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    R.I.P., Windows Media Center


    Posted: 02 May 2015

    Windows Media Center is dead.In a private meeting this week at the Build developers' conference in San Francisco, a Microsoft executive confirmed to me that there will be no update to the company's Media Center software for Windows 10.
    The decision is a disappointment to the small but incredibly vocal army of Media Center enthusiasts, who had held out hope that a Windows 10 Media Center add-on, similar to the one offered for Windows 8, might appear at the last minute.
    That's not happening. Any PC that is upgraded from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 will lose the Media Center functionality, and there's no way to get it back.
    Read more:- R.I.P., Windows Media Center | ZDNet
    z3r010's Avatar Posted By: z3r010
    02 May 2015


  1. Posts : 10,734
    Windows 11 Workstation x64
       #1

    Not what I wanted to see
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  2. Posts : 15,621
    19043.1237
       #2

    The Xbox Music app is not my cup of tea, but I'm trying to get used to it...
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  3. Posts : 2,662
    W10 Pro (desktop), W11 (laptop), W11Pro (tablet)
       #3

    I've always thought WMC was terrible anyway so I won't miss it.
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  4. Posts : 10,734
    Windows 11 Workstation x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    WMC is just about the best TV app I've ever used, it looks like I'll need to start looking at the alternatives again.
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  5. Posts : 8,578
    Windows 10 Home x64 Windows 10 Prox64
       #5

    Or just keep a system running 8.1 or 7
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  6. Posts : 1,625
    W7 Pro x64 | W10 IP x64 | Linux Mint VM
       #6

    The only time I use Media Center these days is to stream stuff to my TV. While I can understand that this is not good news for some I can't see me begin affected by it.
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  7. Posts : 16,623
    Windows 11 Pro X64
       #7

    John, give EMBY a try
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  8. Posts : 71
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    z3r010 said:
    WMC is just about the best TV app I've ever used, it looks like I'll need to start looking at the alternatives again.
    Hmm drag you into the future, we will! :)
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  9. Posts : 524
    Windows 11 Pro x64, Windows 10 Pro x64
       #9

    Yes, a huge disappointment.
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