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Windows Media Center is a Home Theater program that comes with most versions of Windows Vista and 7.

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No media listed on external devices after enabling DLNA on Windows 10

I have an old Windows 10 laptop which im using to hold my music library. All the music is stored on an external drive connected to the laptop. I right click the Music folder under Documents and move ...
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Virtualize WIndows 7 for Windows Media Center and other Linux containers

Currently, I have Windows 7 as the host OS on an Intel Core i5-6500 with the sole purpose of running Windows Media Center using an HDHomeRun Prime for cable TV and Handbrake converted DVDs. Long story ...
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Is there a way to bulk-extract TV programme-descriptions, from WMC .WTV files?

I record quite a lot of radio and TV programmes off Windows Media Center and, using Karen's Powertools Directory Printer, list them off Win Explorer into a .txt file (and subsequently into a ...
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How can I remove, from Windows Media Center (WIN7), a manually-set and daily-repeating program?

While it's easy to unset a normally-programmed recording in WMC (right click on the listing and choose "Do Not Record"), it's not so easy if it's been set up manually (e.g. when the program ...
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Has anyone else in the UK noticed WMC EPG information being retired by Microsoft in early May 2021?

UPDATE (Later same day) Surprised (and a little embarrassed) to find my WMC guided data repopulating later in the day, in spite of the convincing MS-service cessation message, and a morning spent ...
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Windows Media Center won't reset display to Letterbox aspect ratio

I have long had WMC under WIN7, which I use to set & record off-air broadcasts using the standard WMC input/dialog box, in letterbox format (I don't play programmes on the PC). After solving some ...
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eHome (Media Center) remote control not working in Windows 10

I'm using Windows 10 (OEM, cleanly installed), and trying to get my old Windows Media Center remote control to work (at least for volume, play, pause, next track, etc.) The infrared receiver is ...
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Windows Media Center stopped working after replacing motherboard

The motherboard on my Dell 9100 Studio XPS finally died, I ended up buying a used 9100 motherboard online. I swapped out the boards and fired it up without any problems. All of my programs launch ...
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How can I preserve my scheduled series when moving from the MS/Rovi guide to EPG123?

Like many others, I've recently been having issues with the guide data failing to update in Windows Media Center. So it looks like I'll have to bite the bullet and move to EPG123 and Schedules Direct. ...
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Windows 7 Power Outage: WMC Graceful Blind Shutdown

Problem: Can't shutdown Win7 (blind TV monitor) after power outage while on UPS because WMC won't auto shutdown without mouse clicks on Win7 shutdown screen. How can I shutdown Win7 without putting ...
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Connecting an Xbox to computer in another state using an intermediary?

I have traveled to a different state and want to connect an Xbox down here to a Win7 machine back in my home state for the purposes of being a Windows Media Center Extender. Normally, this is limited ...
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Move a valid Windows 8.1 license to a valid Windows 7 machine?

I have two computers. One is an older computer has been running Windows 7 Home with Media Center for years. But now there are issues with Media Center on that computer. Also, this computer no ...
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What will happen to the users who installed the ProWMC package?

I am using a windows 8.1 computer and have installed the Media Center Pack. However, Microsoft has discontinued Windows Media Center in Windows 10 and the upgrade key was changed with my license. So ...
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How do I remove the default program associated with an .exe in Windows 7?

Something really strange happened about 10 minutes ago. I tried to open a file named pdfsam.exe and instead of running it, Windows 7 asked me to choose a program to open the file with. Without ...
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Shortcut directly to Windows Media Center Netflix plugin

How would I create shortcut that, when executed, would launch Windows Media Center and immediately open the Netflix plugin? The idea would be to then link that to another application, or an external ...
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Autohotkey key sequence not detected (win-alt-enter) '#' and '!' getting ignored

I am trying to remap the MCE remote green button that sends win-alt-enter (confirmed same LWin, LAlt, and Enter being sent) to just the windows key (LWin is fine). I found #!Enter:: on several forums ...
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Removing Netflix From WMC8 And Adding Online Libraries?

