, 2017 4:19 pm
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by jachin99 » Wed May 31, 2017 7:48 pm

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I tried to download the dvr-ms toolbox but I can't load the site. I'm doing this in an attempt to get compskip markers working in Recorded TV HD but I see that others have had trouble, at least making it work on extenders. Does anyone else have this setup and working, or is it not worth my time?

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Is it compatible with comskip? If not, how well would comskip & show analyzer get along with each other if placed on the same machine?

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Last post by jachin99
Mon Jun 05, 2017 4:19 pm
Problem with any app that allows remote viewing of EPG

Last post by Scallica « Fri May 26, 2017 8:12 pm
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by boogmeister1 » Fri May 26, 2017 4:15 pm

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I have tried both My Media Center and Remote Potato and have had the same issue with both. I have done clean installs in both instances. Every time I try to record something, after installing either piece of software, I get errors that popup saying there is no TV signal so the program could not...

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Are you using the latest build of the Ceton Companion Services? Did you install all Windows updates? SP1?

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Last post by Scallica
Fri May 26, 2017 8:12 pm
DvrmsToolbox + WTVRenamer

Last post by marvin-miller « Tue May 16, 2017 7:52 pm
Replies: 4
by brianlich » Sun May 14, 2017 3:59 am

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I'd like to integrate WTVRenamer with DVRMSToolbox. I tried to add the PowerShell script to the Find Commercials in DVR-MS profile. It renames the file fine. However, when it goes to scan for commercials, it fails because it's looking for InputFile (which was the file before it was renamed).

Any...

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Yes, that's the least that it does. The only drawback to it is that it's required to have Video Redo, which costs money. On the other hand, it's well worth it. It's very much like DVRM-Toolbox but with a logical GUI.

For all I know, you may not even need to have Video Redo if all you're doing is...

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Last post by marvin-miller
Tue May 16, 2017 7:52 pm
Modern8 Metro Media Center Theme

Last post by misterpunn « Mon May 15, 2017 4:43 pm
Replies: 62
by NeoM » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:51 pm
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Hi all!

I've been working on a modernised UI for Media Center as Microsoft seems to be forgetting about us WMC users of late.

I originally posted on the Media Browser Fan Art forum and still intend to primarily post there, but thought that it might be appropriate to post a topic here on the Green...

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Thanks! I actually (finally) figured it out a few minutes after posting. I followed the tutorials in the MC Themer Help section and I had no problem switching the fonts and the background and even doing a registry edit to tell WMC to launch the different default file, but figuring out how to get...
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Last post by misterpunn
Mon May 15, 2017 4:43 pm
ShowAnalyzer Website Gone - Anyone Have the Installer?

Last post by marvin-miller « Mon May 15, 2017 4:08 am
Replies: 31
by vt4000 » Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:50 am
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Hello everyone,

I recently had to reimage my Windows 7 media center setup, and then quickly realized that the ShowAnalyzer website, and thus installer, has vanished off the face of the earth. I tried using and tuning Comskip, but it just doesn't work as well.

Does anyone have a copy of the...

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Nah, may have been a bit hasty there.

Some more testing shows that .97 IS better at detection than 1.1 in programmes recorded on certain channels.

Back to the drawing board then.

Maybe a mix and match approach?

Yes, as mentioned, .97 was good and 1.x was bad :wtf: :yawn:
The benefit of...
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Last post by marvin-miller
Mon May 15, 2017 4:08 am
MCEBuddy install?

Last post by 3rob3 « Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:07 pm
Replies: 9
by wilkcards » Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:44 am

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How can I download the latest free version of MCEBuddy to try it? The web site is so confusing and has deceptive links that downloads text files suggesting you pay for the product. Well I would like to try it first...

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Thanks for the replies guys. So I can use MCEBuddy v2.3.13 (free version) to convert wtv files to mp4, but it will take longer. TBH I just wanted to trial it & if it all works as I want it, I will donate to get the faster donator version.

No, they don't show up in Recorded Tv anymore. Most people...

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Last post by 3rob3
Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:07 pm
Showanalyzer and DTBAddin for UK TV

Last post by technodevotee « Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:20 pm
Replies: 6
by technodevotee » Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:29 am

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Hi guys.

Does anyone have any tips for improving the accuracy of Showanalyzer on UK TV?
It seems a bit hit and miss at the moment.

Does anyone know how to change the key assignments in DTBAddin?
I would like to stop it from prompting about programmes with missing information and alter the key...

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In case anyone is interested:

There have been comments made in another thread about poor stability and accuracy of the latest version of SA so I've been comparing v1.1 with v0.97 and so far the results have been mixed: One seems more accurate on certain channels and the other seems more accurate...

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Last post by technodevotee
Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:20 pm
WTVwatcher download

Last post by Waynezo « Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:18 pm
Replies: 17
by Waynezo » Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:42 pm

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Does any one know where I can get a wtvwatcher download? I need to reinstall

Also is there a better commercial skipping option that doesn't have to convert .wtv files? I'm using DVRMStoolbox and DTB addin on WMC7 with xbox 360 extender.

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Is there a way to configure SA to automatically kill an engine process that hangs?

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Last post by Waynezo
Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:18 pm
MCEBuddy Renaming Files

Last post by garnuts « Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:37 pm
Replies: 1
by jppl2000 » Sat Mar 04, 2017 4:43 am

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Just purchased MCEBuddy. I believe it will work for me. However, I am a newbie with MCEBuddy. Default results are missing the the Series title then have some dates which I don't need. I am using WMC to record on Windows 7. Can someone help point me to where I can change the default so that my...

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From the MCEBuddy website:

Custom File Renaming Pattern (v2.1.6+)

MCEBuddy allows you to create your own custom file name and directory structure using the metadata stored in the file and downloaded from the internet.
The following commands are currently supported by MCEBuddy

%originalfilename%...

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Last post by garnuts
Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:37 pm
Movie Collector from Collectorz.com

Last post by Kusaywa « Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:10 pm

by Kusaywa » Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:10 pm

Stumbled upon this just recently...
Movie Collector from Collectorz.com is a program that helps you catalog your movie collection.
It also has a plugin for WMC that show what you have in your collection and enables you to play it in WMC.
You can download a free trial to check it out.
I like it!

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Last post by Kusaywa
Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:10 pm
MC-TV Converter-converting WTV,DVR-MS,MPEG,TS

Last post by xiangshuii « Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:26 am
Replies: 12
by newfiend » Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:03 pm

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Q: What is MC-TVConverter?

A: MC-TVConverter is a FREE (GPL) GUI (Graphical User Interface) for various commandline video converters. It's mainly targeted to convert recordings from Microsoft Windows MediaCenter, which introduced the new WTV format in Windows7 and Vista with TV-Pack....

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There is a an easy way to convert WTV to TS by introducing a powerful WTV to TS converter - Avdshare Video Converter, you can have a try.

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Last post by xiangshuii
Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:26 am
YAMM question... changing covers, any idea ?

Last post by d00zah « Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:28 pm
Replies: 18
by DavidinCT » Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:59 pm

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Hey all,

I have been using YAMM for the longest time for Movie Managment. It does work pretty awesome, drop a movie (in a folder named accordingly) into a movie folder, it gives it art and meta data. You dont really even have to think about it. It's nice.

Now I have run into a problem. I have a...

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- No transcoding when:

-- using UNC paths to map movie/video libraries... i.e. stored on NAS... just like WMC. Works fine on my Echo(s).
-- WMC has proper codecs.

All that said, as the 'Emby for WMC' client plug-in uses the native WMC player, so if WMC works OK for your purposes natively, Emby...

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Last post by d00zah
Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:28 pm
Arcsoft & BluRay - No Full Screen

Last post by hvinc « Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:05 am
Replies: 1
by marvin-miller » Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:34 am

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Hi Folks;

I'm running Media Center 7 and Arcsoft Total Media Theater 6.x

When I'm playing a Bluray disk in Media Center I get a window instead of a full screen. It's very odd because, as I recall, the last time I had TMT installed I had nice full screens.

Am I missing something or is there an...

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I had this problem awhile ago. I think you need to go to Tasks>Settings>TV>Configure Your TV. Then change the display type. I don't remember what type works, but there aren't that many choices.

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Last post by hvinc
Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:05 am
YAC Server From Sunflowerhead Software??

Last post by kmp14 « Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:13 pm
Replies: 9
by kmp14 » Sun Oct 16, 2016 2:15 pm

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Does anyone have a copy or know where I can download a copy of the YAC server software? All the links I find point to sunflowerhead dot com, but that site is gone.

I was using w7CallerID for the longest time, but now it prompts me for a new registration key every couple weeks, and the developer no...

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No prob. I never figured out what I was doing wrong. With the modem and YAC server software on the same PC as the Media Center, no matter what I tired (and I tried everything), they only time I would successfully get a CID popup in MCE, I would get several (7 or 8 maybe) of them for the same call....

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Last post by kmp14
Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:13 pm
LCDHype anybody?

Last post by DavidinCT « Thu Dec 29, 2016 3:57 pm
Replies: 5
by 1ST1 » Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:44 pm

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Hello, I have build a HTPC based on Fujitsu-Sienems Activy 570 Mediacenter (same as Scaleo E, OEM product from FIC). The modification is basically other fanless mainboard from Asrock to be Win 10 compatible. Since several monthes it's up and running fully in Windows 10. It's using the WMC V12...

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David, du I understand that you had problems with the LCD driver in 64 Bit mode? Ok, my display works in 64 Bit mode with LCDHype.

But I don't know to get LCDHype to read informations out of WMC. How to do that?

WMC has a subsystem that shows it's current status (what WMC is doing), it's been a...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Thu Dec 29, 2016 3:57 pm
mpconverter (WTV --> MKV; MP4) - Kodi & Plex

Last post by tipitoe « Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:42 pm
Replies: 33
by tipitoe » Sun Dec 04, 2016 3:00 pm
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The reason I started working on this converter is that I wanted to bring over some recordings from Windows Media Center to other platforms like Kodi and Plex. There are other tools that can do the job, however they rely on external services like thetvdb.com. Basically, these tools convert video...

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This is the last update in this calendar year. It fixes the scanning speed of an input folder. Previous update introduced this issue.

I made some changes to the used method. Originally, we had to know location of a header id number for WTV file. These numbers differed from one operating system to...
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Last post by tipitoe
Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:42 pm
WMC and Pluto TV

Last post by mdavej « Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:54 pm
Replies: 1
by JeffPalmer » Tue Nov 22, 2016 6:24 am

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I was helping a friend set up a new TV in their home and noticed that there was a Pluto TV app built into the TV. It has over 75 free channels to watch. I checked out the website today (pluto.tv) and found they have players available for pretty much any device, including Windows.

Has anyone...

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If Pluto has a web client, you can use Relaunch to view it in WMC.

Before you go to all that trouble, have you actually used Pluto? It looks great on paper, but all 75 channels on it suck. I tried it for 5 minutes and never used it again.

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Last post by mdavej
Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:54 pm
Looking for something to report recording status

Last post by clemon79 « Thu Nov 10, 2016 4:16 am
Replies: 30
by clemon79 » Tue Oct 04, 2016 6:25 am
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I have been getting into home automation lately, and I've set up a Home Assistant server on a Raspberry Pi.

I have decided I would like for it to know when WMC is recording. I know there is that little icon in the tray that turns red when it's recording and green when it isn't, so clearly the...

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Just checking in to see if anything ever happened here :)
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Last post by clemon79
Thu Nov 10, 2016 4:16 am
WMC Streaming?

Last post by webminster « Fri Oct 28, 2016 4:54 pm
Replies: 3
by ITGuy1024 » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:17 pm

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Are streaming plugins still a thing for WMC (Netflix, Hulu)?

Has anyone found a way to get the streaming services back in WMC? I know I could just use my Xbox One or buy Roku, ect. But I like everything in one place. If WMC isn't capable anymore is there something else I can be using that has...

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One issue is your question(s) is too vague; there are a lot of options, but you have to enumerate your requirements. Very little out there works well with the Ceton stuff, there's a lot more support for the SiliconDust tuners. You also need to determine if you have copy-protected channels, which...

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Last post by webminster
Fri Oct 28, 2016 4:54 pm
ArcSoft Total Media Theatre and Windows 10

Last post by mcewinter « Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:12 pm
Replies: 14
by JTScribe » Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:44 pm

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I know it's a dead product, but I still use it. Tried to load it on my Windows 10 PC and it locks it up hard with a kmode_exception_not_handled BSOD - even if I set compatibility mode to Windows 7 or Windows 8.

Anyone able to successfully run it?

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At this stage, AnyDVD/RedFox is pretty much required if you wish to continue with TMT.

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Last post by mcewinter
Fri Sep 16, 2016 6:12 pm
Missing DVD Metadata - My Media Center?

Last post by pdean « Fri Sep 16, 2016 2:52 pm

by pdean » Fri Sep 16, 2016 2:52 pm

I have been running the My Media Center services program from Ceton on both what is my Win 8.1 server and my Win 7 media center computer and I am confused why for my DVDs I do not see any metadata displayed in media center. The DVDs are stored on my server and I view them from the other computer...

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Last post by pdean
Fri Sep 16, 2016 2:52 pm
Remote Potato not showing all channels

Last post by handyd « Wed Sep 14, 2016 1:09 am

by handyd » Wed Sep 14, 2016 1:09 am

I recently added a ClearQAM tuner to my CableCard tuners just to get some more recording channels for CBS, NBC, etc. The problem is even though WMC shows all the channels, Remote Potato is removing duplicates from the list. For example 2.1 is CBSHD but so is 502. Remote potato won't show me channel...

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Last post by handyd
Wed Sep 14, 2016 1:09 am
Dirmon2 - Where to download?

Last post by cvguy « Sat Aug 27, 2016 9:12 pm
Replies: 4
by cvguy » Sat Aug 27, 2016 6:10 pm

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Does anyone have a link to Dirmon2? Want to try it in place of DVRMSfilewatcher. I see a lot of discussion about using it, but no where to be found?
Looked over in Kodi.tv forums, but links are dead.

Help would be appreciated!

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That is the last snapshot of the page on the internet time machine so I'm unsure about anything beyond 0.6.3.

aHH Yes! The Internet Time Machine! Forgot about that one! I am amazed that although these web pages are gone, the files are still on servers somewhere and these links still work to them!...

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Last post by cvguy
Sat Aug 27, 2016 9:12 pm
Growl notifications in WMC

Last post by Sharks « Sat Aug 27, 2016 7:35 pm

by Sharks » Sat Aug 27, 2016 7:35 pm

Hello everyone, I've run into a bit of an issue with my caller ID setup for WMC.
I'm using treas0n's growl method:

I had at one point previously had this working on my windows 8.1 WMC machine but I tried setting up again after switching to a new phone it is now giving me this error:

Run-Time...

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Last post by Sharks
Sat Aug 27, 2016 7:35 pm
MCEBuddy & EDL Creation

Last post by choliscott « Fri Aug 26, 2016 11:01 pm
Replies: 1
by realdiehl » Fri Aug 26, 2016 5:20 pm

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Hello all,

I have purchased MCEBuddy as it appeared to be the solution that I needed. My intent is to create an EDL file to mark commercial breaks and leave the original file untouched. Unfortunately, I can't get MCEBuddy to simply create the EDL file without converting or moving my original file....

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I would suggest looking at DvrMsToolbox. It does what you're trying to accomplish.

Hello all,

I have purchased MCEBuddy as it appeared to be the solution that I needed. My intent is to create an EDL file to mark commercial breaks and leave the original file untouched. Unfortunately, I can't...

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Last post by choliscott
Fri Aug 26, 2016 11:01 pm
Plugins for Windows Media Center

Last post by jbamford92 « Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:35 am
Replies: 2
by jbamford92 » Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:49 am

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Hi. I'm looking for some plugins for Windows 7 Windows media Center I'm looking for a browser add on and YouTube add on so I can watch YouTube in Media Center on both of my HTPC builds. Would anyone have any recommendations? Thanks.

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Relaunch should still work for things like that. Or you could write your own MCL file.

Thank you for your reply :). I've just given Relaunch ago and it works perfectly thank you. Even the remote works in YouTube TV :D

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Last post by jbamford92
Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:35 am
Media Center Object Store Explorer

Last post by glugglug « Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:42 am
Replies: 1
by glugglug » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:11 am

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Found this internal form defined in the mcstore.dll. Launched it through reflection.

Same binary should in theory work for Win7/8/8.1/10, both 32 and 64-bit versions.

Check out the table view from the tab at the top. I find it's both faster and more readable than the list view (although neither...

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Updated to use administrative ObjectStore connection, more stuff ends up viewable.

Should work in all Win7, 8, 8.1, 10 both 32 and 64 bit.

Also added to github in addition to the dropbox link:

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Last post by glugglug
Thu Aug 18, 2016 3:42 am
Preventing WMC Duplicate Recordings

Last post by cjames9001 « Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:57 pm

by cjames9001 » Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:57 pm

Hey everyone,

I thought I'd share this for anyone that might be interested.

I've got a pet project that I'm working on getting more polished for others to use that will prevent duplicate shows from even being recorded.

I've been using it for about two years now and I absolutely love it and think...

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Last post by cjames9001
Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:57 pm
ServerWMC

Last post by Sharks « Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:57 pm
Replies: 9
by lachape_one » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:24 am

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hi
I followed this tuto and tried to set up ServerWMC to watch live TV through Plex
but ive got an issue when configuring ServerWMC httpService to open port 9080 and enable live tv stream: an error message occurs unable to run service, stream service not configured
if someone had succesfully set...

