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

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

  1. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    15/06/2019
     
  2. technodevotee

    technodevotee MDL Senior Member

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    there's been quite a few changes since then :)
     
  3. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    #10083 Bigal, Jun 20, 2020
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    you should name them with.1.2.3 etc then lol, there's me thinking i got the latest version.
    I just downloaded from your link again and i can see the other files.
    ty
    Any difference from what i have installed?
    i just saw the changes in this version file
    any point in me using this one?
     
  4. technodevotee

    technodevotee MDL Senior Member

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    The only things that have changed are the install script and the add-ons. The core files are still the V12 ones so I don't do version numbers.

    Anyway, people seem to know when I've changed anything because I seem to I get a whole load of downloads afterward. I assume they must be using some sort of version tracker?

    I just tell everyone to download it again - same with all my add-ons and tools.
     
  5. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    :):) I try to keep reading this thread and must have missed it, even though i use 8.8.4, i still try to get the latest versions of things and keep the old ones just in case.
    i didn't know if i "the changes in this version file" was referring to from v12 or the last v13
     
  6. technodevotee

    technodevotee MDL Senior Member

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    I do update the 'changes in this version' file when there's a functional change but there hasn't been anything like that recently - just correcting typos/semantics and adding a few words of warning.
     
  7. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    :):)
    Does anyone know if this can be done using shark007?
     
  8. j.c.f.

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    #10088 j.c.f., Jun 20, 2020
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    Maybe your previous recordings are the cause of the problems, I periodically have to kill hung WMC processes, prime one being ehvid.exe:
    rem kill process likely to interfere with synctoy when they touch recordings

    taskkill /F /IM mcGlidHost.exe
    taskkill /F /IM ehvid.exe
    taskkill /F /IM ehome.exe
    sc stop ehsched

    tasklist /fi "imagename eq ehvid.exe" | find ":" > nul
    if errorlevel 1 goto didntkill
    pause
    exit

    : didntkill

    echo appears we didn't actually kill the video analysis proceccess(es), perhaps run as admin otherwise manually kill 'em
    pause
     
  9. Bigal

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    #10089 Bigal, Jun 20, 2020
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    They all play ok after the first hang, when i say hang, i mean WMC stays busy with the ring for a couple of mins, then its ok after, i didn't have that on 8.8.4
    I used to use a little program called killtask :)
     
  10. technodevotee

    technodevotee MDL Senior Member

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    did you roll back system32\cpfilters.dll at any point?
     
  11. Bigal

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    #10091 Bigal, Jun 20, 2020
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    no, i didnt think i needed to as i wasnt having the problems associated with it
    "WMC may crash when trying to watch Live TV or play recorded TV."

     
  12. Bigal

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    WMC has started hanging again when canceling a scheduled program from 1m to 1m30s
    it was good whilst it lasted and back to what im used to
    i haven't done anything to windows since installing WMC
    whan i am in the mood, i will do a clean install of windows and not make any changes to it and change things bit by bit, will mean not having a usable system for a while :mad:
    thanks for all yr help

    edit
    its back to normal again?????
     
  13. technodevotee

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    so let me get this straight.
    you can't play movies from movies in WMC so you go into explorer and click play with WMC and it takes a couple of minutes to start playing

    is this with WMC open or shut down?
    does the same thing happen when you play dvr-ms files?
    is the delay starting to play the same amount of time that WMC freezes when you delete recordings from the schedule?
     
  14. Bigal

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    #10094 Bigal, Jun 21, 2020
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    i can play movies from WMC, after the first try and waiting. don't need to go to file explorer, just have to wait for WMC, only for the first time after opening WMC.
    only happens the first time i try, doesnt matter what type of file, dvr-ms, wtv
     
  15. technodevotee

    technodevotee MDL Senior Member

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    Sounds like it is loading/reading the database to me.

     
  16. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    i did some timing

    no opened programs, closed WMC every time, no problems after letting WMC play a movie.

    defragged
    windows.edb 136mb
    mcepg3-0.db 197mb
    tvthumb.db 147mb

    SSD & HDD indexing off
    indexing options
    freshly rebuilt and only WMC listed
    102,751 items

    playing any movie .DVR-MS or SD/HD.WTV
    play 4 mins
    restart 6:30
    resume 6:20

    deleting a scheduled recording
    avg 9 secs

    opening schedule after watching a movie 2:36 - 4:40
     
  17. Bigal

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    #10097 Bigal, Jun 22, 2020
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    Found the problem, long story short
    I deleted all 1357 dvdid.xml files from the movie directorys to the recycle bin and movies now play straight away in WMC
    now got to figure out what's the cause...
    not permissions
    not corrupt files, deleted first half, then restored them and deleted the last half, no change
    if i restore anymore than 20, the delay starts
    22, took 2 secs
    58, took 2 secs
    59, took 6 secs
    60, took 6 secs
    62, took 5 secs
    65, took 6 secs
    79, took 10 secs
     
  18. technodevotee

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    that's nuts - I don't have delays anything like and never have. I'd give up using it if I did.

    maybe a couple of seconds now and then while in the schedule

    The worst I ever had was when I had a delay when playing anything due to a problem with playready and even then it was only a delay of about 30 seconds

    have you got playready installed at the moment?

    if so, it might be worth resetting it with multi tool or reset_playready.cmd

    edit: oh well, strike that.
     
  19. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    i've lived with it hanging when removing a conflict for years, with v13 its gone, i can live with it how it is now, i normally use Kodi to watch films, to get 5.1 sound.
    if there was a way to make WMC use TS and allow multiple recordings per mux, that would be great
     
  20. mmortal03

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    Unrelated question about manual series recording -- is there a way to get the series recordings that are scheduled manually to record perpetually into the future? I've not been watching enough TV to need to pull any guide information, so I just scheduled a couple of shows, like late night shows, to record manually at their respective times each day of the week as series. However, for some reason, even though I've set them that way, they only get scheduled out to about a month into the future, and unless I remember to go in and re-save each manually, the next month's dates don't get scheduled.