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WMC In Canada
IS MS ever likely to fix the problem with Windows Media Center using tv tuners in Canada. There's a hack makes it work for some pcs but not all. Rge guide is also messed up and non-fujnctional. I have a Hauppage tuner works fine on 2 of my pcs running Windows 7. On the other 4 WMC fails after scanning for channels. Hauppage's own software works fine but I don't like that they expect one to pay for basically an upgrade, no thank you. On the pcs it works on the tuner works as well as any tv. On one pc specifically it even records flawlessly using an SSD drive for storage, that's CC and all in HD. Makes my hardware dvd recorder obsolete. |
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IS MS ever likely to fix the problem with Windows Media Center using tv tuners in Canada. There's a hack makes it work for some pcs but not all. Rge guide is also messed up and non-fujnctional. I have a Hauppage tuner works fine on 2 of my pcs running Windows 7. On the other 4 WMC fails after scanning for channels. Hauppage's own software works fine but I don't like that they expect one to pay for basically an upgrade, no thank you. On the pcs it works on the tuner works as well as any tv. On one pc specifically it even records flawlessly using an SSD drive for storage, that's CC and all in HD. Makes my hardware dvd recorder obsolete. Yes, there's that little hack that makes the tuner visible as a digital tuner. For some reason, Windows Media Center in Canada only actuates the analog tuner. My tuner is a dual channel hybrid, having both NTSC and ATSC on each channel. The Windows Media Center laboriously scans NTSC (and since we no longer use NTSC in Canada, finds nothing), then the software ignores the digital side. And that's when you need that little script that's so hard to find. I can never remember the details when I need them :-/ I have as breadcrumbs he ATSCCanada_v2 EnableATSCandQAM.bat A folder called MXF with various guide files in it such as TorontoGuide.mxf. OK, this might be the page. Has a ZIP to download. https://pnear.wordpress.com/2009/07/...windows-7-rtm/ "Double-click on the file "EnableATSCandQAM.bat" which will insert some configuration information into the Media Center database that forces ATSC and QAM tuners to be recognized." I doubt Microsoft will be fixing anything now. We're in extended support, so only security updates... Paul |
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In article , lid says... pjp wrote: IS MS ever likely to fix the problem with Windows Media Center using tv tuners in Canada. There's a hack makes it work for some pcs but not all. Rge guide is also messed up and non-fujnctional. I have a Hauppage tuner works fine on 2 of my pcs running Windows 7. On the other 4 WMC fails after scanning for channels. Hauppage's own software works fine but I don't like that they expect one to pay for basically an upgrade, no thank you. On the pcs it works on the tuner works as well as any tv. On one pc specifically it even records flawlessly using an SSD drive for storage, that's CC and all in HD. Makes my hardware dvd recorder obsolete. Yes, there's that little hack that makes the tuner visible as a digital tuner. For some reason, Windows Media Center in Canada only actuates the analog tuner. My tuner is a dual channel hybrid, having both NTSC and ATSC on each channel. The Windows Media Center laboriously scans NTSC (and since we no longer use NTSC in Canada, finds nothing), then the software ignores the digital side. And that's when you need that little script that's so hard to find. I can never remember the details when I need them :-/ I have as breadcrumbs he ATSCCanada_v2 EnableATSCandQAM.bat A folder called MXF with various guide files in it such as TorontoGuide.mxf. OK, this might be the page. Has a ZIP to download. https://pnear.wordpress.com/2009/07/...windows-7-rtm/ "Double-click on the file "EnableATSCandQAM.bat" which will insert some configuration information into the Media Center database that forces ATSC and QAM tuners to be recognized." I doubt Microsoft will be fixing anything now. We're in extended support, so only security updates... Paul Yea, that "fix" is required for it to even work. My problem is that often it's WMC itself has the problem when it finishes it's inital setup scan. Gives an obscure error message and tells you to try again. As I said, approx. 50% it works otherwise no which is annoying to say the least given they're all fairly capable Win7 pcs. There are plenty of Guide Data problems. That's to be expected. Paul |
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