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

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

  1. Kévin Chalet

    Kévin Chalet MDL Member

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    WMP is not the problem, it's ServerWMC, that runs as a service and uses the MSVidCtl.dll version from System32, so it's loaded very early.
    Reinstalling VC++ won't fix anything: try to temporarily replace the MSVidCtl.dll in System32 by an older version (e.g the one you can find under C:\Windows\eHome) to see if it helps.
     
  2. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    #10942 Bigal, Jan 25, 2026
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    weird how rebooting several times had been ok but decides to give WMC errors after I tried WMP lol.
    I have stopped ServerWMC from running at boot, I rebooted and WMC shows no errors.
    I have now copied the MSVidCtl.dll from ehome to system32, renabled ServerWMC and rebooted and all is ok.
    Thanks for the help Kevin :)
     
  3. Kévin Chalet

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    Note that it's unlikely to survive major Windows updates - and will be reverted by sfc /scannow if you run it - so you may have to do it again at some point :dribble:

    Cheers :party_time:
     
  4. Bigal

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    noted :)
    everyone knows what to do now, well the people who didnt know before lol, i guess Martin and i were the only ones that didnt know, he prob figured it out.
     
  5. Kévin Chalet

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    A better fix would consist in patching ServerWMC (and the other software affected) to use an embedded copy of MSVidCtl.dll that isn't affected, exactly like how it's done for WMC itself (that uses its own MSVidCtl.dll since 8.8.2).
    If there's enough demand, I'll probably take a look at some point :g:
     
  6. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    as only 2 people, me and martin were only impacted, I think you're safe :)
     
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    #10948 Bigal, Jan 25, 2026
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    I read all your stuff, i really want to try your tvheadend setup as im fed up with Microslop and forcing, AI, TPM tracking etc etc on the masses.
     
  8. MartinKlein

    MartinKlein MDL Novice

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    Many Thanks Kevin and Bigal for your help. I removed now serverwmc from autostart and don't use it all since I use KODI only for viewing recorded films and link to them via smb links instead of serverwmc.
    Kind regards. Martin
     
  9. Bigal

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    #10950 Bigal, Jan 26, 2026
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    Thanks should go to Kevin :)

    Some channels that i have deleted now reappear.
    I use epg123, the channels were in the restore list but aren't now , any ideas?
     
  10. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    #10951 Bigal, Feb 15, 2026
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    I just got a taskbar notification, recorder failure, the recorder experienced a failure and is unable to start the recording, it recorded fine this morning.
    In WMC, live tv gives an error, viewing or listing conflict, no tuner available to satisfy the current request.
    TV setup fails with, tv setup cannot continue, some windows media center services have stopped working.......
    I uninstalled and reinstalled WMC and did a restore
    I reinstalled the tv card drivers
    W7MCGuideUpdate sees the tv cards and downloads the guide ok

    Any ideas?
     
  11. Bigal

    Bigal MDL Senior Member

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    WMC is working again.
    I wanted to get rid of the error from ServerWMC "recorded tv folder is not shared", sharing the recorded tv folder caused the problem if not done in a certain order.
    what worked for me;

    closed ServerWMC
    shared recorded tv "advanced sharing"
    added everyone in the share
    enabled file and print sharing in public network
    ran serverwmc
     
  12. Kévin Chalet

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    demo1 MDL Novice

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    The download link is for version 8.8.10; shouldn't it be version 8.8.11?
     
  14. Kévin Chalet

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    I just fixed it: the visible text contained the correct URL but not the underlying anchor... most likely because I stupidly copied the previous comment and changed the address without realizing it didn't update the anchor itself.
     
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    #10959 Delphiwizard, Apr 11, 2026
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    Hi guys,
    Some weird problem that started few months ago, i'm trying to fix it now but so far nothing.
    I have a dual tuner Satellite card and recieve channels from 4 satellites astra 1,2,3 hotbird.
    I now tried removing all my channels and scanning one frequency t try but the problem persists, even after removing WMC, rebooting and reinstalling.
    OS: Windows 11 PRO
    Problem:
    On some channels and/or some satellite i can still like record from let's say bbc 1 and watch bbc 2, both on astra 2, both channels are FTA
    However i cannot record from a protected belgian channel on astra 3 and watch another channel from astra 3.
    Really weird, this used to be no problem at all.
    How anyone else experienced something like this?
    I can try stuff out if needed, any help or tips would be appreciated.
    PS i'm still using the WMC-V13_x64 package, but i believe the 8.8.2 version is the absolute latest?
     
  16. Cali4niaWK

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