Re: Recorded TV problem in MCE ONLY

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From: Rob (Rob_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:01:03 -0800

I tried the NVIDIA decoder. That caused the live TV and recorded TV screens
to freeze as soon as an image appeared.
With the Intervideo recorded TV plays for about 10 seconds, live TV plays
until I change the channel then it freezes. EXCEPT, is some cases, the live
TV works fine on certain stations...most notably all the local access and
home shopping stations work on live TV without a problem as does MSNBC. But
most other stations simply freeze up or don't show up at all. I know it
sounds weird, but it's true. To clarify, if I open MCE and ask to play live
TV it will play whatever channel is on until I change channels or pause and
try to resume.
As for the DVD, yes I am playing it through MCE no problem.
To skirt the issues I use WINTV when I want to watch live TV on the computer
and either play recorded programs through Media Player or send them out to my
Xbox media extender where they work fine.

"JW" wrote:

> You could try using the 30 day trial version of the NVIDIA DVD Decoder
> available at their web site it might help.
> When you say you can play DVD's fine are you using MCE to play them or
> another DVD player program?
> What resolution are you trying to use to play record or live TV?
>
> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:16B951D1-0AF8-4055-B426-383F73819245@microsoft.com...
> > OK,
> > My BIOS will only allow me to allocate 8MB max to the video card (though I
> > thought the Intel cards grabbed their own above that on demand?) It also
> > does
> > not give me the option to disable overlays.
> >
> > I downloaded the new driver, that did not help (was actually already using
> > it.)
> >
> > I am able to play DVDs fine and am using Intervideo decoder version
> > 6.0.6.83
> >
> >
> > "JW" wrote:
> >
> >> Be sure you have the latest driver for your Intel chip;
> >> Following may be the link to the correct driver, however, I am not sure
> >> but
> >> it has solved the problem for some users of Intel chips. You might want
> >> to
> >> check the Intel site yourself.
> >>
> >> http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/download.asp?url=/8006/a08/win2k_xp149.exe&ProductID=1765
> >>
> >> Also make sure that your BIOS has 64MB allocated to your video chip.
> >> You may also have to disable overlays with the video chip in the BIOS but
> >> hopefully not.
> >>
> >> If these suggestions don't solve your problem it would helpful to know
> >> what
> >> DVD decoder you are using and if you can play a DVD using MCE.
> >>
> >> "Rob" <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:0E7CDB6E-493F-496B-9973-ADB16BE49F03@microsoft.com...
> >> > Can anyone explain this...
> >> > I have recorded several shows with MCE2005. No problem. When I play
> >> > back
> >> > those shows using MCE they freeze after 10 seconds or show some type of
> >> > green
> >> > screen with pixelated garbage. HOWEVER, if I play the same shows back
> >> > using
> >> > Media Player 10 there is no problem ... they play fine. At first I
> >> > thought
> >> > the MCE problem was a result of using an Intel Extreme Graphics card,
> >> > but
> >> > now
> >> > I'm not sure since the only difference between MP10 and MCE is the
> >> > software.
> >> > Any ideas?
> >> > --
> >> > Rob
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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