Mm... yesterday I saw ATI has released a new video driver and I installed it
right away. Wow... Media Center just stop showing any error message on DVD
playback .... it won't even play DVD at all.

sigh... Now I am putting my hopes on RC1. hope it will solve the problems.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

RC1 build 5600 has gone out to the techbeta testers and MSDN subscribers and
it goes out to the public Sometime between the 7th and the 9th of sept this
will be a CPP release the same as 5384 was if you registered for the windows
vista beta2 5384 you will get an email with a link to download it in the
next few days.There should also be a product key in that Email.
beta2 was released to 2 million people, RC1 will be released to 6 million
people so if you weren't registered for the first realease then you will be
able to register for RC1 and get a key just keep checking on the "vista get
ready site"

I'm not sure how good it will be it's supposed to be a release candidate
which means it's the final stage of beta testing however from what I've
heard so far there may be the need for an RC2 but that one will probably not
go public
So it will be anybody's guess as to what they've been able to fix before it
hits the shelves.

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote in
message ...
Hopefully, Mike Crow Soft is reading this forum. If you do a search on
decoder error, it might provide a clue that something got sent out that
croaked LOTS of peoples Media Centers, recently. This needs to be fixed
before it ever hits the shelves. Media Center is a large reason why folks
would buy Vista. It is nice when it works. It finds my 2 tuner cards and
sets them up fine. But, without a decoder, my system is useless. What is
being released this week? Can we get it? Thanks.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

Lol I'm just a public trial participant looks like we'll have to wait
till
friday when it gets released.
I think if they don't fix this problem of media center stopping, Then a
lot
of people out there will have huge probs with no idea what to do about it

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote in
message ...
Will. Can we IT Professionals get updated build 5600 downloaded?


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

No haven't figured out how to extract it from the DVD and I didn't get
it
to
work
The only thing that changed on my computer when media center stopped
working
was the installation of an automatic around the time it stopped
working.
And seeing build 5384 is already outdated by 5536 and 5600 I'm not
sure
if
MSFT will be looking into issues with build 5384

"R K" wrote in message
...
About the MSMPEG2DEC, did you get it to work? Do you know where I
can
get
it
from the Vista DVD?

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

with uninstalling powerDVD you may want to try using compatibility
mode
just
go to my computer click on the drive you have vista installed on go
to
the
"program files" folder then to the powerDVD folder find the file
"uninstall.exe" right click it, click on properties then
"compatibility"
select compatibility mode for windows Xp sp2 and check the box
marked
"run
as administrator" and it should let you uninstall it
after that I recommend you try Nvidia pure video platinum there's a
free
30
day trial of it on the Nvidia website this worked for me
Just make sure you install it as administrator and in compatibility
mode
for
XP and you shouldn't have any problems

"R K" wrote in message
...
I have experienced the same problem. Vista was working nicely last
Monday
night but when I boot up the next morning, I got "Decoder Error"
problem.
No
TV or DVD under MCE.

I reinstall from scratch and did all the updates and still the
got
the
problem. I installed PowerDVD and then I can at least watch TV
but
DVD
has
no
sound. sigh.. Now it won't let me uninstall PowerDVD.



"Will Schuitman" wrote:

I'm running beta 2 5384
media center has always worked for me but it has all of sudden
stopped
it
keeps saying "decoder error" evertime I want to watch live tv or
play
recorded tv
This has happened to me only once before at the time it was
caused
by
the
system time being out of sync
this is not the cause this time I'm at a loss here I have no
idea
why
it
is
doing this I've tried everything even reinstalled my video
drivers
and
still
no luck
does anyone out there have any Ideas ???

