Re: Video Error

I ran that and it did show a Microsoft mpeg decoder.

Can you think of anything else to check?

The only other thing I wonder about is the fact that I only have 512M of
ram. When I run Media Player (not Media Center) to view a DVD, I get an
error about not enough memory and shutting down applications to free memory.



"JW" wrote:

Vista Media Center stores its default decoder settings in a different place
in the registry than XP.

In Vista the key is
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media
Center\Decoder

whereas in XP the key was
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media
Center\Service\Video

(The actual value names in the keys are the same):
PreferredMPEG2AudioDecoder and PreferredMPEG2VideoDecoder

But the Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility, for me, does show
which decoders are installed. It's "Set as Preferred" and Restore
Defaults" functions, do not change the Vista registry entry.

"Crazed Weasel" <CrazedWeasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I tried that, and no difference. Not too surprising since the decoder
error
happens when I try to watch live TV (with the tuner card) OR play a DVD.

Is there some way to verify that the Vista RC1 Decoder is installed? Or
reinstall it?

"JW" wrote:

I suggest that you try the latest Vista Beta driver from the Hauppauge
WebSite for your 150 card instead instead of the one you got from Vista
Winupdate.

"Crazed Weasel" <CrazedWeasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am running Vista RC1 with Hauppauge driver version 6.0.5600.16384 from
windows update, and the ATI 9550 driver that came with Vista, version
7.15.11.0.

Any idea what the Decoder error might be caused by?

"JW" wrote:

I have no problem running Aero or running my hauppaauge 150 card with
the
Hauppauge 150 Vista drivers umder Vista RC2 I did have problems
however
with
RC1.
There is a built in MPEG2 decoder in Viata Premium/ultimate so I am
surprised that you are getting a decoder err.r.
"Crazed Weasel" <CrazedWeasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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I just replaced the video card with a Radeon 9550 card. I can run
Aero
now,
which is pretty cool. When I try using the media center to watch tv
with
my
Hauppauge Win TV-PVR150, I get a different error now:

Decoder Error
The video decoder has either malfunctioned or is not installed.
Please
restart
Windows Media Center or the computer.

Any ideas?

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

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
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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
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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.
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"Crazed Weasel" <Crazed Weasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
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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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