Tuner Priority v1.0.3.2 - 27/11/2006
This utility allows you to make the following changes on your Media Center PC
Enable and Disable tuner cards in the system
Set which card should be used to view Live TV with first
Set which card should be used to record on first
In normal use there shouldn't really be a need to use this utility, however if you have tuner cards from two different manufactures and prefer the quality from one over the other, have a weaker signal on one or one card is slightly defective you may find benefit in picking which should be used first. The priority settings only affects which card is to be used if both are not currently in use, you may not get your preferred choice under all circumstances. Before making any changes please close the Media Center application and end any currently recordings.
System Requirements:
Windows XP Media Center 2005 with or without rollup 1 or 2
Windows Vista Home Premium/Ultimate
Either dual analogue and/or ATSC/DVB-T tuner cards installed in the Media Center PC
Update: 23/01/2009
This software was designed in 2005 when the maximum supported tuners in
Media Center was 2 of each type, as such larger numbers of tuners
cannot be managed. On a system with dual digital and analogue tuners a message will be presented when you first start the application to pick the target card pair.
Microsoft have made changes to Media Center in Windows 7 and the
Microsoft Vista OEM TV Pack to the registry keys this application
uses. Therefore its use on those versions is not recommended.
Media Center 2005 Download v1.02 (Windows Installer): Download
Media Center 2005 with .Net 2.0/Vista Download v1.0.3.2 (Files Only): Download
Media Center Configuration Reset v1.03.5 - 27/07/2005
This utility allows you to quickly remove certain parts of the registry and application data which relate to the Media Center application. There are a few reasons you may wish to so this, such as when changing hardware, want to reset the configuration to attempt to solve a problem caused by corrupt application data. Or just simply want to clear up and start again. It also features a compainion application which allows you to backup
and restore your current recording schedule.
In its default operation it will do the following
Stop running Media Center processes
Remove the ehome application data folder
Remove certain Machine and User entries under HKEY (Local Machine/Current User)\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion \Media Center (Now including TV Tuner settings)
Then offer the ability to delete all recorded TV shows and the detected tuner configuration in the registry. Please note that running this application will also remove your guide data, some Media Center user preferences and clear any upcoming recordings. After reconfiguring your machine you will need to setup any series or one time recordings again.
A number of people have contacted me regarding using this
application on Windows Vista. I have decided not to release a
version of this application for Vista. The reason for this is that
Microsoft now includes a working reset feature in Vista under Tasks
> Settings > General > Windows Media Center Setup > Run Setup Again.
In the Windows XP based Media Centers the built-in functionality for
this is weak.
Current Version: Download View Changes
Ident Set v1.1
23/01/2009
This application allows you to set your Media Center systems ident value to any other releases version which used this flag, or set the value to what it should be automatically. The ident value is a registry key which signifies a particular level of Media Center, this is often used by applications to check for a particular version of MCE (i.e. MCE 2004 = 2.0). For more details on the ident see http://www.salloway.org.uk/MediaCenter/2004/version.htm
There are 5 main scenarios for using this application
1) An upgrade from an earlier version of Media Center failed to update the ident blocking applications (i.e. Media Player 11 Beta)
2) You want to try and force the install of an application designed for a later version
3) You want to install an application designed for an earlier version that doesn't accept > required ident
4) Want to know the version of MCE installed without looking at tables and registry keys
5) You wish to set the value of "Media Center PC x.x" in the Internet Explorer User Agent (Version posted when viewing a page from within ehshell is not modified by this release).
Current Version: Download
Enable E4
This registry file removes the TV Channel E4 on UK Over the Air Digital ('Freeview') from the Media Center 2005 channel exclusion list.
After applying this file you will need to rescan for digital services in Settings > TV > Scan for more services, if you are unable to detect
the channel, Delete all the currently detected services and scan again.
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