I just installed Media Center on my 8.1 Pro laptop earlier and I am trying to figure a few things out. I looked for a good online guide to MC but I couldn't find one... First question, how do I get ...
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Install ONLY Media Center On 8.1 Laptop With 8.1 Pro ISO?

I have a Dell laptop that came with Windows 8.1. (I guess it's not an "update" since it came with 8.1 out of the box.) I just purchase a legitimate version of Windows 8.1 Pro (student) edition from ...
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Windows media center Extender Error

I recently brought a new computer and when i try to link my Xbox 360 to my external hard drive using windows media centers extender option (what everyone uses) but i get this error after 2 steps and ...
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Windows Media Center/Windows Media Player CPU usage high for some users, others are fine

Two user accounts on a Windows 8.1 HTPC with a Core i5 cpu, both ordinary user accounts, no elevated privileges. One is fine, but the other account will spike CPU to 80% to cause core temp to get very ...
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Netflix Windows Media Center Plugin Missing Windows 8.1

Due to various reasonings I upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro. I also purchased the Media Center addon from MS. On Windows 7 I had Netflix for Media Center, in Windows 8.1 I cannot seem to download/find ...
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Downgrade Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center to Windows 8.1 Pro

I built my own computer, and bought a copy of Windows 8 Pro about a year ago. Entered my product key and everything during setup, went smoothly. When Windows 8.1 came out I upgraded through the ...
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How do I play movies from the Google Play store in WMC?

I saw an ad indicating Game Of Thrones Season 4 is available on Google Play today. I have a Windows Media Centre based HTPC. Is there any way I can watch Google Play content from within WMC?
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How to Stop Windows Media Center remote from controlling XBox 360 *AND* XBMC?

I have an XBMC PC (Windows 7) setup to my TV, along with an XBox 360. As to be expected the remote control sends signals to both the Xbox and XBMC PC, which is problematic as I will sometimes go back ...
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Transferring .wtv files from Windows 8 Pro Media Center to OS X

Does anyone have a good way to do this using only OS X tools? That is, I have a Windows 8 Pro box that has 1 job and 1 job only, record TV shows from it's cableCARD onto its hard drive. The mac can ...
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Play WTV files on non-media center PC?

I have a Home Theater PC (HTPC) running Windows 7 Media Center. I'm using SiliconDust CableCard adapters to record programming like a DVR. Works great! I'd like to view some of the recorded programs (...
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Why does media centre remote power button shut down instead of sleeping?

I just upgraded my Elonex Artisan Media Centre from Vista to Windows 8 (with Media Centre pack). The upgrade went surprisingly smoothly, once I had added the old sound drivers, and forced Windows 8 ...
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WMC HTPC breaks down over time, reformat the disk and joy... for awhile

Trying to diagnose whats going on with my HTPC. It will run great for awhile and then over the course of a month it begins to bog down and eventually become unusable at which point I reinstall the OS ...
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Streaming Windows Media Center to Samsung Smart TV

I was wondering if there was any way in which I could stream shows that I have recorded with windows media center to my samsung smart tv without having to connect and xbox to it, I am very new to ...
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Is there a column in Windows Explorer for "Original Air Date?"

I want to sort the Windows Media Center Recorded TV folder wtv files by original air date in Windows Explorer. There are about 300 different columns to choose from, but none that I can tell ...
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Media library with variable availability [closed]

I have a collection of movies: A laptop might have a subset of these internally; the complete library might be available on a connected external disk. Various subsets might be available in the ...
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Windows 8.1 won't accept my Media Center Pack Product Key

I just installed Windows 8.1 Pro as an upgrade from an ISO torrent. I was able to activate my original Windows 8 key successfully. However, I tried to activate my Media Center Pack key that I ...
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How do I set up two digital TV tuners in windows media center?

I've been using Windows Media Center on Windows Home Premium for some time now with a single PCTV nanostick T2 and it works great to receive both standard and high def shows. I've just bought another ...
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How do I flag which recorded TV and media files I've watched?

