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[logifuse]

you definitely do (there's no option to not install it AFIK).... if you can't find the icon - drop into desktop mode - navigate to x:\Windows\eHome - and launch ehshell.exe (that's what the shortcut you cant find points to).

That's what I did & then added a shortcut.

Justin

[blackjet]

Nope somethings gone astray, don't have windows\ehome directory.
I will just reinstall it and see what happens then.
Before even enquiring about no mce , i tried to open ehshell.exe in task manager. and got a message saying it didn't exist.

[logifuse]

Nope somethings gone astray, don't have windows\ehome directory.
I will just reinstall it and see what happens then.
Before even enquiring about no mce , i tried to open ehshell.exe in task manager. and got a message saying it didn't exist.

Sure you've got the consumer preview?

[blackjet]

Sure you've got the consumer preview?

Doh! wrong one I have developer preview.
Scrap that and start again.

[gsac]

you definitely do (there's no option to not install it AFIK).... if you can't find the icon - drop into desktop mode - navigate to x:\Windows\eHome - and launch ehshell.exe (that's what the shortcut you cant find points to).

I've spent all day playing with it - it's definitely there, try hovering to the top right, when the Charms bar appears, click the Magnifying Glass, WMC appears down the bottom of the Windows Accessories section - near Windows Media Player. Right click and Pin to Start. Hit the Windows key, and it will appear as a small square. Click on it your machine will switch to desktop and run MC...

FWIW, W8MC looks and feels just like W7MC, runs as a desktop app, rather than metro - so no boot to MC yet...

[slimf]

I was really hoping they reworked MCE as a Metro App. If its a metro app then we could all look forward to running media center on tiny little ARM boxes.. Now that would be awsome.

[slimf]

I just read that Media Center will not be part of Windows 8 - it will be available as an 'economical addon' - Probably an app.. lets hope.

[logifuse]

I just read that Media Center will not be part of Windows 8 - it will be available as an 'economical addon' - Probably an app.. lets hope.

I read yesterday that it would be a specific version/SKU like MCE2005 was (not OEM though).

Justin

[Tak]

I read yesterday that it would be a specific version/SKU like MCE2005 was (not OEM though).

Justin

They're saying an add-in to Windows 8 Pro only so it'll be more expensive than just standard Windows 8 to start with - thought some were justifying that Media Center incurred additional costs for licensing things like Dolby, but aren't they included in WMP anyway?

Windows Blog

Edited by Tak, 16 April 2012 - 11:20 PM.

[logifuse]

In Vista they were only included in editions with WMC (HP & Ultimate), but in W7 all editions have them (including Starter from what I can see from the customer's netbook I have here).

I imagine the number of Windows installations that never use them would be a massive majority, so it's a decision that probably makes sense as they're paying licensing for nothing.

Shame that it's only Pro that will be able to have WMC added on. Not that I care as MP will run on any edition!

Justin

[Neilwa]

The MediaPoral crowd are very lucky to have you on board, Logifuse. I gave MediaPortal a run last weekend but decided it would be too big of a learning curve for the family to digest over only two days and it involved too much tweaking at that stage for my liking. So I uninstalled it after a few hours of playing. I agree with your comment about MP2. I tested out MP1 final release.

From what I've discovered re Win8, WMC as we know it is being weened off the central platform (e.g. no longer any MS certification for tuners and remote controls) and I suspect any future major transformation (if any by MS) will be an add-on app to fit the new metro approach of more media integration dependent on better inter-rationability. Of course, WMC for Win8 won't be free and if it ever evolves into a Metro App you can bet it will cost even more. If Win8 people want DVD playback support for Windows Media Player they'll need the WMC addon.

[logifuse]

To move to MP, you really need to have a test machine that you can work it all out on, & then a nice window where you can move over (for me it was between Christmas & new year where there were few if any crucial recordings). Even then you need to allow for working out of a few quirks over the first month or so.

For WMC (or for MP for that matter), I can't see any reason to go to W8. I'm looking forward to reviewing that position in 6-12 months to see what kind of impact W8 has had. If it evolves like the mobile OS platforms have, then the way MS plan for you to use it & how people actually end up using it might be 2 very different things.

Justin