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After switching to Windows 10, I needed to find a WMC replacement for my ATSC OTA DVR needs. Kodi's video transport functions on DVRed files remain super buggy, so that was out. I tried MediaPortal+ArgusTV for awhile, and while it was actually quite good, my wife didn't like it (it didn't play well with Windows scheduled updates, and frequently locked up).
I just recently switched to Sage TV 9 (the Open Source version). I have to say that -- for someone whose focus is DVR -- Sage TV is terrific, easy to use, and criminally underrepresented here. Even my wife likes it.
Install instructions: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?p=578056&postcount=4
Jun 25, 2011 Forums have confirmed that the current beta 7.1.8 is *very stable and polished* and 7.1.9 RC was shoved out prior to Google purchase. This is virtually the same as release quality software, with massive support available in the SageTV forums.
They still don't have an official Windows installer for v9 [EDIT: Based on this thread, it sounds like a Windows installer could be ready in the next few days/weeks -- http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62819 ], but upgrading from Sage TV 7 is easy enough. Once you get it set up, you also need to download and install the newest Java 32-bit JRE, and you'll need to set up SchedulesDirect (unless you happen to have an valid commercial SageTV license).
Instructions for setting up the EPG with SchedulesDirect are here (you'll need to do some command line stuff to get it working, as Sage9 doesn't have the webUI yet): https://github.com/Slugger/sdepg/wiki/User's-Guide
As I've used it, I have run into a couple things that needed addressing:
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Many of the buttons on my MCE remote (Guide, GreenButton, Live TV, etc) didn't register in SageTV. I fixed this by setting up EventGhost with the SageTV plugin (and disabling all of the keyboard emulation stuff that comes enabled by default with the program). Note that it has to be run as Administrator, and if you want it to do so on Windows startup, you'll need to set it up to run at user logon through Task Scheduler.
If it's recording, your system will still go into standby if you hit the sleep button on your PC (or use the MCE remote's default sleep button action). SageTV has a built-in manual sleep function that simply turns on an annoying screen saver. To emulate WMC's sleep button activity, I set up EventGhost to treat the power button on my MCE remote as SageTV's Power ON function (this avoids throwing the system into the screen saver). Then I let my 10 minute Windows sleep timeout put my system to sleep if I'm not actively using it (and this doesn't interfere with any active recordings).
[This might all be HDMI handshake issues with my setup] If you try to use the HTPC if it's already on after waking to record, you'll be greeted with a black screen. The only thing that'll give you access to the menus appears to be moving the mouse (none of the buttons on my remote seem to clear the black screen). I haven't done it yet, but I think I can add a mouse movement to my MCE remote's power button action in EventGhost. That should solve this issue.
If watching LiveTV, I kept getting weird stuttering whenever one show ended and the next show started. Fixed by going into the Advanced Settings and turning off the option to re-tune the channel for each new program.