[DISCUSSION] Patch WMC to run on Windows 10 final & possible alternatives

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by ricktendo64, May 8, 2015.

  1. SpencerC

    SpencerC MDL Novice

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    Thanks! I will give it a shot!
     
  2. jrosaly

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    First, thanks to all that have made this possible. I just got a new laptop and its win10, i stumbled upon this thread and want to make this happen on my laptop, i started reading the very long thread, but eventhough I'm very knowledgeable, I'm not quite sure how to proceed. I have w10pro and want to run a ceton usb tuner box, if you guys can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated. Which would be the best version, etc. Thanks in advance for your replies.
     
  3. SOCRATE_MMXII

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    Ceton USB tuner is not a good choice. They have poor to non existent support in Windows 10.
     
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    #2884 Graznok, Dec 22, 2015
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    I discovered that deleting all four NVIDIA High Definition Audio devices I have in Device Manager and letting Windows reinstall them temporarily fixed the occasional Decoder error problem on E-AC3 live or recorded content. No need to restart Windows. Restarting all NVIDIA-related services didn't fix the problem.
     
  5. Graznok

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    E-AC3 over NVIDIA/AMD HDMI

    Using another (one-and-a-half-year-old 5th generation Dell XPS) laptop with NVIDIA HDMI, I can confirm that E-AC3 contents cannot be watched using NVIDIA HDMI. It appears that only AMD HDMI works!

    NVIDIA, could you please fix your High Definition Audio drivers please? :worthy:
     
  6. T-S

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    Although most users around the web keep saying the opposite, no matter where you look, Nvidia = troubles, AMD = seamless work.

    Since the CRT days when putting a Nvidia card @ something different of 60Hz required a degree, while ATI required a single mouse click :)
     
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  8. crash2009

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    Infrastructure has a lot to do with it. 6 HD streams going to the hard drive, 6 going out to the clients (some guys run 12), HTPC's NIC has to be near perfect and the switch buffer size/configuration, near perfect as well, or sometimes No Signal due to collision/congestion. PowerConnect 5324 has been good to me.
     
  9. T-S

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    I wasn't speaking about that but about the DRM activtion hassless and so on.

    Here with DVBLink we can use from 1 to 8 tuners (of any kind, DVB-T, DBS-S, Analog, PCI, PCI-E, USB) we can connect any kind of clients (WMC included), we can do centralized recording, IPTV can be integrated seamlessly, the server part is done via SW and you can use either Windows, Linux, or just a NAS appliance, I had no problems since we got it working on W10, altough I'm using the ancient V 4.1.1.

    Really I don't have any envy for US users on that specific matter ;)
     
  10. vageek

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    Like jrosaly I came across this in the same boat as everyone else. I did a test run on my Windows 10 laptop and it installed like a dream. Using HDHomerun Prime on my home network supplying streams to a W7 WMC HTPC, and this thing seems about as solid as can be.

    Is there a document/link that summarizes the current limitations/issues known? I'm hoping to upgrade my HTPC to 10 in the coming 3 months or so but it's our primary viewing machine so I want to be careful.

    Thanks for this good work!!!
     
  11. crash2009

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    Oh that part. Yes, it is frustrating at times. I have lost my authorization many times rendering my recordings useless. Horror stories are common. I have threatened many times to go get a dish, some new hardware, and get my share of the analog hole. Maybe I will after I get tired of keeping the tv running with bubblegum and duct tape.
     
  12. crash2009

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    #2892 crash2009, Dec 22, 2015
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    I reversed the 2 bcdedit's did the uninstall, testrights, and installer for v11.

    Guide and tuner went in without a hitch, live protected works, presently recording a manual future recording. The recording will be finished in about 90 minutes. Let you know if it plays or not.

    Guide navigation is lightning fast, Video is crystal clear, Motion is smooth as silk.
     

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  13. crash2009

    crash2009 MDL Expert

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    #2893 crash2009, Dec 22, 2015
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    Is there anything I should test?

    I broke the v10 playing live DRM channel with TeamViewer over LAN.

    Then we disable_integrity_check and enable TestSigning..... TeamViewer sends live DRM over LAN and WAN


    I enable_integrity_check and disable TestSigning

    Then uninstall v10 and install v11

    Live DRM TV, Record DRM, Play Recorded DRM all works. Not only that, TeamViewer does all of that over LAN or WAN.

    Wow you guys are amazing. Thank-you
     
  14. ryu4000

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    Where you get V11 from all i see is v10
     
  15. crash2009

    crash2009 MDL Expert

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    I think it was on the previous page, maybe 2 back
     
  16. wilsr

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    abbodi1406 @ 1245:

    Newbie here! Many thanks for your link: I tried all sorts of download links and nothing installed - just a flash of the command window and then zilch. Your link worked first time. I installed W10 some months ago, didn't really like many things plus the bugs and the loss of WMC was the last straw so I went back to Seven on my PC. Now that I've seen how to get WMC on my laptop I will reconsider W10 on the desktop. Thanks again!:biggrin:
     
  17. jrosaly

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    Thanks for the sugestion, my thing is i travel a lot, right now, I'm traveling with my win10 laptop for work and my win7 laptop for tv (pretty much downloaded shows) and a tablet, if I can leave my win7 laptop at home, which is my primary entertainment center, which runs great and i have no intention of upgrading, and be able to get media center running smoothly on win10, just so i can watch downloaded shows, while enjoying the media center interface and remote, that would be awesome. And as geeky as I am I've only been able to read thru a few pages. Someone should, if they have time follow the format of xda, in that at the beginning of the thread, they have an eternal post to all the latest greatest stuff and possibly sone wikis, if i had been around for a while, id volunteer to write stuff up, but I'm at the super rookie level and need a starting pont. Thanks to all.
     
  18. T-S

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    #2899 T-S, Dec 23, 2015
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  19. cjrrock

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    Looks good. I've had success with version 10 and then a day later ( or two) DRM channels stop working. Another odd thing and I think it's related to my cable company ( Cablevision ) certain channels that should be HD are not. Fantastic job so far and I really appericate it. I wish microsoft would have sold the product or just given it away.