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Sounds good, hopefully that will help in getting plex/serverwmc working as well.

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Last post by Sharks
Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:57 pm
Getting Netflix working again?

Last post by Scallica « Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:57 am
Replies: 1
by marvin-miller » Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:05 am

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Hi Folks!

I'm running MC7 on WIndows 7 and am new to Netflix. I seem to recall MC dropping support for Netflix - does anyone know if there is a MC work-around for that to re-enable it?

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Topic moved.

No, read this thread.

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Last post by Scallica
Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:57 am
Help with Yammm

Last post by DavidinCT « Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:41 am
Replies: 18
by DOS4EVER » Tue May 24, 2016 4:24 pm

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I just want a basic program to download metadata and artwork for movies I rip from my own blu-ray collection and use the built-in Movie library in WMC. I've set up Yammm, but it is not performing any actions. I have verified that the service is running. Could someone tell me what I might be doing...

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mikinho blitzed his site a while back.

Check this page.

I wonder if he has a stash of all his media center tools on another site. He had a great little tool that he made for ME ! I asked him about a custom app that would give people a notification to CANCEL a reboot if you had a scheduled task...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:41 am
MCS Theme: Some colors won't change

Last post by braigo64 « Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:10 pm
Replies: 4
by braigo64 » Sun Jun 19, 2016 1:11 pm

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Been using MCS for years to style WMC. Since my backgrounds are darker I made most of the colors white which worked well. Lately, I changed the background image of my theme and when I applied everything it worked except some of the text in WMC now shows as the default pale blue color. No matter how...

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Thanks IT Troll, I was able to change the lingering blue text colors. However, I'm not sure what to add to the xml file to change the blue overlay on the thumbnails of recordings when you open the recordings area. That's the only outstanding theme issue I still have.

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Last post by braigo64
Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:10 pm
Yammm using a ton of Memory resources

Last post by DOS4EVER « Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:14 pm
Replies: 1
by DOS4EVER » Tue Jun 14, 2016 4:39 am

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When Yammm starts at boot time I see my total Memory usage in task manager rise up from 1.25 GB to over 6 GB of memory and it stays that way until I reboot again. Is this normal?

Oh, I'm using the built-in Yammm service from Ceton My Media Center.

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Nevermind. The memory eventually returns to normal. Weird.

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Last post by DOS4EVER
Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:14 pm
Simplest way to export / archive WTV files?

Last post by Crash2009 « Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:21 pm
Replies: 15
by mismjy1 » Fri May 13, 2016 3:58 pm

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My setup is a Windows 8.1 machine with WMC + dvrmstoolbox & comskip for commercial skip (OTA only). I run this on a low end Intel NUC with SSD, with recorded TV stored on a 2GB iSCSI volume on my NAS via Gigabit Ethernet. This works fine, except the recorded TV is only accessible to the HTPC, since...

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Repair your hardware so your software works properly. Only you can figure out the cause of the overheating. Could be as simple as new CPU paste or new CPU fan.

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Last post by Crash2009
Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:21 pm
Bluray plugins

Last post by DavidinCT « Mon May 23, 2016 11:39 pm
Replies: 15
by aznativekurt » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:39 am

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Hi, I know this topic has been addressed in the past but I was having a hard time finding any current info. I have my HTPC dialed in working great with WMC for everything except playing blurays. I used to have TMT but they went out of business and stopped supporting aacs patches. I have looked at...

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I have seen this issue many times. with TMT and PowerDVD, you can put in a movie and it will give some type of error, pull out the movie and drop it in and it works.

I've figured out why this was happening. It looks like you need to make sure you launch WinDVD before you insert the disc, not...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Mon May 23, 2016 11:39 pm
MCEBuddy & WMC Pre-Post-Padding

Last post by adam1991 « Mon May 16, 2016 12:48 pm
Replies: 10
by TheOsburnFamil » Sun May 15, 2016 3:13 pm

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Hey Gang-- For those of you using MCEBuddy on your TV Recordings... I'm curious how you're fairing with comskip detection on your recorded tv if it's pre/post padded? I seem to be getting a lot of videos with a good 30-40 seconds before & after that comskip is missing. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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I may have to look at it again. I remember to have it mimic the ShowAnalyzer functionality, at the time, was difficult at best--but I do remember people able to tweak the base .ini for some specific purposes without harming the overall functionality for everything.

I started with cableCARD and...

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Last post by adam1991
Mon May 16, 2016 12:48 pm
How do I programmitically search the EPG data?

Last post by DavidinCT « Fri May 13, 2016 3:49 pm
Replies: 7
by Will Pittenger » Tue Apr 19, 2016 5:14 am

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I started a thread on MSDN , but wasn't getting a response. So I thought I'd ask here.

I'd like to write a program to search the listings WMC has downloaded for my cable system so I can have it specify which programs to record. I found a class that describes the lineup (...

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How about doing a Keyword search for Cardinals? WMC will pick up anything with that keyword in it and record it.

Only problem I can see with that is a lot of Sports stations re-play the game, as on my Red Sox network(NESN) I did that with, they do a Sox in 2 , a 2 hour compressed version of the...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Fri May 13, 2016 3:49 pm
Comskip (donator version) live processing help

Last post by STC « Wed May 11, 2016 8:43 pm
Replies: 31
by DOS4EVER » Tue May 03, 2016 1:18 am
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Could someone tell me the right settings to use in order to have consistent processing during a live recording? I set the Wait Time to zero in DVRMStoMPEGSettings, but the results are hit and miss. Last night comskip started processing about 10 minutes after Elementary started, but tonight it never...

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I'm getting decent results. Some popular shows change up how the ads come on so as to fool commercial detectors. I've tried some dedicated configs for shows but haven't had much success presumably because here in Canada the fade out to black are different / different logos etc.
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Last post by STC
Wed May 11, 2016 8:43 pm
Windows Media Connector to WHS 2011

Last post by chrisgnv « Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:09 pm
Replies: 4
by chrisgnv » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:14 pm

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Hello. I'm setting up WMC in Win 7 with the current plan being to store most of the recorded TV on my Windows Home Server 2011. The HTPC will have a 60 GB SSD for OS and temp files and a 500 GB WD Blue HDD for the data storage or initial recordings.

I think I'll be setting up Windows Media...

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OK, so manually moving them off to the server folder will allow me to reduce the space required on the local drive, but how do I get the WHS TV archive service to work? It fails consistently due to the archive user not having appropriate rights.

Thanks

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Last post by chrisgnv
Mon Apr 18, 2016 10:09 pm
My Movies alternatives?

Last post by JTScribe « Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:54 pm
Replies: 10
by JTScribe » Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:56 am

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My Movies recently made a huge change to the way they handle things . . . databases are now sync'ed with a server. There doesn't seem to be an option to turn this off, and you have to sync before adding titles.

This presents a problem to me because I use the program on two difference Media Centers...

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Interesting. I'll have to fiddle around with it and decide if it will work for me. It's only detecting the disks I ripped to VIDEO_TS folders at the moment.

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Last post by JTScribe
Sun Apr 10, 2016 10:54 pm
Using Steam in 'Big Picture' mode

Last post by Sjchmura « Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:32 pm
Replies: 26
by staknhalo » Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:46 am
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Anyone try it? It's pretty cool using it for PC games. I have a 360 controller I game with. Navigation works with my Harmony. Now I don't have to use MediaBrowser/GameBrowser.

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So the Frankenstein WMC on Windows 10 works? Has anyone tried with CEton pci based cable cards ?

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Last post by Sjchmura
Sat Apr 09, 2016 12:32 pm
Guide Tool and Changing Channel Numbering

Last post by eclas « Mon Mar 28, 2016 12:08 am
Replies: 11
by Sammy2 » Mon Feb 01, 2016 10:00 pm

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I've never used Guide Tool before but am playing around with it. It looks to be pretty slick once I learned that WMC needed to be run with elevated privilages.

At any rate, Charter's line up is a mish-mash of channels that makes no sense because as they added more channels in the digital re-build...

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Got it working. The GT was not enabled in WMC settins

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Last post by eclas
Mon Mar 28, 2016 12:08 am
TubeCore Key

Last post by Kick4U « Sat Mar 12, 2016 3:30 am
Replies: 2
by advacomp » Sat Sep 06, 2014 11:33 pm

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Anyone got a spare TubeCore Key they'd be willing to give?

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I've just cut the cable bill and am looking for a tubecore license to complete my build. Anyone have one they aren't using anymore?

Thank You

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Last post by Kick4U
Sat Mar 12, 2016 3:30 am
WMC Library Excel Macro

Last post by wmc2001 « Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:11 am

by wmc2001 » Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:11 am

Here is an Excel Spreadsheet/Macro I developed to do things:
list all the .wtv files on my system
highlight the duplicate titles

The detailed instructions are located on the worksheet of the same name.

In short, you'll need to:
Unzip the attachment. A copy of the macro source code is included....

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Last post by wmc2001
Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:11 am
Plugin to keep track of viewed videos?

Last post by allanmb « Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:03 pm
Replies: 2
by allanmb » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:36 am

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I use WMC to watch a lot of TV series and it would be nice to see which of the videos I have already viewed. Does such a plugin/add-in exist?

Thanks

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Thanks for the info. Yes these are built-n videos and not recordings. I don't use Emby as I haven't needed to yet. I might just have to see how easy it is to make a plugin as this is a great feature of XBMC/Kodi

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Last post by allanmb
Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:03 pm
MCEBuddy Help

Last post by Sammy2 « Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:05 pm
Replies: 5
by ruff_hi » Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:32 pm

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I've finally managed to get my movies set up with cover art, synopsis, etc (thanks 'Collection Management' from 'My Movies'). Now I would like to get recorded TV series up and running (without ads). It seems that only *.wtv files show up under 'Recorded TV' ... so ... how ...

1) do I get MCEBuddy...

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I know this thread is old but I ran across it in my search to have shows with commercials stripped out but remain in the RecordedTV folder for access in WMC via RecordedTV . It looks that this is not possible as I suspected.

I'm chiming in because I was under the impression that MCE Buddy uses...

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Last post by Sammy2
Mon Feb 01, 2016 11:05 pm
Mikinho Hide Media Center Menu Strips

Last post by Sammy2 « Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:16 pm
Replies: 9
by Sammy2 » Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:35 pm

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Does anyone have a link to this useful software?

Thanks!

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Something is missing from the installer for me. It created the folder in Mikinho in Program Files but it doesn't do anything??

I got it to work. The valve installer didn't do anything but the Hide Media Center Strips did.

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Last post by Sammy2
Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:16 pm
Total Media Theater discontinued by Arcsoft

Last post by Crash2009 « Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:22 pm
Replies: 98
by Ed » Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:29 pm
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Time to move on to dedicated BR players everyone :D

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I guess I wont be testing 3D for awhile. My old I3 has no BlueRay. DVD Burner only.

I just thought of something..... Maybe WMC did this all by itself . Maybe I don't even need TMT. Come to think of it the TMT plug was not in WMC at all. TMT blew up twice, just like you said it would causing......
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Last post by Crash2009
Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:22 pm
Mikinho Mount Image

Last post by Sammy2 « Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:51 pm
Replies: 3
by jb1982 » Tue Jan 05, 2016 5:29 pm

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Hi - I am desperately seeking a copy of mikinho mount image 64 bit v 1.9. I can find the 32 bit version but not the 64 bit version.

Mikinho's site appears to have been down for some time so I cannot get it there.

Could someone possibly make it available for DL please?

Many thanks

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I got it working! I'm not using mikanho's mount image for Emby as it is built in. I only use iso for 3D Blu-ray rips and until there's a better player that works with a remote I'm sticking with TMT5..

BTW, I'd suggest upgrading to Emby and EMC (Emby MediaCenter Classic) or is that what you mean by...

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Last post by Sammy2
Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:51 pm
Errors with Toub.MediaCenter.Dvrms.dll and FlexRaid/T-Raid

Last post by tad « Sun Dec 20, 2015 4:09 am
Replies: 3
by mrsilver » Sun May 17, 2015 7:09 pm

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Hi there,

I've been emailed by someone using my Move_TV_Films program with a FlexRaid/T-Raid array. He is finding that it throws an error when attempting to get the metadata from the WTV file.

My code (in vb.net) does this:

For Each theFile In Directory.GetFiles(directoryFrom)
theExt =...

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I'm having the same issue here. Any resolution?

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Last post by tad
Sun Dec 20, 2015 4:09 am
SiriusXM plugin finally dead?

Last post by Jclausing « Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:22 am
Replies: 1
by Jclausing » Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:12 am

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So i tried to load the Niveus SiriusXM plugin and it gave an error communicating with Sirius. Tried repair, same issue, reinstalled, same issue. Wondering if something changed to kill this off for good. Is it working for anyone else?

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So I must be the last one who uses this app. Lol!

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Last post by Jclausing
Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:22 am
DVRMSToolbox file watcher TS files (JR MC)

Last post by tzr916 « Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:31 pm
Replies: 1
by tzr916 » Tue Dec 15, 2015 4:24 pm

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I've got a working system that watches my recording folder for WTV files and scans for commercials using DVRMSToolbox and Comskip (donate version). I am trying out JRiver MC which I have set to record in TS format. I am trying to setup DVRMSToolbox to scan these TS files now also. I have already...

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Gave up and switched to DirMon2. Spent less time setting it up than I did trying to make DVRMSToolbox file watcher to recognize TS files.

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Last post by tzr916
Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:31 pm
Lineup Selector (Auto import MXF lineup or switch lineups)

Last post by jbf154 « Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:30 am
Replies: 32
by glugglug » Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:29 am
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I have created a tool to change the listings for all your channels to match a different lineup (optionally adding whatever channels are missing and/or removing channels that aren't in the new lineup). The intended purpose of this tool is to auto-add all the channels in the SchdulesDirect->Big...

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OK folks. I managed to write a SchedulesDirect JSON client that will generate a MXF file that successfully loads with LoadMXF.exe. Now, I can't see the lineup in the Lineup Selector. I re-indexed the guide too. Is there something else I need to do?
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Last post by jbf154
Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:30 am
Recommendations for commercial skip?

Last post by STC « Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:23 am
Replies: 62
by rore » Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:35 pm
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Any recommendations for commercial skip for Win7MC 64-bit? Should run automatically in the background.

Thanks

Rolf

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Comskip together with DTB does the job well.
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Last post by STC
Thu Dec 03, 2015 12:23 am
Spotify or other Internet radio apps?

Last post by EZEd « Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:27 am
Replies: 2
by JTScribe » Sat Nov 28, 2015 6:41 pm

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I know there's no direct Spotify app as they didn't get enough requests to create one for Media Center, but are there any third-party solutions out there? I can just run Spotify of the desktop but it's not really suited to 10' interface.

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There was another one called Songler that worked for Spotify within Media Center but the UI wasn't very pretty.

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Last post by EZEd
Mon Nov 30, 2015 1:27 am
ServerWMC issues with DRM, where there is no DRM?

Last post by Crash2009 « Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:50 pm
Replies: 28
by cbanakis » Tue Oct 27, 2015 1:39 pm
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I recently started having drm? issues I cannot explain.

I have a tv server running win7 pro x64
InfiniTV6 and latest serverwmc.

The tv server forwards cable tv to various devices, mainly Kodi.

All my channels work in windows on the server.

But many do not work anywhere else.

As far as I know,...

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This is with WOW, in Illinois btw.

Here is what is going on with WOW, since 2011.....
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Last post by Crash2009
Fri Nov 27, 2015 4:50 pm
RecordedTV HD Colors

Last post by eclas « Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:13 pm
Replies: 2
by eclas » Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:09 pm

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I was wondering if anyone knows how to change the background colors in RTVHD.
I have 2 separate systems running WMC. One has the blue background and the other has an off white with black lettering.
I wanted to get the white one like the other one?

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Thanks
You have to go into Settings - Appearance - Themes

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Last post by eclas
Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:13 pm
Multiple Comskip.ini files with DTB???

Last post by STC « Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:34 pm
Replies: 13
by woodchuck » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:44 pm

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Anyone using multiple comskip.ini's with DVRMS Toolbox? I am having a heck of a time getting CBS shows to process with my generic ini and have a separete one that works great for the CBS channels. I know I can use the ProcessConditionEditor to detect the CBS shows, but I've never tried to create a...

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Have you setup everything exactly as in post #2?

What OS?

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Last post by STC
Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:34 pm
DVRMSToolbox and Comskip help

Last post by mismjy1 « Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:55 pm
Replies: 11
by silverbullet07 » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:48 pm

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I need some help to get DVRMSToolbox and Comskip working.

I installed these versions.
DVRMSToolbox1225
DTBAddin1007-R3

Do I have to get the donated comskip version or does the comskip81_069 version that is in their downloads section work with the WTV files?

So far DVRMSToolbox is detecting no...

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I now have DVRMSToolbox and ShowAnalyzer working on Windows 8.1. I found this post helpful:

To get 1.2.2.7 version of the toolbox, I ended up making a $5 contribution to Andy, and shortly received a message saying good to go . At that point, I could download that version, and as suggested in the...

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Last post by mismjy1
Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:55 pm
Playon TV NEW GUI

Last post by gregusjay « Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:24 pm

by gregusjay » Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:24 pm

Playon TV has a new GUI that enables playback of streaming video on Windows Media PLAYER....if someone out there who knows an easy way to interface this with my WINDOWS 7 MEDIA CENTER ..I would be indebted to them forever

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Last post by gregusjay
Fri Sep 25, 2015 8:24 pm
BBC iPlayer app

Last post by jelockwood « Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:51 am
Replies: 24
by mrphil » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:20 am
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I guess most UK people are aware of the BBC iPlayer app written by ddfcxm in 2009. Its simple, it works on extenders, and it looks nice. Unfortunately at some point the BBC must have changed the RSS addresses of the popular and highlight feeds so they always display the same content regardless of...

