Re: Decoder error when trying to watch live TV/DVD through MCE

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The issue was indeed the video card. I have a MSI 9250 video card that I put
in the PC and loaded the drivers and voila TV and DVDs now play just fine
through MCE.

Thanks Jamie for the great guidance!

"Jaime" wrote:

Do you know if it supports DirectX 9? I believe that is the minimum for MCE.

Also, when you stripped out all the other decoders, did you reinstall the
nVidia one? Seem occasionally, when people have had multiple decoders, they
can muck up the valid ones, and stipping them all, then reinstalling the
valid one is the way to be sure they're not screwing up each other.
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL

"mswauger" <mswauger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'll look and see what I have that might work. If this is the case
though, I
have to find a low profile card since Ihave built this system in a very
small
form factor case.

"Jaime" wrote:

Yes, MCE has more stringent requirements for video than just XP. With a
separate card, a nVidia FX5200 is the low-end you can use. I'm not as
familiar with the onboard stuff, but the only one listed at the MS site
is
the S3 Graphics, Inc. - S3 Graphics GammaChrome. Not sure if yours is
equivilant. Do you have another video card you can plug in to test?

Here's the link to the MS site with the compatible components -
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=30e22722-a2bc-45a4-8f1a-f57503a9312d&DisplayLang=en
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL


"mswauger" <mswauger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jamie,

The vid card is built into the motherboard (MSI K8MM-V). It is listed
as
"S3 Graphics UniChrome 2D/3D Graphics with motion compensation". The
drivers
are the most up to date from MSI, but I couldn't find any specific MCE
drivers.

I am running the Hauppauge MCE Drivers.

So even if Media Player plays the DVDs fine and the TV input can be
seen
in
other apps (Movie Maker), the video card could still be the culprit?

mike


"Jaime" wrote:

This error will sometimes show if the video card is not up to the task
or
has incorrect drivers for MCE (and possible the tuner card).

What video card to you have?

Are you running MCE drivers (if available)?

Are you running the Hauppauge MCE drivers or the standard ones?
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL

"mswauger" <mswauger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Let's add another level to the problem. I have just un-installed
the
cyberlink software and installed the trial version of Nvidia's
decoder.
I
also un-installed the Hauppauge decoder so that Windows XP Video
Decoder
Checkup shows only one decoder installed - Nvidia's. I can watch
DVDs
through Media Player and I can see the TV feed through Movie Maker,
but
I
still get the decoder error when trying to watch video or TV in MCE.

"mswauger" wrote:

I know there has been a lot of messages about this already, but I
have
not
been able to resolve my issue. I get the error that the decoder
has
malfunctioned or is not installed.

I have the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR 150 MCE tuner card and have
Cyberlink
Power
DVD 7.0 Deluxe installed. I can watch DVDs just fine through
Cyberlink's
interface and if I load Windows Movie Maker I can see TV channels
from
the
tuner in the preview panel. The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup
Utility
reports the following:

1. Cyberlink Video/SP Decoder (PDVD7) CLVSD.ax 6.0.2.2806
Set
as
preferred

2. Cyberlink Video/ SP Decoder clvsd.ax
X

3. InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder for Hauppauge
IviVideo_Hauppauge.ax
4.5.28.238 X

4. Cyberlink SAC Video Decoder(PDVD7 HomeNetwork) CLVSD.ax
6.0.0.2122

The 2nd and 3rd decoders are not MP10 Compatible or MCE Compatible
while
the
1st and 4th are compatible with both. I have uninstalled and
reinstalled
the
Power DVD software several times and have gone through the
registery
and
cleaned out all references to Cyberlink and PowerDVD between
installs.

I payed for CyberLink's telephone support to resolve the issue only
to
have
them insist it is MS issue and that I had to contact Microsoft.

Can anyone help me wth this?

Mike









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