I'm sure Microsoft had a lot of reasons - but their vision of the future certainly didn't involve cable, satellite or terrestrial TV. They probably thought they were going to make a killing selling streaming media through their store or some other offering. They publicly stated that WMC would no longer be supported years ago and there has been no official updates to it for donkeys' years. But I don't think they are purposely sabotaging it - it is just that they keep breaking *everything* with updates and *everyone* is constantly playing catch up. It was very tightly integrated into Windows and when it was a supported product, Microsoft would have ensured that any Windows updates didn't break it. Now they don't care about it so it can't be expected to continue working when everything else is constantly changing.
Thanks for that. I have just installed 8.8.3 and everything seemed to go well. No message about tuners in use. Correct EPG downloaded. Unfortunately this won't play any recorded TV or live channels. Programme closes immediately I try either of these. No error messages. I tried the MSVidctl.dll replacement but this has made no difference. I didn't use NSudo as I wasn't aware of that utility but just took ownership of the .dll and renamed the one already in system32 and then copied the one from ehome. Maybe I should try 8.8.2? I am using Blackgold twin DVB-T2 tuner and running win 10_64 1903 : OS Build 18362.116. Prior to updating to this build I had been using 8.8.1 without any issues.
I had to roll back CPFilters.dll in system32 to stop it exiting on playback. The easiest way to replace DLLs is to run _testrights.cmd in the installer. It calls NSudo to open a command prompt as trustedinstaller and you can do almost anything you need from there.
technodevotee said "I had to roll back CPFilters.dll in system32 to stop it exiting on playback." Many thanks for that. The first older version of CPFilters.dll that I tried gave me a message that the WMC trial version was now finished! I then found an older version, 10.0.14393.0 from around 2016 (64 bit) and added that to the system32 folder. Bingo! WMC 8.8.3 now running successfully on Win 10 1903. Many thanks for the advice. I'll have a look at NSudo for future reference but currently I use a (downloadable) registry hack that allows you to take ownership of any file. I have found it useful on many occasions. You can also reverse it. It adds the option to the File Explorer. Its good to know that WMC lives a bit longer. I'll really miss it if and when MS finally kills it off.
HELLO I HAVE WINDOWS 10 1903 AND WMC 8.8.3 AND WHEN I REQUEST INSTALLATION OF THE TV SIGNAL I AM UPDATED PLAY READY AND INCOMPLETE THE COUP I HAVE NO POSTERS CHANNELS TV OR SOUND IF I DO NOT UPDATE
It's not working to me too after update to 1903. But i found a free TV program SichboPVR which can use it easily. hope it can help others who still looking a way to watch TV on PC for free.
@GREBERT I would like to help you but can't understand what you are telling us. I'm guessing that English isn't your first language and be better to write in your own language in case someone here CAN understand you. @Pinocchio009It would be really helpful to other users if you describe problems you are having in more detail - it doesn't work isn't much to go on. Who knows, someone may be able help you get it working.
WMC 8.8.3 COME NOT TO DOWNLOAD THE PLAYREADY UPGRADE I DO NOT HAVE IMAGE OR SOUND WMC 8.8.3 ARRIVE PAS A TELECHARGER LA MISE A JOUR DU PLAYREADY DU COUP JE N EST PAS D IMAGE NI DE SON
Hopefully the next version of WMC x.x.x. solve the problem for those who have updated Windows 1903, I am currently in 1809 until the problem is solved. It does not compensate me to update and lose the functions of Windows Media Center
Just to confirm. 8.8.3 does work on Windows 1903. I am watching live TV as I type this. I just had to replace the two .dll files in the system32 folder as previously described. MSVidctl.dll and CPFilters.dll. Note I am running Windows 10 64 bit.
Since I do neither have a WMC capable tuner hardware and or I do have a cable/satellite service to test the WMC, I'm only adding the fixes that's being posted here, if there's any new fix available then will update the WMC Installer.
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The version of CPfilters.dll I have is 10.0.1.17763.134 from W10 1809. Was that the one that didn't work for you? Any idea where I can get that 10.0.14393.0 version?
You should be able to get the DLL from the windows.old folder, older DVD or ISO. If you don't have any of those things, PM me and I'll send you a link to a zip file with files that work.