alternatives to mediacenter for playing recorded TV

Raylo · Sep 30, 2015

I bit the bullet and upgraded my Asus Zenbook from 8.1 to 10 last night. It warned me that Mediacenter would be gone and I agreed since I don't really need it on this notebook. Upgrade went very smooth.

I have another Win 7 laptop that I would like to upgrade to Win 10 but I use that one to stream recorded TV that I make on my HTPC (Win 7 desktop with TV tuner card that I won't upgrade to Win 10) so I would need a way to play those mediacenter recordings. Is there an alternative to mediacenter that I can install on the laptop with Windows 10 to play the mediacenter recorded TV files?

joeten · Sep 30, 2015

I would suggest VLC, here is some of it's features 10 Useful Features Hidden in VLC, The Swiss Army Knife of Media Players

Deejay100six · Sep 30, 2015

Nice link Joe! I'll check that out later.

Raylo · Oct 1, 2015

Downloaded VLC player and it works like a champ. Excellent!

Confounded Also · Oct 1, 2015

Last time I tried VLC was several years ago. Not even sure which version, but it's on an old XP machine. I remember it being a bit clumsy.

Maybe the newer versions are better?

joeten · Oct 1, 2015

Glad you like it, @ CA read the article in the above link and see how it compares.

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