I used V12 and don't have many problems with it although it has been suggested that v8.8.1 by T-S has a 'better' installer/de-installer. Your experience is pretty much the same as mine. Since updates to my system, I sometimes get a Red Recording icon and sometimes not. Unfortunately, there has been no new guide data in Europe since the 14th July. WMC says it has downloaded but it is downloading old data over and over. Things in North America seem to be a bit different. I have three PCs running WMC - one with DVBS-2 and two with DVBT - and switched my Living Room PC over to using EPG Collector to pull guide data from the satellite last time the MS/BDS data stopped coming. While it still only gives 7 days, at least there is data for all of the UK channels. A lot of people have switched to using EPG123 to populate their guide. There is a thread on The Green Button dedicated to this.
I have no problems with the red recording icon in X64 V12 MCE LTSB2016 Guide date has been fine in win7 MCE, 14 days from the internet, i supplement it with dvbguide for the missing channels, although that is OTA and is only 7 days. I did try the suggestions in the workaround for guide data download problems, I pinged cdn.epg.tvdownload.microsoft.com and got a reply from 62.252.115.64: so i even tried adding 62.252.115.64 cdn.epg.tvdownload.microsoft.com to the end of the host file. It still only got guide data from OTA. i got the usual MCE guide data errors
I haven't had any new data from MS on any of my PCs since the 14th July. Windows 7, Windows 10, terrestrial, Hotbird, Astra I, Astra II, nothing. I know I'm not alone.
I just put my win7 MCE ssd bac in to check and it is 7 days epg ftom OTA... WTF, it did used to be 14 days from the internet.
If ever i have a problem with MCE i always revert back to an image with the OS the way i wanted and before MCE has even been opened, i also update it, so "installer/de-installer" doesn't apply. I'm ready to commit and i'm about to install on my SSD and make an image before installing MCE, still dont know which version of MCE to use though.
I need help with mine, I have tried multiple times to install, but when i run the installer as administrator, it just gives me this response from Command Prompt.
@robocart9 Even though you're seeing two errors, error 0x800703f8 is equivalent to Win32 error 1016. There may be a problem with the registry which you need to resolve before re-attempting the installation so try researching the error 0x800703f8 / error 1016 and check the DISM and CBS logs for any further information. If you need more help, stating your OS details and info from log files might be helpful.
What version of WMC are you using.... What is the complete file name? Go to page 1 and get version 8.8.1 Uninstall with v8.8.1 Delete the 2 ehome folders Then install v8.8.1
@Angelone I'm currently using V12.7 in Pro 32 bit version 1703 and previously ran it as Home in both version 1607 and 1703. My other OSs are all Pro 64 bit and are running V8.8.1. Update to 1703 before installing WMC because 1607>1703 will break it and you'll need to uninstall and re-install WMC as when updating to 1607 previously.
My WMC quit working on Windows 10 sometime in the last 6 months. I CAN NOT get it to start again. I have tried installing/uninstalling/reinstalling to get it to work again. V12 doesn't even install anymore I get the typical error that everyone else reports which is this: 0x800f0922 I was going to post a link showing steps I tried to fix this but this forum is blocking me from posting the link. !!! I have tried all of this. I have also checked for windows updates that may have ruined this but don't see any of them on my system. I went back to V8.8.4_x64_b_T-S and this does install but doesn't run. I also notice that the services don't start after install and reboot, you have to manually set them to "automatic" start and start them. Also, i have "system" local log on for them. So now when I try to start WMC i get a spinning wait cursor for about 4 seconds and then nothing. I have a NVidia GeForce GT-710 I got recently and wondering if that is part of the problem. Anything else I can try? I want my TV back on my computer. Here's something else I just noticed in my application logs: Application: ehshell.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.InvalidOperationException at MediaCenter.Store.SqlLite.SqlLiteErr.LogAndThrowException(Int32, System.String, System.Object[]) at MediaCenter.Store.SqlLite.ObjectStore.Open(System.String) at MediaCenter.Store.SqlLite.ObjectStoreManager.Open(System.String, Boolean) at Microsoft.MediaCenter.Store.ObjectStore.Open(System.String, System.String, System.String, System.Reflection.Assembly, Boolean) Exception Info: System.InvalidOperationException at Microsoft.MediaCenter.Store.ObjectStore.Open(System.String, System.String, System.String, System.Reflection.Assembly, Boolean) at Microsoft.MediaCenter.Store.ObjectStore.Open(System.String, System.String, System.String, Boolean) at Microsoft.MediaCenter.Store.ObjectStore.AddObjectStoreReference() at Microsoft.MediaCenter.Store.ObjectStore.get_DefaultSingleton() at ServiceBus.UIFramework.UserControlPoint.Launch(System.String) Source: .NET Runtime Event ID: 1026
No I was out of town for some time and did not mess with it. Sorry I have no solution to offer, but I will still update if I ever figure something out.
Hi - I just installed WMC v6.3.9600.16384 on my Win10x64 v10.0.15063 yesterday, trying to get my HDHomeRun Prime with CableCARD to work. I just discovered the WMC for Win10 yesterday, and hoped it would be usable. Unfortunately, I am getting the impression that WMC isn't compatible with Win10 v10.0.15063 anymore, and won't be able to find my "TV Tuner". Is that correct, and I won't be able to use my HDHomeRun Prime with anything other than the SiliconDust DVR application (which is already really limited in functionality)?