At the moment, this is only available to people in the Xbox One preview program, so expect this feature to roll out to all owners soon. Instead, Microsoft has partnered with Hauppauge (a big name in the PC TV Tuner business) and owners of the Xbox One who want to be able to watch their broadcasts through the Xbox just need to add this device to their Xbox, and they will be able to watch any channels that broadcast OTA in their area. Now those of us in North America will also get access, but for the moment only through OTA signals, and this time, Microsoft is not supplying the tuner. To be honest, this seems like an obvious addition to the Xbox One, and one that has been available in some parts of the world for some time with the Xbox One Digital TV Tuner. Today Microsoft is taking the wraps off of a new feature coming to the Xbox One which will allow it to receive Over-the-Air (OTA) broadcasts and play them directly in the TV interface. Simple right? Apparently not simple enough. (Only Windows DVD Player appeared in mine, but just type “windows media center” in the Start search box, and it will appear.) Setting Up Live TV TunerĪssuming you already own a TV tuner for your PC and haven’t used it since installing Windows 10, here’s a guide based on that of one “GunnerHook” in the WMC revival community on how to install it.Back in the day, if you wanted to watch broadcast television on your Xbox 360, all you had to do was build an entire other computer, complete with TV Tuner or capture cards, lots of storage, and network connectivity, and then you could watch TV over Windows Media Center. Windows Media Center should now be working on your PC, and you should be able to see it in the Start menu. Wait for the installation process to finish in the command prompt window, then press any key to close the window. (Select the “Download through your browser” option, otherwise you’ll need to download the MEGAsync installer to do it.)Įxtract the archive, then go into the folder “WMC-V8.8.1,” right-click “_TestRights” then “Run as administrator.”Ĭlose the command prompt window that opens, then right-click the “InstallerBLUE” or “InstallerGREEN” file (depending on what color background you want in Media Center) and run that as administrator. First, you need to download the modified version of Windows Media Center.

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