If your using a cablecard tuner then you will most likely want to go with build 1511. I tried four different versions of windows 10 and this one might be the winner in terms of WMC friendliness. I can't promise the store will completely work though as I haven't been successful at downloading all of...

The problem I am running into on this VM (Which is now 1609 LTSB) is that where it says, Disable Fullscreen Optimizations or something to that effect on build 1803 (non VM) it says disable display scaling on high DPI settings (On my VM build 1609). I'm not sure if this Is due to VMWare tools being...

I think DVB link worked on 1709 from what I have read, I am unfamiliar with this software and have never tested it. The install instructions from MDL are here dvb link can be had here

Nah it's broke

That solves it, and saves me a whole lot of time so thanks. :thumbup:

did you make any progress with this?

I have similar issues sometimes while watching anything but it seems worse in catch-up mode.

Silicondust just announced a streaming package that is only compatible with their OTA tuners. If I'm not mistaken the big hold up in WMC 10 is cable card discovery but OTA works fine. I asked the direct question in that thread so i guess we will see.

That thread is already long!

Sent from my...

Right.. I've done some more work and think I understand what is causing the problem but am unsure how to fix it.

If I only use SD channels, everything seems to work fine consistently, including making programmed recordings. If I use any HD channel even once (which are all H264), then at some point...

Thank you.

I had this problem (long delay when playing anything) the other day after restoring my system from backup to a different HDD.

Removing Play Ready fixed it.

The good news is that the remote launches WMC.

The bad news is that Media Center hangs/freezes/misbehaves generally and fast forward and rewind don't work.

I assume this is because it is being launched in it's default mode without the options (compatibility mode, disable desktop composition,...

Hi

If you're using WMC on Windows 10 April Update with the patched MsVidCtl.dll, you have encountered the thumbnail issue on your recorded TV programs
Thanks to PinPoint (again :)), here is the workaround:

Step 1 : Download the EncDec.dll (Under C:\Windows\System32) from a W10 FCU version one...

Ahhh… problem solved:

Got the skip working on NEW recordings using the replace with old MSVidCtl.dll procedure;

Also got the thumbnails reappearing for NEW and OLD recordings using add back the deleted EncDec.dll procedure;

All back to a normal working Windows Media Center after the 1803...

Thanks for your input.
Yeah, I'll probably just keep using Windows 7 for the time being.
I bought an Alienware Alpha R2, which runs on the Skylake chips... so installing Windows 7 off a USB 3 port has been, um, a nightmare. I can't get it to install.
It's very frustrating to deal with all this....

Easy doing, bit it did not help me on RDP session.

1. Copy the c:\windows\ehome folder to somewhere else, for example to c:\program files(x86)\ehome or to c:\ehome, or elsewhere. (do not move, copy!)
2. Change the path to ehome.exe in all your desktop/startmenu/... links to ehome.exe in the copied...

If you need more info, check MDL about 2 weeks prior to the 1st post in the above thread.

Now it is called TVMosaic? Is it the same thing? Thinking of checking it out. Don't care about the 2 DRM channels I have but I would like to update my PC past 1503, but keep WMC and XBOX 360 extenders.

Try pressing the green button twice.

No Sir

I just did what i have done for 2 years,,,,,,,it the save and execute, and now it works, BUT for about a week it would not load, each night i went to the guide, nothing was there, and a few nights i lost my few channels i have

its working now and i am happy, sorry to bother you,,,,,,,

I...

Problem solved.
Provider issue. Now all works.

Today I install WMC 8.8.1 on Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17661. I do it exactly as described in Readme.txt, removing previous installation first. It works ok. Actually, I have a problem with TV settings, but I think the reason is my TV system config, not exact Windows version.

I have cable...

I just found that Avast had detected ehexthost.exe as a threat and moved it to the vault! This may have been the cause of my issues, adding this in case anyone else has this problem...

If you have my codecs installed, have a look on the 32bit misc TAB.
There is a playlist creation tool there that also allows you to shuffle the list and below that tool is a checkbox to allow Media Center to use that playlist.

Here is a good suggestion for the guide problem

disable Defender runtime scan and Smart Screen as it blocks WMC and guide updates

Solution:

copy all eHome out of the Windows folder directly into C. Then just change the Media Center address in the Desktop Shortcut (remove \Windows) and check 'Disable full screen optimizations' in the Compatibility tab of the Properties of the same Shortcut.

Complete instructions in the link...

Now that the Cat is out of the bag, you have reminded me of a similar issue that I experienced in the past. I started out with the default Recorded TV on C:\Users\Public. Then, as I added additional local drives to the HTPC, I named the additional Recorded TV folders the same D:\Recorded TV,...