Media Center Live TV not Working on Windows 8, 8.1 [Fix]

When I’m coming home from work usually I turn on the TV for a little relaxation. Have you ever tried watching the live TV app in Media center on Windows 8? Well if you are watching TV on the Media Center live TV app on Windows 8 then you might have encountered some errors along the way. In this tutorial you will find out what to do if you have issues with the Live TV on your Windows 8 PC, laptop or other devices.

You can find a little bit below e detailed explanation of the errors and issues you might get on your Media Center live TV on Windows 8 and how to fix them in the shortest time possible. As a note you should know that the tutorial for Windows 8 Media center will not solve any possible hardware issues you might have with your PC, laptop or tablet.

How to fix Media Center Live TV in Windows 8

Your Computer or laptops tuner might not be installed:
Note: This makes reference to the external USB tuner.

1. Be sure your drivers are updated to support your Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 device.
   Note: You can check this by going to the manufacturer’s website.
2. Another possible reason as why you get this error is because your external TV tuner is not plugged into your PC.
3. Also you will need to configure the tuner if you just installed your Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 operating system by using the Set up TV signal feature (in the “Start” window you will have to look for “tasks” and left click on it, left click on “Settings” in the “tasks” rubric, left click on the “TV” icon you have there and after you clicked on the TV icon you should have access to the “Set up TV signal” feature.)

The Windows 8 device cannot find the tuner – “Tuner not found (internal tuner card)”:

1. First step in this process is to make sure the tuner card is installed on your Windows 8 device.
2. Check on the manufacturer’s website for an update on the driver for the tuner card compatible with Windows 8
3. Do also the last step presented in the first tutorial.

“Tuner in use” issue in Media Center:

1. This usually means that your tuner is used by another program in your Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 system.
   You will have to reboot the Windows 8 device.
2. After the device is up and running close any programs that might use your tuner.
3. Open Media Center again and see if it works.

“Invalid TV format” issue in Media Center:

1. Change the channel and see if this helps.
2. Reboot the Windows 8 device.

Video decoder is used by another program in Windows 8:

You will have to close all the other programs using your video decoder.

The video decoder is malfunctioning in Windows 8:

1. In this particular case you might have some hardware malfunctions.
2. You can try to reboot the Windows 8 Media Center and see if you still get this error.
3. Try to reboot the Windows 8 device and see if it works.

Audio device errors on Windows Media center for live TV:

1. Double check you have the updated drivers on your audio card necessary for Windows 8.
2. You can check if your audio is enabled from the “Device Manager” in Windows 8.

Windows Media Center will not change the channels:
Check to see if the infrared remote cable (IR blaster) is connected properly.

Windows Media Center will change the channels incorrectly:

1. If you have this issue it means that your IR controls have an incorrect setup.
   On the start screen go to “Tasks” and left click on it .
2. Left click on “Settings”
3. Left click or tap “TV”.
4. Left click on “Set up TV signal”
5. Reboot the Windows 8 device after the procedure is finished.

If you don’t have a strong signal for a TV channel in Media Center:

1. You might not have access to that specific channel. If you are subscribed to the cable company and you know you should have access to that program then try calling them to fix this issue.
2. Also if you have a cable card then check if it is inserted correctly and do a set up of the cable card again after a reboot of the Windows 8 device.

Write us below if you have any questions regarding this article or if you have encountered a different type of issue with the Windows media center Live TV then the ones we posted above.

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