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

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Have any way to integrate WMC to a offline image?

 

It takes literally 5 seconds to install WMC online, so IMO not worth the hassle.

But If you want you can either

• Mod the installation script yourself

or

• Use a setupcomplete.cmd script

or the most obvious way

• Boot the OS in audit mode (either using a VM, a native vhdx or a old school partition), install wmc, sysprep/generalize, capture the wim.

 

I wonder just because the DVD APPX, I don't know if it can brake the Sysprep or make the installation "invalid" and I will not be able to generalize the installation again...

 

I never tested personally

Did you try using Garayand's or the original T-S installer?

For the DVD app I don't think it's the culprit but it's easy to test just comment out/remove the part that installs it

Perhaps it's becoming useless given it's meant to provide the mpeg2 support and transmissions are migrated/migrating to H264 or H265.

Also the LAV codecs do the job pretty well.

In short the dvd app is a nice to have thing, but not essential.

 

Does multipoint server 2011 have BDA/TV/codecs?

 

No

 

Even SBS 2011 Essentials lacks BDA/TV/codecs? As it more belongs to WHS/Essentials family

 

In the channel categories, most of all i use the 'Most used' category but sometimes i wished i could remove and add entries in that list myself.
Does anybody know which file that list is stored in?
Or is that list stored in registry?

 

As @Kévin Chalet told you, I have detailed extensively what's the situation on servers few message earlier, please read that message, instead of posting a question for every SKU of the universe.

 

Never looked to the matter, but it's stored in the main db. I have no idea about editing it directly (@Kévin Chalet is way more expert than me about that)

But I think you can edit it doing a backup using Epg123 editing lineup.xmf inside it, and restoring the modified backup.

The most viewed thing is part of favorites, and starts with something like this:

Code:

<favoriteLineups>
        <FavoriteLineup isAutoGenerated="true" name="I più visti" isAutoEnabled="true" priority="2147483647">
          <channels>

(name="I più visti" is localized)

 

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Come on! Don't ape stupid opinions based on nothing.

We can discuss about telemetry, about personal preferences about the GUI, but not about about "bugcrash".

Server 2016 is better than 2012[r2], which are better than 2008R2 in practically any feature, starting from stability.

The only thing worse than W7/2008R2 is the start menu, but installing Classic Shell requires 5 seconds to be installed.

Everything else is better or hugely better, just to name few.... way faster boot time, vhdx support, vastly improved RemoteFX and Hyper V, deduplication, connected standby, LZX compression, cumulative updates, instant IP acquisition using the dhcp, SMB direct and so on, nested virtualization, WSL1/2, WSA and so on...

 

UPD: I just found out in SBS 2011 Essentials iso that there is no BDA files, so, I am now installing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials on my main laptop (yes I know that it have crappy 8GB RAM limit, but idc anyway, because I have only 8GB RAM in my main laptop anyway), so, I guess I can enjoy Windows Media Center

 

I do not need those anyway, what I really need is those:
wmp/plex streaming, mc server hosting, backup, etc
And whs 2011/storage server 2008 r2 essentials is enough for that

 

Use native vhd/vhdx and backup is matter of copying a single file using explorer or the copy command

wmp/plex?

For tv dvblink and/or npvr do the job way better.

For recordings/movies wmc/kodi/mediaportal or even explorer + mpc-hc (or vlc) are more than enough. What's the point of plex/wmp?

 

Thanks, so it is stored in mcepg3-0.db, being a developer i'll look how to acces it, probably sqlite or sqlserver database, if Kevin has more info it would be blad to hear.

 

If you don't want to use EPG123 and its restore feature as @acer-5100 suggested, the best approach for advanced scenarios is probably to do it programmatically, using the public WMC .NET APIs. I haven't tested it, but should be something like this:

Code:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net48</TargetFramework>
    <LangVersion>11</LangVersion>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <RuntimeIdentifier>win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup>
    <AssemblySearchPaths>$(AssemblySearchPaths);$(SystemRoot)\ehome</AssemblySearchPaths>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="BDATunePIA" />
    <Reference Include="mcepg" />
    <Reference Include="mcstore" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

Code:

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.MediaCenter.Guide;
using Microsoft.MediaCenter.Store;

using var algorithm = SHA256.Create();
using var store = ObjectStore.Open(providerName: "Anonymous!User", password: Convert.ToBase64String(
    algorithm.ComputeHash(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(ObjectStore.GetClientId(createIfMissing: true)))));

using var channels = new MergedChannels(store);
using var lineups = new FavoriteLineups(store);

var lineup = lineups.First(lineup =>
    lineup.IsAutoGenerated &&
    lineup.IsMostViewedLineup &&
    lineup.BaseLineup is not null &&
    lineup.BaseLineup.Name.Contains("DefaultLineup"));

lineup.AddChannel(/* the channel you want to add, taken from the "channels" collection */);
lineup.Update();

That said, why not creating a custom favorite lineup directly from WMC (Settings -> TV -> Guide -> Edit Favorite Lineups)? You can give it the name you want and easily select the channels that will be attached to that collection.

 

Actually a great idea, now why didn't i think of that myself
I have channels in categories per country, Belgium, UK, Holland but most of the time i use 'most used', but indeed i can create another one that contains those channels too.