Discussion of getting WMC to work on Windows 10 (unsupported)
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Welcome to the new TGB.tv Server
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holidayboy » Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:50 am
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Hi everybody.
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Much more betterer. Thanks. :thumbup:
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Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:03 pm
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Server and forum upgrades - July 2020
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holidayboy » Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:36 am
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Hi all,
After talking to our current hosts, a few upgrades are required in order to (hopefully) keep the site working well. :|
We're running on a server OS that is nearing end of support and there is also a newer version of phpbb that we'd benefit from as well.
It means that I'll have to take a...
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I thought the only things holiday boy's did were to take holiday's
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Last post by KarterJK
Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:10 pm
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What is WMC V13 and where do I find it?
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Mtdog » Wed Aug 05, 2020 9:55 pm
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In it's eternal sniping at WMC users, Windows 10 has disabled WMC on my PC while doing an update to Windows 10 2004. There is apparently a possible fix by restoring some DLL's but the tool is part of an install kit for what was referred to as WMC V13. Is this correct? Where do I get it? Thanks,...
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Microsoft removed MSSQLLite in later versions of Windows 10.
WMC relies on that so you need to reinstate it. It is true that a tool to do it is included with V13 but the tool is also available for use with other installers.
You can download it from my website (in my signature).
Thank you for...
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Last post by CZ Eddie
Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:54 pm
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Launching WMC 8.8.1 and nothing happens
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Mugsy » Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:34 pm
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I just installed a new MoBo with fresh install of 64bit Win10 Pro to an M.2 boot drive.
I tried installing WMC 8.8.1. Appeared to install fine with no error. WMC icon added to desktop.
Launch WMC from icon, nothing happens. Even tried running as Admin. Nothing. Not even a window opening &...
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If I had to guess, the drive/folder denial probably has something to do with this new PC using a UEFI bios and the files/folders were created on an old Win7 PC.
But as for why TV playback was unwatchable when I was using a clean install of v2004 to an M.2 (regardless of where the Record Buffer is...
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Last post by Mugsy
Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:34 pm
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Playback issues
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alect71 » Sat Apr 18, 2020 10:59 am
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I have Win10 MC running. Recently we've started having a playback issue of downloaded/copied video files - when playing the file it plays fine but at random points in the video it blacks out for 0.5-1 sec (vo video and no audio) and then starts playing again. This seems to happen randomly (ie not...
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An update (for those who may experience something similar).
I proceeded to download and install alternative HTPC applications.
I then thought I would try one last thing and update the graphics/NVidia drivers - because I had started to see the same blackouts on WMC native format as well as live tv...
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Last post by alect71
Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:59 pm
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Recordings stuck at start / Standby Problems
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MoLE » Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:46 am
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Hello together,
I have installed a Win 10 Home with WMC last year. The Win 10 build was an insider build. Some days ago, the message about the expiring date 30.07.2020 comes up. So I tried the update to build 2004 and after the, I reinstalled WMC and after running the WMC tool box it runs fine.
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Thanks for you answer @technodevotee
I tried to solve the first issue by using the option 9 from the WMC multi tool, followed by a reboot. It is unfortunately not fixed. Subjective I mean, the time from pressing the start button to start playing is a little bit shorter. But with this I can live......
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Last post by MoLE
Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:47 am
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WMC freezing on live TV
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caliskier » Sat Jul 25, 2020 11:08 pm
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Hello,
I have WMC on Windows 10 and I have been having an issue where it freezes randomly when you change the channel. It will let me change the channel a few times but within a min or so it freezes. If I just bring it up and have it on the channel I start with it seems to be stable. EDIT: This...
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This seams to have fixed it. Thanks IT Troll.
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Last post by caliskier
Sun Jul 26, 2020 1:26 am
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Windows Media Player had background noise but no voices
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psilversmith » Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:16 am
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For high-quality video files (multiple audio channels), WMP playback has background noise and music, but no voices. In VLC (which had the same issue) I corrected the problem by changing output from original to stereo . I can find no similar configuration in WMP - but I need WMP to run another 3rd...
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Well, it's just that these forums are for Windows Media Center so you might be better off asking your question somewhere else.
I don't use Windows Media Player (or Windows Media Center) for playing videos myself so I'm not really the right person to help you.
I do know you can select the audio...
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Last post by technodevotee
Mon Jul 20, 2020 4:52 pm
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Choppy video in live tv
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tomato33 » Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:05 pm
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Hello. I have set up from technodevotee.co.uk the 64 bit WMC under w10 x64 2004.
Everything is working fine, but when i watch live tv the video is getting repeatedly pixels, and color stripes like when you have poor connection with the tuner and antenna. But in other program it works fine in...
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FYI: Getting a 404 on the Shark007 Standard download links on Major Geeks.
It has been fixed. Thanks for the report!
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Last post by Shark007
Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:48 am
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WMC on Build 2004 (May 2020 Update)
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marcop » Sun May 31, 2020 8:54 am
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Hi Guys.
I couldn't help myself and I took a chance and installed Windows 2004 and it broke my Media Centre. Not surprised.
