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I've been using MM for a long time and love using it to power my whole home theater experience. I just updated windows to Windows 8 and no more Windows Media Center :( are there any alternatives? ive browsed the entire forum but have not found anything. Any ideas or plans for the future?
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listen97 Your report from the link is well out of date. (October 2011) Micro$oft have since announced that Windows 8 will not ship with Windows Media Center at all. Yes it will be available but only to users of Windows 8 Professional and even then as a purchasable add-on, going on their belief that user no longer use Windows Media Center because the end user's are already going to other providers for their HTPC software. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405858,00.asphttp://www.pcworld.com/article/256629/add_windows_media_center_to_the_windows_8_release_preview.htmlhttp://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/microsoft-breaks-down-windows-8s-media-center-upgrade-path-dol/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57427663-75/windows-8-wont-include-media-center-automatically/Steve
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listen97 wrote:My quote was from Feb 2012, the original article yes my have been older. In the quote it lists there will be multiple versions (similar to when Media Center first came out you have Home, Professional, and Media Center editions of XP). The first article was just to say the Windows was putting it in Windows 8 for testing. But that is the point Micro$oft putting it in for TESTING, doesn't say for releasing, which is a different thing altogether. Steve
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Read the quote again it will remain in the Final Version (what is released for sale), they just are not sure if it will be in the Consumer Preview (the free download before release) or as mentioned in your post as an add-on. They seem to really be going after the Marketplace idea so I'd go with a separate download. Quote:Update: Microsoft reached out to us to confirm Media Center will remain in the final version of Windows 8, but could not confirm if a version will be included in the Consumer Preview. The software maker tweeted an image today (see above) confirming that Media Center will be similar to the Windows 7 version. We have updated our headline to reflect this. Until they have a better way to bring your movies to the Xbox and other networked devices, I don't see them eliminating it completely. Since Microsoft wants the Xbox to become a Media/Home Theater Device. The Xbox 720 may have something better, who knows it may have a build in Media Hub that will access shared drives and allow custom art. Currently the Xbox w/o the MC Extender only allows you to browse file names, no custom UI. Also some consumers still use the Media Center software for the HTPC along with addon's like My Movies, you need a variety even if everyone doesn't use it somebody will. Not including it in the Windows release makes sense because if others can charge for a Media Center program why can't Microsoft and just charge less for the Versions w/o it.
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It is quite simple.
Windows Media Center is an add-on purchase to the Pro version of Windows 8.
It will be unavailable in any other Windows 8 versions, and it will not be included with the Pro version, but can be purchased separately.
In the current release preview, it takes another license key to install it.
This means that Windows Media Center is still available, but not as easy as it was before.
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A few days ago i watched windows 8 consumer periew really
it's was awesome. I think w8 much better to all operating system.
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So what is the general consensus about upgrading to Windows 8? With the recent announcement of a $39.99 upgrade price (http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/07/02/upgrade-to-windows-8-pro-for-39-99.aspx) I wonder if I should be looking to upgrade? This is the pro version, so Media Center can be added.
"if your PC is running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 you will qualify to download an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for just $39.99 in 131 markets. And if you want, you can add Windows Media Center for free through the “add features” option within Windows 8 Pro after your upgrade."
Is their any reason why My movies would drop support for Windows 7, like they did with Vista? If they do then an upgrade would be smart while the price is cheap. If Windows 7 is going to be supported for a really long time I might wait for Window 9.
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listen97 wrote:I dont' see any reason to drop support of 7. Vista was rushed system and had issue all by itself. Trying to figure out if your program is bugged or if Vista is causing the issue is why most developers don't support it. If you notice most developer still support XP but not Vista. I was debating the Windows 8 upgrade, not because of the design but because I didn't want to fork out $200 for Pro. I love the Metro style because I have a Windows Phone and Xbox. As I understand it My Movies dropped support for Vista because Windows 7 had a feature that they wanted to use, and it was not in Vista. So I am wondering if their is going to be a feature in Win 8 that My Movies wants to use and will drop Win 7 for it? I also have an Xbox, but I am not a fan of the Metro UI. I suppose it may be more user friendly on an HTPC, but on my HTPC I have it automatically load WMC, so I don't ever see the desktop.
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Unless Microsoft are going to start allowing Blu-ray support directly in the Xbox, starting with the 360, I can't see them getting very far in hoping the by removing WMC from Windows in a vain attempt to promote the xbox as a media center will work.
And I doubt if everybody will rush and replace their 360 with a 720 (whenever it is released) either. I certainly won't.
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I'm liking the look of Windows 8. MyMovies guys, How about making a great MyMovies Windows 8 (and windows phone 8) Movie/TV app that can be used like you plugin does now to get the nice metadata. This would be a logical move forward seeing that MS are trying to move away from the use of Media Centre..
The Video app currently is not that well designed for a large movie collection (and worse for TV collections)
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I tried the Windows 8 consumer preview for a few months. It was interesting concept but really screwed with local network connections. They want you to sign in with a Microsoft user ID but then it will not connect automatically with local network connections using a normal user name / password scenario. Then if you get rid of the MS user ID there are certain functions of Windows 8 that do not work properly. I finally got tired of it and went back to windows 7. I guess it would probably work fine if all my computers were Windows 8 but I am not going to upgrade all of them just to satisfy Microsoft's attempt at getting everyone to sign up for a MS ID. Windows 7 is rock solid and straight forward and I think it will be awhile before Windows 8 is such. Carl.
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