It may be that the new ATI driver has been written for RC1
it's worth keeping to use with RC1

"R K" wrote in message
news
Mm... yesterday I saw ATI has released a new video driver and I installed
it
right away. Wow... Media Center just stop showing any error message on DVD
playback .... it won't even play DVD at all.

sigh... Now I am putting my hopes on RC1. hope it will solve the problems.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

RC1 build 5600 has gone out to the techbeta testers and MSDN subscribers
and
it goes out to the public Sometime between the 7th and the 9th of sept
this
will be a CPP release the same as 5384 was if you registered for the
windows
vista beta2 5384 you will get an email with a link to download it in the
next few days.There should also be a product key in that Email.
beta2 was released to 2 million people, RC1 will be released to 6 million
people so if you weren't registered for the first realease then you will
be
able to register for RC1 and get a key just keep checking on the "vista
get
ready site"

I'm not sure how good it will be it's supposed to be a release candidate
which means it's the final stage of beta testing however from what I've
heard so far there may be the need for an RC2 but that one will probably
not
go public
So it will be anybody's guess as to what they've been able to fix before
it
hits the shelves.

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote in
message ...
Hopefully, Mike Crow Soft is reading this forum. If you do a search on
decoder error, it might provide a clue that something got sent out that
croaked LOTS of peoples Media Centers, recently. This needs to be
fixed
before it ever hits the shelves. Media Center is a large reason why
folks
would buy Vista. It is nice when it works. It finds my 2 tuner cards
and
sets them up fine. But, without a decoder, my system is useless. What
is
being released this week? Can we get it? Thanks.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

Lol I'm just a public trial participant looks like we'll have to wait
till
friday when it gets released.
I think if they don't fix this problem of media center stopping, Then
a
lot
of people out there will have huge probs with no idea what to do about
it

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote
in
message ...
Will. Can we IT Professionals get updated build 5600 downloaded?


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

No haven't figured out how to extract it from the DVD and I didn't
get
it
to
work
The only thing that changed on my computer when media center
stopped
working
was the installation of an automatic around the time it stopped
working.
And seeing build 5384 is already outdated by 5536 and 5600 I'm not
sure
if
MSFT will be looking into issues with build 5384

"R K" wrote in message
...
About the MSMPEG2DEC, did you get it to work? Do you know where I
can
get
it
from the Vista DVD?

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

with uninstalling powerDVD you may want to try using
compatibility
mode
just
go to my computer click on the drive you have vista installed on
go
to
the
"program files" folder then to the powerDVD folder find the file
"uninstall.exe" right click it, click on properties then
"compatibility"
select compatibility mode for windows Xp sp2 and check the box
marked
"run
as administrator" and it should let you uninstall it
after that I recommend you try Nvidia pure video platinum
there's a
free
30
day trial of it on the Nvidia website this worked for me
Just make sure you install it as administrator and in
compatibility
mode
for
XP and you shouldn't have any problems

"R K" wrote in message
...
I have experienced the same problem. Vista was working nicely
last
Monday
night but when I boot up the next morning, I got "Decoder
Error"
problem.
No
TV or DVD under MCE.

I reinstall from scratch and did all the updates and still the
got
the
problem. I installed PowerDVD and then I can at least watch TV
but
DVD
has
no
sound. sigh.. Now it won't let me uninstall PowerDVD.



"Will Schuitman" wrote:

I'm running beta 2 5384
media center has always worked for me but it has all of
sudden
stopped
it
keeps saying "decoder error" evertime I want to watch live tv
or
play
recorded tv
This has happened to me only once before at the time it was
caused
by
the
system time being out of sync
this is not the cause this time I'm at a loss here I have no
idea
why
it
is
doing this I've tried everything even reinstalled my video
drivers
and
still
no luck
does anyone out there have any Ideas ???

The real reason is that the "trial period" on MPEG-2 codecs needed for
MCE/DVD playback/burn has expired around 8/31 in Vista Beta 2. Using RC1 is
indeed the right solution.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not rights.
----


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

It may be that the new ATI driver has been written for RC1
it's worth keeping to use with RC1

"R K" wrote in message
news
Mm... yesterday I saw ATI has released a new video driver and I installed
it
right away. Wow... Media Center just stop showing any error message on DVD
playback .... it won't even play DVD at all.

sigh... Now I am putting my hopes on RC1. hope it will solve the problems.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

RC1 build 5600 has gone out to the techbeta testers and MSDN subscribers
and
it goes out to the public Sometime between the 7th and the 9th of sept
this
will be a CPP release the same as 5384 was if you registered for the
windows
vista beta2 5384 you will get an email with a link to download it in the
next few days.There should also be a product key in that Email.
beta2 was released to 2 million people, RC1 will be released to 6 million
people so if you weren't registered for the first realease then you will
be
able to register for RC1 and get a key just keep checking on the "vista
get
ready site"

I'm not sure how good it will be it's supposed to be a release candidate
which means it's the final stage of beta testing however from what I've
heard so far there may be the need for an RC2 but that one will probably
not
go public
So it will be anybody's guess as to what they've been able to fix before
it
hits the shelves.

