Hi all, It's been a really long time since I've visited this forum, I'm talking over a year so there are a LOT of updates that I've missed. I have a couple of questions 'cause I had to rebuild my HTPC box because windows 10 update process sucks! Firstly, I'm running v8.1.1 of Media Centre build and in the General Settings the option to start with windows isn't there, so how can I get Media Centre to start with Windows. Secondly, is there a newer version of Media Centre that I'm using? So like I mentioned I'm running 8.1.1. Thanks all
Registering the dll didn't work for me. However, the second technique listed at that link of editing the registry did bring thumbnails back. Thanks for posting that!
KB4284835 -> Build 17134.112 : W10 asks me to update to this version. Whenever they ask me, I am afraid of another break of WMC. Anyone reports a break ?
I will say thanks for your work and sharing! . I haven't tried it but if I attempt wmc again I will. I'm on relatively n3w insider build and it's ready to update again so I may wait. Does this include the logo fix mentioned in posts between mine and yours?
for me it thit not solve the issue with the brake of integration for the DVBLink tuners. The DVBLink tuners are not visable any longer :-( only the normal integration (which is not working for long time anymore, we need the DVBLink truners)
To the pros: I wish to build yet another dedicated slim PC with WMC Is the latest socket 1151 Celeron (Intel BX80677G3930 7th Gen Celeron ) with 16GB memory powerful enough to drive it? Is 8GB instead of 16GB RAM enough for WMC to operate smoothly? In the past I used an i5 6500 cpu with 16gb no issues. My WMC boxes are just used for WMC not PCing Thanks Jeff
Hi Jeff I’ve had 2 machines amd a6’s with 8g that run win10 mce comfortably running since this patch was released 8g runs it well
Jeff and WkWk, what are people doing with WMC that would even need 8GB of RAM if it's a dedicated machine? I use WMC on an old AMD E-350 netbook with 6GB of RAM, as a dedicated server running ServerWMC, and I can't even see the need for the 6GB of RAM that I have.
I just bought (real cheap) a InfiniTV 4 USB. Will this work on a Windows 10 setup as the Ceton PCIE card version does? Does anyone have a successful win 10 WMC with a InfiniTV 4 USB ? Thanks, Jeff
On FRESH install of Windows 10 Build 17686, WMC no longer works. If you try to launch it, nothing happens. No errors or anything. Not even in Even Viewer. This includes if you try to run as Administrator. Last build WMC would work on was Build 17682 with fresh install. I am on Windows Insider Preview Program. When I get a new version of the preview, I always create a new ISO of it and then do a fresh install of it. 17686 is the latest build and appears this maybe the end of the road for WMC. So I tend to wipe my computer about every two weeks If anyone has any thoughts, I would love to hear them!
Hopefully someone will come up with a way to keep it working. It might just be some more dlls that we'll have to add or revert to the previous version, similar to the thumbnail issue. Also, I know I had to install it multiple times and basically massage it to get it to work on the most recent final build of Windows 10, so give that a shot if you haven't yet. I still don't know what exactly got it working finally.
Why not just add another drive and install a version of Windows previous to Windows 10 and have a multi boot PC? WMC for me works fine except for the thumbnail feature. I am on ver. 1803.
Hey! I think I have found the solution to this problem! Let me know if it works for you! Issue: Windows Media Center is very sluggish/slow when changing between fullscreen and windowed mode on Windows 10 1803. Solution: Disable "Focus assist" for games. Open Settings -> System -> Focus assist -> Disable for "When I'm playing a game". Side-effects Obviously notifications will now appear in some fullscreen games. Media Center is not affected.
MISSING THUMBNAILS SOLVED!!! Concerning the missing thumbnails, I found the/a solution here: https : // www . windowsmediacenter . fr / 2018/06/10/windows-10-april-update-comment-resoudre-le-probleme-de-miniatures-thumbnails-sous-windows-media-center/ (Sorry, you need to have 5 posts before you can save or post content containing links. ). However I tried it on two machines, a test machine, on which nothing changed, and my home pc on which I actually record TV series, and there it works! Merci, les français!
Thanks! Fixed for me too. I had to do the "manual method", the "auto method" didn't work for me. WMC now seems functional enough for me to upgrade my HTPC to 1803.