Wow... thanks so much.... I'm a bit of a noob but have "almost" got this working. I've upgraded my W7 machine to W10 and then installed the MCE from your links... most of it works, including the guide. There are 2 problems: 1. Not a big deal but the recorded TV library is not showing thumbnails, just blank blue boxes. This is true for legacy items and new recordings under W10. 2. More of an issue. Fast forward and rewind just don't work in either live TV or recorded TV. Skip forward and back are fine. FFor and Rew just result in either freeze frame or the live / recorded TV crashing. Any suggestions? Thanks a million again, Keith.
This version works great! Except for one thing that affects me majorly. Extenders don't work =( More specifically I cannot connect to my Xbox360 when going through the extender setup process (the final step). I know it has something to do with Windows 10 not having the same type of RDP (Remote Desktop Connection) or something as windows 8.1/7 so I've heard. Any idea if this can and will be resolved in the future or are we out of luck with Extenders?
It doesn't look like it automatically downloaded when I went to W10... which is what I think MS's web site says should happen. I've just had a quick look and it looks like the only way I can download it is to pay AU$18.... is that right? Thanks for the quick response. OK... scratch that, just did a manual check for updates and the DVD Player downloaded. And, what d'you know, both my issues have now resolved themselves. Thank you for your amazingly prompt and helpful advice!
Thanks again - just amended my previous - had to do a manual download and all seems to be working fine now.
Yes, this is what I do 1. Create folder "DVDapp" inside the "bin" folder of the project 2. Place extracted DVD Player (.msi) installer in newly created "DVDapp" folder, and name it as "win10_DVDapp_KB3081704"(.msi) 3. Make "dvdapp.cmd" and place it inside the same newly created "DVDapp" folder "dvdapp.cmd" Code: @echo off cd /d "%~dp0" "%~dp0win10_DVDapp_KB3081704.msi" /qn >nul 4. Edit the project "Install.bat" near the end to query if DVD Player app is previously installed, and if not silently install. "Install.bat" - edit Code: 2>nul reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C300E689D65E74A511E03D8CF1E05853 /v ProductName | findstr /C:"WindowsDVDPlayer" >nul&&IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 goto :SKIPPED echo. echo Install DVD Player app... call "%~dp0DVDapp\dvdapp.cmd" >nul 2>&1 :SKIPPED echo. echo. echo Done. echo. echo Press any key to exit. pause >nul exit
I'm not optimistic that 360 extenders will ever work with this. Based on some tests done by another user on here (I'm sorry, I can't remember their name), it appears that Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 had an exception in their RDP policies to allow multiple extenders to be logged into the PC simultaneously. Windows 10 appears to have stripped that out, treating extenders like any other RDP user, meaning one at a time, including the user at the host. They discovered that if they logged off the PC, leaving it at the login screen, the Xbox 360 extender connects because the one seat is available. Since all of that is at the OS level and not at the Media Center level, I think it will end up being very difficult to crack (especially since I bet Microsoft locked that down more than other things since "fixing" that would most likely also allow multiple computers, not just extenders, to remote into and use the same computer at the same time, which is Windows Server territory).
Wow, I had no idea that this had been figured out. OK, I'm much more optimistic now. Perhaps coupling this app, listening on port 3390, with the steps that meluvalli performed on page 176 may actually work.
Is there a way to use Dutch language ? I tried to copy from a win7 to the eHome and wow map, but it does not seems to work. Also tried to delete the us-en map after that but then MCE would not start…hehe Unfortunately both MediaCenterStudio and MCE-reset tool are not working and give errors, so at this time where not be able to “change” the MCE look.
Yes I think that nl-NL MUISs were the first added. If you have the WMC still in english for some reason just copy the nl-NL from the installer folder to your ehome directory
Yes have that working too, and also MCE Reset Tool is working now.......Yiiiiiha Great and very good job, all credits to the designers off this tool. Tomorrow I go further whit testing cable and satellite tuners, but I assume this will work as well Nice and absolutely fantastic that we can have MCE in Windows 10 back again !!
Thanks for all the effort that went into this... I have hopes that MCE can live on once again! One question though: will MCE 8.1 on Windows 10 work with Ceton InfiniTV *and* Ceton Echo extenders?
I second the thanks to all who have worked to make WMC available to us on Windows 10. In fact, the lack of WMC was a major hurdle for me to update from Windows 7. I have v6 installed and it is working perfectly on Windows 10 Pro for me. In fact, the EPG even updated automatically for me for the first time yesterday, happy days!! In reply to your question about the Ceton card, I have the Ceton InfiniTV 6 pcie card with a cable card from Comcast, working perfectly for me. My major problem was created by my firewall blocking it. Once I got it straightened out it is working perfectly with this card now. I don't have any Echo extenders, so I'm unable to answer that part.
Do the encrypted channels work perfectly for you also? (HBO, Starz, etc. Live TV, Record, and Play back?)
TESTING mode: DvD is working within MediaCenter nice job, well done indeed. So I also tested satellite in combination with DVBLink but unfortunately the coded channels are not seem to work. Not coded channels are working and signal, cam, smartcard (off course) are 100% btw. I have installed shark007 codecpack because you will need at least a descend codecpack ;-) I don't know what the problem is and why coded channels does not seem to work, very strange ............ tonight I go a bit further testing and can test it also without DVBLink.