However after completely uninstalling and reinstalling a couple of times I still can't get it working.
I've tried installing both V8.84 and V13 without any success.
Has...
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As a programmer at the University of Bolton
I reinstalled May 2020 Windows 10 with all updates and drivers.
i used WMC-V13_x64.zip to install Windows Media Center.
The only difference I use on 2004 edition of Windows was this:-
I used wmc_multi_tool and selected 1 - 6 and B to restore the...
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Last post by technodevotee
Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:45 pm
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HD Channels
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tripstation » Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:18 pm
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HI,
When I try to watch an HD channel I get no signal.
I have a HD Hauppage Sat card and it works with WinTV.
This is the message I get.
No TV Signal.
There is currently no TV signal detected for this channel. The channel may be temporarily off
air or you may need to adjust or reconnect your TV...
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By coincidence, the registry information I posted in is the one for the transponder that carries, among others, BBC1 HD.
viz:
unique_key = 28.2E ASTRA 2, EUROBIRD 1
symbol_rate =dword:015ef3c0
modulation =dword:0000001b
fec_inner =dword:00000003
polarization =dword:00000002
pilot...
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Last post by technodevotee
Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:45 pm
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Reinstalling WMC on Win10
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alect71 » Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:15 pm
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Is there a guide somewhere I can follow including what to backup etc? I don't need to backup EPG as I have IceTV subscription EPG service.
I can't find my original link or files from I originally installed it on Win10.
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Huge thank you.
After Windows installed the latest update minutes ago, WMC stopped working. Attempting to open ehome.exe did absolutely nothing. :(
My uninstaller software (Revo) could find nothing to uninstall, so I could not reinstall WMC.
Your upload contained the necessary files to uninstall...
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Last post by technodevotee
Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:14 pm
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Windows 10 - new install
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CrazyKZ » Tue May 05, 2020 1:27 am
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I had my system running well on an OLD Windows 8 box, but it died. Then I put WMC on a Windows 7 laptop but the OS was corrupt and couldn't even reboot. I had someone reformat the drive and put Windows 10 on it and install WMC. It now has version 1909 build 18363.815. I'm having all kinds of...
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Welcome @Sally667
Yes it does but we were discussing installing and maintaining Windows Media Center on Windows 10.
Sally was a spam bot/troll and was nuked. ;)
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Last post by Scallica
Mon Jun 22, 2020 11:02 am
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WMC Crash on Playback
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ejvoetberg » Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:31 pm
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I've built a Win10 machine and have WMC installed and running. I'm using a dual Hauppauge tuner connected to an OTA HD antenna. I get guide data via EPG123 and everything works pretty well. I can set recordings and they get stored fine on the local drive. My problem is that when I try to play a...
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Unfortunately, Microsoft Changed something in Windows and no one has found a fix for the problem, which is caused when WMC tries to download Media Metadata and currently, the only way round it is to disable it in Automatic Download Options.
Its pretty awesome and cool.
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Last post by juiksle
Sun Jun 21, 2020 2:06 pm
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Repeating TV signal
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layth » Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:34 pm
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Hi. I have been using the latest update of win 10 of WMC on a 1903 build ( which I have been able to keep with the net metering trick ) . I only use for OTA viewing but when I open to watch TV the video stream repeats until it crashes. I have been able to fix this by using my receiver remote to...
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There are two common causes of this.
One is having 'Settings>Visual Sound Effects>Play sounds when navigating Windows Media Center' enabled.
The other is having Windows speaker settings AND Windows Media Center speaker settings both set the same, I.E., both set to 5.1. The traditional workaround...
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Last post by technodevotee
Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:04 pm
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Recorded TV format
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twegner » Sun Jun 14, 2020 5:15 pm
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This isn't a Windows 10 issue, but I don't see a better place to put it. This should be obvious, but I have explored the settings and can't find it.
Normally, when you click recorded tv and and have selected sorting by date, there is a linear list of recorded shows with the newest on the left, and...
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Note that the equivalent of right click with an IR remote is the (i)nfo button.
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Last post by Space
Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:16 pm
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Updated version of 'One Shot' WMC tool Roll_Back_DLLs
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technodevotee » Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:57 am
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Due to the increasing number of people experiencing issues with WMC because MSSQLLite has been removed in later builds of Windows 10, I have updated my 'One Shot' standalone WMC tool called Roll_Back_DLLs so that, in addition to the previous functions, it reinstates the missing DLLs and registry...
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Embarrassingly, there was also a typo in fix_thumbnails and that didn't work properly either so you would need to download that again as well if you need it. :oops:
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Last post by technodevotee
Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:17 am
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WMC, STB, IR Blaster - my first try (unsuccesfull :()
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Speedy » Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:47 pm
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Today I try first time to connect WMC with cable TV set top box, but unfortunately without success. Probably I don’t fully understand how to do it. Maybe someone could help me?
My hardware is:
- TV Tuner: Hauppauge HVR-2200 (Internal, PCI-e, version without IR mini-jack socket)
- IR Blaster:...
