Many external tuners also work with Macs.With MediaPortal Server, I can install the server on the machine with the card, install the client and plugin on the other machines and hey presto, I can watch V8 Supercars in any room in the house I gave up trying to work out how to do the same thing in GB-PVRĪs for my error, this is the bit from the logs that seems to be causing the issue The prices for some external tuner boxes may be higher than a standard internal TV tuner card, but many bring along their own apps so you can also stream live TV to your mobile devices. If you do not already have a TV tuner card in the computer or want hardware that connects to the PC externally, several companies make tuner boxes to pull in those over-the-air broadcast signals. Both MediaPortal and NextPVR are free and supported by donations. NextPVR is another program that can record live television from the TV tuner hardware connected to your PC. The software works with most major brands of TV tuner cards. If you are keeping your existing PC and internal television tuner card when upgrading to Windows 10, the open-source MediaPortal program might be able to take over the TV viewing and recording functions formerly handled by Windows Media Center.
If you do not feel like searching the web for do-it-yourself solutions that may (or may not) restore the Windows Media Center program to working order on a Windows 10 machine, you can find a few alternative applications. Microsoft’s retirement of the Windows Media Center software is one of the many things about the system that has caused some Windows 10 users aggravation. So what are my options now, should I ever decide to leave Windows 7 for Windows 10?Ī.
I was one of those who used Windows Media Center not just for playing DVD movies, but also for watching and recording live, free broadcast TV on the computer.