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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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