Re: Video Error

There are specific requirements for video cards to be supported in Media Center (DX9 and other support that your ATI card probably doesn't support. Video card requirements for MCE can be found here

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/partners/dfw/videocardsreq.mspx

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"Crazed Weasel" <CrazedWeasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1EBB7258-1AFA-4EEF-97B4-C07413E0975F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Doug,

I verified that the Hauppauge card is listed under the Sound Video and Game
Controllers, and it has driver version 2.0.43.24108 installed. That's the
latest version posted on the Hauppauge web site.

I was able to install the XP drivers for my Radeon 7000. On the plus side,
my performance index for graphics went up from 1.0 to 1.9. Plus I can run
native resolution on my LCD monitor again.

However I still get the same video error message on trying Media Center.
Does that make sense? I'll try again when I get the Radeon 9600, but I hope
I'm not wasting time for an installation issue - i.e. there is some component
of Vista that needs to be installed still.

Ray

"Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" wrote:

Under Vista, the Hauppauge 150's show up under Sound, Video and Game
Controllers in Device Manager.

You need to ensure you have two things installed.

1) The appropriate MCE compatible tuner drivers for Vista. There are
drivers for the Hauppauge cards on Windows Update, they are listed as
Optional updates. Or you can use the drivers found here:

ftp://ftp.shspvr.com/download/wintv-pvr_150-500/inf/pvr_2.0.48.24258_vista_whql.zip

More info here:

http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2006/10/new-hauppauge-pvr-150500-drivers-for.html

2) Visit ATI's web site and download the latest Vista beta drivers for your
video card.

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBList.asp?folderID=5713

These driver are listed as compatible with Vista RTM. They may not work, or
work well with RC1.
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"Crazed Weasel" <Crazed Weasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7597C105-2B38-4784-A8CE-DC2E99D4565B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi!
>
> I have installed Vista on my old Sony Vaio PDV-RX560, dual boot (Vista > on
> its own hard drive). I have a WinTV PVR 150 TV card from Hauppauge, > and
> the
> video card is a ATI Radeon 7000 series (32MB).
>
> All is working well, except I can't watch TV. though I can from XP. > Under
> Vista's media center I get "VIDEO ERROR Files needed to display video > are
> not installed or not working correctly" error.
>
> Two things I see that may be an issue are that the video card is using > the
> standard vga driver, and I can't see the tv card in the device manager,
> even
> after installing the latest drivers for Vista from the Hauppauge site.
>
> Any suggestions?


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