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Cable card tuners and HDHomeRun

Last post by garyan2 « Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:45 am
Posted in Windows 10 Media Center
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by SpencerC » Sat Jul 30, 2022 3:09 am » in Windows 10 Media Center
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For those of us with a cable card tuner and Windows 10, we've all pretty much given up on WMC. I switched to the HDHomeRun DVR solution. The interface lacked many things that WMC had, that it was a hard switch for me. One of the biggest things it lacked was no grid guide. Over time the interface...

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I'm not sure what you mean by firmware. Are you talking about the HDHomeRun drivers? EPG123 only supplies the guide data... has nothing to do with playback issues.

Yes, the highest .NET Framework that is installable in Win10 1511 is 4.6.2. The best HDHomeRun software to install on 1511 is also...
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Last post by garyan2
Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:45 am
Windows Media Center 7 Automatic Download is on

Last post by garyan2 « Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:42 am
Posted in EPG123
Replies: 1
by SlowJunk » Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:26 pm » in EPG123

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Ok. (very, very) Long time user, but my WMC7/HDHomerun installation when sideways.

Am trying to run from a backup and everything is good, except that WMC7 is trying to do the automatic guide download (from Microsoft) thing again. I have tried to stop it by not agreeing to the download agreement,...

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The only way to completely clear the MS guide from the database is to perform a clean start setup that will delete the database and start fresh. Which means you will have to run through TV Setup.

The other option, with no guarantee of success, is to open the client and for each MS lineup in the...

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Last post by garyan2
Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:42 am
EPG123 will not update

Last post by garyan2 « Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:35 am
Posted in EPG123
Replies: 3
by patrick0525 » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:38 pm » in EPG123

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I am on V1.7.3
It does not update. It says review the log files. Where?
I already rebooted.

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The log file can be accessed by clicking the button in either the configuration GUI or the client, or you can right-click the notification tray icon and select 'View Log File'. The ability to view the log is not hidden.

If after clearing the cache, your update was successful, then it sounds like...

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Last post by garyan2
Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:35 am
Having video stuttering issues

Last post by stademock « Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:27 pm
Posted in Windows 7 Media Center
Replies: 18
by bros » Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:14 pm » in Windows 7 Media Center

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So I set up a new Windows 7 PVR last month - it was working fine with no issues, until Saturday when some recordings and some live TV started to stutter (audio normal, but the video sometimes drops from the normal FPS to like 5 FPS). Sometimes it is fixed by a restart of the computer, other times...

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I think the answer to the replacement ? is largely subjective. I've read claims that an SSD is the only solution. Others, a 7200RPM 'spinner' is a must. Opinions will always vary. Choose the capacity you think you need, within your budget.

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Last post by stademock
Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:27 pm
No longer get cablecard descrip in the Guide

Last post by garyan2 « Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:16 pm
Posted in International Issues
Replies: 2
by JanSiegrist » Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:49 pm » in International Issues

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I recently added an HDHR Flex 4K tuner to my network with an antenna.
On my Win8.1 box I ran TV / Setup - it saw the new tuners for OTA and configured the channels. In EPG I have both OTA and the CableCard linups defined.
WMC also saw the HDHR Prime cable card tuners.
In the EPG client app no...

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I just read your post a little closer. If you don't see any Digital Cable (CableCARD) channels on the left side of the client, then you either have them filtered out or you didn't include the tuners in your TV Setup. WMC will create 9999 channels if the digital cable tuners are included in TV Setup.

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Last post by garyan2
Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:16 pm
Guide failing to update

Last post by garyan2 « Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:33 pm
Posted in WMC Electronic Program Guide
Replies: 1
by johnmmason » Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:53 pm » in WMC Electronic Program Guide

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Hiya I've been trying to update the guide manually and using the scheduled task.
I've attached the txt from the last attempt.

Beginning epg123 update execution. version 1.7.3.0
===============================================================================
*** Windows 7 Home Premium, 32-bit...

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Your guide is updating, but you are getting an error during the automatch routine. Open the client, it has some ability to repair merged channels. You could also disable the automatch routine and that will get rid of the error as well.

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Last post by garyan2
Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:33 pm
Win 8.1 EOL, I'm still here (watching golf)

Last post by mustpushbuttons « Sun Jan 29, 2023 4:04 pm
Posted in Windows 8 Media Center
Replies: 8
by Kenneth Burns » Sun Jan 08, 2023 11:31 pm » in Windows 8 Media Center

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Windows 8.1 support ends this week, but I turned off updates a little while back after one broke WMC. So I can't see much changing. Still using and enjoying WMC after eight years. My Win 8.1 PC is in the bedroom closet, and my husband and I mainly watch in the den with an Xbox 360.

That said, for...

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yea dude time to upgrade to win7. 2 more years.

besides 8.1 was a baby with the face of a goblin. c'mon!