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Sadly this add-in no longer seems to work. I am getting a message saying -

BBC iPlayer feeds are no longer available. Nitro is the BBC's new programme met...

Is anyone aware of a replacement for this add-in other than TunerFree?
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Last post by jelockwood
Fri Sep 25, 2015 12:51 am
Anyone find a remote friendly Netflix app?

Last post by mismjy1 « Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:25 pm
Replies: 9
by audinutt » Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:43 pm

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I am looking to replace the Windows Media Center Netflix app since it is 2 to quit working in about 2 weeks I would prefer something that works within Windows Windows Remote friendly or I will have to go with a separate hardware box that has optical output. I'm open to suggestions if anyone has...

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The best solution I have found is this remote on Amazon for only $20:

It is kind of like the old Gyration remote (no longer available) in that you can use it for navigating WMC menus, while it has a gyroscopic mouse plus a keyboard. Works great for navigating the Netflix Windows 8 app. I almost...

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Last post by mismjy1
Mon Sep 21, 2015 10:25 pm
Heatwave weather plugin working again!

Last post by joecrow « Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:30 pm
Replies: 22
by newfiend » Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:47 am
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So not only is Hulu working again but now Heatwave the awesome WMC weather plugin seems to be working again as well.. YAY!

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I'm just back from a 3 week vacation and it has not returned to life (still stuck on Thursday) so it looks like another app. has bit the dust! :(
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Last post by joecrow
Sun Sep 20, 2015 4:30 pm
Media Center studio on WIndows 8.1, anyone get it running ?

Last post by DavidinCT « Fri Aug 28, 2015 1:22 pm
Replies: 14
by DavidinCT » Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:30 pm

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Hey all,

I am trying to see if Windows 8 is a option for me as I am a Windows 7 user for ever. So day by day, I am testing apps, and other stuff to see if it works, so far found some nice things but, also some bad things.

One of my deal killer things is Media Center studio, I think I have EVERY...

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Here's my list of themes that are installed in WMC Studio, these are the one that are in the Programfiles\MediaCenterSudio folder, as when I rebuild, I reinstall MCS and just drop this folder in and all the themes are importated.

Some I use often, some I don't think I will ever use, there are some...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Fri Aug 28, 2015 1:22 pm
Hide Media Center strips

Last post by Hflashman « Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:10 am

by Hflashman » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:10 am

Hi,
I need a new WMC PC and was thinking of using 8.1 instead of win 7 as its tough to buy.

Q: Does hidemediacenterstrips work on 8.1? I use it on win 7 to start up into live TV on my extenders.

Anything else I should know before going with 8.1 please?

Thanks for your help.

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Last post by Hflashman
Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:10 am
Rovi Guide & Remote Potato

Last post by aeblank « Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:52 pm

by aeblank » Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:52 pm

My remote potato is screwed up since the Rovi guide update.
I stopped the service. In the guide tab i re-sync'd (or whatever it's called) from Media center and I restarted the service.
Didn't check it till the next day. There are big gaping holes.

I have done some channel/guide re-mapping, but I...

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Last post by aeblank
Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:52 pm
ReLaunch and TWC live TV website

Last post by cwinfield « Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:08 pm
Replies: 4
by cwinfield » Tue Jul 14, 2015 8:25 pm

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Anybody here manage to get ReLaunch and TWC live TV website to work inside of WMC window? All I get is a black screen, probably internet site compatibility problem inside WMC

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I'm starting to think it's my background theme that might be causing issues. EZEd if you have a JP1 remote you could program a macro button for your password.

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Last post by cwinfield
Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:08 pm
Is the Netflix plugin broken ?

Last post by ipguy « Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:48 pm
Replies: 10
by ipguy » Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:45 am

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Hi all

Just wondering if, since the changes to Netflix, the WMC Netflix plugin is still working ?

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I'd love to see a modern remake of MCE How do you like this?

I've used themes on MCE before.

I'm really hankering for MS to rethink the idea of killing MCE and overhauling it

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Last post by ipguy
Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:48 pm
What was the name of the app?

Last post by dkrom « Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:58 pm
Replies: 6
by Blackstar » Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:00 pm

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I had to reformat my HTPC system after it been running for 8 years and forgot to back up the WMC tools. I remembered most of the favorite tools I used on WMC and able to find it from websites & forums and downloaded it....but there is one tool I couldnt remember the name of it, start with M, I...

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Did you try going to the Settings in Media Center, selecting General then Automatic Download Options and changing the Start and Stop times? This sounds like what you want to do and maybe that's why there is no app anymore?

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Last post by dkrom
Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:58 pm
Gyration Triple-Tap Driver Needed - Solved

Last post by Scallica « Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:59 pm
Replies: 3
by anderb16 » Fri Jun 19, 2015 4:45 am

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Hey folks,

Been using the forums for quite some time in order to solve issues, but this is the first time I haven't been able to find what I'm looking for.

I'd been hoarding my triple-tap (drivers?) for quite a while, but for whatever reason have lost them. The forum (shared onedrive folder) I'd...

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Done.

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Last post by Scallica
Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:59 pm
Movie library replacements?

Last post by DavidinCT « Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:45 pm
Replies: 44
by DavidinCT » Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:14 am
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Hey all,

First of all, Media Browser looks like too much for my needs, I don't want all the fluff and keep it JUST FOR MOVIES with no settings or options for other content(if I can access other content in WMC with this app, I don't want it). Don't care about streaming movies, if I can do it with...

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SO I can do a quick update here. I fixed the built in Movie Library, it works flawlessly now. At this point I am going to stay with it, it works on Extenders faster than other apps I have tried. Maybe at some point I will try Emby to see how well it runs and how it looks.

My problems was with the...
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Last post by DavidinCT
Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:45 pm
Hulu Desktop error #32

Last post by webminster « Sun May 31, 2015 2:52 am
Replies: 23
by winterescape » Sat Dec 07, 2013 3:31 am
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I wanted to post for others with the same issue. If you have been using Hulu desktop in WMC it may just be the end. Hulu has announced the that they are ending support for it and recently many users now are reporting the same error I receive. Shortly after launching Hulu desktop it closes and...

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Broken ? I just tested the web link here..

it works fine, although it gives and error on open, it still will download and play new shows..

But unreliably, as least for me. It may play for a while, but I'll ultimately get the server verification error popup and it crashes. With the browser...
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Last post by webminster
Sun May 31, 2015 2:52 am
Anyone use a LPT based VFD under Windows 7 x64 ?

Last post by DavidinCT « Fri May 29, 2015 11:28 pm
Replies: 10
by DavidinCT » Tue May 26, 2015 2:17 pm

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Hey all,

Upgraded my HTPC with memory, now I need to run x64 (been running x32 always), I tried to use the program I have been using for years under x32, LCDwriter and it's always worked but, under x64 bit, after 2 days playing with it and different versions, it does not look like it works with...

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Yea, after all my testing, I got my old LPT VFD working on Windows 7 x64 (should work on 8.1 as well), It's a hack but, it works perfect for this. This is something I figured out and a little shocked that no one else has, as there was a lot of people having this issue. I notified the developer Andy...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Fri May 29, 2015 11:28 pm
Netflix "Adjusting for better playback..."

Last post by choeschen « Mon May 18, 2015 1:16 pm
Replies: 40
by n4mwd » Thu May 14, 2015 3:24 am
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I have used Netflix for a long time and its always been flakey on WMC. Today, I go to watch a movie and it first gives a script error and then says Adjusting for better playback for slower connections and never plays the movie. I did allow some windows updates, could that have broken it or is...

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I had the same issue as mentioned in this thread. I was able to get mine working last Wednesday by serving up a patched version of the javascript file hosted on cdn3.nflxext.com with error handling added. I was going to post my workaround on this forum but I had an issue getting my account created,...
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Last post by choeschen
Mon May 18, 2015 1:16 pm
Is there something that would stream WMC?

Last post by Sharks « Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:16 am
Replies: 22
by joedrt73 » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:46 am
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I'm looking for a WMC program that will use the WMC backend and stream LIVE tv to other computers/roku/chromcast etc???

I know there are media extenders (I used xbox), but can it be sent outside the home somehow? I want to share my live tv stream with my parents they can't afford cable

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You could also potentially use this opensource software to accomplish the same thing as the 2 DD-WRT routers but it will take a little more technical know how on your part, once setup however no user intervention should be required. However as pointed out HD channels require an upload speed of at...
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Last post by Sharks
Sat Apr 04, 2015 11:16 am
Watching iTunes in MC?

Last post by nikleb « Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:17 am

by nikleb » Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:17 am

Hi,

Is there any solution to watch iTuens in MC?

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Last post by nikleb
Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:17 am
Sports Bar - New Windows Media Center add-in

Last post by Jathor9000 « Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:33 pm
Replies: 36
by leewcraft » Sat Dec 27, 2014 4:53 am
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It's been a while since we've seen many new add-ins for Windows Media Center, but here's a new one called Sports Bar (since we have lots of sporting events coming up around New Year's). Just so you know, this is far from a polished piece of software...think of it more as a proof of concent app....

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I've launched a Kickstarter project to try to improve this add-in. If you're able to contribute to it, great! If not, please share the link with your friends or on whatever social media platform you prefer. I hope to be able to really build out this add-in and add things like Extender support, but...
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Last post by Jathor9000
Tue Mar 31, 2015 4:33 pm
Showanalyzer locked database?

Last post by adam1991 « Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:04 pm
Replies: 4
by werds » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:47 am

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OK, so finally installed a commercial skipping app and I like the way ShowAnalyzer is working (aka the queue works nicely, skipping works decently well out the box, and I didn't need to setup a trimming program to convert since all I want is the skip - the full files are fine with me since I don't...

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Poke around either in DVRMS or in the SA user interface itself. Somewhere you can give it criteria to define whether to process the show or not.

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Last post by adam1991
Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:04 pm
Relaunch with Chrome desktop apps

Last post by lurch66 « Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:46 am

by lurch66 » Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:46 am

So I am trying to get creative with different user accounts and chrome desktop apps with relaunch. I have already figured out how to launch user specific chrome desktop apps from a shortcut.

When I place that shortcut path in relaunch it only loads the application path or start in C:\Program Files...

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Last post by lurch66
Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:46 am
Insert ones own Metadata?

Last post by 3rob3 « Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:07 pm
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by hdtvjeff » Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:04 pm

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Hi everyone,

Is it possible when one brings in videos into the recorded TV folder (Not recorded by WMC) to add a synopsis and a photo?

Also, is it possible to group recordings so that Movies can be divided into genre and TV shows separated by series name and still have the pop out art when...

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Only good for WTV and DVR-MS files:

That article also links to this utility:

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Last post by 3rob3
Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:07 pm
Tuner Salad still available?

Last post by drb « Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:07 pm
Replies: 9
by drb » Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:12 pm

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Is Tuner Salad still avaiable? I went to web site last Friday and made the Pay-Pal donation but need not get the download. I emailed support but still have not heard or rec'd a e-mail yet. Trying not to be impatien but want to get all my tuners working.

If Tuner Salad is no longer being offered...

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While it looks like my problem is with Pay-pal, they have an old e-mail address.I went on their web site but apparently I can not edit it because it is my primary e-mail account. Thanks for all the replies and help

MCL support took care of the problem and emailed the file to my correct email...

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Last post by drb
Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:07 pm
Remote Potato Server stopping

Last post by sbaeder « Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:25 pm
Replies: 2
by red518irish » Fri Mar 06, 2015 1:25 am

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I have been using Remote Potato for a long time with no issues. My wife recently got a new iPhone and has been using the remote media center app and since then the Server stops on it's own. Has anyone seen this before or know of a fix?
I have researched and can't find anything.

Thanks
Brian

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is this the original RP, or the modified follow on from myfrem? What is the version number? Any info in the server logs? I think RP has a debug setting you could increase to get more information...

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Last post by sbaeder
Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:25 pm
The end of Macrotube?

Last post by Sharks « Mon Mar 09, 2015 3:35 pm
Replies: 23
by JonDeutsch » Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:33 pm
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Macrotube has stopped working for me with YouTube over the last few weeks. I know it broke a few months ago, and some resourceful soul figured out how to update the XML file, and MacroTube started streaming YouTube again successfully.

Now, even though I re-downloaded the new XML again, it's still...

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Anyone else not able to get Macrotube working?
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Last post by Sharks
Mon Mar 09, 2015 3:35 pm
Commercial Skip Discussion

Last post by hunnypuppy « Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:14 am
Replies: 27
by STC » Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:05 pm
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This is a quicky, I will add to later;

One of the best features I think in my setup is commercial skipping. I have things working I would say 98% right, with the odd false positive.
I use bagvants DTB, with the MC plugin together with comskip and a little profile that runs inside of DTB to do the...

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I installed MCEBuddy 2x. For it to cut the commercial it seems it scans the file with comskip and then cuts it as it converts. It takes quite a while for the conversion.

Is comskip and DVRMST toolbox quicker? Does it have to create another file or convert?

You can actually select the option to...
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Last post by hunnypuppy
Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:14 am
Is the ESPN3 plugin for Media Center officially dead?

Last post by Mashman « Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:01 pm
Replies: 11
by PeteS457 » Fri May 11, 2012 5:16 pm

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Just learned about this plugin a few weeks ago and was excited as I like to watch college baseball, etc. I know the plugin has had it's ups and downs from reading in the forum. Anyway, I installed it, I go to Extras, it's there, it loads, and if I click on a game, it asks me for my provider (which...

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Update to my previous post.

The issue I was having was that I always use Chrome as my browser. So when I said that everything worked in the browser it was in Chrome. I logged into ESPN3 with IE, and it asked for my provider, and allowed me to log in to TWC. I told IE to store my password, and...

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Last post by Mashman
Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:01 pm
Sling TV App by Dish Network

Last post by DavidinCT « Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:32 pm
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by mistarick » Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:09 am

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Dish network just released a PC app as well as for other platforms that allows certain channels for 20 per month. Channel's such as ESPN Disney TNT TBS. You can also add a few channels for a couple bucks more. Was wondering if anyone has tried it yet? Might try it out and I suppose reliance would...

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It would be sweet if someone could find away to interface with it and get it in the guide, and to be able to record them on MC...That would be epic...

There are some tools around here that you can put a link to a website in WMC and run it at full screen. I have used Dishanywhere before and Not...

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Last post by DavidinCT
Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:32 pm
Rabbit TV app in WMC?

Last post by mistarick « Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:13 am
Replies: 3
by mistarick » Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:17 am

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Has anyone tried to incorporate the rabbit TV app in WMC? I was in the store the other day and saw the as seen on TV Rabbit TV USB dongle, it was 2 bucks. Clearance. I knew not to expect too much but I figured 2 bucks. Essentially, it is an open internet browser window with many links to watchable...

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Sweetjpete, I messed around a bit with this in my nonexistent free time and found that relaunch can create an icon and essentially a shortcut to send you to rabbit TV, which I set o open in kilo browser. Although I had it working it was very odd to control via remote. Air mouse is workable but may...

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Last post by mistarick
Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:13 am
MCEBuddy - Service Unavailable

Last post by Klrdn « Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:18 pm

by Klrdn » Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:18 pm

Are there any free versions to try for which MCEBuddy Service is available? I've tried 2.3.13 32 & 64 & get the same 'unavailable' diagnostic.

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Last post by Klrdn
Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:18 pm
New Roku plugin for Eventghost (maybe Now TV too?)

Last post by xenomatic « Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:41 am
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by barnabas1969 » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:30 pm

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Just in case anyone is interested, I wrote a new plugin for EventGhost which will control a Roku box over the network. No IR blaster is required, only a network connection. It may also work with Now TV , which is a product sold by Sky (in the UK) and is simply a re-branded Roku. It should work with...

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I get an error in Eventghost log for the Roku plug in that says Error starting plugin: RokuNet Application is not running!
what does this mean? Do I need to install something else?

Thanks

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Last post by xenomatic
Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:41 am
Adding HBO-GO & Showtime Anytime to WMC

Last post by lurch66 « Fri Feb 06, 2015 3:19 am
Replies: 19
by Scallica » Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:21 pm

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You can create icons in the WMC menu that load a webpage embedded in WMC, such as HBO-GO & Showtime Anytime. The link below describes the procedure.

To make installation easier, I attached a ZIP file containing images and MCL files (credit: pittsoccer33). All you have to do is put them in...

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Use Relaunch, much easier:

I use relaunch for any site I need to launch within windows media center. pick a good icon and it not only looks good but works like a champ.

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Last post by lurch66
Fri Feb 06, 2015 3:19 am
Internet Radio Suggestion - XBMC

Last post by mdavej « Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:00 pm
Replies: 3
by johnvic » Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:30 am

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I like to listen to Internet Radio. I have an Apple TV but the selections are controlled by Apple from what I can tell. Is there a way to install radio in WMC? Do people use xbmc or VLC?

Thanks!

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I do this for Internet Radio in WMC. Works great.

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Last post by mdavej
Thu Jan 29, 2015 3:00 pm
DVRMS Issue

Last post by lucasbuck « Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:27 am
Replies: 2
by lucasbuck » Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:56 am

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I've been having multiple issues with comskip and DVRMS, trying to narrow things down. One issue I'm having with DVRMS is it isn't scanning for new files and I can't seem to find what I'm missing. I might just have to try reinstalling. I cleared out all the xml's and files and DVRMS kicked in and...

