Re: Video Error

DX 8 is not good enough for use under MCE 2005 or Vista. It must be DX9 support, as well as the other items mentioned in the link. The software that comes with the 150 is just a different type of media player. MCE depends heavily for DirectX 9 for its rendering of the MCE interface, on screen menus, overlays and the like.

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"Crazed Weasel" <CrazedWeasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:A0A9E558-E726-4142-B24F-B5F0770081FE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I think the video card/driver I have are DX8, but that was enough in XP Home
for me to view live tv from the WinTV PVR 150. I was using the TV program
that came with the card, however.

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

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
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> 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.
>> -- >> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
>> Display\Security
>> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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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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