I’ve also tried Mediaportal but had a lot of trouble with it interfering with other programs (mostly in XP). I have tried a number of alternatives and although they’re fine for playing video my need is for something that handles TV, not just live-TV but programming as well. I’m not comparing other programs such as XBMC because they don’t support TV cards, at least not without added software.

However, with Next PVR they expanded to allow the use of cards made for other countries, mostly by adding support for ATSC. Next PVR was initially BGPVR and was designed for use mainly in England. I’ve been trying out a few and of the free alternatives the best one I’ve found for my use is Next PVR. That means there’s a lot of PC users who don’t have a media player and don’t want to pay extra for one. But it’s generally been only available for the higher versions of Windows and is expected to be a paid application for Windows 8. It first became available in special versions of Windows XP for bundled PCs and is expected to be available for Windows 8 as an additional application. Note that this is the Windows Media Center which handles a variety of tasks including TV support, not the Windows Media Player which is meant for mainly music and video. If you still can't find the file you need, you can leave a 'message' on the webpage.ĭownload the best media center program available to many PC users is Microsoft’s Windows Media Center.If yes, please check the properties of these files, and you will know if the file you need is 32-bit or 64-bit.

If you encounter this situation, check the file path to see whether there are any other files located in. There is a special case that, the operating system is a 64-bit system, but you are not sure whether the program is 32-bit or 64-bit. If your operating system is 32-bit, you must download 32-bit files, because 64-bit programs are unable to run in the 32-bit operating system. (Method: Click your original file, and then click on the right key to select 'Properties' from the pop-up menu, you can see the version number of the files) If your original file is just corrupted but not lost, then please check the version number of your files. If you know MD5 value of the required files, it is the best approach to make choice Tip: How to correctly select the file you need

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