Widows 10 and watching Terrestrial television (1 Viewer)

[Waves]

I have a Dell XPS laptop with a builtin TV card which enables me to watch tv anywhere I am in the Van in the UK and when I am abroad it enables me to watch live football like Euro 2016 in Spain and France etc. It is operated via windows media player and it means I do not need a separate TV .
Windows 10 has not got a Media Player so I have yet to download it. I have spent time searching the internet for something that will operate the TV card but have yet to find anything. Has anybody had the same problem and found a solution? or someone who can point me in the right direction.

Thanks John

 

[wigster]

Try vlc player from Videolan . That plays nearly everything

 

[Boringfrog]

This might work.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/apps/mx-player/9nblggh0x330

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[DBK]

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[tonyidle]

I have a Dell XPS laptop with a builtin TV card which enables me to watch tv anywhere I am in the Van in the UK and when I am abroad it enables me to watch live football like Euro 2016 in Spain and France etc. It is operated via windows media player and it means I do not need a separate TV .
Windows 10 has not got a Media Player so I have yet to download it. I have spent time searching the internet for something that will operate the TV card but have yet to find anything. Has anybody had the same problem and found a solution? or someone who can point me in the right direction.

Thanks John

There are two separate potential problems: a player to replace Media Centre for which you have had some suggestions; and a W10 driver for the TV card. The driver should be your first concern because without it no player will be of much use. Do Dell provide a W10 driver?

 

[DBK]

How old is your TV card? It is possible it is not compatible with Windows 10. I can only suggest Googling the name of your card and see if you can get W10 drivers for it. Alternatively, it may be easier to buy a new card which works with the new operating system.

Edit: I thought I had posted this yesterday!

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[Vick]

Hello,
I have recently upgraded to W10 and made enquiries about compatibility with an antenna that I have. The reply I got was inconclusive but they did refer to 'windows 7 compatibility mode'. I have no experience of it but it might be worth investigating.

Cheers
Chris

 

[Waves]

Thank you for your replies, the laptop is about 6years old and the Tv card if that's what you call them was built in to it from new and I have no idea what it is called.
I am not a tekkie so my ability to do anything technical is very limited. Having had a look at the suggestions I would add that I do not want to play anything I have sorted that, it something that will convert a Tv signal in to a picture. It is then no longer a laptop it is a Television.
At this moment in time the usefulness of having a laptop/tv combined out weighs whatever benefits windows 10 may have.
I will continue to investigate and if I solve the problem I will post it.


Thanks John