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Thanks for sharing your experience!

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Last post by lucasbuck
Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:27 am
NASA TV not working

Last post by Crash2009 « Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:56 am
Replies: 7
by kc8emd » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:09 pm

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Anyone using NASA TV for Media Center v2.1? I know this hasn't worked for a long time and I think its because Nasa's .asx feed links no longer work. Has anyone figured out how to get a current NASA channel to stream in WMC?

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You might want to look in to MediaBrowser. I run it myself and it seems pretty flexible.

Ask you question in the MB forums, you never know, somebody might have made it work with a plugin.

Here is a link on how to setup an XBOX extender in MediaBrowser.

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Last post by Crash2009
Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:56 am
DVRMSToolBox

Last post by koberhol « Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:34 pm

by koberhol » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:34 pm

I'm running 1.2.2.5. Has anybody on TGB been running 1.2.2.6 or 1.2.2.7 R1 without issue(s)?? I don't want to break what is currently working! :D But I would like to see if a couple of my HTPC issues get resolved.

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Last post by koberhol
Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:34 pm
MiraWorld Tv stopped working

Last post by kc8emd « Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:02 pm

by kc8emd » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:02 pm

I am running the latest version of MiraWorld Tv (Win 7 x64) and just noticed that it no longer works. I get a medicenter stopped working message at the initializing screen. I haven't been able to fix this or find any information.

Is anyone else having this issue?

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Last post by kc8emd
Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:02 pm
Windows Media Center as PVR Back End for XBMC

Last post by jjhtpc « Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:44 pm
Replies: 99
by Just13d » Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:39 am
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Hello just wondering if anyone has tried this?

Sorry Mods I did not know where to post this. Please move it if you need to.

Thank you

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I am using Aeon MQ5. I don't know if the Fire Stick is powerful enough for that, but Looking at specs it should be. I have just started to cut over to Kodi and there is a modified version of MQ5 on the Kodi forum under the Aeon MQ5 subtopic. Seems to be working fine for me so far. It has been a few...
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Last post by jjhtpc
Tue Jan 13, 2015 4:44 pm
Multiple ShowAnalyzer processes running

Last post by epayson85 « Sat Jan 03, 2015 8:18 pm
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by mmurley » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:39 pm

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I set up DVRMST Toolbox and ShowAnalyzer v.1.0 in Win 7 Media Center (x64 bit). I set up a 'start'.sa' task to run at 3 AM and a 'stop.sa' task to run at 4 AM.

Suddenly all my RAM is gone because multiple ShowAnalyzer process are running (I mean over 20+). I can't end them.

I uninstalled and...

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I have seen this happen with both show analyzer and com skip. It happens on either short recording clips with no commercials or recordings with no copy flags. Look in your recordings folder for recordings with small file sizes. I sometimes test my tuners and forget to delete the small recordings....

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Last post by epayson85
Sat Jan 03, 2015 8:18 pm
Madeformediacenter.com logon issue

Last post by foltster « Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:09 pm
Replies: 10
by foltster » Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:48 pm

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Hello,

Can anyone else login to madeformediacenter.com? I can't seem to get it to work for me. I have tried my old working account and tried to create new one without success.

I have confirmed my password but cannot logon and I really want to download the espn3wmc plugin.

Thanks,
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Yeah it really sucks that they encouraged so many of the plugins to distribute through them and then just disappear.

Ian did help me login a few months ago but it quit working the next day.

Oh well.

MC is still the only thing that has attainted WAF.

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Last post by foltster
Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:09 pm
Netflix Search On Screen Keyboard w/ Remote

Last post by 3rob3 « Sun Dec 28, 2014 2:07 pm
Replies: 1
by moronim » Sun Dec 28, 2014 3:15 am

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I'm looking to solve an issue related to bringing up the on screen keyboard while trying to perform a Search in the Netflix add in of my Windows 7 x64 Media Center.

So far, I've installed the MceNflx workaround to correct the general Netflix search issue:

I verified that this fixes the Search...

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Hmmm, I don't get it. I have never had to do a registry edit and mine has always worked. My only guess is you are not using an official RC6 Microsoft certified remote/receiver.

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Last post by 3rob3
Sun Dec 28, 2014 2:07 pm
Netflix is cropping to a tiny box in the upper left

Last post by dlemns « Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:44 am
Replies: 15
by mrpoopistan » Wed May 15, 2013 3:52 am

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I tried to play Netflix tonight and the video is cropping into this tiny box in the upper left while the rest of the screen is white. I'm running Windows 7. I have tried running WMC on multiple machines and it does it on all of them.

WTH? I realize Netflix on 7MC seems to be required to have a...

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check your addons for anything new and disable it this worked for me i had a few new extentions i dont remember downloading after disabling them and reloading netflix everything was fine hope this works for you

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Last post by dlemns
Thu Dec 25, 2014 9:44 am
YAMMM high resources

Last post by sorethumbs « Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:43 am
Replies: 2
by sorethumbs » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:54 am

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Has anyone noticed YAMMM causing high CPU use?
I installed it on a small Atom HTPC and and it collected all the art/metadata. However yammmsvc.exe still is using a large amount of resources after fetching everything, causing 100% cpu usage on the little atom.

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Sorry for slow reply. Pretty sure its the latest one v0827.
After uninstalling and reinstalling things seem to have settled down on the cpu usage so fingers crossed for now.

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Last post by sorethumbs
Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:43 am
Problem with comskip (SA)

Last post by lucasbuck « Sun Dec 21, 2014 11:04 am
Replies: 2
by lucasbuck » Sat Dec 20, 2014 9:08 pm

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I'm not sure what happened, but my comskip stopped working. I reinstalled the addin, dvrm, and SA. I checked all my settings against
My older recordings, skipping still works, but not on more recent recordings. SA shows that it's processing the new recordings and marking them, but when I load a...

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Thanks for the reply. I had checked that. DVRM puts them in c:\user (something, not in front of that computer right now), and that is where SA was listed to check.

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Last post by lucasbuck
Sun Dec 21, 2014 11:04 am
Folder Images Not Showing

Last post by mark1234 « Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:41 pm
Replies: 9
by dvelleux » Sun Dec 07, 2014 10:53 pm

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Folks,

I am trying to figure out a perplexing issue. My WMC PC is a HP x6200 workstation. I run W7Pro, 4GB RAM. I used to have YAMM and Media center Master, but removed YAMMM. MCM is working fine, since the meta data is appearing properly, but now for some of my movies, the folder artwork image...

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The most recent YAMMM downloads I can find are:

YAMMM is one of those things that has always just worked for me.

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Last post by mark1234
Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:41 pm
Netflix in WMC7 - Internet connection issue

Last post by Hilltopper2 « Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:47 pm
Replies: 11
by abigrock » Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:41 am

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So is anyone else having an issue getting into WMC7 Netflix? I have tried on 5 different computers and all of them are getting the INTERNET CONNECTON - there was a problem retrieving data. error. I have ran through all normal diagnostics but this seems to be an issue outside of my Media Center...

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I have this issue as well, any solution yet? It doesn't stop me from using Netlfix via WMC just that annoying pop-up Internet connection issue retrieving data etc just keeps coming up when browsing through items, mainly TV Shows where there are multiple episodes I have this issue. Once the item is...

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Last post by Hilltopper2
Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:47 pm
Browser version inside WMC is IE7 ?

Last post by benchr « Fri Nov 28, 2014 8:13 am

by benchr » Fri Nov 28, 2014 8:13 am

I am working on a plugin for WMC on Win7 to integrate some favorite web sites within the WMC menus. When I navigate to a web page from within WMC - it is sending a user agent telling the world that it is IE7. This is true even though I have IE11 installed. Also, I noticed some things do not work...

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Last post by benchr
Fri Nov 28, 2014 8:13 am
Amazon Unbox is bad

Last post by Scallica « Mon Nov 24, 2014 5:21 pm
Replies: 12
by conman0321 » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:04 am

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Installed Amazon Unbox so I could watch purchased season of Breaking Bad.
Immediately thereafter, extenders became unwatchable on anything but low-speed SDTV due to AU slowing everything down.

After much gnashing of teeth :x , uninstalling AU and restarting everything restored WMC to its previous...

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And just for clarification, it's called Amazon Unbox , not Amazon Unboxed.
Indeed - thread title updated.

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Last post by Scallica
Mon Nov 24, 2014 5:21 pm
Convert WTV to MP4/MKV with wtv2tv

Last post by bonnevue « Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:39 am
Replies: 2
by bonnevue » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:01 pm

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I've writen a program to convert wtv to mp4/mkv including subtitles.
It's completely free to download and use.

Visit my website at:

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@wilkcards. There is a new version: 2.0, I adjusted the scenecut-detection, so more frame-accurate cutting afterwards
You could try this:

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Last post by bonnevue
Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:39 am
Cutting video using mplayer and mkvmerge

Last post by bonnevue « Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:33 am

by bonnevue » Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:33 am

Try this:

Think you might like. Especially in comjunction with my own prgram.

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Last post by bonnevue
Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:33 am
Ceton Echo/Xbox 360 emulator?

Last post by jasondeanny « Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:47 am
Replies: 10
by BCloud » Tue Oct 14, 2014 5:42 pm

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Can the Ceton Echo be emulated? :think:

the reason I wonder is that most older game consoles, ie. Genesis, snes; have been emulated to play games on multiple platforms even android. I see no reason why someone who knows how shouldn't try. wish I did though :crazy:

Thoughts?

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I too have a ceton echo, However I am not experiencing the issues you reported. My echo is wired over a gigabit network, for me the only downside is that the menus aren't as swift or smooth as the xbox 360.

If Ceton managed to produce an app that could be added as an extender to WMC I would gladly...

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Last post by jasondeanny
Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:47 am
WMC Netflix still alive in a post-api world

Last post by dotbatman « Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:39 pm
Replies: 13
by makryger » Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:28 pm

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So apparently Netflix shut down its API to most third party apps recently. WMC was notably not one of the apps on the list that would still be able to access it. But despite the API officially shutting down today, WMC Netflix still seems intact. Yay!

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There is a fix for the search here:

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Last post by dotbatman
Thu Nov 20, 2014 12:39 pm
New Netflix "add-in"

Last post by thefever « Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:33 am
Replies: 2
by 3rob3 » Sun Oct 26, 2014 8:37 pm

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This isn't mine but thought I'd put this here for anyone who hasn't seen it on AVS:

It is not quite ready for prime time but I tried it out and it shows a lot of potential. It is actually quite usable even at this very early point. This plus a Relaunch entry point might make a nice substitute...

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Thanks for this. Nice find.

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Last post by thefever
Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:33 am
Testers wanted: Smart Prev and Next skipping over adverts

Last post by mrsilver « Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:18 pm
Replies: 7
by mrsilver » Mon Oct 27, 2014 6:31 pm

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Hi there,

Do you want to skip over adverts in a slightly smarter way than just jumping forwards 30 seconds and going back 7 seconds?

I'm planning to release a free executable (complete with source code and GPL licence, so you can go wild with it!) which will cause the Prev (| |) buttons on a MCE...

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And I'm done and it's working!

Unfortunately there are two different executables and you need to select the right one depending on whether or not you're using Mediabrowsers custom player or not, but it seems to work.

If anyone wants to test it, drop me a PM.

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Last post by mrsilver
Thu Nov 13, 2014 10:18 pm
Testers wanted: Moving recorded films to another folder

Last post by isomerize « Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:54 am
Replies: 1
by mrsilver » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:08 pm

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Hi there,

Do you have a need to move films you've recorded on WMC into a different folder? For example, if you want them to be displayed in Media Browser rather than cluttering up your Recorded TV folder?

Do you already use some program to do this (eg. MoveRecordedTV), but find it buggy and...

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yeah, sign me up. I've been using various iterations of Babgvant's tools to rename then scripts to move, or MCE Buddy to do the same for a while so I could provide feedback relative to those processes too.

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Last post by isomerize
Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:54 am
Airplay plugin?

Last post by volfan6415 « Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:47 am
Replies: 3
by nikleb » Wed Oct 29, 2014 2:44 am

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Is there a Airplay plugin for MC?

If yes, does it work well? How is the picture quality as compared to a receiver with airplay?

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Not that I know of

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Last post by volfan6415
Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:47 am
Guide: How to integrate Popcorn Time into Media Center!

Last post by Popcorn Time « Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:23 pm
Replies: 1
by Popcorn Time » Wed Oct 29, 2014 9:15 am

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I have come across various ways to do this - none of which seem to work very well for me. After some trial and error, I have found a reasonable way to do this - thus:

1. Download and install Popcorn Time from here:
Only download it from here as there are some sites that have copied the code and...

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This guide can also be found on the Popcorn Time forums here:

Check for updates on there also for any further contributions.

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Last post by Popcorn Time
Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:23 pm
Free SIRIUSXM Internet Radio App by Niveus

Last post by JazJon « Tue Oct 28, 2014 3:29 am
Replies: 29
by niveus » Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:35 pm
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The app is finally released. It's free, and it's available for download via the Niveus Media Facebook Page.

Niveus has also updated their website to announce their new technology, the Niveus Connected Platform.

Enjoy!

Tim & the Niveus Crew

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Here you go, I have two copies. Let everyone know which one is the newest, couldn't tell and was quicker to post both.
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Last post by JazJon
Tue Oct 28, 2014 3:29 am
What is the best way to add live streams?

Last post by lrish « Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:34 am

by lrish » Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:34 am

I'm new to WMC and loving it. I'd like to add live streams if possible. Most options I've been able to find are outdated and no longer supported. The closest plugin I could find is secondrun.tv but I don't want to pay for something that will no longer be worked on.

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Last post by lrish
Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:34 am
Comskip on Comcast Cablecard Recordings

Last post by lrish « Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:23 am
Replies: 1
by woodchuck » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:54 pm

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Any of you guys finding success using Comskip on recordings made via cablecard - especially Comcast? I am pulling my hair out trying to tune Comskip for the various channels. I have followed advice in their forums, tuning guide, etc, but just when I think I've found a good config for a certain...

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I'm using a cableCARD with Comcast as well. I'm using MCEBUddy. Within its settings I chose ComSkip as opposed to the other option listed. It works pretty well.

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Last post by lrish
Sun Oct 19, 2014 5:23 am
Storing Music Videos

Last post by Ed « Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:28 am
Replies: 1
by guppy » Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:53 am

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I am looking for a way to store all of my music videos (I got alot) and play them preferably at random. Think 80's MTV, where it actually played music videos all day.

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Put them in a folder and link the folder to your video library, can be played random from there.

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Last post by Ed
Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:28 am
Copy of TubeCore?

Last post by BCloud « Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:20 pm
Replies: 3
by greenvalor7 » Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:47 am

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I just did a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 and was wondering if someone had a copy of TubeCore they could upload? The website is completely dead and I like to use TubeCore with playon. I googled and couldn't find a link that didn't point to tubecentric.

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does this copy require a key?

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Last post by BCloud
Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:20 pm
Guide Tool query

Last post by sorethumbs « Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:04 am
Replies: 6
by RobsterUK » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:52 pm

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I have an odd scenario occurring where I have a few channels missing from my line up, but when I scan the exact transponder it doesn't find anything new.

It happened a while ago and I'm mainly concerned about BBC Three HD.
I use Guide Tool and I cannot find the channel in the list anywhere.
It was...

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I've recently set up my satellite again, it didn't take me too long in the end. If you know the channels you need (if you're like me and ignore the majority of the chaff shopping, radio & religious stuff) its fairly easy to highlight huge chunks of channels with guide tool and disable them to get...

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Last post by sorethumbs
Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:04 am
Netflix Plugin in France?

Last post by Romain « Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:14 am
Replies: 4
by Romain » Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:13 pm

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(I'm French, Google translation)

Hello everyone,

I am a user of Windows Media Center since numerous years and Netflix just arrived in France.

I know there is an application for Windows Media Center, but it does not appear in the menus

I also tried to put the system in English, but do not...

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Yes indeed , a forum member gave me a solution , I tested it a few minutes ago and it works very well.

Finally after what you tell me, I think it's temporary.

It's a shame , Netflix is a good service and Windows Media Center is to me the most beautiful interface that we have on TV

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Last post by Romain
Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:14 am
MyTV Alternative

Last post by 3rob3 « Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:56 am
Replies: 3
by madlan » Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:36 pm

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I use a plugin called MyTV from mytv.senseitweb.com
I tried to download the installer after reinstalling windows but I think the developer is no longer updating the site or application - does anyone have any recommendations for an alternative application for managing TV shows?

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Did you use the desktop configuration application before launching it in Media Center? I never had a problem like that with it.

You could also try TV Library by Jack Luminous. It's free:

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Last post by 3rob3
Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:56 am
Option to Extend Recording Time on Live Events

Last post by cycletourist « Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:25 pm
Replies: 19
by etune » Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:45 pm

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A few DVRs, like TiVo, have a nice feature I wish could be added to WMC. When you click record on a sporting event, it asks you if you want to add extra time to the end of the recording (in case the event goes long, as they often do). It does this for all shows flagged as 'live'.

It's a nice...

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I did read this entire thread. Perhaps you should read it a little closer, especially the entries from fiteclub - and myself. I know from experience. That's why I was looking for a solution. If it is a series recording ... there is nothing you can do to alter the end time of the recording after it...

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Last post by cycletourist
Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:25 pm
Any hope for Bluray?

