It’s my fav due to its quality, simplicity, portable (no need to install), stability of interface, and respect for user privacy. It also didn’t help that when you start WMP your network connections light up like an xmas tree calling home to at least 8 different Alternatives to WMP? You’re in luck, there are many and will greatly increase your ability to play music/video.įor Audio #1, there are many great players. But MS as always, missed the mark by not making wma/wmv open source and by crippling its codecs with anti-user DRM capabilities. wma is an an outstanding codec and WMP could have been great. Is Kodi something I can use for what I want to do? I need something easy to set up and transfer my music, videos, pix and games (if necessary) as have no help around here for questions… Do I still need something to watch videos and movies on my browser? See, told you I was a bit tech-chal. Do watch YouTube videos, but don’t subscribe. Haven’t tried streaming/downloading off Internet yet, but was thinking of trying it out this year…that’s not going to happen now. Is that a good one for someone like myself? almost forgot I play casual games downloaded to my computer…have quite a few of them: Hidden Object, jigsaw puzzles, Match3, MahJong and games like that, not the shooter and/or role-playing games.
Did download VLC months ago but have no idea about using it right now. I will lose all of this? Can I still see the pix and videos of family without MS support? And for how long?Īlso watch my dvds through MC and know that if that goes I will no longer be able to enjoy them.
Other pix of great-grandbabies are on MC. I have my music on MP, which I also use to download to my MP3, and videos of my grandkids in their Cheer routines. I have no plans to switch to Win10…too many scary things happen, especially in MS Updates and “fixes”. Media Player has been the only thing I have ever used and have to say it was easy for someone like myself to use. That said and known by us, what exactly is a tech-challenged person like myself to use? Am running Win7 64-bit on HP Home Premium. OK…we all know MS is not to be trusted in Anything it says as it is only interested in one thing…Money.
I was using it with a 6 Tuner Ceton cable card tuner, I actually invested a lot into that hardware but it never took of the way it could have, people wanted to pay extra to the cable companies for instant gratification even at the cost of flexibility I love my Media Center DVR and am surprised someone hasn’t stepped up to fill the gap when Ceton pulled the plug a year or so ago! The equipment just worked and worked well, silicon dust still makes similar equipment but it’s like comparing Beta to VHS they are completely different animals! And Silicon dust started charging for the EPG and DVR function, I don’t mind paying if someone comes out with a alternative to MC that works with my equipment, Kodi doesn’t nothing but media center does! I think I have to make backups of my system drives that are running these cards because they require a activation simular to a Windows activation key to decode encrypted video, it’s probably going to become a pile of useless junk in a closet one day for me? But until then I like being able to record 6 channels per card and watch upto 6 separate live streams on different TVs in my house without having a cable box connected to each tv and alynot having to pay the cable company rent for 6 boxes that adds up! The years I have used Media Center as a Cable DVR has saved me thousands in rental fees and it paid for the equipment over time! Every good thing has to end one day! I guess I’ll probably be cutting the cord permanently and just pay for internet once MC actually dies!