Re: Well, Im neary there.........

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Thanks for your reply. I have tryed this. Have a look at my post which also
has some screen grabs. Thanks

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"Jaime" wrote:

> One brute-force approach would be swap the video card with one from another
> system (if you have access to one from another system). Preferably a
> completely different model card just to eliminate the card/drivers out of
> the mix.
>
> Have you recorded TV yet?
> If so, does it look the same in playback, either in MCE or if you just are
> in XP and play the file in Media Player?
> When I first set mine up, I had some video issues (studdering, etc.) in
> Media Center, but if I dropped out to XP and ran the files in Media Player,
> they looked fine. My problem turned out to be my first video card wasn't
> robust enough.
>
> A few posts here have talked about the way MCE controls the video once it
> starts, have you tried running the "Configure Display" and setting it to
> something other than "Svideo" (don't know why, just another straws to grasp)
> --
> James
> Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), Florida
>
>
> "kookachooo" <kookachooo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BA33EAFE-14AA-44AE-9378-65422FA95B46@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Dana,
> > First let me thank you for your reply. I was using Nvidia drivers 66.93
> > and
> > then I used 71.84 which made no difference. Im back on 66.93. Im seeing
> > the
> > glitches on TV and Monitor ( this only happens in the MCE UI, nowhere
> > else.
> > Primary TV is a 43" Toshiba rear projection. I have also used a 32" CRT
> > widecreen. Both were the same, I use S-Video on both TVs. The DVD decoder
> > is
> > Cyberlinks Power DVD 6, TV and DVD is viewable and a good quality. I will
> > be
> > trying the onboard graphics but I dont hold much hope. I hope you have
> > more
> > ideas or could direct me somewhere that might as I am now desperate. Thank
> > you again. :0)
> >
> > "Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> Couple of points - not sure they'd help but I'll mention anyway. First,
> >> in
> >> the nVidia series of graphics boards, the LEs are generally to be avoided
> >> as
> >> they're the "Lite Edition" versions. In theory this shouldn't matter but
> >> in
> >> practice I hear it might. Second, which version of the drivers? 66.93
> >> seems
> >> to work good for most people but I have had feedback of problems with the
> >> newer 71.84.
> >>
> >> Are you seeing these glitches on your monitor or on a TV? If TV, which
> >> interface are you using? sVideo or DVI? Which TV do you have? Which DVD
> >> decoder do you have?
> >>
> >> Couldn't tell you about the sound - I use the motherboards sound on my
> >> MSI
> >> and it's fine to my ears... Make sure your audio cables are high
> >> quality...
> >>
> >> Dana Cline - MVP
> >>
> >> "kookachooo" <kookachooo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:7C6CDBC0-EBFB-47EC-9448-F423451014F8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Well,
> >> >
> >> > Having built my MCE 2004 and then blowing up, I didn't get much of a
> >> chance
> >> > to use it. All seemed well apart from the fact I couldn't tune hardly
> >> > any
> >> > channels into it.
> >> >
> >> > So, I started again, this time with MCE 2005. I was a little out of
> >> > touch
> >> as
> >> > I had been out of the country and not been to TGB. I built it up,
> >> > added
> >> the
> >> > software and all the drivers and pressed the green button. Oh dear,
> >> > major
> >> > flickering ( if you can call it that,i have screen grabs but dont know
> >> > how
> >> > to post them on here ). It does this all the time in the MCE GUI, TV is
> >> fine
> >> > and not effected and neither is XP.Now Im so close to getting it
> >> > working.
> >> > Everything seems fast,smooth and no real crashes so I can taste the
> >> > fact
> >> that
> >> > its almost ready to use. Has anyone seen anything like this and sorted
> >> > it
> >> > out. I would be welcome to ANY suggestions. I have one other anomaly,
> >> > when
> >> > you use the tour of windows XP,
> >> > the graphics are fine but the sound is corrupt, you can make out the
> >> > music
> >> > and what the lady is saying though, its like snap crackle and pop and
> >> high>
> >> > pitched beeps ( you wouldn't want to turn the volume up too high). I
> >> > also
> >> > noticed that if you record music from a CD into media center, it also
> >> > has
> >> > some corruption but no where near as bad. This is all I can think off
> >> > to
> >> > explain, below I will list the MB, cpu etc and what drivers I used.
> >> > Incidentally. All the equipment used is the same type that I used on
> >> > MCE
> >> > 2004 without a problem. 2 Different MCE 2005 have been used, both OEM
> >> > versions ( clutching at straws I think ). DirectX tests on graphics and
> >> sound
> >> > are perfect and sound tests for C media is also faultless. Sound card
> >> > was
> >> > also added to test sound and on board sound was switched off-no change.
> >> >
> >> > Motherboard AsRock Ks741 using latest drivers from disc which are the
> >> > same
> >> > as on the website.
> >> > Bios is the latest update as per website.
> >> > Segate 80 Gig 8MB 7200 (to test, once its operational I will clone to
> >> > a
> >> > bigger unit)
> >> > AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 333FSB Barton core
> >> > 1GB PC 2700 Elixir memory (2x 512meg sticks)
> >> > NEC 3520 DVD writer
> >> > NVidia 5700 LE graphics card with latest certified MCE drivers from
> >> > website.
> >> > ( Have used other drivers including latest type with no change to the
> >> problem.
> >> > Hauppauge MCE250 using MCE certified drivers (have also used other
> >> drivers
> >> > including latest type with no change to the problem)
> >> > C-media sound also has the latest drivers from the website-the ones on
> >> > Windows update are not as up to date.( Have used both and the one that
> >> was
> >> > on the cd)
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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