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WMC with HDHomerun Prime won't work on SOME channels
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McGary » Fri Jun 17, 2022 6:07 am
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Trying to help a friend with a VERY weird problem.
WMC was working fine until a year or so ago, but suddenly developed a very strange issue that I could not help him resolve remotely. I'm now visiting him for a couple days, and thought I'd see if I could get any better results in person. No joy so...
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See if the encoding is MPEG3 or something else? This is on the last page of the 411 (i)nfo page.
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Last post by Space
Sat Jun 18, 2022 2:57 am
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Having video stuttering issues
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bros » Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:14 pm
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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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Never mind - I fixed it. Thermal paste needed to be reapplied - CPU was overheating. Got a new heatsink w/ fan & tube of arctic silver.
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Last post by bros
Fri Jun 10, 2022 8:22 pm
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Getting the "no tv signal" error, but it records
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passinos » Wed Jun 14, 2017 2:23 am
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I have read about this before but I dont recall the fix. I have tried the weak signal.msi patch.
Was there a regedit to extend the time?
NO TV SIGNAL
There was no TV signal on channel X so {show name} could not be recorded. Reschedule the recording after verifying the TV signal is working for that...
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Ah yes, if you are not allocating specific tuners to each WMC then you will always get tuner conflicts like this, perhaps that is what byronomo is talking about (and not about using a tuning adapter and getting timeouts). In this case increasing the timeout would do nothing to help, as the reason...
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Last post by byronomo
Fri Jun 10, 2022 3:24 am
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Duplicate Recorded TV listings per each WTV file
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LeonMc » Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:08 pm
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Hi All,
Last week I imaged my C: drive to get more space. Then I migrated all my media files from 4 HDs down to one new 8TB HD. So now I have a C: and M: drive only. I don't use the C: for any media or TV recordings. But now when I go into the TV Recordings on my MCE, I see two listings for every...
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Another thing that can cause symptoms that APPEAR to be duplicate files is the following scenario:
Recordings are moved to a NAS (Synology in my case) and accessed from client PC(s). When you delete a recorded program, it re-appears and you have to delete it again.
This is caused by having...
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Last post by byronomo
Wed Jun 08, 2022 5:04 pm
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More Playready DRM problems
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eclas » Sun May 29, 2022 3:59 pm
EDIT: Disregard below. The overide drm fixed it
I've searched and tried many many tips here in GB to no avail.
I had a system die but the c drive was fine. I put that drive in a new system and of course it broke playready and drm.
I was wondering if anyone could walk me thru a few steps that...
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Last post by eclas
Sun May 29, 2022 3:59 pm
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Win7 March system update killed WMC/mce
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prsa01 » Wed Mar 09, 2022 4:00 pm
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For the first time a monthly system update undid' my WMC setup. I am not live yet on win10 so hav not seen firsthand what updates do to it but am assuming this is similar. Launching WMC after the update brings an initial install/config screen.
For now I restored the checkpoint and all seems...
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Thanks for your patience and help.
I found this for permissions:
All Application Packages: Read
Creator/ owner: Special
System: Full Read, Special
Administrators: Full, read, special
Users: Read
Interactive: Read
at first blush this looks like what I want to see. I'll reboot the system and see if...
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Last post by Toaster4000
Sat May 28, 2022 9:31 pm
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DisplayPort HDCP
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catomaior » Thu May 26, 2022 5:07 pm
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Has the problem ever been solved?
Now DisplayPort is HDCP compliant per the spec, it is just that no one modified WMC. Is there any Hack or registry voodoo to get it done? I have no HDMI port and am stuck at this point
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Problem solved with a DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor from Amazon (8$).
This was a complete rebuild of my ancient rig from 2012. I used a 200$ Lenovo M93p tiny from EBay, downgraded to Windows 7 ultimate. The tuner is a Ceton InfiniTV 6.
The i7 is doing a lot better than the Core Duo of the previous...
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Last post by catomaior
Fri May 27, 2022 6:16 am
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How to re-install Win7 and WMC
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a440guy » Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:04 pm
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I need to re-install Windows 7 on my HTPC. What do I need to do so that when I re-install WMC I can get everything back the way it was? (I'm using EPG123 for program guide).
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USING CABLECARD
My initial shortcuts after reinstallation involved using:
and
windows6.1-kb3125574-v4-x64_2dafb1d203c8964239af3048b5dd4b1264cd93b9.msu
To reinstall Windows 7 and get WMC running on a new box using cablecard: PLAYREADY is a must!
cablecard via Comcast (Xfinity). When these...
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Last post by lostgreycells
Thu May 26, 2022 5:03 pm
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WMC Recorded TV Schedule gone "wonky"
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sgbroimp » Tue May 24, 2022 3:46 pm
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Sunday night, like many, I experienced an EPG123 SD failure related to SD itself. At the exact same time I was setting up a manual recording, apparently. EPG 123's/SD guide is now back, but the Scheduled Programs area is not right as when I go to a scheduled show and select Do Not Record or do much...