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote in
message ...
Hopefully, Mike Crow Soft is reading this forum. If you do a search on
decoder error, it might provide a clue that something got sent out that
croaked LOTS of peoples Media Centers, recently. This needs to be
fixed
before it ever hits the shelves. Media Center is a large reason why
folks
would buy Vista. It is nice when it works. It finds my 2 tuner cards
and
sets them up fine. But, without a decoder, my system is useless. What
is
being released this week? Can we get it? Thanks.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

Lol I'm just a public trial participant looks like we'll have to wait
till
friday when it gets released.
I think if they don't fix this problem of media center stopping, Then
a
lot
of people out there will have huge probs with no idea what to do about
it

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote
in
message ...
Will. Can we IT Professionals get updated build 5600 downloaded?


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

No haven't figured out how to extract it from the DVD and I didn't
get
it
to
work
The only thing that changed on my computer when media center
stopped
working
was the installation of an automatic around the time it stopped
working.
And seeing build 5384 is already outdated by 5536 and 5600 I'm not
sure
if
MSFT will be looking into issues with build 5384

"R K" wrote in message
...
About the MSMPEG2DEC, did you get it to work? Do you know where I
can
get
it
from the Vista DVD?

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

with uninstalling powerDVD you may want to try using
compatibility
mode
just
go to my computer click on the drive you have vista installed on
go
to
the
"program files" folder then to the powerDVD folder find the file
"uninstall.exe" right click it, click on properties then
"compatibility"
select compatibility mode for windows Xp sp2 and check the box
marked
"run
as administrator" and it should let you uninstall it
after that I recommend you try Nvidia pure video platinum
there's a
free
30
day trial of it on the Nvidia website this worked for me
Just make sure you install it as administrator and in
compatibility
mode
for
XP and you shouldn't have any problems

"R K" wrote in message
...
I have experienced the same problem. Vista was working nicely
last
Monday
night but when I boot up the next morning, I got "Decoder
Error"
problem.
No
TV or DVD under MCE.

I reinstall from scratch and did all the updates and still the
got
the
problem. I installed PowerDVD and then I can at least watch TV
but
DVD
has
no
sound. sigh.. Now it won't let me uninstall PowerDVD.



"Will Schuitman" wrote:

I'm running beta 2 5384
media center has always worked for me but it has all of
sudden
stopped
it
keeps saying "decoder error" evertime I want to watch live tv
or
play
recorded tv
This has happened to me only once before at the time it was
caused
by
the
system time being out of sync
this is not the cause this time I'm at a loss here I have no
idea
why
it
is
doing this I've tried everything even reinstalled my video
drivers
and
still
no luck
does anyone out there have any Ideas ???

Codecs in the final Vista release would not have such an expiration.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not rights.

----

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]" wrote:

The real reason is that the "trial period" on MPEG-2 codecs needed for
MCE/DVD playback/burn has expired around 8/31 in Vista Beta 2. Using RC1 is
indeed the right solution.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not rights.
----


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

It may be that the new ATI driver has been written for RC1
it's worth keeping to use with RC1

"R K" wrote in message
news
Mm... yesterday I saw ATI has released a new video driver and I installed
it
right away. Wow... Media Center just stop showing any error message on DVD
playback .... it won't even play DVD at all.

sigh... Now I am putting my hopes on RC1. hope it will solve the problems.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

RC1 build 5600 has gone out to the techbeta testers and MSDN subscribers
and
it goes out to the public Sometime between the 7th and the 9th of sept
this
will be a CPP release the same as 5384 was if you registered for the
windows
vista beta2 5384 you will get an email with a link to download it in the
next few days.There should also be a product key in that Email.
beta2 was released to 2 million people, RC1 will be released to 6 million
people so if you weren't registered for the first realease then you will
be
able to register for RC1 and get a key just keep checking on the "vista
get
ready site"

I'm not sure how good it will be it's supposed to be a release candidate
which means it's the final stage of beta testing however from what I've
heard so far there may be the need for an RC2 but that one will probably
not
go public
So it will be anybody's guess as to what they've been able to fix before
it
hits the shelves.

