Peter Nent 50 Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) EMBY started as MediaBrowser add-on for MCE as far as I know and I'm using MediaBroser/EMBY with MCE already for more then 10-15 years to full satisfaction. Unfortunately, Microsoft terminated MCE years ago, but many users are still using it in WIndows 7/8 or even in Windows 10 as we are, but MCE is a 'dead' product..... Although we are using a combination of KODI (also an earlier Microsoft X-Box spin-off as XBMC) and EMBY together, there is NOTHING that userfriendly & intuitive as MCE..... Request: please try to make a deal with Microsoft and implement MCE (of a look-a-like) within EMBY as the main-home 10-feet user interface, being used to view Live-TV, film, TV-series, Photo's, listen music, and Internet browsing, etc. Start with Windows-10 as the viewing platform, later-on Android, Apple, etc. This way, EMBY is to my opinion, able to atrack the mayor viewer-user group with a very flexible EMBY-MCE combination. Lots of success! Grtz, Peter Edited June 24, 2018 by PeterNent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingy444 108 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 What extra are you looking for? EMBY Theater is essentially the WMC replacement in my eyes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathsquirrel 741 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) I get that MC has very small but loyal user base but I can't imagine copying a failed product makes a lot of business sense. Edited July 5, 2018 by Deathsquirrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I think a lot can be drawn from windows Media center and when we make design decisions we constantly go back and look at how wmc did things. I think I would describe it differently than failed product. It certainly failed in the mainstream but it did not fail within our little niche industry of personal media enthusasiasts. But we're not a big enough crowd for Microsoft to care about and I think that's why they stopped working on it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deihmos 147 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I would like to see something like Media Center Integration. I installed the plex media integration then customized it to use emby instead. When I launch emby it will close WMC then relaunch WMC when Emby is closed. http://www.teknowebworks.com/Kodi-Window-Media-Center-Integration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deihmos 147 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 What extra are you looking for? EMBY Theater is essentially the WMC replacement in my eyes? Emby theater can't do copy once cable channels and it could do with some more remote functions. Imo nothing has worked better than WMC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 So the reason you want this, is to have DRM support? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deihmos 147 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I use live tv with Emby on tvs without an htpc. I think wmc handles live tv better though. TVs with an htpc I prefer to use wmc. I also have a handful of channels that have drm. Maybe someday I’ll be able to use 1 software that handles both really well. The cable companies need to abolish drm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Nent 50 Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 Although EMBY and KODI are fairly good, there is nothing as good as the user interface of WMC: especially looking live-TV and zapping channels, EPG, recording programming, etc. is working perfectly within WMC, where EMBY (and KODI) is still lacking many functionality... Please try to integrate WMC into EMBY ! Lots of success! Grtz, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rliepins 9 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) I second the comment about Live TV. The guide is snappy and the commands are intuitive. While I love that Emby has Live TV capabilities, it still pales to MC. Edited November 15, 2018 by rliepins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37022 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 We are working as hard and as fast as we can to make everyone as happy as possible. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Nent 50 Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 The Windows Media Center SDK is now (unofficially) on GitHub The Windows Media Center wasn't exactly the most popular feature among Windows users, but many still mourned its death when Microsoft announced it wouldn't be keeping the feature around for Windows 10. Soon after that announcement, some users even found a way to get it running on the then-latest version of the OS, so it's clear that there was some love left for the software. If you, too, miss the days of Windows Media Center, you may take some solace in knowing that its SDK has been uploaded to GitHub, as reported by The Register. The SDK was uploaded by Charlie Owen, a former Microsoft employee who left the company in 2014. The description for the project reads: Preserving a bit of history for the diaspora that created Windows Media Center (the 'eHome' team at Microsoft) since the actual installer has gone missing from the original download link. As for what you can do with the SDK, there's not really much to it. Windows Media Center is dead, and there's not really a lot you can do with it. You may find it interesting, though, to learn more about the ins and outs of what used to be a fairly unique part of Windows. If you'd like to take a look at the Windows Media Center SDK, you can head over to the project page on GitHub. Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/the-windows-media-center-sdk-is-now-unofficially-on-github ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is this the first step to make it easier to implement the MCE user-interface into EMBY ? As it is stil the best, please consider seriously ! Grtz, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denz 426 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I am a huge wmc fan but after I got Android TV and configured it how I like it now looks better than wmc and so far it is rock solid just like wmc used to be. Emby is still missy features but I like the progress the Android TV and roku app they are both production ready there are few gui issues on android tv but with the rapid progress they will be likely ironed out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denz 426 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I am a huge wmc fan but Android TV with its options interface can be made to look better than WMC. It still has a way to go to have all the pvr features but there is a lot of progress and hopefully soon we can all retire wmc. The only thing missing is a feature rich client for windows the current version is so far behind ATV and roku. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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