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Fixes an issue in which you cannot watch or record certain TV shows by using Windows Media Center. This issue occurs on a Windows 7-based computer that is has an ATSC tuner installed. More...

Hi everyone. i am deanie44 and I am new to the community. I downloaded and installed the Window 8 comsumer preview on an old Compaq system(SR5210x). I like Windows 8. I downloaded Windows Media Center to record shows so I could watch them on my Windows 7 pc. I have a Hauppauge 1600...

Fixes a problem in which Windows Media Center crashes when you run certain Web applications from Windows Media Center while you are playing an ISDB-T TV program. This problem occurs in computers that are running Windows 7. Link Removed

When I record a TV show to a USB 2.0 drive the size is huge and when I play it back the playback is jerky and unwatchable. I checked Microsoft help and found how to change the quality but my copy of Windows Media Center does not have the "Quality" option in the recording defaults. It has all...

i have some movies or shows i have downloaded , and after watching them , i was unable to delete them . i have tried running cmd.exe but it it didn't work . it said the file can not be accessed . when i try to delete it it says that the file is open on windows explorer . i tried reading...

While completely unrelated to both personal computers as we know them, here is a good one for NetFlix subscribers who rely on their Playstation 3 console to stream content via the NetFlix "instant streaming disc" to watch Internet-based movies. This just came down the pipeline: You no longer...

Hello, I just got my brand new computer today, it replaced an ancient HP Pavillion that was new around the time XP came out. My new computer is a Dell Studio XPS, and it has this Windows 7 on it, and I have a problem, so here I am. What my problem is is that I have this iPod, 5th generation...

Welcome to the all new Channel 9. This is the fifth major release of Channel 9 since our original launch back on April 6, 2004. With this major release we focussed on top requests from you in the forums along telemetry data to guide our design. We've made it easier to find content through...

Hi I was wondering if there was any way to record tv shows on the laptop without having a tv tuner card (for eg like using cables or something) is there any other software other than windows media center Pls Help

Is it possible to change explorers WMP thumbnails for video? It seems to do about 3 seconds into the video. Which means my TV show collection just shows me the intro scene to the show for all the videos. So thumbnails is quite useless, what would be great if it was 50% or so... So my...

I am wondering if there is a way to change the frame of a video that shows in the thumbnail. I have a lot of TV shows and since the frame is taken at the same time the thumbnail is always the same. How do I change this? Here is a picture of what I am talking about. thanks Link Removed

I have 3 HP Media Center computers that are all networked. One XP desktop, one Win 7 Home Premium laptop that was upgraded from Vista, and one brand new laptop with Win 7 factory installed. I use them often to record TV shows and want to be able to use each computer to watch shows recorded on...

Ok so heres the overall breakdown of the problem. Computer 1 Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit Main desktop, games, music, TV shows. ASUS PN5-E SLI Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93 GHz 4GB DDR2 800 Ram GeForce 8800 GTS 320GB HD Main Drive 320GB HD Games 500GB HD Music 1TB HD TV Shows Computer 2 Windows 7...

I have 5 hdd drives,( g, e, f, h, i, k) each with a movies and tv shows folder in each, i have made a TV shows library and a movies library that includes folders from 5 drives respectively. when broswing to my Windows 7 machine via the network, i see.. Movies1 Movies2 Movies3 Movies4 Movies5...

(sorry to cross post this but I can't figure out how to delete it) I have a legit version of XP Media Center 2005 with all my TV programs and videos stored on a separate harddrive to play on my home theater PC. Last night I did a clean install of a pre-release version of Windows 7...

Every Sunday morning I sit down with a cup of coffee and watch a show called 'Click'. It's made by the BBC and the full version can only be seen online. A shortened version is shown on the news channel. Whilst not too 'in depth' it does have some interesting articles and is well worth a watch...

I just did a fresh installl of windows 7 RC on my HTPC. All is well except for when I set wmc to record a tv show and it wakes up and records it the pc does not go back to sleep. It displays the logon screen (I have disabled the UAC). Am I missing a setting somewhere. My bios is set for S3 & S4...

There are a few things that bug me about the new Media Player (which otherwise I think is pretty sweet), and I was wondering if someone has a fix. The first: does anyone knows how to change the top album cover presented in "artist" view? I don't see any UI element that allows me to do that...

i just got started using the media center on my pc to record tv programs .tried to use it today and i get an error saying "media center has stopped working" i cant watch live tv or watch anything i have recorded.i made sure my tv card is still working by downoadng a free version of sage tv and...

I went to media center to record some tv shows. after i pick my channel it plays for like 5 secs and tells me there is no tv signal, is this happening to anyone else? im not sure if this is just windows 7 or not, this is my first time trying this. any help would be greatly appreciated.