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote in
message ...
Hopefully, Mike Crow Soft is reading this forum. If you do a search on
decoder error, it might provide a clue that something got sent out that
croaked LOTS of peoples Media Centers, recently. This needs to be
fixed
before it ever hits the shelves. Media Center is a large reason why
folks
would buy Vista. It is nice when it works. It finds my 2 tuner cards
and
sets them up fine. But, without a decoder, my system is useless. What
is
being released this week? Can we get it? Thanks.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

Lol I'm just a public trial participant looks like we'll have to wait
till
friday when it gets released.
I think if they don't fix this problem of media center stopping, Then
a
lot
of people out there will have huge probs with no idea what to do about
it

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote
in
message ...
Will. Can we IT Professionals get updated build 5600 downloaded?


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

No haven't figured out how to extract it from the DVD and I didn't
get
it
to
work
The only thing that changed on my computer when media center
stopped
working
was the installation of an automatic around the time it stopped
working.
And seeing build 5384 is already outdated by 5536 and 5600 I'm not
sure
if
MSFT will be looking into issues with build 5384

"R K" wrote in message
...
About the MSMPEG2DEC, did you get it to work? Do you know where I
can
get
it
from the Vista DVD?

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

with uninstalling powerDVD you may want to try using
compatibility
mode
just
go to my computer click on the drive you have vista installed on
go
to
the
"program files" folder then to the powerDVD folder find the file
"uninstall.exe" right click it, click on properties then
"compatibility"
select compatibility mode for windows Xp sp2 and check the box
marked
"run
as administrator" and it should let you uninstall it
after that I recommend you try Nvidia pure video platinum
there's a
free
30
day trial of it on the Nvidia website this worked for me
Just make sure you install it as administrator and in
compatibility
mode
for
XP and you shouldn't have any problems

"R K" wrote in message
...
I have experienced the same problem. Vista was working nicely
last
Monday
night but when I boot up the next morning, I got "Decoder
Error"
problem.
No
TV or DVD under MCE.

I reinstall from scratch and did all the updates and still the
got
the
problem. I installed PowerDVD and then I can at least watch TV
but
DVD
has
no
sound. sigh.. Now it won't let me uninstall PowerDVD.



"Will Schuitman" wrote:

I'm running beta 2 5384
media center has always worked for me but it has all of
sudden
stopped
it
keeps saying "decoder error" evertime I want to watch live tv
or
play
recorded tv
This has happened to me only once before at the time it was
caused
by
the
system time being out of sync
this is not the cause this time I'm at a loss here I have no
idea
why
it
is
doing this I've tried everything even reinstalled my video
drivers
and
still
no luck
does anyone out there have any Ideas ???

Naveen,
One question; if I may?
Why do the codec's have a "trial" period?
Are they beta code also? And if not; if they won't expire in RTM; why did
you guys use the "trial" one's in beta 2??

Jeff

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]"
wrote in message ...
Codecs in the final Vista release would not have such an expiration.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not
rights.

----

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]" wrote:

The real reason is that the "trial period" on MPEG-2 codecs needed for
MCE/DVD playback/burn has expired around 8/31 in Vista Beta 2. Using RC1
is
indeed the right solution.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not
rights.
----


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

It may be that the new ATI driver has been written for RC1
it's worth keeping to use with RC1

"R K" wrote in message
news Mm... yesterday I saw ATI has released a new video driver and I
installed
it
right away. Wow... Media Center just stop showing any error message
on DVD
playback .... it won't even play DVD at all.

sigh... Now I am putting my hopes on RC1. hope it will solve the
problems.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

