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Microsoft discontinues Media Center with Windows 10
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| May 5, 2015
| Gavin Clarke
Posted on 05/05/2015 4:53:03 PM PDT by dayglored
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I didn't have much use for Media Center myself, having a small music recording studio in my home, and no TV. But there were surely a number of folks who did make use of the features.... any of my fellow FReepers among them?
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posted on
05/05/2015 4:53:03 PM PDT
by
dayglored
To: dayglored; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; Alas Babylon!; amigatec; ...
Windows Media Center goes the way of all... digital flesh? ... PING!
You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: search on keyword "windowspinglist".
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posted on
05/05/2015 4:53:52 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
That’s unfortunate. It was a draw for the system. Great for those who just want to watch a movie without needing bells and whistles.
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posted on
05/05/2015 4:55:12 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: dayglored
People will still be able to watch their recorded videos and music without Media Center, right? Or, maybe that is why its being discontinued, because they DID?
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posted on
05/05/2015 4:55:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Clearly Cruz 2016)
To: Jonty30
Hey don’t worry, before the year is over there will be a huge service pack to make it all better.
lol
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posted on
05/05/2015 4:56:24 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Clearly Cruz 2016)
To: dayglored; All
Windows Media Center is different than Windows Media Player, isn’t it? WMP stands alone with no necessary connection to the internet. They rarely if ever offer updates for it. So we should be able to continue using it to play our stored videos and music, correct?
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posted on
05/05/2015 4:57:48 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: GeronL
>
People will still be able to watch their recorded videos and music without Media Center, right? Or, maybe that is why its being discontinued, because they DID? Good question. I assume the content will be around, just not playable through the media center system software. But not having used it myself, honestly I'm not sure.
I think it was one of Microsoft's attempts to create a market with a Windows PC that didn't want or need a Windows PC.
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posted on
05/05/2015 4:58:34 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
To: Jonty30
>
Thats unfortunate. It was a draw for the system. Great for those who just want to watch a movie without needing bells and whistles. There should still be a way to do that, just not using the Media Center software system.... I would surely hope so.
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posted on
05/05/2015 4:59:30 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored; All
Never mind! Tanks anyway. :)
“We can confirm that due to decreased usage, Windows Media Center will not be part of Windows 10.”
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posted on
05/05/2015 4:59:37 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
>
Windows Media Center is different than Windows Media Player, isnt it? Yes, quite different.
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posted on
05/05/2015 5:00:40 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: Jonty30
There’s always K-Lite with its Media Player Classic.
To: dayglored
WMC is more interactive with the internet I think. I just use WM Player.
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posted on
05/05/2015 5:02:10 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: dayglored
I used media center extensively for a number of years; I'll certainly miss the feature, but upgrading a working system to a new version of the OS which only uses the internet to download television listings was more than a bit excessive.
With the advent of smart tvs, however, there's much less of a ‘need’ for a media center version of Windows. And to get media center working on 8 required too many hoops to leap through.
All in all, I think there's still a big hole in the market that Roku, Apple TV, etc have utterly missed and there's still room in the market for a media box for tvs. But to do it right would require a mountain of cash and a corral of lawyers.
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posted on
05/05/2015 5:02:34 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: kingu
>
But to do it right would require a mountain of cash and a corral of lawyers. Man, have you sure got THAT right!
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posted on
05/05/2015 5:08:52 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
I will miss it. It’s been amazingly convenient to watch LIVE TV right on my computer, courtesy of Windows Media Center. And, thanks to TCM, I have recorded over 1,000 movies from the Windows Media Center “TV” to DVDs (using Windows DVD Maker), creating quite an extensive library of classic movies.
Yes, I will miss it.
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posted on
05/05/2015 5:09:11 PM PDT
by
Em and Brets Mum
("Lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel." - Proverbs 20:15)
To: kingu
“I think there’s still a big hole in the market that Roku, Apple TV, etc have utterly missed and there’s still room in the market for a media box for tvs. But to do it right would require a mountain of cash and a corral of lawyers.”
Yep...
Valve Steam Machine, coming Nov 2015
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/steam_machines
To: dayglored
come to think of it, I don’t think I ever started Media Center. lol
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posted on
05/05/2015 5:11:47 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Clearly Cruz 2016)
To: Em and Brets Mum
amazingly convenient to watch LIVE TV right on my computer
Yeah. Me too...
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posted on
05/05/2015 5:16:20 PM PDT
by
Paisan
To: Jonty30; GeronL; dayglored
It's
not Windows Media
Player that's being discontinued. That is still in Windows 10, which I am looking at in a VM right now.
Windows Media Center was for playing live TV through your desktop system with a tuner card. It had some serious performance issues, and while tolerable, did not ever really live up to its promise.
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posted on
05/05/2015 5:23:12 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness. So I got that goin' for me.)
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