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Re:KB4046355 Deletes Windows Media Player in Windows 10 Buil... by VonGuard on Monday October 09, 2017 @02:45PM (#15436373)
My friend uses the Windows Media Server, which was discontinued in 10. He still runs 8 for it. It's his DVR, and it spreads live TV around his house. I believe it requires Windows Media Play on all playback devices. This would make his life even harder.

This is really the only legal way to build your own DVR, isn't it?

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Re:KB4046355 Deletes Windows Media Player in Windows 10 Buil... by bradfa on Monday October 09, 2017 @02:57PM (#15436468)
Why wouldn't it be legal to use MythTV to build a DVR?

The broadcast flag issues? I think those have been resolved in the USA by having the rules that the FCC tried to implement removed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_flag

edited to clarify the broadcast flag legislation fixes are USA specific

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Re:KB4046355 Deletes Windows Media Player in Windows 10 Buil... by drewmol on Monday October 09, 2017 @03:10PM (#15436550)
If you just want broadcast ota channels there's plenty of options, however for stability and simplicity, Windows Media Center beats everything currently imo. For encrypted cable channels, WMC w/ Play Ready(MS's DRM) is really the only widely supported suitable option that most cable providers support.
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Re:KB4046355 Deletes Windows Media Player in Windows 10 Buil... by mark-r on Monday October 09, 2017 @04:26PM (#15437187)
Media Center and Media Player are two different things.
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Re:KB4046355 Deletes Windows Media Player in Windows 10 Buil... by Lievelingsduif on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @05:30AM (#15440499)
If you go up the comment chain you can see a user saying

> I believe it requires Windows Media Play on all playback devices.

So in order to watch all the streams in your house you'd have to use WMP.

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