According to ZDNet’s Ed Bott, Windows 10 will not come with Windows Media Center. A Microsoft executive reportedly confirmed that Windows Media Center is dying and Microsoft isn’t updating the program anymore. That means that if you upgrade your PC from Windows 7, 8/8.1, your PC will not have Media Center anymore.
Is Windows Media Center Back on Windows 10?
Microsoft removed Windows Media Center from Windows 10, and there’s no official way to get it back. While there are great alternatives like Kodi, which can play and record live TV, the community has made Windows Media Center functional on Windows 10. This isn’t an official trick.
Some articles claimed 5 Steps to Install Windows Media Center on Windows 10 How to install Windows Media Center on Windows 10 manually: Download the Windows Media Center zip file. Extract the zip file to your Windows 10. Run batch files in Command Prompt with administrative privileges to install blue skin/green skin of WMC.
What are the alternatives to media center after Windows 10 upgrade?
The Windows 10 upgrade will automatically remove any installations of Media Center. So what are the alternatives if I need Media Center ? Your best option is to continue running your existing version of Windows with Media Center. Windows 7 editions that include Media Center will continue to be supported until January 2020.
Emby: Emby seems to a very excellent choice in terms of media center apps; it supports re-encoding on the fly as long as there is a proper PC. Besides, it owns many merits, such as live TV streaming., media Portal: the biggest advantages of Media. Portal are – free and open source; a full Ti. Vo-style PVR is included to support recording TV.
Do I need Windows Media Center if I have Windows 7?
As far as Microsoft is concerned, you can just keep using Windows 7 or 8.1 if you want Windows Media Center, although that’s becoming more and more difficult. Microsoft isn’t interested in supporting Windows Media Center any longer.
Verdict Windows Media Center is similar to Windows Media Player, but it has more functions (play TV through TV Tuner, watch & record live TV, DVD Player, old MPEG-2 video support, and so on). Considering that it is not a media player as popular as expects, Microsoft finally decides to remove it from Windows 10 systems.
Is Windows Media Center dying?
A Microsoft executive reportedly confirmed that Windows Media Center is dying and Microsoft isn’t updating the program anymore. That means that if you upgrade your PC from Windows 7, 8/8.1, your PC will not have Media Center anymore.