tv tunner in media center

[scrooge]

hello
has anyone been able to get (windows media center) tv working with windows 7 ?
i have a (ati) older tunner card that works fine under (windows vista) but not
windows 7. i get this error when setting it up .

it lets me set it up but then there is no (video or sound) . all the drivers are install.
thanks for any help with this
scrooge

 

[smarteyeball]

I believe it's either a codec issue, a driver issue or a more remote possibility is that the tuner signal strength is less forgiving in 7. (The Digital Audio Service screen normally happens when the signal strength is too low)

I've had nothing but trouble with 7's media Center myself. Without using a codec pack, the closet I've got was a working channel but as soon as I change channels, I lose sound and audio. Other times I will get sound, but no video.

With a codec pack installed, I lose both sound and video until I select the codec packs mpeg2 decoder. Then I get a picture and distortion for sound


Like yourself, my tuner card works fine under Vista. Oddly, the media center worked flawlessly on a previous 7 installation... :huh: (I've upgraded my PC between now and then, switched from nvidia to ATI so I'm leaning towards ATI drivers being the culprit)

 

[chinga69]

i have 1 twinhan pci tv card digital 1twinhan pci sat card and a digitalnow twin tuner digital that work with media center i all so have media portal rc4 working in win7
which i prefer over media center
ps. if you want to try media portal you will have to reinstall win7 as once you setup media center it stops the tv service working for media portal the same thing happens in vista 64 if you install the tv pack

 

[scrooge]

thanks for all your help .

 

[smarteyeball]

I stuck with media Center after trying a lot of free players in XP.

I might look into Media Portal when I install the newer 7 build.

 

[Ex_Brit]

Strange that I can't find anything at all about that error code. I use an ATI 650 Pro TV Tuner card and it works fine in both Vista and Windows 7.

There's a thread here about "Playready" not sure if it may help: http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/thread/308801.aspx

 

[scrooge]

thats the same card i have but it will not work. i'm using ( dish network) maybe that has something to do with it. anyway if someone finds a work around to get it going please post back..

thanks again
scrooge

 

[Ex_Brit]

Yes, I'm using cable TV. Sorry I have no suggestions, hopefully someone with more knowledge will come along.

 

[Ex_Brit]

i have 1 twinhan pci tv card digital 1twinhan pci sat card and a digitalnow twin tuner digital that work with media center i all so have media portal rc4 working in win7
which i prefer over media center
ps. if you want to try media portal you will have to reinstall win7 as once you setup media center it stops the tv service working for media portal the same thing happens in vista 64 if you install the tv pack

Thanks for posting that. I now have transformed my XP Pro into a media center edition...LOL

I found that Nero's Media Center really sucked and this one appears to work just fine, except I can't get the TV Guide or EPG to download from my cableco, will keep fiddling with it.

 

[chinga69]

hello
has anyone been able to get (windows media center) tv working with windows 7 ?
i have a (ati) older tunner card that works fine under (windows vista) but not
windows 7. i get this error when setting it up .
View attachment 1223
it lets me set it up but then there is no (video or sound) . all the drivers are install.
thanks for any help with this
scrooge

hi just got that eeror message while setting up my tv but i was able to click on next anyway and keep going and was able to finish the setup process try it again and just click on next if your able to

 

[johngalt]

Interestingly enough, with standard W7 drivers from WU, I got the same error in WMC as well - but was watching TV no more than 5 minutes later with sound.

I have since upgraded to drivers for Vistax64 for my video cards, monitors, motherboard, sound and tuner. Still working....

 

[Ex_Brit]

I am now getting the same error 0x80240003 "error when attempting to install Playready" or words to that effect.

This is strange, I had it working before in this version of Windows 7 (6801), so why not now? I installed the latest ATI Catalyst drivers for the ATI 650 Pro Theater card.

Very strange indeed.

"Media Portal" turned out to be a flop, it is so error prone and seizes up at every opportunity and trying to get the EPG guide to load was impossible, not to mention one has to pay eventually to get the guide anyway.

Edit: On clicking "Next" it went ahead with the TV setup anyway.....LOL

It seems that it's just this "Playready" thingy, whatever that is, isn't available right now. From what I read on the web, that may be dead in any case.

 

[dan7777]

i use a win tv card works fine make sure you got latest drivers for card etc...

 

[Ex_Brit]

My only problem is crackly sound in WMC only...have just installed new drivers and am about to reboot.

 

[Ex_Brit]

Yup, driver update did the trick. Had to install them in compat mode with Vista RTM though.

 

[DiamondNRG]

Hello all... my media center doesn't work at all. The first time it worked great, then i closed it and win7 blue screened. Had to do a system restore as it trashed my explorer.exe file. Now media center crashes instantly as soon as I try to open it. Any suggestions? I want to get it working as I just bought a remote and was going to get a tuner card (also would like all of your opinions as to the best one --- do note I have an ATI vid card).

Thanks for any advice on fixing Media Center and/or suggesting tuner cards.

 

[darkassain]

Hello all... my media center doesn't work at all. The first time it worked great, then i closed it and win7 blue screened. Had to do a system restore as it trashed my explorer.exe file. Now media center crashes instantly as soon as I try to open it. Any suggestions? I want to get it working as I just bought a remote and was going to get a tuner card (also would like all of your opinions as to the best one --- do note I have an ATI vid card).

Thanks for any advice on fixing Media Center and/or suggesting tuner cards.

i dont know if this is relevant or not (most likely not since win is shipping with codecs out of the box) but have you tried a codec x64 pack
thats what i need to see my tv (had to disable the mpfmp from loading)
for me ffdshow was reliable than the standard vista tv codec....
just my two cents....

 

[Ex_Brit]

Media Center isn't much use without a TV Tuner card and you say you haven't got one yet. Once you have one, just make sure all the drivers for it, your video and audio, are the latest, if necessary install them in compatibility mode.

 

[darkassain]

Media Center isn't much use without a TV Tuner card and you say you haven't got one yet. Once you have one, just make sure all the drivers for it, your video and audio, are the latest, if necessary install them in compatibility mode.

i have one it just that i wasnt supported in vista and now in win7....(was supported in XP MCE 2005 or 2002 i believe... )
and thats what i did...
i have taken it out the tv tuner (as media center tv is not that important feuture to have in machine...)
and W7 and vista...
and have inserted Server 2008
why you ask??
because they gave it away free...
(i mean to college students...)

yay 300!!

 

[DiamondNRG]

Media Center isn't much use without a TV Tuner card and you say you haven't got one yet. Once you have one, just make sure all the drivers for it, your video and audio, are the latest, if necessary install them in compatibility mode.

That is not true. I didn't buy the tuner yet because it wasn't a #1 priority in the new system and I wanted to make sure the one I ended up picking worked well with win7.

I use media center to watch movies and play music as well, its a nice interface. It isn't just TV.

But the point is I can not even open media center, so codec or no codec, it doesn't matter, it never even opens anymore!