PBzeer 6 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 With the demise of WMC in Win 10, has there been any thought about making Classic work with media player (which wil remain)? For someone like myself, who only uses Emby for movies and videos, it would certainly be a nice replacement for WMC (which I only use because of Emby anyway). I'd love to use Theater, but I don't care for the interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 what media player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBzeer 6 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Windows media player. That's why I said "which will remain". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37068 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 what would we do with it? you can already access your emby library using it with dlna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8282 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Windows 8 and 10 DLNA server with Blast alive messages checked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBzeer 6 Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 I simply meant using the Classic interface with Media Player instead of WMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 But that is a horrible interface with no remote control support. That isn't going to work. Honestly you need to: 1. Keep using Windows 8.1 2. Try Emby for Kodi 3. Use MBT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I simply meant using the Classic interface with Media Player instead of WMC. Not possible - Emby for WMC requires WMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBzeer 6 Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 But that is a horrible interface with no remote control support. I don't have any remote control devices. Nor any other device other than my computer using Emby. I use Emby simply for watching movies and videos on my computer (no TV or game boxes or mobiles), and as a means of populating the folders they are in. Adding yet another program to do what is already available, is not something I want to do. Also, I'm on 7 not 8 or 8.1. As I said before, I'd use MBT, but I find the interface cumbersome and unappealing. Emby for WMC requires WMC. I was referring to an interface that looks like Classic, not Classic for WMC. I seems obvious to me, that since Media Player will still be on 10, that it isn't dependent on WMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) I don't have any remote control devices. Nor any other device other than my computer using Emby. I use Emby simply for watching movies and videos on my computer (no TV or game boxes or mobiles), and as a means of populating the folders they are in. Adding yet another program to do what is already available, is not something I want to do. Also, I'm on 7 not 8 or 8.1. As I said before, I'd use MBT, but I find the interface cumbersome and unappealing. I was referring to an interface that looks like Classic, not Classic for WMC. I seems obvious to me, that since Media Player will still be on 10, that it isn't dependent on WMC. But your OP implies you will be using windows 10, also windows media player doesn't have an interface like classic eitherIt sounds like all you need is kodi to replace wmc, , kodi is more suited to using on a single device and has tons of great skins Edited June 27, 2015 by Vidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Just use the web interface then..? Or again, Emby for Kodi with Titan skin is as close the WMC as you are going to get in 10. Edited June 27, 2015 by xnappo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBzeer 6 Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 No plans for making the jump to 10, and as I need XP mode for some stuff, I'll always have at least one 7 machine. I tried Kodi before the name change, didn't much care for that either, that's how I ended up with MB2. Reckon I'll just muddle along until Theater is more of a finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidman 589 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Well of course that's your choice...but the setup xnappo suggests is very nice as standard and infinitely configurable to your taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianW 1052 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 If y Adding yet another program to do what is already available, is not something I want to do. Also, I'm on 7 not 8 or 8.1. Seeing as you're sticking with 7 then using Emby for WMC and Emby Server will give you a virtually identical experience to using MB2 and it's tray service. Emby Server and Emby WMC can run on the same machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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