Comments on: Activating Windows 7 Internet TV and Mapping Movies to Windows Home Server on a Friday night

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:27:29 +0000

Reinstall the TV tuner.

Tasks>Settings>TV>TV Signal>Set Up TV Signal

By: Micheal

Micheal — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:58:53 +0000

Hello I just updated to windows 7 home premium from vista and whenever I go to watch TV from WMC it says TV TUNER NOT FOUND and it’s already plugged in and also worked on the vista but it doesn’t work here any suggestions? Thanks

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:30:56 +0000

Go get yourself a tuner and an antenna and start watching HD over-the-air TV. To see what TV signal you can get in your area go to:

http://antennaweb.org/aw/Address.aspx

Enter your address and go through the prompts and you will see what channels you will have access to before you start!

Tim

By: grace

grace — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:28:27 +0000

hi tim,
I’m in the US and discovered this feature accidentally, run through the set up and all and was able to view a few channels like cbs and cwtv. Was just curious that if i buy a usb tuner, would i be able to watch abc shows too?

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:21:26 +0000

The programs I recorded in Vista were just through the 650 USB TV Wonder and not the ATI DCT. Those shows were OTA and therefore not DRM coded. Was your Vista running CableCARD? If so, you are stuck with the locked tag. The new update (see my current article) clears the lock on all new Copy Freely programs in future recordings.

Tim

By: David

David — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:07:50 +0000

Have you tried running some of the old Vista recorded TV? I get a “Copying prohibited” from most of mine. I did a clean install from Vista to 7. It is the same machine. Any idea?
Thanks !

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:03:44 +0000

I had an issue with the WHS Connector on one of my systems after PP3. I needed to uninstall the connector, reboot and then download the updated connector again from the 55000 port of WHS. Once the connector was upgraded I reran the WHS Media Center connector (another reboot) and it worked.

As for PP3 Andrew wrote about the version:

“All of the version numbers should say 2061 EXCEPT Drive Extender which should still say 2030.”

The full article is at: http://usingwindowshomeserver.com/2009/07/19/things-to-know-about-the-windows-home-server-power-pack-3-beta/

All of my machines ended up being clean Win7 installs so I cannot address the Codec question.

Tim

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:33:30 +0000

A partial guide might mean it is still downloading content. Internet TV runs on Adobe Flash so check to make sure it is installed and updated. Open your Action Center and see if you have a message “Address a problem with Adobe Flash Player”. You may need to uninstall Flash and reinstall the latest version.

A reboot helped on one of my systems.

Tim

By: dSTeVek

dSTeVek — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:59:04 +0000

I am US based and am still struggling to get the Internet TV, Netflix app, running on one non-tuner computer. I have automatic downloads enabled. I get a partial Guide for Internet TV, but it doesn’t let me select and play any of the shows.

On my other PC (w/tuner) it is working fine.

Both computers where clean installs of Windows 7 Home Premium (upgrade)

By: Bryan Blake

Bryan Blake — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:54:14 +0000

The work around listed worked fine for me also (in the US) . Once I went into the settings and enabled automatic download, the Internet TV was working without having a tuner installed.

By: Timothy Daleo

Timothy Daleo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:14 +0000

I did a clean install of Windows 7 Premium and WMC is working well. I will post an article tomorrow about the process.

I am having issues with the Netflix login not working (on any WMC machine) and my drivers for my TV Wonder USB 650 in WMC do not allow me to see picture on live tv.

The workaround did work but it is hard to manage with all of the other errors going on!

Tim

By: Bryan Blake

Bryan Blake — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:30:50 +0000

I installed Windows 7 Pro and then activated Media Center. I installed the PP3 to my WHS. I get an error when I try to access the WHS console from within Media Center. I was having trouble installing PP3 and within WHS the version still shows as PP2. So my question is : Is there a way to verify that PP3 installed to my WHS ? Any suggestions on why the console is not working ?

One last question. Do you feel the Codec pack recommended for Vista Media center is still required for W7 Media Center ?