setting as it causes Media Center to crash when you enter the Music section (well at least it does for me and others). You can still buy it as an added feature under Windows 8.1 for $10 and it generally still works well aside from the possible need to untick the Retrieve CD album art, media information for DVDs…. Microsoft concluded that there wasn’t enough demand to make it viable so haven’t sought to maintain it.įor those using it on Windows 10, I believe you need to install the LAV filters to enable playback of much of the content, but I also found the TV functionality seemed to be broken under the later builds of Windows 10 and this seems to still be the experience for most commentators here. It’s such a pity that this application was withdrawn as the interface so well designed and integrated – particularly with the built-in tv tuner functionality.
If you want to uninstall Windows Media Center, just run Uninstaller.cmd from the extracted folder.ĭo you like Windows Media Center? Or you use alternatives for WMC? Let us know in the comments below. All functionality of WMC will be intact and you can use any feature for free. Using Windows Media Center is the same as the original one.
I have scanned it for viruses and have not found anything. Note: Please note that this is a custom installation and is not from Microsoft itself. Windows Media Center for Windows 10 (Version 8.8.4) (86.2 MiB, 35,085 hits) You can download Windows Media Center from below: Some people have extracted Windows Media Center files from earlier versions of Windows and created an installer to install Windows Media Center on Windows 10. Download Windows Media Center for Windows 10 The DVD player app can be installed through Windows Store. That’s why Microsoft has replaced Windows Media Center with a DVD player app in Windows 10. Most of the times, WMC was used as a DVD player. You can learn more about Windows Media Center on Wikipedia. How To Download & Install VLC Media Player on Windows 10