I have a load of TV which my Windows 7 Home Premium Media Center has recorded and a load of series which I've ripped from my own DVD's. I constantly find myself having to go back and re-watch the ...
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How to get Win7 Windows Media Center reinstalled after uninstall

I made the mistake of uninstalling Windows Media Center, then changed my mind and tried to reinstall it. I've tried the standard procedure over 6 times: Go to Control Panel => Programs and Features,...
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Windows Media Center says "Searching for tuners" when I try to play live TV

After upgrading from Windows 8 Pro with Media Center to the 8.1 preview, I need some help in being able to watch live TV again. When I try to now, it says Please Wait. Searching for tuners. I tried ...
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How do I get Windows Media Center and Hyper-v running concurrently (on a windows 8 host OS)?

I have a AMD Radeon HD 3200 based motherboard which I have used as a media center for the last 3-4 years. I am using the on board graphics (driver version 8.970.100.0) and windows 8 x64 but also ...
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Windows explorer doesn't open on startup and cmd.exe opens instead

For 1 of 2 users, I get the cmd.exe window and my desktop background picture only. If I type explorer.exe at the prompt in the cmd window I get my desktop and I have to close the cmd window. I get a ...
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Windows 7 media center boot without password [duplicate]

I always access my Media center computer through remote desktop connection, thus the media center requires a password. Everytime I reboot the media center, it needs to enter a password to login. Is ...
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Preserve encryption identity/key moving Windows Media Center to new install of Windows 7

My computer is Windows 7 Home Premium x64 with Media Center and a pre-installed TV-Tuner card. I have a collection of movies and tv programs that I have recorded using Media Center. As I understand ...
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Changing Windows Media Center Screensaver

I've enabled the picture slideshow screensaver within Windows Media Center and all was good when I had an LCD TV. Now that I have plasma, I'm noticing some slight image retention where the white ...
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Access media/TV on a Windows Media Center PC from Ubuntu

Is it possible to access media/live or recorded TV on a PC running Win 7 shared via Windows Media Center from a Ubuntu machine (12.04)? I can access media stored to disk via the Workgroup shares but I ...
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Can I play Blu-ray movies from an external drive?

I have a media center behind my TV and a DVD drive in an external enclosure (connected via USB) where I can reach it. I'd like to put a Blu-ray drive in there instead, but I'm concerned that it won't ...
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Windows 7 Recorded TV Explorer Freezes

In my "Recorded TV" library, in which I store the movies that Windows Media Center record from my TV tuner card, I have about 400 movies (.dvr-ms and .wtv files), almost 2.4 TB of data. When I try to ...
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Windows 8 Pro with Media Center - Upgrade problems [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Media Center from Windows 8 Microsoft were recently giving away FREE serial keys to add Media Center to Windows 8 Pro, but I missed the boat. A friend offered to ...
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Is there Windows Media Center software of windows 7? [closed]

I am not sure if my question makes any sense, but I remember when I had Windows XP it came with Windows Media Center software. Does Windows 7 have Windows Media Center?
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Nesting Folders in Windows 7 for a Media Center

I have built a DVR comp using 2x 3TB HD's and and want my tuner card to be able to record movies and tv as long as I have space on either one of them, unfortunately Win 7 forced me to partition one of ...
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Blu Ray Stutter on Windows 8

When watching Blu-Ray films, every few minutes there will be a short stutter lasting about a second wherein the picture freezes before resynchronising with the audio. Sometimes this will happen every ...
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How to remove Media Center from Windows 8

I bought 2 Windows 8 upgrades, 1 for my PC and 1 for my notebook. I added Windows Media Center to my notebook using the free offer in November (side note: the key was emailed to me within 5 minutes, I ...
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Can I install Windows 8 Media Center Pack on multiple computers

I am upgrading multiple computers with Windows 8 upgrade. they have an option now to get the Windows 8 Media Center Pack for free. Do I need to get three separate keys, or will one suffice for all the ...
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