Last post by GACSALY « Sun Sep 07, 2014 5:49 pm
Replies: 10
by bobwhiting » Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:35 pm

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I have Windows 7 with Windows Media Center. It works great and has been for more than a year. My HTPC runs on an AMD ASUS board with a 3.9 GHz quad core, solid state drive and 3/4 TB disk. I recently tried adding an ASUS bluray player and PowerDVD 13 Ultra. Power DVD really messed up the playing of...

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I use TMT and ANYDVD with MCE.
Works very well.
ANYDVD can auto remove previews and reduces copy protection issues.
I don't want any more boxes and I like the more consistent user interface of the MCE integration.

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Last post by GACSALY
Sun Sep 07, 2014 5:49 pm
TMT keeps turning off Aero in WMC

Last post by th83 « Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:06 pm
Replies: 4
by th83 » Wed Aug 20, 2014 6:31 pm

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Anyone else run into this? I've recently added Blu-Ray playback to my HTPC, and added Total Media Theater as the blu-ray player application. The issue I'm running into is that every time I launch TMT from inside Media Center, Aero gets turned off, which introduces terrible screen tearing when...

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Why not just use MCs built in DVD player?
TMT seems to have an overall better image quality, but that's what I've been doing. Would just like to use the same interface for all of my movies.

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Last post by th83
Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:06 pm
YAMMM in Ceton My Media Center breaks metadata path

Last post by rytomi « Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:55 am
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by rytomi » Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:09 am

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So I recently built a new HTPC and installed all the apps I had on the old one. This is a very basic set:

1. Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
2. ArcSoft TMT 6.7
3. Ceton InfiniTV6 Drivers
4. Ceton My Media Center

I immediately noticed that none of my metadata is being recognized by WMC for the movie...

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Thanks for the reply, I still have the installer for the older version. Unfortunately neither uninstalling the new version, nor installing the older version rectifies the issue. The new version seems to have made some kind of change to the system that I can't figure out where.

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Last post by rytomi
Tue Aug 26, 2014 2:55 am
Netflix Script Errors (again!)

Last post by mike_va « Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:26 pm
Replies: 16
by likestowatchtv » Sun Jun 15, 2014 3:34 am

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I've been searching but can only find last year's Netflix Script Error (oh memories!). Anywho, I'm having Netflix Script Errors again on Windows 7 x64. I can watch Netflix just fine from any browser on this computer (oh except without my remote). I've been having this problem on and off for a few...

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This was fixed on the laptop, not sure if an update did it or not. Or contacting netflix. :)

For the computer, I ended up updating (which of course broke some other things...) but not sure if that did it because I got inspired to do some registry edits from posts a few years back.

I also...

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Last post by mike_va
Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:26 pm
Popcorn time plugin please?

Last post by sbaeder « Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:03 pm
Replies: 9
by wallaceff » Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:14 am

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I have no coding skills... But wondering if anyone has seen or knows of a Popcorn Time plugin for WMC or if one is being developed?

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It doesn't say popcorn time is illegal. It says downloading copyrighted material is illegal.
a distinction that is lost on most people...Just as owing a gun may be legal, but using it in most places isn't (i.e. shooting it off in town, etc.)

The issue is that what this tool is used for is to...

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Last post by sbaeder
Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:03 pm
Commerical Skip Channel Removal

Last post by STC « Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:07 pm
Replies: 3
by koberhol » Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:30 pm

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I can no longer find the thread that mentions how to remove channels from running through a commercial marker. I use DVRMST and COMSKIP. With the thread I'm looking for it gave instructions on how to use the editor to add non-commercial channels which would be ignored when running COMSKIP. I found...

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Yes this is what I do, sorry late to the party....

I have my movie channels set this way. It's good practice and saves resource. No need to scan those recorded channels.

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Last post by STC
Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:07 pm
Hulu desktop skipping frames

Last post by webminster « Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:47 pm
Replies: 6
by RonDMC » Fri May 16, 2014 4:52 pm

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This has been an issue for me for a while and it seems for a lot of people over the years but hulu desktop seems to drop one or two frames per second, it's watchable but just slightly jerky especially when panning. I have no issues directly through the browser. I know it's not a performance issue...

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Trying your idea out... installed the 64bit AX of this version, it does look improved over the current Flash versions from a smoothness standpoint. Not perfect by any means, but more watchable at least.

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Last post by webminster
Sat Jul 26, 2014 4:47 pm
Way to collect a show?

Last post by barnabas1969 « Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:26 pm
Replies: 7
by TechLifeWeb » Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:50 am

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I'm looking for an app that will let me say something like 'Get me all episodes of Bones. New or rerun.' The idea would be that I could build up my own personal library. I know I can say give me all new or rerun but maybe this is a show I have never seen or just started watching. I'd want to some...

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This is something I've thought about doing, but never got around to. I have a bunch of items that I save as bookmarks in my browser for future to-do and idea lists. I probably have enough things on my browser's list of to-do and ideas to keep me busy for a couple of years... but life in the real...

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Last post by barnabas1969
Thu Jul 24, 2014 8:26 pm
dtbaddin disable key

Last post by choliscott « Mon Jul 14, 2014 4:29 am
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by deihmos » Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:12 pm

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When I press 1 on my remote to disable key handling for dtbaddin it is disabled permanently. In the input disable time I have it set to 5 but it never returns. How does this work? There is no enable option.

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By chance did you also install DvrMsToolBox ?

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Last post by choliscott
Mon Jul 14, 2014 4:29 am
Tivo-like suggestions?

Last post by volfan6415 « Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:07 am
Replies: 5
by aab23c » Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:33 pm

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Anyone know if a plugin or add on that records shows movies you would likely like? Similar to tivo.

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Man I was hoping you would find something I've always wanted this feature and never understood why WMC didn't have it

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Last post by volfan6415
Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:07 am
Airserver and switching back to WMC in full screen?

Last post by djsecrist « Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:57 pm
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by aab23c » Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:02 pm

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Any one know if it is possible and if so how to switch from airserver back to WMC and have WMC come back in full screen rather than windowed. Using WMC on win 8.1 and 64 bit

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Sorry to hear that it doesn't work with Windows 8.1. With Windows 7 MCE, it returns to full-screen perfectly.

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Last post by djsecrist
Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:57 pm
Pandora native remote control & TV interface using Relaunch

Last post by webminster « Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:36 pm
Replies: 41
by staknhalo » Sat Jul 06, 2013 8:26 pm
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Use Relaunch & Chrome/Firefox with this URL:

And you'll get the Pandora TV interface designed for the 360:

Thanks to the guys at DMZ for figuring it out. Everything works (playback/navigation/entering text/thumbs up & down) except I never can get the settings menu to launch.

Source:...

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Yup, we noticed. It no longer works. See thread at
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Last post by webminster
Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:36 pm
Stream the World Cup using espn3WMC

Last post by TV_MCE « Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:25 pm

by TV_MCE » Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:25 pm

Looking to stream the world cup or other sporting events?

espn3WMC works well for this (US subscribers only). All of the World Cup games are available after the fact if espn3 is part of your internet subscription. If you have a cable TV subscription, live games are also available.

ESPN3WMC -...

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Last post by TV_MCE
Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:25 pm
Stability and trouble free usabililty of 3rd party apps

Last post by STC « Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:28 am
Replies: 30
by STC » Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:32 pm
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Split Topic from:

Probably not what people want to hear but a nice little Roku solves all the 3rd party streaming hassle.
It's really only a quick change of inputs on the TV and it's a great user interface.

I don't even do BluRay through MC any more. It's just a TV recording box now.

*returns...

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Well at half time the score is 1:1 and all to play for. By the way: UP THE DUTCH! :D Delicious class footie.

As a new-ish father juggling some businesses I have zero time to spend administering MC. The limited spare time I do have I can relax and turn on the TV to watch a choice of media without...
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Last post by STC
Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:28 am
Lineup Changed - WMC Useless - Need Options!

Last post by mdavej « Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:18 pm
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by TheOsburnFamil » Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:13 pm

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Have Ceton CableCARD Tuners. Charter decided to go all digital, which is great. But, in their wisdom, decided to dramatically change my lineup on me. It's so bad that pretty much only my locals, Discovery, & A&E are still working.

I put a Feedback in with the data... even uploaded my Channel Map...

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Glad I could help. You'll know when the Upgrade lineup goes away and to switch back to the original lineup name when your guide stops updating in a few weeks. I learned all of this the hard way when my area with all digital several months ago.

One other caveat is that any favorites lists you make...

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Last post by mdavej
Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:18 pm
Media Browser3 or remote potato?

Last post by blupie « Tue May 27, 2014 2:42 am
Replies: 14
by blupie » Fri May 16, 2014 9:14 pm

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I am currently running a HTPC with Windows 7 Pro , WMC, Media Browser v 2.6.2.0 R ( no longer supported)

Here are my specs:
Intel i7 4770k processor

GPU -GTX 780

Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case CC-9011030-WW - Black

2 Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5-Inch...

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I would just exit the MB2 service in taskbar (right click, exit) then check installed programs via control panel and uninstall MB2 if it's there.

Thanks Duncan's, did as you said and uninstalled MB2 and MB3 is working well.

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Last post by blupie
Tue May 27, 2014 2:42 am
TotalMedia Theatre 6 WMC Plugin

Last post by newfiend « Tue May 20, 2014 2:52 pm
Replies: 8
by rich436 » Mon May 12, 2014 5:01 pm

I'm using Windows 8 Pro and I have just brought TMT 6 for a Very good discount. But for some reason, the plugin doesn't load up in the Media Center. I just get a blue screen, with a white border and a white cross in the left hand side. If anyone knows how to fix this, then that will make my day....

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Last post by newfiend
Tue May 20, 2014 2:52 pm
My Channel Logos Version 2

Last post by makryger « Mon May 19, 2014 6:53 pm
Replies: 264
by makryger » Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:34 pm
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What is it? MCL is an application thats main function is to display logos in your Windows Media Center guide. It also can enhance your guide in other ways, by minimizing dead space, increasing the number of rows in your guide, and showing/hiding/swapping channel numbers, callsigns, and logos.

Why...

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As you may have noticed reading through the threads, I am one guy with a day job... So given that you purchased at 12:30pm today, you'll have to at least wait until I get home for the night... I'll answer your contact us email then.
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Last post by makryger
Mon May 19, 2014 6:53 pm
Netflix ERROR code: N8106-154-5005

Last post by IownFIVEechos « Tue May 13, 2014 5:07 pm
Replies: 1
by jackfire » Tue May 13, 2014 2:38 pm

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Hello,

I am having a problem with netflix inside WMC where if states Network stream error, problem with your last payment ERROR code: N8106-154-5005. I tried to sign on in firefox and IE 11 browsers with the same result.

I contacted Netflix who stated my account is fine and i needed to clear my...

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Try loading both the 32bit and 64bit versions of the IE and doing it in both. Not sure though; I never use Netflix.

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Last post by IownFIVEechos
Tue May 13, 2014 5:07 pm
Remote Media Center and ChromeCast

Last post by russds « Sat May 10, 2014 5:08 pm
Replies: 5
by stefan52a » Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:05 pm

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Remote Media Center for Android now has ChromeCast support.

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I'm a big fan of Remote Media Center actually. It's a little buggy, but actually works really we'll. chromcast is not available on the ios version of RMC correct? I don't see it. Thanks!

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Last post by russds
Sat May 10, 2014 5:08 pm
HBO GO for WMC

Last post by PrplHaz4 « Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:34 pm
Replies: 18
by Ylinen » Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:22 pm

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Love the HBO GO app on tablets. Is there a WMC addin for it? Great to be able to,watch past series and movies that are not being broadcast,right now.

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KYLO has not updated their application since early 2012 and looks like they may never update it. No response about fixing FLASH on KYLO, but has been only a couple days. Kylo the company made there code OPEN SOURCE so they will not be fixing it anytime soon. Thinking that FLASH has to be...

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Last post by PrplHaz4
Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:34 pm
Aereo WMC Plugin - NYC Metro Area and Expanding Soon!

Last post by mike_ekim « Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:06 pm
Replies: 25
by BabyfaceNJ » Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:10 pm
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Hello,
Aereo is available in my area.
I am wondering, does anybody knows of a WMC plugin for Aereo or if one is being developed for Aereo?

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This thread has turned into the merits or Aereo but if anyone addressed the specific question in the OP I missed it, so I will give it a shot:
Hello,
Aereo is available in my area.
I am wondering, does anybody knows of a WMC plugin for Aereo or if one is being developed for Aereo?

There is...
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Last post by mike_ekim
Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:06 pm
TMT6 license transfer, ripping hollywood blu-rays

Last post by jjwatmyself « Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:16 am
Replies: 2
by BerMM » Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:32 am

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Anyone know why there is such variation in TMT6 pricing and if there is a downside to the download version? Is there any difficulty in switching the license to different machines? Is it useful in ripping hollywood blu-rays? Is there a relatively simple way to rip hollywood blu-rays for playback in...

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For the work I have done with ripping, m2ts as the container, was very good and natively supported on PC, MCE/Xbox 360 as well as ps3. The other advantage of m2ts is that you can simply pass through a 5.1 audio track, without any processing. It's the file format used on many bluray so supported on...

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Last post by jjwatmyself
Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:16 am
YAMMM on different PCs

Last post by holidayboy « Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:10 pm
Replies: 16
by sorethumbs » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:26 pm

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If I have a PC monitoring folders using YAMMM and it finds the metadata/cover art for a film - Will the movie info still be present if I were to simply move a particular folder containing the video & YAMMM fetched data to another media center PC?

Or does that 2nd PC also need to be running YAMMM?...

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That version works OK for me - maybe double check permissions?

Do you see any CPU use for the yammm process if you stop and restart the service?

I don't have any other contact details for Mikinho I'm afraid.

I know of a few folks who use Media Center Master for metadata duties and they all seem...

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Last post by holidayboy
Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:10 pm
So, what add-ins still work?

Last post by newfiend « Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:19 pm
Replies: 33
by micallen » Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:39 pm
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Is there a list of add-ins that can still be obtained and work floating around somewhere? I'm kind of late to the WMC party. I've been reading about the Amazon add-in, and somewhere saw something about a calendar add-in.

Is there a list somewhere? Or can someone post what they have on their setup...

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More of a Utility but I highly recommend the Relaunch Tool.

Are there any alternatives to this out there? I have been trying to use it over the last couple of days, and to call it buggy is an insult to buggy apps. I had to try to make an NHL icon this morning at least six times before it would...
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Last post by newfiend
Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:19 pm
App to transcode, then download to a phone

Last post by IownFIVEechos « Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:54 pm
Replies: 14
by woodchuck » Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:44 pm

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Are there any apps to transcode a recording, then either simultaneously or serially download it to a mobile device? I don't want to watch the live stream though, just download it for later viewing. Remote Potato can come close when paired with Remote Media Center, but it will either download the...

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PLEX added Windows Phone Sync Support.

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Last post by IownFIVEechos
Mon Mar 31, 2014 1:54 pm
Plex and MB3 Talk

Last post by mike_ekim « Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:35 pm
Replies: 37
by Samurai » Tue Dec 31, 2013 5:09 pm
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I have a feeling NUCs are going to take over. I have been looking at a i3 un the $150 range.

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How quickly does Plex or MB3 transcode WTV files? Will these quickly get ahead of where you are in the video that you can skip commercials easily?

I don't know about plex, but I'm tinkering with MediaBrowser3 for the past few days. To answer your question: my server is a i5-2500k @ 4.2GHz, my...
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Last post by mike_ekim
Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:35 pm
Recorded TV Automation Question

Last post by mike_ekim « Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:24 pm
Replies: 19
by TeoKnight » Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:40 pm

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I apologize if there is a thread existing already, asI may not have searched the right keyword. Is there a way to take recordings from my RecordedTV HD folder and automatically move them into their own folder? I'm not concerned about removing commercials, I'd just like to be able to use use Media...

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Are you pretty familiar with MCEBuddy? I set mine up the other day following AssassinHTPC's guide and had a few problems. I have the program pulling my recorded shows, converting them to MKV and using Comskip to cut out commercials. A couple of the conversions had the audio butchered (sound was in...

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Last post by mike_ekim
Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:24 pm
Comskip waiting for available worker?

Last post by soccerdad « Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:06 pm

by soccerdad » Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:06 pm

I have used the same version of comskip with DVRMS toolbox for over a year with great success. Now it rarely works. Looking at the FWLogs, it shows that the process has started but stops at waiting for available worker Anybody know what it is hung on? and how do I get the worker to work? A sandwich...

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Last post by soccerdad
Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:06 pm
BSEPG/SchedulesDirect walkthrough?

Last post by barnabas1969 « Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:18 pm
Replies: 3
by glugglug » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:07 pm

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With the impending lack of Guide Data this Friday, does anyone have a good step-by-step tutorial on getting an already-active system to start importing guide data from BSEPG?

Key questions I have:

Do I need to redo TV setup in WMC, or change settings to make it not attempt downloads from MS any...

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This is a duplicate thread. See this one:

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Last post by barnabas1969
Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:18 pm
TunerSalad for Homerun Plus?

Last post by Doctor Feelgood « Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:38 pm
Replies: 2
by PepsiBlue » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:35 am

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Hi everyone,
Has anyone used TunerSalad with the Homerun Plus? I attempted to contact the owner at their website but I haven't received a response.

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TunerSalad doesn't care what tuner you're using. It simply changes the number of allowed tuners for each specific type.

Exactly - I have two HDHomerun Primes on my network, so Tuner Salad bumps the limit and now each WMC install has access to all 6 tuners.

