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

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

  1. crash2009

    crash2009 MDL Expert

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    Good Morning! What time is it where you are? 7am here
     
  2. T-S

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    It's 13.04 here (1.04pm if you prefer)
     
  3. crash2009

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    #3545 crash2009, Feb 10, 2016
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    Me neither times 10.

    1) On your suggestion to change the video adapter driver on the host..... I think I am using the driver you suggested, all though I am not quite sure. I am using the one in the picture. Is this the one you suggested or should I try the Basic Driver (the one that doesn't look so good).

    2) I just noticed that I have a Digital Media Device in Device Manager. Did this get installed as a result of the RDP Patch's? Might have come in during yesterdays Win10 update. Or maybe I just never noticed until now.

    I just looked at the properties of Digital Media Device....First install was Feb 1, 2016 I guess I never noticed, and I don't remember what I did on Feb 1
     

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  4. crash2009

    crash2009 MDL Expert

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    I'll give that a try after work.
     
  5. DavidinCT

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    Ok, I'll test, get me the files for Windows 7 or 8.1 and I'll test it :)
     
  6. T-S

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    The files for 8.1 are obviously the same good for 10.

    The one for win 7 aren't working for me. I'll upload them anyway given I tested them just on WHS-2011
     
  7. DavidinCT

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    I'm re-setting up my HTPC with Windows 7 (I dual boot with 7 and 8.1, as I am trying to get things working 100% on Windows 7).... running through a few issues. So send the files up, I'll give a solid test.

    The dam volume change notifcation comes up when ever I stop video in Windows 7, I wish there was a way to disable this one....I use HDMI so this should never show up.
     
  8. The Mac

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    no prior version, fresh install of win10 since i tried a veriosn a while ago that didnt have drm working yet.

    ive tried uninstalling more than once with no luck.
     
  9. crash2009

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    1) I tried the driver you suggested. Setup monitor in WMC with the new resolution of the basic driver. No Go! Win10 crashed to shutdown attempting to play DRM channel on the host. HDHR-3CC eventually released the tuners by itself, initially I thought I was going to "have to" hard reset the tuner but eventually HDHR released the tuners by itself.

    RDP Session from Win7 was a similar but worse than before.

    I am back to the proper driver now. I have setup TV/monitor again, and have recovered from the crash.

    While running TV Setup/Monitor, I had an idea. "What if" I ran TV Setup/Monitor from Win7 RDP. I don't think this will work but I'll give it a try. Setup will require that I be in Full Screen and I think that will kill RDP, but I'll try it anyway, just for giggles.

    2) I looked into the Digital Media Device thing a bit. I think it came in with an extender install attempt. Looking through the details revealed an uninstall on January 26, and an install on February 1
     
  10. crash2009

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    #3553 crash2009, Feb 10, 2016
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    I gave that a try.... When Setup Says... "WMC should be in full screen" Decline that, and proceed with setup. Doesn't change the Display Driver problem with DRM Channels, but the Non DRM Live TV "Plays" better

    There is one more little thing that needs to be done to make DRM work.

    DRM channel plays for a couple seconds, then gets shut down

    Recorded DRM video plays for 3-4 seconds, audio continues for 2 seconds, then both get shut down.
     
  11. T-S

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    As I said earlier, if you got the wrong resolution means that the basic driver on your vga works not better than the win7 equivalent. Yore just unlucky.

    On my PCs, even on my ancient tablet from AD 2003 that driver manages the VGA correctly, and it solves even some problems of the native ones (notably the HyperV slowness on PCs that lacks the SLAT support).
     
  12. crash2009

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    If unlucky was dollars, I'd be a millionaire!

    Had to do restore, I was unable to get the good driver properly installed.

    Maybe I'll help David while I redo the patches.

    It is amazingly easy using the TestRights window.
     
  13. Sanmartin

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    I'm using one of the older versions (6.3.9600.16384_x64_v6) and never had any problem with it. It installed fine, found all Free-To-Air channels of my region (Bavaria, Germany), gets newest EPG information since then, allows recording and playback of Live TV, integrated PowerDVD (for Bluray playback), allows adjusting of the screen size, and was not touched by any of the subsequent Win10 updates (now on 1511-10586.104).
    DRM channels and Cable TV not checked, though.
     
  14. technodevotee

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    #3558 technodevotee, Feb 10, 2016
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    No HD channels found in Media Center on Windows 10

    I have been running Windows 10 with Media Center for a while on a PC with DVBT cards and it has been working fine - even picking up OTA listings during the recent guide outage.

    A big thank you goes to everyone who had a hand in getting it to work.

    However, my Living Room PC has Windows 7 with two DVB-S2 cards and because it wasn't getting usable listings like the other one, I wanted to try out EPG Collector. But rather than risk screwing up the system like the last time we had a guide outage, I put the satellite cards into another Windows 7 PC, configured it up and installed EPG Collector and it worked perfectly.

    Buoyed with success, I decided to install it on the LR PC but rather than simply cloning or backing up the disk, I thought I'd take the opportunity to upgrade to Windows 10 on a new HDD. So I installed Windows 10 and Media Center and went through the exact same procedure I have used with windows 7.

    Next, I installed EPG Collector, which found the HD listings and added them to the guide but I discovered that there were no HD channels to map them to apart from Channel 4.

    I have since deleted everything in ehome and searched again (performing both a full scan and manual scan on DVB-S2 transponders) and still only Channel 4 HD is found, no other HD channels. Odd thing is that Channel 4 HD and ITV HD do not work when running Windows 7 on the same PC.

    I should perhaps mention that I'm using Hauppauge Nova-HD-S2 cards and have checked that the registry entries were created by the MCEDVBS2PatchTool but I haven't tried WinTV or any other software because A) I'm not sure whether it is compatible with Windows 10 and B) The end game is a nice clean install of Windows and Media Center - nothing else.

    Any ideas on this anyone?
     
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  16. The Mac

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    #3560 The Mac, Feb 10, 2016
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    This worked, thank you.

    I am trying Ceton network bridged tuners from a InfiniTV6 PCIe card.

    I wil keep everyone informed how it works.