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Last post by mustpushbuttons
Sun Jan 29, 2023 4:04 pm
2 MORE YEARS of Win 7 security patches

Last post by mustpushbuttons « Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:51 pm
Posted in EPG123

by mustpushbuttons » Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:51 pm » in EPG123

Hey I just read this 1st time last week but this was out there in Oct 22' mostly unconfirmed now official.

BWHUAHAHAHAHAHA!! Screw OTT streaming, more subscriptions, skull raping ads and mouth breathin marketeers collecting m'data!!

7MCE will never effing die! lol Win8 users tho... sorry man

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Last post by mustpushbuttons
Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:51 pm
PlayReady Issues After Fresh install of Windows 10

Last post by jerryrigit « Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:49 am
Posted in Windows 10 Media Center
Replies: 9
by WINDOWSMCEIT » Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:24 am » in Windows 10 Media Center

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Hello everyone,

I am running a fresh install of WINDOWS 10 PRO X64 with WINDOWS MCE 8.9.0 and Playready 1.3.10 (Manually installed). The problem I am having is whenever i am prompted to update PLAYREADY it says it cannot connect
to the internet. Even though I have tried to turn off the WINDOWS...

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I guess I should note... if you are using WMC in Win10 for OTA, you don't need PlayReady at all. PlayReady is only for CableCARD users in the USA, and then you can only use CableCARDs on Win10 1511 or older.

OMG! This thread just resolved an issue I was having with random delayed start (0-50...

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Last post by jerryrigit
Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:49 am
WMC 8.9.1 Installation MSI Released

Last post by garyan2 « Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:48 pm
Posted in Windows 10 Media Center
Replies: 1
by garyan2 » Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:23 am » in Windows 10 Media Center

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I just released version 8.9.1 of the WMC installer for Win8.1/10/11. This version is based on both 8.8.5 and v13 by @technodevotee to perhaps give a better experience along with a couple fixes needed that I didn't know about until earlier this month.

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For the first 9 folks that downloaded the new msi, if you get a warning that it couldn't register a dll, just click continue. I've updated the msi to remove that message.

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Last post by garyan2
Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:48 pm
Stuck in 4:3 aspect. Can't get back to 16:9

Last post by Mugsy « Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:25 am
Posted in Windows 10 Media Center

by Mugsy » Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:25 am » in Windows 10 Media Center

I have a widescreen monitor with pivoting stand. While in pivot/portrait mode, I opened the WMC Guide and the window resized to fit the new screen width.

Back in normal Widescreen (landscape) mode, WMC is stuck in a 4 : 3 window. Resizing by width also resizes by height so it remains stuck in 4 :...

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Last post by Mugsy
Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:25 am
WMC is not detecting all OTA channels

Last post by Space « Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:12 am
Posted in Windows 7 Media Center
Replies: 2
by JanSiegrist » Thu Jan 26, 2023 7:07 am » in Windows 7 Media Center

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Greetings everyone
I recently installed a new HDHomeRun 4K Flex - network OTA 4 channel tuner. When I detect channels on my Win7 machine all of the channels are not detected. In particular channel 12.1, thru 12.4, and 64.1 thru 64.4. These are VHF HI channels on RF channel 12 (CBS). In the HDHR...

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This is correct, digital VHF channels did not exist at the time WMC development stopped, so no scanning of VHF in WMC. Fortunately it allows you to enter them manually.

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Last post by Space
Thu Jan 26, 2023 9:12 am
FiOS signal dropped precipitously

Last post by Joram « Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:29 am
Posted in Windows 7 Media Center
Replies: 3
by Joram » Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:00 am » in Windows 7 Media Center

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My wife was reporting a strange smell coming from the area in the family room where the TV equipment lives (TV set, 7MC PC, external HDDs, Blu-ray player). As it had been a while since the last dusting of the PC's insides, I disconnected it, opened the case, blew out the accumulated dust, and then...

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UPDATE 3 DAYS LATER: Absolutely everything is working fine now. Turns out that the warning about needing to activate the CableCARD had to do with the fact that we couldn't tune to any of the HBO channels, for whatever reason. A follow-up call to tech support (with a human being this time) took care...

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Last post by Joram
Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:29 am
Wow it's getting really quiet in TGB

Last post by Mpgrimm2 « Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:02 am
Posted in The Green Button Lounge
Replies: 31
by HTBruceM » Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:40 pm » in The Green Button Lounge
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Really sad actually.

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Sadly after moving to a different state, ditching cable for OTA and then finally not being willing to shoehorn WMC into windows 10, I ditched my WMC while home system and went Roku with a table quad OTA DVR.

I still think WMC was the best thing out there... But streaming services & YouTube TV, etc...
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Last post by Mpgrimm2
Thu Jan 26, 2023 5:02 am

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