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Last post by Doctor Feelgood
Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:38 pm
Arcsoft TMT5 Update Available.. Version 5.3.1.195

Last post by joecrow « Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:31 am
Replies: 21
by newfiend » Tue Apr 02, 2013 1:21 am
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Arcsoft Total Media Theater 5 has an update available to version 5.3.1.195 if anyone is interested.
Open TMT5
Click the Information Center icon on the top left of TMT5 (Desktop Version)
Click the Update Tab and Download the newer version (patch).

newfiend~

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There is a thread on the MyMovies forum that seems to indicate the tearing problem may be TMT5/6, see page 2 second to last post, link follows:- I'm a PowerDVD11 user so can't check for you. I actually use Media Player Classic (freeware) for MKV playback via the external player option in MyMovies,...
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Last post by joecrow
Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:31 am
Relaunch to launch .exe with switches?

Last post by 3rob3 « Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:10 pm
Replies: 2
by 3rob3 » Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:51 am

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Short version:
Does anyone know how to use Relaunch to launch an executable with switches (ex C:\Program Files\app.exe /quiet)? I can get it to launch the exe only, but it does nothing when I include the switches.

Long Story:
I switched to Windows 8.1 recently, and some of the Metro apps are...

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Great idea. I thought to try that last night but forgot.

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Last post by 3rob3
Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:10 pm
Media Browser + 7MC Hybrid System

Last post by woodchuck « Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:47 pm
Replies: 6
by woodchuck » Tue Feb 25, 2014 5:02 pm

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So I have 7MC on my main tv. It works great. Ceton Inifinitv ETH as the tuner. I am willing to give up copy protected content on all clients, but I must have it on the main television. Could I setup the MB Server on my main TV, and then serve all the content, except 'copy once' stuff, to any MB...

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I will probably get one of those Android mini PC TV dongles for $70 and use the android MediaBrowser app for live tv. I will also have HBOGO and MaxGO android apps on that dongle for premium access, so copy once channels won't be much of an issue.

Interesting. If/when you get there, please post...

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Last post by woodchuck
Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:47 pm
Media Browser's new nerd features

Last post by milli260876 « Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:53 pm
Replies: 9
by duncane » Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:56 pm

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Hi. The new server release has quite a few new goodies that all you metadata fans will appreciate.
You want your auto-organize? We got your auto-organize. Now you can manage your downloads using our server's web interface.

You want more metadata settings? We have your metadata settings. Now...

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Looks really nice. Any possibility of a x86 client without the need for Windows?

there is a server port to Linux and mac via mono, no Linux client as far as I'm aware yet...

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Last post by milli260876
Tue Feb 25, 2014 2:53 pm
Questions about Media Browser 3...

Last post by duncane « Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:18 pm
Replies: 7
by barnabas1969 » Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:25 pm

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I have a question about MB3. How much load does it put on your CPU when it needs to transcode a video on-the-fly? If you can provide your CPU make/model and the % of CPU is used for transcoding, that would be helpful. Thank you.

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@barnabas1969 Hi, I posted over at the MB forums asking some people to look at your questions. I use MB all the time but I don't have a Roku and direct play via the Media Browser Classic within WMC as nearly all my stuff is Vob rips. You can see the first response here,

Cheers

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Last post by duncane
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:18 pm
Custom channels for other devices

Last post by manielse « Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:45 pm
Replies: 12
by rantanamo » Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:04 pm

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I received a Roku 3 and for now, just simply switch HDMI inputs. But I was wondering, with the Colossus out there, and perhaps software like DVBlink, might it be possible to somehow integrate either channel or an app that would display the Roku? I've often wondered this for purposes of using a...

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A little off-topic but just another thought. I've been thinking about adding a Slingbox in front of a Roku 3 and then adding a link in Media Center to the Web-based Slingplayer. Just a different twist as I can have to Roku in a different room but still run it from WMC and the HTPC.

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Last post by manielse
Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:45 pm
Cert Error Popup with Netflix Plugin

Last post by CablefreeMe « Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:40 pm
Replies: 1
by CablefreeMe » Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:03 pm

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Hey all. I've had my WMC down for the last 5 months and now that football season is over I'll be suspending DTV and going back to WMC. I've noticed here lately that when I start a movie or show inside the plugin I get a Windows cert popup. Anyone have an idea of what this is or what could be...

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Figured it out. Seems to be an opendns issue. I changed my DNS server back to my ISP and the cert error went away.

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Last post by CablefreeMe
Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:40 pm
Netflix and Media Center going forward

Last post by barnabas1969 « Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:33 am
Replies: 6
by JTScribe » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:30 am

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Been watching a lot of Netflix on my PS3, and man, the experience is so much better than Media Center it's not even funny. SuperHD . . . better controls . . . nicer interface. Is development of the WMC Netflix app dead, or is there some way to get the new interface to run within it?

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My crappy ISP implemented bandwidth caps recently, so 720p and no 5.1 is fine with me. 90% of the time it is for watching 3 year old girl's cartoons anyway!

Roku is definitely the way to go though, no dealing with 3rd party plugins breaking and/or Netflix no longer working. It's only a matter of...

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Last post by barnabas1969
Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:33 am
Integrating in the Start Menu of Windows 8 Media Center

Last post by rich436 « Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:42 pm
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by rich436 » Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:47 pm

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Hi, I have a problem with a couple of plugins in Windows 8 Media Center (Not 8.1). I have installed TMT3 and TMT5 (and also PowerDVD12 just to see if it shows up, in the start menu).

As I can get Powerdvd showing up in WMC start menu, But for some reason, I can't get any of TMT showing in the...

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Hi, I have a problem with a couple of plugins in Windows 8 Media Center (Not 8.1). I have installed TMT3 and TMT5 (and also PowerDVD12 just to see if it shows up, in the start menu).

As I can get Powerdvd showing up in WMC start menu, But for some reason, I can't get any of TMT showing in the...

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Last post by rich436
Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:42 pm
New Pandora Plugin

Last post by barnabas1969 « Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:50 pm
Replies: 17
by 3rob3 » Tue Jan 14, 2014 5:58 pm

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Looks nice (I haven't tried it)!

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McPandora - that's funny... McDonald's will be sending him a cease and desist letter very soon.

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Tue Feb 04, 2014 9:50 pm
Live TV in Media Browser 3

Last post by exodus454 « Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:23 pm
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by newfiend » Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:58 pm

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Over at TDL they have a couple screenshots of the new Live TV functionality and Guide along with a little info.. Looking pretty sweet.. Can't wait.
As well as Windows Media Center support the developers are also looking at other TV providers like DVBLink and Nextpvr. They could do with extra help...

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I'm actually in the process of switching over to xbmc, uses the same live TV plugin that mb3 does. Ive been running it for probably 2 weeks now. Most of the cable channels here don't have any encryption issues surprisingly, when I was trying it out on a whim I was amazed that I get almost every...

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Last post by exodus454
Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:23 pm
HULU Desktop Error #32 Fixed??

Last post by wally007 « Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:44 am
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by newfiend » Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:54 am

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So for the heck of it, I launched Hulu Desktop from WMC. And surprisingly it WORKED !
Been watching Family Guy for a bit now (20 min or so) and it seems to be fine no crash no errors. Can Anyone else confirm it's working for them as well??
Thanks,
newfiend~

EDIT: on my second episode now no...

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Well, i just cancelled my Hulu Plus and let them know reason why. I'm not interested in getting Roku/Apple TV box just for Hulu. Once Netflix stops working, I will cancel them as well and install Sickbeard and CouchPoatato and be done with it.

Just wanted to update that I'm no longer seeing the...

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Last post by wally007
Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:44 am
Comskip / DVRMSTooolbox questions

Last post by muranoone « Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:54 pm
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by ThePaladinTech » Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:33 pm

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Seems that something about this is crashing all the time, or it's just doing a horrible job sometimes (which I kinda doubt).
Question 1. - If there is no commercial skipping I get prompted with there is no commercial skip info would you like me to run it? - is this message just a cruel joke as it...

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Hey ThePaladinTech ,

If you navigate to DVRMSToMpegSettings you can suppress these pop up's its in Commercial Skip tab at the bottom Suppress Not Found and check it.
Side note, for the most consistent commercial skips at the first tab in the settings change preferred analyzer to Automatic.

Rob...

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Last post by muranoone
Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:54 pm
New recorded TV files not being scanned for commercials

Last post by muranoone « Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:28 pm
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by Glennt » Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:26 am

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Hi all
I am trying to get commercial skipping to work in W7 32bit media cetre
I have installed DVRMStoolbox Ver 1225/showanylyzer Ver 1.0.59.783/dbtaddin Ver 1005 as per guides
Showanylyzer scanned existing files ok & they skip fine
the filewatcher is not picking up new recorded tv programs &...

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Hey Glennt,

In start menu select DVRMStoMPEGSettings in preferred analyzer switch it to Automatic and it will work.

Rob M.

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Last post by muranoone
Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:28 pm
How do I make YouTube work?

Last post by n4mwd « Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:00 pm
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by n4mwd » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:01 am

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I had YouTube working before using MacroTube, but then it stopped working. Then I read to replace the XML files with new ones, and that fixed it for a little while. Now its not working again.

I have heard that MacroTube isn't supported any more, so I was wondering what people are using to play...

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It seems to be working OK except for the remote control buttons. Some work Ok and others do bizzare things. Like >> and << go to the next and last video in the search instead of changing the video time index. Is there a way to remap the RC buttons JUST for youtube so that they work properly?

This...

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Last post by n4mwd
Fri Jan 31, 2014 12:00 pm
Looking for a profanity filter for WMC

Last post by Raorgen « Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:17 pm

by Raorgen » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:17 pm

I've seen hardware profanity filters for TV that work by examining the closed caption signal and muting when appropriate. I'm pretty sure this won't work with WMC, since I suspect the CC signal is simply bundled in with the overall video signal when it goes from WMC to the TV. So I'm hoping to find...

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Last post by Raorgen
Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:17 pm
TRAILERS

Last post by IT Troll « Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:55 pm
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by guppy » Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:06 am

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I am looking for the best way to show trailers. I would like the trailers to be located next to the movie, not a seperate folder with all trailers.
Has anyone seen media browser's Trailers?

I downloaded my trailers 2.0 but it creates it's own folder in WMC.

I downloaded individual trailers...

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The old plugin store seems to have been shutdown.

Whilst the new website makes no mention of trailers or plugins.

So I am still in the dark about where or how I get trailers or how much it might cost. :?

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Last post by IT Troll
Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:55 pm
iMON Display Says "Make Foreground" help!?

Last post by newfiend « Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:06 am
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by newfiend » Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:33 am

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Ok I thought there was a workaround for this but for the love of pete I can't find the darn answer online now..
I have a Antec Fusion case with a iMON IR receiver.
When The extenders are not connected pressing the MENU button on my harmony one (which I programed to match the green button on a MCE...

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Make sure in the imon software settings that you have the exclusive mode box checked.
unfortunately I use relaunch to launch other apps from WMC.. If I have that enabled then I can't navigate iHeart Radio, YouTube etc.. is that the only way around this? If I remember right even if I have that...

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Last post by newfiend
Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:06 am
Can you merge Roku in to Media Center?

Last post by woodchuck « Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:04 pm
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by SJMaye » Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:25 am

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I am looking to cut the cord using streaming content with OTA. I do not want to leave the MC environment to do it. I would like to have all the content available via Roku within MC. Has anyone cracked that egg?

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I am looking to cut the cord using streaming content with OTA. I do not want to leave the MC environment to do it. I would like to have all the content available via Roku within MC. Has anyone cracked that egg?

Not a bad idea. If the guy who makes Remote Media Center for Android made a Roku app...

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Last post by woodchuck
Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:04 pm
Media Center Valve - Startup in LiveTV

Last post by milli260876 « Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:05 am
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by millerduck » Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:06 pm

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Hello TGB,

New to the scene. Wife bought me an InfiniTV6 PCIe and an XBox 360E for xmas to setup my MCE. Everything is going quite well so far except I wanted to be able to launch the Xbox Extender directly into LiveTV. I have read through the threads regarding the script, which sounds like is has...

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Have a look at this. Should help!

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Last post by milli260876
Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:05 am
Media Browser 3 + 7MC Review

Last post by woodchuck « Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:06 pm
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by woodchuck » Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:52 pm

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Has anyone come across a blog or review of some sort that talks specifically about using MB3 with 7MC for TV recordings? With an InfiniTV 6 and a working 7MC rig, I have no intent of abandoning my investment for some time, but if MB3 played ball well with 7MC, I'd like to have a closer look. I've...

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Has anyone figured out a way to do HBOgo or a similar premium channel service in MB3 or otherwise? That might be the ticket around copy-once cable card flags for some channels.

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Last post by woodchuck
Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:06 pm
So which digital copy should I download?

Last post by mcewinter « Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:42 pm
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by makryger » Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:56 pm

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Just bought a dvd with a 'digital copy' included. Despite it advertising Enjoy your movie on all your devices , it really only lets you download the movie for one provider.

The provider choices are iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, or Google Play. For Google Play, it says No download . Same with...

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I would simply use the media you purchased for MC viewing. Digital copy assumes you purchased something real(?)/tangible(?) to obtain the digital copy in the first place. After that, the decision of which digital copy to download depends on what device you use other than MC. I like Chromecast so I...

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Last post by mcewinter
Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:42 pm
Chromecast for wireless WMC viewing

Last post by bob_p « Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:29 pm
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by bob_p » Wed Jan 01, 2014 1:42 pm

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Received a Chromecast for Christmas to use as a wireless connection between my WMC PC and an HDTV - to display recorded TV programs and videos.

Have been able to get Plex to send the video & audio from the WMC to the Chromecast.

Only major problem is that the current Plex interfaces only have...

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Plex pushed an update to their Android app yesterday that added back the skip forward 30 seconds feature - and I was able to successfully display a WTV RecordedTV program and skip over the commercials (using the Android app) through Chromecast - wirelessly.

Now, if we were able to get Remote...

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Last post by bob_p
Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:29 pm
Is It Possible to Schedule Record Live Streaming??

Last post by Sai Das « Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:58 pm

by Sai Das » Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:58 pm

I want to record live streaming with EZ Vid or the like but often the streaming is at times I'm not able access my PC. Does anyone know of a way to schedule recording live streaming?

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Last post by Sai Das
Mon Dec 30, 2013 4:58 pm
MacroTube

Last post by newfiend « Fri Dec 20, 2013 8:05 pm
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by pdean » Sun Dec 08, 2013 9:25 pm

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I am running Win 7 and have the plugin macro tube installed. I have rarely used it but it has worked and today I wanted to use it and discovered that when I click on a you tube video to have it played nothing happens. There is no error message simply nothing happens. I uninstalled and reinstalled...

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relaunch is very interesting. I have a problem not being able to use it full screen and each time a message from Chrome says it was not closed properly and has a taskbar with this message at the top of the screen. It is certainly a great way to use you tube via media center.
There are a couple...

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Last post by newfiend
Fri Dec 20, 2013 8:05 pm
What software to use to play BD on my HTPC?

Last post by barnabas1969 « Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:12 pm
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by djsinco » Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:17 pm
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Please let me know what software may be good to use for the internal BD player on my new Windows 7 HTPC build.

Is there one that will integrate with Media Center?

Is there anything free that works well?

Thanks in advance!

Dave

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I use TMT5. I have had it hang before, but it always seems to happen if I do too much jumping around in the movie (lots of FFWD, RWD, slow motion, pause, etc) in a short period of time.
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Last post by barnabas1969
Mon Dec 09, 2013 6:12 pm
Commercial skipping with SA and DVRMS Toolbox

Last post by barnabas1969 « Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:04 pm
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by Beerman » Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:12 am

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I prefer using ShowAnalyzer for commercial skipping as comskip just wasn't cutting it. But, using SA leaves a number of files as it does it's job and even though I've selected 'Automatic Cleanup' under the DVRMSToolbox settings, these files stick around. Examples are .vprj, .wtv.chapters.xml and...

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Oh, forgot to mention that the program also creates empty XML files for shows that were recorded X days ago, and still don't have an XML file (which, for me, means that the recording is copy-protected). Both are executed as a scheduled task.

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Last post by barnabas1969
Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:04 pm
Media Browser 2 has reached EOL 12/31/2013

Last post by newfiend « Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:20 pm

by newfiend » Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:20 pm

Media Browser 2.x support is ending. Ebr has posted about updating to the new (and IMO much better) Media Browser 3.
They simply can not keep up with supporting both 2.x and 3.x versions. They recommend updating soon as support for Media Browser 2.x will end Dec. 31st, 2013.

newfiend~

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Last post by newfiend
Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:20 pm
W7CallerId and WHS

Last post by dmagerl « Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:27 pm

by dmagerl » Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:27 pm

I'm trying to get W7CallerId running on WHS (I think 2011) but I cant get the W7callerid service to start. It's set to automatic. When I manually try to start it, it says starting for a few seconds and then W7callerID has stopped. Some applications stop when not doing work (I''m paraphrasing the...

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Last post by dmagerl
Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:27 pm
Movie Rentals (VOD)

Last post by barnabas1969 « Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:57 am
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by tserafin » Thu Nov 21, 2013 12:50 am

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Hi,

Is there a way I could use one of the online movie rental/ video on demand (besides Netflix or Hulu) within the WMC. I recently got HDHomeRun Prime, and I'd like to be able to once in a while Rent movies since my Comcast On-Demand no longer works. But it seems that no such features exists....

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From what I have heard, you may be able to call into your cable company and purchase a video on demand show. Then tune to the channel and it should work with your prime. I have TWC and have not done this yet. From what I have read, you must do this on the phone and not online.
Soccerdad is talking...

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Last post by barnabas1969
Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:57 am
Anyone bold enough to try XBMC "Eden" with new PVR support?

