tv tunner in media center

[Ex_Brit]

That's too bad, sorry I don't have any suggestions on that one. Let's just hope the actual beta's arrive soon.

 

[chinga69]

you will have to reinstall win7 to get it working again

 

[DiamondNRG]

you will have to reinstall win7 to get it working again

And then it will just break again after running it once? I heard the BSOD had something to do with UAC, but I don't really want to turn it off completely (I have it on low) but I will if it will mean that Media Center will not crap out. Do you have any more information on this? Can I do a repair of win7 from the installer to fix it? (not trying to be lazy, just efficient).

 

[chinga69]

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.

what were you doing before it bsd

1 you could try to restore to another restore point again
2 you could try repairing it with the disk

 

[DiamondNRG]

It happened right after installing, I only had 1 restore point before that. And all I did was "exit" media center after viewing part of a dvd on a local hard drive.

 

[chinga69]

sorry quickest fix will be reinstall


cheers brad

 

[darkassain]

It happened right after installing, I only had 1 restore point before that. And all I did was "exit" media center after viewing part of a dvd on a local hard drive.

where you able to catch the BSOD codes and the message???

here the info to get the stop message...

http://www.sevenforums.com/network-internet/914-internet-exsploer-crashing-me-pc.html#post6992

can you post it up?

 

[scrooge]

i was able to get it running after doing this.
reformated my drive and installed win 7 again.
then i installed ffdshow ( i think the last time
i used x64Components_v152) .downloaded the drivers
for the tunner card installed them in device manager
(last time i just ran the app to install them).rebooted
the system then ran media center . still got the playready
error but this time the video and sound works it's still working .
btw what is (playready) cause after i was done and everything
was working fine i got a message in media center asking if i"d like
to intall playready now. i clicked no .
scrooge

 

[Ex_Brit]

I think that Playready thing is in beta anyway so probably isn't worth worrying about. Glad you've got WMC working.

 

[smarteyeball]

It says playready is for premium TV, so Cable/Satellite/PayTV programming?

 

[Ex_Brit]

It says playready is for premium TV, so Cable/Satellite/PayTV programming?

Not sure if it's that or for digital TV which I don't have hooked up to my PC, only directly to my TV.

 

[darkassain]

I think that Playready thing is in beta anyway so probably isn't worth worrying about. Glad you've got WMC working.

the thing is for most people it is compatible OOB

for me since it was included in a system which offered MCE 2002 which i almost could never find drivers online....
and since it was unsupported in vista and 7 (and of course didnt work) i tried using the ffdshow codecs and they worked....


thats the reason i offered this advice...
even though i dont use that card anymore...
and good job for everyone for helping scrooge to get it working...

 

[smarteyeball]

Not sure if it's that or for digital TV which I don't have hooked up to my PC, only directly to my TV.

In Australia we have Foxtel IQ, a pay-per view service that uses a box connected to the TV. Perhaps it's just a software equivalent.

I got MC working with out issue this time around and so far all is good. I'm not going to tempt fate this time and install a codec pack. I think I'll just stick with VLC for all non-liveTV stuff. TBH, I don't really watch FTA TV anymore. It's all channel BT for my entertainment

 

[chinga69]

hi all
anyone got a pci-e tv card working with 4 gig of ram or more?
when i try to use the tv with 4 gig of ram the picture is very jurky it also happens with vista 64.

if i go back to 3 gig of ram everything works fine doesn't matter what prog i use to watch tv it happens and also changing codecs doesn't help

cheers brad

 

[smarteyeball]

sorry mate, only a PCI card here.

 

[darkassain]

same here..

sad it doesnt work for brad

 

[johngalt]

And then it will just break again after running it once? I heard the BSOD had something to do with UAC, but I don't really want to turn it off completely (I have it on low) but I will if it will mean that Media Center will not crap out. Do you have any more information on this? Can I do a repair of win7 from the installer to fix it? (not trying to be lazy, just efficient).

Not necessarily true because I have 6801 x64 with UAC cranked up to Vista outrageous settings and I have no issues with WMC at all. Well, other than my cable looking kind of grainy since it is analog and not digital....

hi all
anyone got a pci-e tv card working with 4 gig of ram or more?
when i try to use the tv with 4 gig of ram the picture is very jurky it also happens with vista 64.

if i go back to 3 gig of ram everything works fine doesn't matter what prog i use to watch tv it happens and also changing codecs doesn't help

cheers brad

Yup -I have a Hauppauge WinTuner 1800 PVR (or whatever the actual model number and name combination is, I am too lazy to look it up...) and it works great on my system with 4 GB RAM and Vista x64 *and* W7 6801 x64.

 

[chinga69]

Not necessarily true because I have 6801 x64 with UAC cranked up to Vista outrageous settings and I have no issues with WMC at all. Well, other than my cable looking kind of grainy since it is analog and not digital....



Yup -I have a Hauppauge WinTuner 1800 PVR (or whatever the actual model number and name combination is, I am too lazy to look it up...) and it works great on my system with 4 GB RAM and Vista x64 *and* W7 6801 x64.

very nice card good price and good to see they are finally putting the f connections on the card.

maybe its my cards drivers i hope should be getting beta drivers to try soon

cheers brad

ps- ah its not a dual digital tuner may not make a difference ?

 

[DiamondNRG]

I just read all the reviews on the Hauppauge cards and lots of people have issues with them, sounds like their support gets an F- as well.

I want an ATI card ... I guess under the Diamond name would be my preference, just have to figure out what model. Too bad none of them are dual tuners.

And john ... I'm confused by you calling my comment untrue, you aren't even talking about the same build! I just did a reinstall of 6936 and media center still crashes on trying to open it,

 

[darkassain]

im sure hes just talking about win7 in general....
and can you show any errors or anything unsual (check your event viewer for during the time that happened...)
post the time here i and if you can your logs...
maybe we can get to the bottom of this...