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As of this evening all seems to be back to normal as I was able to run the functions with no freeze ups. Hope I did not waste anyone's time.
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Last post by sgbroimp
Wed May 25, 2022 12:12 am
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Getting a video to repeat play
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mercalia » Thu May 19, 2022 11:24 am
Is there any way to do this maybe a registry key? I know if you use an external player like VLC you can do it that way. Not what what I am looking for
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Last post by mercalia
Thu May 19, 2022 11:24 am
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Sticking with Win7 WMC
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Kimifelipe » Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:16 am
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Hi all,
Not exactly the most active poster here, but i thought i'd chime in with my point of view.
We seem like early adopters that bought betamax, but i really like WMC. it is a great interface - maybe the latest thing out there is now better but i had fios and direct tv boxes, and used the...
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You left out the most important positive point of all:
- If any of your cable channels are flagged as copy once, then your only other option is Tivo because only Microsoft paid fees to Cable Labs of America in connection with DRM.
Of course most of the world's TV viewers are getting by with...
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Last post by mercalia
Thu May 19, 2022 11:20 am
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Question on a folder
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Rickt1962 » Sun May 15, 2022 11:32 am
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Having 2 weird problems
Using HDhomerun cable and WIndows 7 Pro which MCEbuddy scans the shows and uploads them to my Home server WD Mycloud with 3 additional 8 tb drives plugged into WD with USB.
1 - Lately on my Recorded TV folder on D: there is a folder called TempSBE with files in it :...
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The TempSBE folder is related to live TV viewing, you will see files deleted and created here while viewing live TV. I'm not sure if these files are ever completely deleted all at the same time, as they seem to stick around even after I am no longer watching live TV. There may be more information...
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Last post by Rickt1962
Wed May 18, 2022 1:25 am
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Strange guide issue
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eclas » Thu May 12, 2022 4:48 pm
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I'm setting up a new Windows 7 system and everything's working pretty good except for some reason there's one channel that won't show up in Windows Media center. When looking at the client configuration of epg 123 the Channel shows up on both sides correctly however when I go in to Windows Media...
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Ok! That did correct it. Thank you very much!
Now if I could get the ff and fast rewind working correctly I'd have the system working perfectly. The skip forward and back modifications work fine.
I have 3 separate WMC computers and only one of them does it right. Yes the registry entries are the...
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Last post by eclas
Mon May 16, 2022 11:38 am
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Win 7 WMC automatically moving recordings to NAS
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byronomo » Tue May 10, 2022 12:57 pm
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Can anyone recommend an EASY way to automatically move recordings from 8 client PCs on my LAN to my Synology NAS (on the same LAN)?
Windows Home Server used to do this, but since moving to Synology I have not been able to find a way to replicate this functionality (move each recording as soon as...
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I'm curious--why 8 client PCs? How are they configured? Is cableCARD involved?
Pardon me for asking, but I simply record directly to the NAS--not with WMC, but with Plex and Silicon Dust tuners. I'm curious how your setup doesn't lend itself to that.
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Last post by adam1991
Sat May 14, 2022 9:48 pm
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Loose free sat-channel after "update" middle of April
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rogerpp » Wed May 11, 2022 7:14 am
Hi There
use epg123 and schedule direkt (list A1 TV for Austria, Sat Astra 19.2 E) on 2 laptops with W7 and 2 receivers, so far so well
one of them Master and Client, on the other only client version, always updated newest data by stick, works well
middle of April - dont know the exact date -...
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Last post by rogerpp
Wed May 11, 2022 7:14 am
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Fast Forward and Playback issues
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mrfengsheng » Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:04 pm
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I have two issues I have been trying to fix, hopefully you guys can help me. I just had to switch from XBMC to WMC because I want to watch my ripped blurays and record tv (Infinitv4), and although I am missing XBMC, i know WMC is my only option if I want 1 program to manage both.
1. When fast...
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I have a win 8.1 system that works just as you describe. I also have a win7 pro machine that I can't get to fast forward or reverse. I tried all your tips but to no avail.
I was able to get the skip forward and backward working the way I want but can't seem to get the fast forward working.
I added...
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Last post by eclas
Tue May 10, 2022 11:55 pm
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Green screen?
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dshorrosh » Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:19 am
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Like almost everyone else, when I'm done watching TV I go 'back' to the main menu and leave WMC running when I turn off the TV. Occasionally, I have a solid green screen when I turn the TV back on, no cursor or anything.
I can press 'enter' and the screen comes back, displaying the channel guide....
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Like almost everyone else, when I'm done watching TV I go 'back' to the main menu and leave WMC running when I turn off the TV. Occasionally, I have a solid green screen when I turn the TV back on, no cursor or anything.
I can press 'enter' and the screen comes back, displaying the channel guide....