Last post by IownFIVEechos « Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:23 pm
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by JazJon » Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:12 am
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With all the doom and gloom over Media Center not being developed further by Microsoft, I'm starting to think of the long term future. I expect to be happy on Windows 7/8 Media Center for quite some time, but........

Has anyone been bold enough to try the latest XBMC Eden Alpha/Beta with new PVR...

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Very interesting! (might try this soon)

Windows Media Center as PVR Back End for XBMC

If you look at the credit to this project you will see familiar names that use to frequent these forums. They have since been silent. I think its because they have focused on XBMC. People have...
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Last post by IownFIVEechos
Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:23 pm
Cleaning up MP4 TV Shows and changing "title" frame ?

Last post by barnabas1969 « Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:55 pm
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by spinnaker » Thu Nov 07, 2013 1:28 am

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I have a number of tv shows that I have converted with MCE Buddy. MCE Buddy does a decent job of trimming commercials but there are still some content before or after the video I would like to trim.

What is the easiest way to do this? I tried Movie Maker but it seems awfully clunky in how you have...

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MCE Buddy just uses the XML file that is created by the commercial skipping software (Commskip or ShowAnalyzer). You can manually edit the XML file (with a text editor) to make it skip at different points. Yes, you can skip the beginning of the recording.

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Last post by barnabas1969
Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:55 pm
Launching Background Commands (from old TGB forums)

Last post by barnabas1969 « Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:44 pm
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by tad » Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:49 pm

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In early 2009, two original greenbutton members wrote a dll that allowed Media Center users to run Background Commands from an entrypoint (by default located in the Extras Library, but movable to a menu strip using Media Center studio).

They wrote a .dll named MissingRemote.AppLauncher.dll. The...

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See here:

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Last post by barnabas1969
Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:44 pm
Colored guide on Echo

Last post by IownFIVEechos « Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:11 pm
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by IownFIVEechos » Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:07 pm

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Can Echos users please let me know if this works well on your echos? Thanks. Also is there a way to have the colors per content type in the guides carry over to the extenders? I only see it on the WMC machine itself?

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I checked and this did work for me on a freshly set up extender.

Thanks a lot for the time you took to look into this. What I discovered. First I misspoke and only one echo is without this menu option. It is the echo on the pulled firmware (3/20). I like this firmware a lot so I am not going to...

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Last post by IownFIVEechos
Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:11 pm
Relaunch Icons

Last post by TV_MCE « Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:56 am
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by makryger » Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:26 pm

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Just doing some minor refinements of my media center interface. I've added youtube to the Videos section and i updated to the new pandora logo in my Music section. I've attached the two logos I've created for these entry points, if anyone would like to use them. They look very nice and fit in...

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Thank you for sharing with us.

This site might also work for WMC users using a TV remote with Chrome + Relaunch:

which links to other TV remote-friendly sites with 10' UIs.

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Last post by TV_MCE
Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:56 am
Anti-virus Recommendations?

Last post by richard1980 « Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:12 am
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by glugglug » Fri Oct 25, 2013 4:09 pm

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Not really about a WMC Add-in, but I don't see what other subforum this fits in?

What antivirus do people use here with WMC? Currently I am using MSSE, which is nice because of the low performance impact and that it doesn't block any media center/extender traffic by default.

But I've read a...

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I haven't used any kind of anti-malware product on any of my systems in about 10-15 years. Abstinence is the best protection!

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Last post by richard1980
Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:12 am
Recently Viewed / Listened to Addin

Last post by tip2toe « Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:27 am
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by tip2toe » Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:22 pm

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Hi all

Is there a plug in for Media Centre that will allow me to see the last movie watched / last album listened to?

Quite often I will watch part of a movie and then watch the rest on another day. I have though over 800 movies (ripped dvd's) and it can be a pain having to scroll through the...

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Hi Guys

Has anybody had any luck with this plugin that I am sure that 99% of Media Centre users would appreciate and use something like it.

thanks

Craig

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Last post by tip2toe
Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:27 am
Netflix screwed up, again!

Last post by barnabas1969 « Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:03 pm
Replies: 21
by Marc_G » Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:58 am
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So last night we wanted to watch some NF through WMC. We've been doing this frequently... last time we did was Friday. No problem browsing to find what we wanted to watch, but when it started playing, it opened into a tiny window at the upper left corner of the screen.

We rebooted, but the problem...

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Yes its not bad quality too. Not quite good cable HD, there's a slight veil to it.

Netflix quality has been significantly better than cable since long before Super HD , possibly since the introduction of Netflix streaming.
So if yours isn't matching good cable HD , it probably is only getting the...
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Last post by barnabas1969
Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:03 pm
Comskip INI settings for live TV scanning?

Last post by sccrgoalie1 « Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:15 am
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by glugglug » Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:59 am

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When I set live_tv=1 in comskip, and a 0 wait time in DVRMSToolbox, it keeps exiting long before the show is ended, therefore not catching all the commercials.

I tried launching it from a batch file which waits 10 minutes before starting comskip, but it still doesn't run to the end of the show....

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Hmm, 81_50 is the version I had on my old machine, and I don't remember having this problem even when I had it set to do live. I think it's a new bug.

I upgraded to your version today and it's working fine. I should mention I'm using .ts files now, so this may be a wtv specific issue in your...

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Last post by sccrgoalie1
Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:15 am
Force Time Synchronization hourly = Accurate Schedule starts

Last post by woodchuck « Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:56 am
Replies: 28
by JazJon » Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:21 am
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EDIT: Below the line is my original post. The windows method is not reliable, servers failed yet again. (confirmed manually syncing produced error time out) my time was off a few minutes.
So in summary, I give up on the built in Windows time sync. I installed

Works great! More fail safe options,...

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+1 for using for better time sync. Thanks OP.
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Last post by woodchuck
Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:56 am
Mikinho "Open With" for RECORDED TV

Last post by tzr916 « Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:13 pm
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by tzr916 » Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:11 pm

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I have it working for items that appear in WMC Video Library. How can I make it work for WMC Recorded Tv? I have tried adding my recorded Tv folder to Video Library, but nothing gets added.
I have these registry keys-

FileName = C:\\Program Files\\Zoom Player\\zplayer.exe
Arguments = \ {0}\...

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You snooze, you loose

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Last post by tzr916
Mon Oct 07, 2013 2:13 pm
Tweet MCE Plugin

Last post by xelrash « Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:27 pm

by xelrash » Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:27 pm

It appears the downlaod website is dead.
Does anyone know if this plugin is dead or where I can download the plugin on a different site?

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Last post by xelrash
Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:27 pm
MCE Standby tool sleeping PC during Netflix playback(FIXED!)

Last post by offroad « Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:48 pm
Replies: 79
by newfiend » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:39 pm
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I installed MCE standby tool by slick solutions but it's sleeping my PC while watching Netflix, any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks.
newfiend

Sent from my SGH-i937 using Board Express

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Barnabus - am wondering if the PC is going to sleep. Will need to check the power settings.

Was speculating that your app might prevent the PC from stalling-hanging-freezing when the WMC is working.
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Last post by offroad
Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:48 pm
Launch MediaBrowser with the movies button on WMC remote??

Last post by rlg6767 « Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:18 pm
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by milli260876 » Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:20 pm

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is there any way to do this ? I can't learn from the ir keyboard as I've seen possible.
surely there is a reg edit to point to mediabrowser opposed to the movies shortcut in WMC....??????

just got a URC8602 and this is all i'm missing!!

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I've done this with Eventghost. Although it wasn't for an existing mapped button such as the movies button as this means you have to disable the HID drivers (I think) and program all buttons which is a bit tedious. My Harmony 555 has customisable virtual buttons so I created a virtual media browser...

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Last post by rlg6767
Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:18 pm
YAMMM Discussion

Last post by shaderunner2008 « Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:01 pm
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by barnabas1969 » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:19 pm
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I love YAMMM! It just works. I don't have to do anything! That's the beauty of it. Even if I didn't have My Media Center, I would want YAMMM! It's awesome.

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Waiting with bated breath
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Last post by shaderunner2008
Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:01 pm
Remote Media Center Live TV for iPAD beta

Last post by stefan52a « Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:07 pm
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by stefan52a » Sat Jun 01, 2013 12:13 pm

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Anybody interested in testing a beta of Remote Media Center Live TV for the iPAD? Just drop me a PM.

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Although available in the app store now, design is not top notch. But hey, live TV works as does playing and downloading video/recorded TV.

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Last post by stefan52a
Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:07 pm
Toolbox for Windows 8 Themes

Last post by Brainsuck « Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:56 pm

by Brainsuck » Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:56 pm

Here is some themes I have for win 8 toolbox also a theme maker the works on 8.1 and plays nice with mcl SFMC zip :clap: :clap: :D :D

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Last post by Brainsuck
Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:56 pm
Failed to combine channel

Last post by ccwtech « Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:02 pm
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by ccwtech » Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:15 pm

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In guide tool, I am getting Failed to combine channel You cannot map a UserHidden channel

How can I fix this? or is there a newer / better utility to combine channels? (I'm using HD Homerun and HD Homerun Prime together)

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Have you disabled any channels using the edit channels menu maybe? (I've never seen that error myself though...). Tasks\settings\TV\guide\edit channels.
Yes, non-existent channels. I don't really want to bring them back... can I just safely ignore the error?

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Last post by ccwtech
Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:02 pm
Launch a ultraviolet player

Last post by offroad « Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:33 pm

by offroad » Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:33 pm

There are four apps that can play ULTRAVIOLET movies. Effectively making the UV system your personal NETFLIX application.

But it cost you dollars to put movies on ULTRAVIOLET. And the playback is with DOWNLOAD or it is STREAMING. Which is not always reliable.

Can others post their experiences...

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Last post by offroad
Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:33 pm
Dead - Watch UV movies in Media Center

Last post by offroad « Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:04 pm
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by Tracer » Sun Dec 16, 2012 6:52 pm
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Cinemanow recently updated their application now all downloads are in FLV instead of WMV. I sent a support ticket asking if they can add the option in the app to download WMV and they said they might look into it for future versions. If anyone else is doing this they might want to put in a support...

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The NOOK app has ultraviolet movie playback. The PARAMOUNT app also has ultraviolet playback. Have not tested them all yet.
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Last post by offroad
Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:04 pm
Search, play, and queue YouTube from Android/iOS to WMC

Last post by staknhalo « Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:06 am
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by staknhalo » Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:32 pm

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Edit: Chrome is the only browser that supports this, and barnabas1969 has confirmed this works on iOS as well.

YouTube just announced a feature that can be useful if you don't already have a YouTube app you're using. They only announced Android as working. No clue if the iOS YouTube client works....

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I forgot that a later update to Chrome made me have to do something else on top of the step listed above to disable the 'Chrome did not shut down properly' message. I had to help newfiend figure it out again seeing as I never bothered documenting the steps when I did it the first time; he posted...

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Last post by staknhalo
Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:06 am
Netflix plugin fixed

Last post by adam1991 « Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:08 am

by adam1991 » Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:08 am

Getting the progress bar now. out of the blue.

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Last post by adam1991
Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:08 am
Youtube TV with Hauppauge WMC remote

Last post by jables428 « Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:47 pm
Replies: 2
by jables428 » Fri Aug 23, 2013 10:21 pm

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Hello all this is my first post here as this is the first time ive used media center to this extent.

I recently obtain a Hauppauge HVR-2250 and have been using it for TV through my media center. Recently ive been wanting to use youtube TV through media center and ive managed to get it installed...

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I did but still no dice. Im not saying it takes forever to launch. it launches in WMC as soon as i select it. When im using youtube tv is when i run into problems. ive counted it out and it takes me hitting the arrow button 5 times to get it to move once.

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Last post by jables428
Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:47 pm
Streaming Live TV via a browser?

Last post by foxwood « Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:14 am
Replies: 27
by pduncan1963 » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:52 am
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Has anyone had Success finding a software solution for remote streaming live tv from Media Center to a web browser. I've heard Orb does, but they are shutting down soon. I use remote potato for recorded, but it does not do live. Would rather go software than buy a slingbox but that seems to be the...

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Thanks for looking in to that further. The next time someone asks about a Sports Bar setup, I'll tell them to check this out!
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Last post by foxwood
Tue Aug 27, 2013 5:14 am
An alternative to Restorator?

Last post by lithium630 « Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:52 pm
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by milli260876 » Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:23 pm

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Ok so i was bored today and decided to windows8ify my WMC. I created some metro icons for rec, live & search tv. And also robbed some w8 branding icons..
got restorator. Trial only, says £80 or so for full version? Really??
i swapped the images but only the tv ones have stuck...
possibly this is...

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I would like to Windows7ify my new laptop. I hate windows 8. Might look good for Media Center though.

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Last post by lithium630
Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:52 pm
KARAOKE

Last post by DJ DOC « Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:15 pm
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by guppy » Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:40 pm

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KARAOKE !!
Ya I know dont laugh, but we had a freggin blast when the entire family came over and I fired up a karaoke program on my PC and displayed it on the big screen. I was using a program called Walaoke, just because I was somewhat familiar with it. But a karaoke player that interfaces with...

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I love to use karaoke just as much as I love WMC so I decided to investingate how can I unite the two. I found a program called Power CD+G to Video Karaoke Converter. It converts the karaoke .cdg and .mp3 files to avi.

After conversion I placed my karaoke .avi files into a folder I names karaoke....

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Last post by DJ DOC
Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:15 pm
Chromecast functionality on the HTPC?

Last post by staknhalo « Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:10 pm
Replies: 5
by craig-tx » Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:04 pm

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Google's new $35 Chromecast device looks incredible. The capability it provides looks promising, and I'm excited to see how far it can be taken.

However, unlike the masses, many readers on this site actually have a computer connected to their TV. I still like the idea of being able to take...

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Yeah I can already do YouTube, I'll wait till he gets Netflix working to try it.

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Last post by staknhalo
Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:10 pm
MediaBrowser theme - Crystal

Last post by leedavies « Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:54 pm

by leedavies » Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:54 pm

Hi all

I recently released a new theme/skin for MediaBrowser 2.6 and 3.0 - Crystal:

The MediaBrowser community has been really supportive and some great feedback has helped Crystal evolve really fast into a feature packed theme.

More info and video clips at

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Last post by leedavies
Tue Aug 20, 2013 8:54 pm
New July Beta INTEL Drivers fixes XBMC Graphical Corruption

Last post by JazJon « Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:34 am

by JazJon » Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:34 am

I use both MediaCenter and XBMC these days.

FYI:

New Beta Intel Graphics driver fixes Graphical corruption issues in XBMC.

From the 3rd page:

I was able to fix the graphics corruption problem on my install of XBMC 12.2 and Windows x64 as follows. Although the readme.txt says these are...

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Last post by JazJon
Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:34 am
MediaBrowser 3 Theater

Last post by Airbander « Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:02 pm

by Airbander » Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:02 pm

Hello

MediaBrowser 3 Theater is about to become reality and ready for testing soon

here is a screenshot of MBT or MediaBrowser 3 Theater

also more information can be found at

Hope you guys like MB3 Server and Client and also MB3 is available in android and Roku

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Last post by Airbander
Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:02 pm
Netflix not tracking recently watched in WMC

Last post by richdreiman « Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:59 am
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by andrewc » Sun Jun 02, 2013 8:53 pm

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In WMC, Netflix isn't keeping track of recently watched items, nor is it recording progress in TV episodes or the % finished of items not fully watched. Watching in a browser works fine with recently watched. Anyone else experiencing this or have ideas how to get it tracking again?

It was working...

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okay, I think I figured it out. I was able to get it to start working by first signing out of Netflix on media center. Then I went into internet explorer, which I rarely use (prefer chrome) and selected internet options., delete browsing history. I then went to the Netflix website within internet...

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Last post by richdreiman
Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:59 am
Specify Allowed Time Range for Extenders

Last post by barnabas1969 « Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:35 pm
Replies: 9
by xdaze » Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:57 pm

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I have a Win7 WMC with several XBOX 360 extenders. I want to be able to put time of day limits on some of the extenders. For example, I want the extender to be able to have access to the WMC from 8am to 10pm (bedtime). I thought about giving the extenders static or reserved IP addresses and then...

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Awesome....thank you! I will give it a whirl! Just curious though, what does the person watching the extender experience when they are forced to logoff? Guess I'll find out soon enough during my testing. :)
On my HP and Linksys extenders, it tells them that the connection has been lost to the...

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Last post by barnabas1969
Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:35 pm
mcShoutCast down?

Last post by lewinr « Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:42 pm
Replies: 3
by lewinr » Sun Jul 21, 2013 3:18 pm

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Is anybody else out there having problems with mcShoutcast?

I was able to download it from the site a few days ago.
Now I cannot make it work and it looks like the site is down.
Are others have similar problems?

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yes the site is working for me now also, but I didnt have time to test it from my WMC PC yet...

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Last post by lewinr
Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:42 pm
Netflix WMC7 Addin Issue - No DVD Queue

Last post by staknhalo « Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:32 pm
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by davidbecht01 » Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:15 pm

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My Netflix addin to Windows Media Center 7 is only showing my instant queue. There is a tab for the DVD queue but it doesn't show any of my titles. Is this an issue with the App or my machine? If the latter, does anyone know how to fix it?

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Netflix dropped the 'DVD Queue' and 'Add to DVD Queue' functionality from all Netflix streaming apps (third party and official). Microsoft just hasn't updated the app to remove the pivot.

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Last post by staknhalo
Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:32 pm
A few MakeMKV questions

Last post by mjktg99 « Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:36 pm
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by wackychimp » Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:14 pm

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Just getting going with MakeMKV and it's working out great for me (although I did rip like 5 movies before I realized I needed to turn off the subtitles if I didn't want them). :oops:

I have some questions on what I'm seeing here:

This is seemingly 2 identical titles on a Matrix DVD. How do I...