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Last post by Speedy
Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:47 pm
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Any success with Windows 10 1909?
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twegner » Thu Nov 14, 2019 6:34 pm
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I have been happily using Windows Media Center with EPG123 on Windows 10 1903 for a few months, after using WMC on Windows 7 for many years. I do understand that Windows update can mess up WMC on Windows 10. However I am a fanatic about backups and could easily recover if I screwed things up (he...
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Is this any help?
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Last post by technodevotee
Sun May 31, 2020 6:09 am
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TV recordings play for awhile then freeze randomly
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caliskier » Tue May 12, 2020 4:31 am
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I have a windows 10 build tha runs fine except tv recordings will randomly freeze for a few minutes and then slowly come back the after a few minutes, then freeze again. Any idea what causes this? 4tb western Digital purple disk drive
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I just removed a PCIe peripheral that I recently installed in the 1x (I think that is what it’s called) slot that I think corespondents to that SATA port. Seams to have fixed it
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Last post by caliskier
Mon May 25, 2020 3:58 pm
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Digital out thru HDMI Windows 10
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gregcra » Tue May 12, 2020 8:29 pm
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Hi - this is more a windows 10 question I think. I recently change my HTPC from running windows 7 to running windows 10 (home). I've gotten thru most of the issues of getting WMC running, and running with my HDhomerun. However, I still don't have the sound running correctly. My configuration is:
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I've just read your initial post again and noticed this:
Also, i've seen the following statement:
One other important finding- the boxes under Exclusive Mode on the Advanced properties tab need to be checked in order to get DD to the receiver.
I hope this is not true because it took me a few...
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Last post by technodevotee
Thu May 14, 2020 7:33 am
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Windows10 1909 - WMC8.84 - HDHR3CC
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jppl2000 » Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:57 pm
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Here I am, so close. HDHomerun setup sees the cable card. I can even double click a channel number and the live tv appears in a new windows media player window. But when I run WMC tv signal setup, no tuner is found. Does anyone know what the next tweak is to get this up and running? I turned off...
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When I was on win 10 1511, I disabled the Windows update service and all of that. But what I think really stopped the updates was to not allow updates or automatic downloads over a metered connection. I then found a registry hack that I think is only in early versions of windows ten that let me set...
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Last post by jachin99
Wed May 06, 2020 10:47 pm
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Can't search for TV Programs
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waneo » Sun May 03, 2020 2:11 am
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Hi, is there a version released which allows you to search for a TV program?
I have Version 8.8.4 on my Win 10 system.
Looking for some help on this topic please..
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Yeah, it affected 1903 and 1909 (search stopped working on all of mine for a week or so) but I just found out that it was actually back in February and there have been loads of Windows Updates since then so as long as you are up to date, it probably isn't connected to that.
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Last post by technodevotee
Mon May 04, 2020 6:21 am
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After 'replace.dlls' mute button does not work
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gregcra » Sun Apr 26, 2020 4:05 pm
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Hi - this is aimed at Technodevotee. First - thanks for everything you've done. I recently upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10 and am using your files to get WMC working on windows 10. So I have the basic setup working. I had 'tuner conflict' so I ran your replace.dll. This fixed that problem but...
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Thanks for posting the resolution.
Glad you got it working.
That might explain why I've never come across the problem. It's been at least 5 years since I actually used Windows 7 and I've certainly never upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10.
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Last post by technodevotee
Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:59 pm
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Decoder Error
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Soor » Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:20 pm
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I installed WMC onto a clone of Windows 7, then upgraded to Windows 10 using WMC64.and then installed EPG123. When I attempt to play a recording from my previous Windows 7 WMC, I get:
Decoder Error. The video decoder is not working, it is not installed, or is not supported. Try installing the...
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Did you check to see if the folders I mention have been removed?
What version of WMC did you last have installed and what is in its installer folder?
it should contain one folder named bin and ten files.
Did you remove anything in the installer folder?
What happens if you run _testrights.cmd -...
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Last post by kelsien
Fri Apr 24, 2020 1:09 pm
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Help me understand SiliconDust's app
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KarterJK » Thu Mar 12, 2020 6:39 am
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What I don't understand is how Silicondust's Windows 10 app can detect and use tuners and allow recording/playing of protected channels, but some routine can't be piggy backed onto WMC. I am certain they would share their methodology.
I am not a programmer, but it appears there is some good talent...
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What I don't understand is how Silicondust's Windows 10 app can detect and use tuners and allow recording/playing of protected channels, but some routine can't be piggy backed onto WMC. I am certain they would share their methodology.
I am not a programmer, but it appears there is some good talent...
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Last post by jekslein
Mon Apr 20, 2020 1:48 pm
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Past time to move to Win10
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nanat » Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:55 pm
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We are still running WMC on a PC with Win7 - OTA TV, 4 tuner cards. That about all this PC currently does - run WMC! Works great but know that at some point we are going to have to upgrade to Win10. So question to the group is how to best do that and not lose WMC. Or what to use in its place to...
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I've tried tweaking comskip and no way is it reliable enough to cut commercials.
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Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:28 pm
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