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Last post by byronomo
Tue May 10, 2022 6:57 pm
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Black screen, No audio/video Win7
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passinos » Thu Apr 07, 2022 2:07 pm
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Running 2 Cablecard tri-tuners for years. last night at 9pm screens went black.
Comcast.
2 Win7 MCE detect and see tuners but No sounds or Video in HDhomerun App or MCE.
1 Win10 using HDHomeapp App works fine.
is there some new DRM issue in Win7 preventing HDHomerun App/MCE?
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There is a known intel bug on copy protected h.264 streams If your video is intel chip based you may be hitting that problem:
Edit: I see by your profine your video is Intel based. You are probably hitting that problem. Try a non-Intel based video card.
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Last post by stuartm
Tue May 10, 2022 6:37 pm
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Issues with using NAS for recorded TV
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ahwman » Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:04 am
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Currently my recorded TV is saved on an internal HD. I am considering moving my recorded TV using Robocopy to my NAS (Apple Time Capsule 2TB). However, after doing some testing and manually moving over some recorded content to my Time Capsule, then adding that location to WMC Media Libraries, I've...
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I think ehsched.exe process is the one.
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Last post by grittree
Mon May 09, 2022 2:53 pm
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SD or WMC or EPG123 (Morning Joe and the extra hour added)
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Randyored » Tue Apr 26, 2022 2:00 pm
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So, after the kill update, I had to wipe and reinstall win7 and setup from scratch. Took a day, but I got it running.
Then a few weeks later, Morning expanded to 4 hours. BUT, they added it by creating a new 1 hr time slot. They didn't expand the original 3 hr slot, they added another 1 hr slot!...
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Yes, but that does not explain what Advanced Record is. It is a trick you can use to create TWO (or more) Series for the exact same series. Each Series needs to be set to a different Airtime , and they will both show up in the Series list, with those Airtimes displayed.
I've only ever used it once...
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Last post by Space
Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:06 am
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Time to move on
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Indymil » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:53 pm
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I was a faithful user of Windows Media Center for 10 + years. That being said, it is time to move on. For the past 6+ months I have been using Channels DVR and HD Homerun DVR. I prefer the Channels DVR ... guide/recording is much better. I have multiple Apple TV devices which I use. It is very...
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VERY much appreciate the in-depth answer!
I have some reading to do ;-)
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Last post by prsa01
Wed Apr 13, 2022 8:01 pm
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I tried Windows 7 and here is what worked for me.
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cyberdoc999 » Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:50 am
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I've been working on this for about 3 months!
I tried different versions of Windows 10 and the latest Windows 7
here's what worked for me. I had to install Windows 10 version 1511
(and block all updates)
do a search for Windows 10 version 1511
now everything works perfectly and I can record any...
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I moved from Windows 7, I had issues but, it was due to me modifying system files to get WMC to work the way I wanted it to, most of the issues I fixed are in Windows 8. I tried to play with Windows 10 for a while, I did get everything up and running but, when it comes down to, your on a Windows 10...
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Last post by DavidinCT
Sun Apr 10, 2022 10:30 pm
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Fresh Install issues - says it is not digital cable ready
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bros » Tue Apr 05, 2022 6:07 pm
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So I am doing a fresh install of Windows 7 and Media Center - I am trying to set it up and I installed Play Ready and Digital Cable Advisor (both 64-bit, since the OS is 64 bit) from and I am getting
Digital Tuner Setup
Your computer is not digital cable ready. You will not be able to set it up...
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Did you run DCA within WMC prior to TV Setup?
Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
.......nope, I actually totally forgot to run it again
I somehow do this every single time I set up a WMC box. I'll try it tonight. Thanks :D
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Last post by bros
Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:49 pm
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The Maxifier utility - Adjusting maxified screen size?
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CZ Eddie » Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:50 pm
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Anyone know if I can get The Maxifier to squeeze the image?
I have been able to get it to maximize the screen but it's zoomed in too much.
I lose information on the top and bottom as you can see in the first screenshot.
Maxifier Normal.jpg
I am able to use Maxifier to move the screen upwards a...
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You may not have selected Television when you Setup Display in WMC, you can read about this here . Television is the only setting that does not cause WMC to cut off the edges of the video.
Wish I'd seen this post months ago.
I had been setting up WMC for Projector instead of Television .
Who...
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Last post by CZ Eddie
Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:06 pm
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WMC guide says No data available
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artboat » Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:21 pm
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My WMC with epg123 has worked great for a couple of years, but due to a problem with the cable provider, I had to re-run the TV setup. After this, the guide will not show any data. We have two PCs, and this has happened to both. Some setting has changed somewhere, but I don't have a clue how to...
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I stumbled into the solution. When I opened the EPG123 client guide tool, and then tried to exit, it prompted me something about no channels matching, and to do the Match by # . I did this and things are now magically working.
Many thanks to anyone who started to address this problem and I hope...
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Last post by artboat
Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:40 pm
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