RC1 build 5600 has gone out to the techbeta testers and MSDN
subscribers
and
it goes out to the public Sometime between the 7th and the 9th of
sept
this
will be a CPP release the same as 5384 was if you registered for the
windows
vista beta2 5384 you will get an email with a link to download it in
the
next few days.There should also be a product key in that Email.
beta2 was released to 2 million people, RC1 will be released to 6
million
people so if you weren't registered for the first realease then you
will
be
able to register for RC1 and get a key just keep checking on the
"vista
get
ready site"

I'm not sure how good it will be it's supposed to be a release
candidate
which means it's the final stage of beta testing however from what
I've
heard so far there may be the need for an RC2 but that one will
probably
not
go public
So it will be anybody's guess as to what they've been able to fix
before
it
hits the shelves.

"ATI 9550 and Vista"
wrote in
message ...
Hopefully, Mike Crow Soft is reading this forum. If you do a
search on
decoder error, it might provide a clue that something got sent out
that
croaked LOTS of peoples Media Centers, recently. This needs to be
fixed
before it ever hits the shelves. Media Center is a large reason
why
folks
would buy Vista. It is nice when it works. It finds my 2 tuner
cards
and
sets them up fine. But, without a decoder, my system is useless.
What
is
being released this week? Can we get it? Thanks.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

Lol I'm just a public trial participant looks like we'll have to
wait
till
friday when it gets released.
I think if they don't fix this problem of media center stopping,
Then
a
lot
of people out there will have huge probs with no idea what to do
about
it

"ATI 9550 and Vista"
wrote
in
message
...
Will. Can we IT Professionals get updated build 5600
downloaded?


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

No haven't figured out how to extract it from the DVD and I
didn't
get
it
to
work
The only thing that changed on my computer when media center
stopped
working
was the installation of an automatic around the time it
stopped
working.
And seeing build 5384 is already outdated by 5536 and 5600 I'm
not
sure
if
MSFT will be looking into issues with build 5384

"R K" wrote in message
...
About the MSMPEG2DEC, did you get it to work? Do you know
where I
can
get
it
from the Vista DVD?

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

with uninstalling powerDVD you may want to try using
compatibility
mode
just
go to my computer click on the drive you have vista
installed on
go
to
the
"program files" folder then to the powerDVD folder find the
file
"uninstall.exe" right click it, click on properties then
"compatibility"
select compatibility mode for windows Xp sp2 and check the
box
marked
"run
as administrator" and it should let you uninstall it
after that I recommend you try Nvidia pure video platinum
there's a
free
30
day trial of it on the Nvidia website this worked for me
Just make sure you install it as administrator and in
compatibility
mode
for
XP and you shouldn't have any problems

"R K" wrote in message
...
I have experienced the same problem. Vista was working
nicely
last
Monday
night but when I boot up the next morning, I got "Decoder
Error"
problem.
No
TV or DVD under MCE.

I reinstall from scratch and did all the updates and
still the
got
the
problem. I installed PowerDVD and then I can at least
watch TV
but
DVD
has
no
sound. sigh.. Now it won't let me uninstall PowerDVD.



"Will Schuitman" wrote:

I'm running beta 2 5384
media center has always worked for me but it has all of
sudden
stopped
it
keeps saying "decoder error" evertime I want to watch
live tv
or
play
recorded tv
This has happened to me only once before at the time it
was
caused
by
the
system time being out of sync
this is not the cause this time I'm at a loss here I
have no
idea
why
it
is
doing this I've tried everything even reinstalled my
video
drivers
and
still
no luck
does anyone out there have any Ideas ???

Naveen - Glad you provided that info. I might ask one question - Why would
not someone have told us about that codec expiration previously. If you do a
search in this forum, you can see many many of us had the TV/Playback stop
working the end of August. I personally spent over 30 hours trying to figure
this out. Finally downloaded a trial decoder from NVIDIA. I personally
could not believe something was TIMED to stop working??????? Very
disappointed.


"Jeff" wrote:

Naveen,
One question; if I may?
Why do the codec's have a "trial" period?
Are they beta code also? And if not; if they won't expire in RTM; why did
you guys use the "trial" one's in beta 2??