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I always use the 1st title as well. Yes, 3/2+1 is Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound.

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Last post by mjktg99
Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:36 pm
Plex and a Roku

Last post by lithium630 « Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:27 am
Replies: 3
by lithium630 » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:39 pm

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Anyone try streaming recorded tv with Plex and a Roku? I'm going on vacation soon so I installed Plex and picked up a Roku to take with me. I tested it out. The shows start to play fine but buffer ever 30 seconds. I lowered the stream quality but it still buffers. My wifi router has been acting up...

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I bought the Roku 2XD and stopped working a couple days into my vacation. I exchanged it for a Roku 3. It worked pretty well for the most part. PlayOn works just as well as Plex so I'm going to stick with that.

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Last post by lithium630
Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:27 am
Is There an MCE Standby Tool Alternative?

Last post by staknhalo « Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:50 pm
Replies: 2
by Rishicash » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:11 pm

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MCEST worked fine until I upgraded to W8. Their tech support is virtually non-existent. Is there a good alternative?

Thanks!

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You can also run the power management trouble shooter in Windows - running this every couple of months has replaced MCE Standby for me.

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Last post by staknhalo
Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:50 pm
Is there a way to queue short videos before a feature?

Last post by wackychimp « Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:54 pm
Replies: 6
by wackychimp » Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:02 pm

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So I'd like to be able to show some customized intro videos (from vipid.com) and maybe some previews before playing a feature. Is there any way to do this in WMC? Of course I could edit them together and play them manually and then go back into WMC and play the feature but that's defeating the...

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its a paid add on for mediabrowser but it works well. you can do random from a selection. i used to have a trailers intro followed by two random trailers from the my trailers addon (paid again) then a main feature intro, then into the film. the trailers and intros addon haven't been made compatible...

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Last post by wackychimp
Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:54 pm
Remote Potato and port forwarding

Last post by offroad « Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:09 pm
Replies: 18
by lithium630 » Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:07 am

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Any tricks to getting port forwarding to work? I have a netgear 3700 router running DD-WRT. My HTPC has a static IP and Dyndns running. Ports 9080 - 9084 are forwarded to my HTPC IP. The remote potato server is running but I can't connect on my local network or over the net. It's driving me crazy....

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I have my REMOTE POTATO working as I had to set up NO-IP.ORG with a dynamic update client so I could remotely connect. works fine now.

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Last post by offroad
Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:09 pm
Comskip (with DVRMSToolbox) - possible to schedule?

Last post by sccrgoalie1 « Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:54 pm
Replies: 2
by andy_d » Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:55 am

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I'd like to have comskip run say over night as opposed to real time. I guess it's real time but when I'm watching TV it can cause pixelation quite a bit because of cpu usuage. It easily jumps to 40% while watching TV.

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Yup. Open the gui. Choose folder tab. Select in and out folder. Select profile. Go to file and choose copy command line. Create scheduled task using that command line. Disable file watcher service.

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Last post by sccrgoalie1
Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:54 pm
Would PlayOn affect WMC?

Last post by lithium630 « Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:32 pm
Replies: 3
by rhendrix9 » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:45 pm

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I have a i3 Windows 7 PC used solely as an HTPC. Would PlayOn run on the same PC and not interfere with regular operations. I only use it to record and playback TV using a Ceton tuner.

I was just curious as to weather or not it could run on the same PC withon bogging it down.

Anyone with...

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I used to run PlayOn. It should work fine on your system. The only thing I will say is that Netflix would change something periodically that would cause PlayOn to be unable to play movies from Netflix. It always required an update of PlayOn to fix it, and the updates usually take a few days after...

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Last post by lithium630
Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:32 pm
Indicator for current time in guide?

Last post by .Nico « Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:51 pm
Replies: 21
by CyberSimian » Thu May 23, 2013 12:07 pm
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You can view 3 hours of guide data at once.
It might be worth buying MCL just for this! It has always irritated me that the native Media Center EPG displays 2 hours, but the FAST-FORWARD and FAST-REWIND keys on the remote control move the EPG by 3 hours.

But there is one other feature that I...

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Here in Holland they are following this bad example, even for the weather:

1. talk about what weather is WAS today
2. show photos people sent in from today's weather
3. show more photos about past weather
4. talk about the weather it WAS in the rest of the world
5. Tell us there will be...
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Last post by .Nico
Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:51 pm
WMC weather using Relaunch and Google Chrome

Last post by mdavej « Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:32 pm
Replies: 5
by vvicked » Wed May 22, 2013 3:38 am

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I recently reformatted my WMC PC and thought I might try out some of the weather plugins again. I came to find out that Heatwave doesn't work anymore and mceWeather wasn't accurate for my location. I started playing around and finally find a somewhat viable alternative to those two plugins. It's...

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vvicked, nice write up, thanks you.
However, I am curious, why bother with chrome plugins when you can simply just find a weather site that displays all this info ?
I do exactly that now for both traffic and weather, I used Relaunch to launch to specific sites.. What is the advantage to switching...

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Last post by mdavej
Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:32 pm
Netflix in Media Center?

Last post by nathagt « Thu May 30, 2013 12:27 pm
Replies: 5
by nathagt » Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:20 pm

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Sorry if I've missed this. I've spent about an hour reading through various forums online including several here but I'm still not clear to me.

Does the Netflix plugin for Media Center still exist and if so, does it work? I know they killed Internet TV but it seems like some folks still have...

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I just posted in another thread about MC reset Toolbox working well. That wasn't always the case, just a few months ago I was having a terrible time getting any program to save the changes I made to the start menu. I gave up on MCS because the changes never seemed to take. The new version of MC...

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Last post by nathagt
Thu May 30, 2013 12:27 pm
Netflix Plug In Help

Last post by Shackleford « Tue May 28, 2013 1:56 am
Replies: 38
by CablefreeMe » Wed May 22, 2013 3:01 am
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Hi All. I'm new to WMC and just got a new PC as my HTPC. After doing all the installs i went to try the netflix plugin. It downloaded, asked me to sign in, signed me in, and then wouldn't load past that. Then I get a message that says Service Unavailable The web service is currently unavailable....

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Maybe I do. I just never noticed a quality difference between all my devices so I assumed that you needed super hd to actually get 1080. I'll check next time I watch on my ps3 or 360.
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Last post by Shackleford
Tue May 28, 2013 1:56 am
Looking for Hulu Desktop

Last post by staknhalo « Sat May 25, 2013 4:09 pm
Replies: 10
by CablefreeMe » Fri May 24, 2013 6:06 pm

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Hi all. I know I'm late to the game but better late than never. Can someone point me to where I can find Hulu desktop other than cnet and downloads.com? Those executables are full of malware, and I can't seem to find it at Hulu. Google searches show unfamiliar sites, which leave me less than...

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I always have the installer for this backed up. Here's a fallback link's in case it's ever needed:

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Last post by staknhalo
Sat May 25, 2013 4:09 pm
Netflix outside of the US

Last post by MrNorth « Mon May 20, 2013 6:39 am
Replies: 10
by gbwelly » Tue Feb 26, 2013 3:20 am

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Ok, no-one was able to help me with getting Netflix to install on my NZ media center.
After a lot of work this is the formula I used.

I believe if you are lucky enough to have online guide data available this may not work for you. If someone ends up trying this it would be good to know if they can...

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I don't have anything to add that will be of any use, thanks for updating the thread though.

If I ever go 100% 3rd party EPG then I'll be trying to get Netflix in MC working so it's good to see that it's possible at least.

I hope you manage to get subs working....

Hey!

It should be possible...

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Last post by MrNorth
Mon May 20, 2013 6:39 am
Metadata for my ripped DVDs not working

Last post by WarrenH « Fri May 17, 2013 7:51 pm
Replies: 3
by ThePaladinTech » Thu May 16, 2013 10:08 pm

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I'm sure it's simple... I've ripped a few DVD to WTV with video redo. I'm running Media Center Master to generate the metadata. it just doesn't seem to show up in the default movies section. WMC just look for some kind of file along with the recording? I've got the following files:
cars.wtv (the...

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Great, or use meta browser (the free v0.9 - works great) to scan your collection, it can create the .xml files and you can even tell it where to save them

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Last post by WarrenH
Fri May 17, 2013 7:51 pm
Harmony and DVRMS / Comskip

Last post by aeblank « Thu May 16, 2013 1:58 pm
Replies: 5
by aeblank » Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:49 pm

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I have comskip and DVRMS all set up and working fine, thanks to my brother paving the way and giving me all his settings/tweaks.

Anyway, right now I have the down arrow on the D pad to turn skipping on/off. The problem with that is the down key has other uses.

What key can I use on an Xbox remote...

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So, interestingly the software allows the learn (from the MS keyboard). The website does now.
However, I have a 200 (I think) and 2 650s. The 200 requires the website.
So, I had decided to just use the website for everything for simplicity's sake. At this point I'd have to reconfigure everything to...

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Last post by aeblank
Thu May 16, 2013 1:58 pm
Automatic video snapshot creator

Last post by foxwood « Mon May 13, 2013 10:44 pm
Replies: 1
by Quicky » Mon May 13, 2013 9:26 pm

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Does anybody know of a tool (free or commercial) which will run as a service that can scan a set of folders for video files and automatically create a jpg snapshot for each of the files?

Currently I record videos with my Windows Phone. The videos are automatically synced to SkyDrive, then synced...

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FFMPEG can extract a frame from a .mp4 file.

ffmpeg.exe -i test.mp4 -vframes 1 test2.jpg

You may already have a copy of ffmpeg.exe - it's included in many open source video conversion tools. If not, you can grab a copy of the latest Windows build from

You have to write some simple scripting...

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Last post by foxwood
Mon May 13, 2013 10:44 pm
MCS - Cannot add a strip?

Last post by woodchuck « Mon May 13, 2013 2:31 pm
Replies: 2
by woodchuck » Sun May 12, 2013 8:58 pm

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Has anyone added a strip to 7MC lately? In Media Center Studio the strip appears, but not in MC. What gives?

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Ah! Thanks for the tip. That worked!

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Last post by woodchuck
Mon May 13, 2013 2:31 pm
Remote Potato \ DYN Email

Last post by lucasbuck « Mon May 13, 2013 1:59 am
Replies: 6
by lucasbuck » Fri May 10, 2013 11:41 am

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Wasn't sure if anyone else noticed the email, but thought I would pass it along. I got an email from DYN (which I use for remote potato) that you will have to start logging in once a month to keep your free account.I only use mine when I'm out of town, which isn't once a month, so I was glad I...

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Thanks for all the info!

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Last post by lucasbuck
Mon May 13, 2013 1:59 am
Hooking a command to a remote control button

Last post by barnabas1969 « Sat May 11, 2013 10:52 pm
Replies: 1
by woodchuck » Sat May 11, 2013 10:39 pm

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I know about Event Ghost, but are there other options? Like a regedit? I want to add one exe command to a single button on my remote.

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It is possible to edit the registry to control what each button sends, but it is limited to a single button on the keyboard (plus CTRL, ALT, SHIFT, and WIN) plus some Windows media commands (PLAY, PAUSE, etc). For example, you can make a button on your remote send CTRL+SHIFT+W, if you want. But...

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Last post by barnabas1969
Sat May 11, 2013 10:52 pm
WMC crash on Netflix play

Last post by dejavux2 « Fri May 10, 2013 2:38 pm
Replies: 8
by jagrime2 » Wed Jan 16, 2013 3:44 pm

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With all the discussion around problems with the Netflix app, for some reason I decided to set up a new streaming account and give it a go again (I dropped streaming when they started charging for it). To my surprise everything about the interface works, that is until I selected a movie and push...

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Ok, I've moved passed this just being Silverlight.... please see my post Can I repair windows 7 without breaking DRM?

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Last post by dejavux2
Fri May 10, 2013 2:38 pm
I give up on PowerDVD and Total Media Theater

Last post by sccrgoalie1 « Thu May 09, 2013 6:48 pm
Replies: 2
by woodchuck » Mon May 06, 2013 2:38 am

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I don't think it is the fault of Arcsoft or Cyberlink, more the fault of MPIAA and their DRM, but I hereby officially give up on using my media center for Bluray playback. I love my media center, but the most frustration in this household comes from the simple insertion of a Bluray and the insuing...

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I use both TMT5 and TMT6 and haven't really had any major issues. They just released a beta patch for media center crashing upon TMT6 exit on their forums. I do have AnyDVDHD running along side which may help with some issues. Most of my issues related to the blueray player in my PC itself. Since I...

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Last post by sccrgoalie1
Thu May 09, 2013 6:48 pm
Beta testers needed

Last post by leewcraft « Mon May 06, 2013 9:15 pm
Replies: 9
by leewcraft » Mon May 06, 2013 12:37 pm

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We're looking for some beta testers for a new TV service based around Windows Media Center. The concept of the service is that you build your own TV channels based on content from Netflix, Hulu Plus, or Amazon Prime, and our WMC add-in puts it into a guide for simpler TV watching. If you're...

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No plans to do local media at the moment because we want to keep the channels consistent for multiple users, but we may look into that in the future. I would like to make this work on Extenders, but developing for that platform has proved to be, er, a challenge for the reasons mentioned here.

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Last post by leewcraft
Mon May 06, 2013 9:15 pm
Simple Screen Dimming at Idle

Last post by werds « Wed May 01, 2013 3:12 am
Replies: 3
by werds » Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:03 am

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Ok, so recently upgraded our living room tv to a larger 51 inch Plasma TV, unfortunately with my wife on maternity leave and a 3 year old in the house I don't foresee any proper breakin occuring. Many times my wife will pause on a static picture or leave the TV on for hours on the main menu screen....

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K, tried it out and it looked nice in preview and while in desktop mode but while WMC was open and fullscreened I could never seem to get the screensaver to come on properly... wonder if it was because of recordings going on in the background or something else. Will test it out again later when no...

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Last post by werds
Wed May 01, 2013 3:12 am
RadioTime MCE Presets not working anymore?

Last post by cw-kid « Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:45 am
Replies: 8
by cw-kid » Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:29 pm

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Hello

I am using the Windows Media Center RadioTime add-in I downloaded from here

I've not used it for a while but it did work in the past, now however my list of presets in Radiotime Media Center do not seem to update, for example in the media center interface if I browse to a radio station and...

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Does anyone have a copy of VMC Netstation? The VMC_nSC_V4.zip link in the other forum is now dead.

VMC Netstation ? - No I just looked, but I haven't got that particular add-on in my archive on my server sorry.

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Last post by cw-kid
Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:45 am
MCE Buddy - and watching Recorded TV from a remote machine

Last post by jkgiant « Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:50 pm
Replies: 1
by epete » Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:24 pm

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Anyone familiar with setting up MCE Buddy? I installed it on a remote machine so as to keep any processing off my Media Center PC. When watching a network folder it cautions I need to Ensure MCEBuddy service uses a user account that has local administrative access and access to teh remote file

I...

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You may still need to indicate the user account name on your MC PC. You'll find detailed configuration info on the MCE buddy webpage. If those don't answer your question, post the question on that board.

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Last post by jkgiant
Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:50 pm
Creating a blank XML for copy protected content

Last post by sccrgoalie1 « Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:01 pm
Replies: 1
by 1454 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:05 pm

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Here is my issue, I'm using comskip and it works great. BUT, The problem is that it takes about 14 days to process my recordings. I have it set for only a 60 min wait time, but I think the problem is that it tries to scan the copy protected content and it takes time that could be used to catch up...

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Here is my issue, I'm using comskip and it works great. BUT, The problem is that it takes about 14 days to process my recordings. I have it set for only a 60 min wait time, but I think the problem is that it tries to scan the copy protected content and it takes time that could be used to catch up...

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Last post by sccrgoalie1
Sat Apr 20, 2013 9:01 pm
Retrieve & Apply Metadata Software?

Last post by marvin-miller « Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:23 pm

by marvin-miller » Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:23 pm

Hi Folks;

I'm running Windows 7 (.wtv) and recorded some shows that have generic metadata, ie, no date and generic program description.

Is there an app out there that will do an on-line lookup for the metadata and then apply it to the file in question?

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Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:23 pm
making VLC default player

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by EmeraldTuna » Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:17 am

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I just reformatted my drives and doing a new install of win 7
I remember having some issues with files media center didn't play and at some point made vlc work inside media center but haven't got a clue now how I did it.
Does anyone know how to do this?

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I want to make VLC an add in

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Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:23 am
Commercial files do not exist keeps popping up

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by snuff1175 » Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:56 am

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I removed dvrmstoolbox and show analyzer. I unchecked the dtbaddin from the settings menu inside windows media center, but when I try to watch a show from within recorded tv hd it, I get a pop up dialog box that says commercial files do not exist, do you want to process this show? Was there...

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SA shouldn't drag your system down like you describe. I'm assuming, when you were commercial skipping, that you used DVRMSToolbox. If that's the case, there's a priority setting on the first tab to set your worker at. I use Comskip of course, and setting the priority to Below Normal doesn't cause...

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Last post by TMan459
Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:38 am
I used to have an Internet TV option in MC

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by kidego » Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:06 am

now I don't seem to have it. I remember it was all cbs shows.. show time etc but its not there now.
Anyone know how to get it back or what plugin I might have been running?

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Last post by foxwood
Wed Apr 10, 2013 11:00 am
Schedule recordings remotely?

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by watts3000 » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:36 pm

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