Re: Major Video Problem - Help!
- From: "JW" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:17:56 -0700
What graphics card model do you have, how much onboard memory does it have
and what driver revision level are you running for it?
NVIDIA latest driver is 71.89 and ATI is Catalyst 5,5.
"Francesco" <Francesco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:64A83A58-B063-4409-8516-7373FC6607FE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I will try the suggestions for DVD playback, but this does not neccisarily
> address why other video files (wmv's and avi's for examples) do not play.
> Those files do not run through the DVD decoder.
>
> Thanks for the ideas though, i will try the NVIDIA decoder, i ran the
> checker and it says that one of the three (i didn't even know i had three)
> reported decoders is compatable except for one exception, but it still has
> a
> green check, and is selected as the default decoder.
>
> Francesco
>
> "Mark Mehalis" wrote:
>
>> Francesco -
>>
>> I have been able to get DVDs to play on my machine consistantly now. Here
>> is
>> what I have been able to assertain.
>>
>> 1.) Because of the HDTV copyright protection in the US (thank the movie
>> industry/lawyers) You cannot natively use a digital connection from the
>> MCE
>> box to your HDTV. The justification is that it makes it really simple for
>> piraters to hook-up and rip extremely high quality copies. (My Opinion -
>> this
>> is kinda stupid because I don't really see a pirater using MCE to make
>> large
>> quantity copies, but I do realize the MS is a big target and the movie
>> industry could easily justify take MS to court for some cash)
>>
>> 2.) To watch DVDs you can -
>>
>> a.) Use your S-Video connection on Co-axial connection (these I
>> believe are both analog). They should work and not cause the copyright
>> protection error.
>>
>> b.) In the forums someone mentioned the application AnyDVD. I was
>> not
>> ok with have an HDTV and not getting the most from my equipment (must be
>> the
>> geek in me) so I downloaded the trial to see if this would work. It does
>> work. The application sits between the decoder and DVD ( if I remember
>> correctly) and does the translation so that the copyright protection flag
>> doesn't get dropped.
>>
>> My hope is that with the US Court ruling against the broadcast HDTV
>> recording rule created by the FCC (?) that this will translate into a
>> patch
>> for MCE allowing us to natively support the digital connection.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> "Francesco" wrote:
>>
>> > I am running Windows Media Center 2005 on a Dell XPS Gen two. The
>> > system uses
>> > software decoding (i am fairly certain its a cinemaster DVD decoder, i
>> > will
>> > check when i get home if neccisary for trobleshooting).
>> >
>> > A quick note: all of the dvds and video files I have attempted to play
>> > in
>> > MCE play flawlessly in Windows Media Player ON THE SAME COMPUTER when i
>> > open
>> > them outside of media center edition, which is what makes the problems
>> > suspect, since if it plays in WMP it should play in MCE.
>> >
>> > Problem: Not a single dvd or video file will play in MCE. When i
>> > attempt to
>> > play a DVD I recive a "decoder error instructing me to check my decoder
>> > and
>> > restart the computer". When trying to play any format video file in
>> > MCE, the
>> > screen just goes black for a few seconds, flickers once or twice, and
>> > then
>> > goes back to the MCE video selection screen, withour providing an error
>> > message or indication that anything wronge just happened.
>> >
>> > This sucks, someone please help!
>> > Francesco
.
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