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Hello all,
Hi and welcome to our forum!!It sounds like it may be a decoder issue. Microsoft have a utility that can list all the decoders recorded in your registry, and indicate which of these are compatible with WMP10 and XP Media Center Edition. It will then ask you which of these you wish to use as the preferred video decoder. You could give that a go.. if its not finding any compatible decoders at all then obviously you will need to search and find a different one.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DE1491AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en
Mitz from Tips4pc
Thank you for the quick response Dak. Will try that utility and report back sometime Sunday.
Hey Dak,
Hey Dak,
I am curious to know which software you have installed for your DVD burner, or whether perhaps you have forgotten to install the burner. Your TV Card should be able to operate using any one of a number of decoders. You should have a variety of these installed as part of your DVD Burner software.If you, as I certainly have, have a collection of old discs.. see if you have a different DVD Burning solution anywhere and try installing that. For instance, if you have Nero installed, and you find a Sonic Cineplayer (Roxio) or Cyberlink (PowerDVD) disc about.. install that as well. Intervideo (WinDVD) is another common decoder. Your TV card should be able to use any one of these decoders. Once you have installed any of this software, you should then be able to update to the latest version online without paying anything.Hopefully this will fix your problem.
Mitz from Tips4pc
I have ZERO burning programs installed on this machine. When it was working in my other case I had Nero and Power Dvd installed.
Didn't work Dak.
Hi PitsburgherDid you actually download a codec, because here are some free ones Windows XP or Windows Vista. free movie codes I did think Media center would come with everthing that is needed, however you never know. Microsoft has surprised me before. You could also try downloading an updated driver for your tv card at http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspxWhen you did have this working on another computer, what are the differences between the two setups?
Hi Mitz,
Ok well maybe dell had the correct decoder installed on the computer that came with the TV card. Maybe it is on a disc that came with the dell. If you went and checked the dell computer at the microsoft website it will probably say your decoders are ok..(unless you have formatted)Is it possible to do this test on the original dell? You'll need to install a codec so that Media Center can use it to decode MPEG2 streams. As Dak has said, you can install other software hoping that they will have the decoder you need. The most likely programs are Intervideo's WinDVD, PowerDVD, or Nvidia's NVDVD... Media Center is very fussy about what decoder it uses and therefore it is safer to stick with what it came with. I personally would install Cyberlink Power DVD because I presume Dell uses this. Then I would update the program at this site.. http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/download/patches_1_ENU.htmlLet me know what you are trying? Also it is best to set a system restore point before somehting goes wrong. This way you can turn back time, without having to format.
Thanks Mitz,
OH Well.
You can get PwerDVD 9.0 from here for free, Mate?http://www.powerdvd-full.info/au/Hope it helps.Ray
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