Jeff

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]"
wrote in message ...
Codecs in the final Vista release would not have such an expiration.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not
rights.

----

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]" wrote:

The real reason is that the "trial period" on MPEG-2 codecs needed for
MCE/DVD playback/burn has expired around 8/31 in Vista Beta 2. Using RC1
is
indeed the right solution.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not
rights.
----


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

It may be that the new ATI driver has been written for RC1
it's worth keeping to use with RC1

"R K" wrote in message
news Mm... yesterday I saw ATI has released a new video driver and I
installed
it
right away. Wow... Media Center just stop showing any error message
on DVD
playback .... it won't even play DVD at all.

sigh... Now I am putting my hopes on RC1. hope it will solve the
problems.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

RC1 build 5600 has gone out to the techbeta testers and MSDN
subscribers
and
it goes out to the public Sometime between the 7th and the 9th of
sept
this
will be a CPP release the same as 5384 was if you registered for the
windows
vista beta2 5384 you will get an email with a link to download it in
the
next few days.There should also be a product key in that Email.
beta2 was released to 2 million people, RC1 will be released to 6
million
people so if you weren't registered for the first realease then you
will
be
able to register for RC1 and get a key just keep checking on the
"vista
get
ready site"

I'm not sure how good it will be it's supposed to be a release
candidate
which means it's the final stage of beta testing however from what
I've
heard so far there may be the need for an RC2 but that one will
probably
not
go public
So it will be anybody's guess as to what they've been able to fix
before
it
hits the shelves.

"ATI 9550 and Vista"
wrote in
message ...
Hopefully, Mike Crow Soft is reading this forum. If you do a
search on
decoder error, it might provide a clue that something got sent out
that
croaked LOTS of peoples Media Centers, recently. This needs to be
fixed
before it ever hits the shelves. Media Center is a large reason
why
folks
would buy Vista. It is nice when it works. It finds my 2 tuner
cards
and
sets them up fine. But, without a decoder, my system is useless.
What
is
being released this week? Can we get it? Thanks.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

Lol I'm just a public trial participant looks like we'll have to
wait
till
friday when it gets released.
I think if they don't fix this problem of media center stopping,
Then
a
lot
of people out there will have huge probs with no idea what to do
about
it

"ATI 9550 and Vista"
wrote
in
message
...
Will. Can we IT Professionals get updated build 5600
downloaded?


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

No haven't figured out how to extract it from the DVD and I
didn't
get
it
to
work
The only thing that changed on my computer when media center
stopped
working
was the installation of an automatic around the time it
stopped
working.
And seeing build 5384 is already outdated by 5536 and 5600 I'm
not
sure
if
MSFT will be looking into issues with build 5384

"R K" wrote in message
...
About the MSMPEG2DEC, did you get it to work? Do you know
where I
can
get
it
from the Vista DVD?

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

with uninstalling powerDVD you may want to try using
compatibility
mode
just
go to my computer click on the drive you have vista
installed on
go
to
the
"program files" folder then to the powerDVD folder find the
file
"uninstall.exe" right click it, click on properties then
"compatibility"
select compatibility mode for windows Xp sp2 and check the
box
marked
"run
as administrator" and it should let you uninstall it
after that I recommend you try Nvidia pure video platinum
there's a
free
30
day trial of it on the Nvidia website this worked for me
Just make sure you install it as administrator and in
compatibility
mode
for
XP and you shouldn't have any problems

"R K" wrote in message
...
I have experienced the same problem. Vista was working
nicely
last
Monday
night but when I boot up the next morning, I got "Decoder
Error"
problem.
No
TV or DVD under MCE.

I reinstall from scratch and did all the updates and
still the
got
the
problem. I installed PowerDVD and then I can at least
watch TV
but
DVD
has
no
sound. sigh.. Now it won't let me uninstall PowerDVD.



"Will Schuitman" wrote:

I'm running beta 2 5384
media center has always worked for me but it has all of
sudden
stopped
it
keeps saying "decoder error" evertime I want to watch
live tv
or
play
recorded tv
This has happened to me only once before at the time it
was
caused
by
the
system time being out of sync
this is not the cause this time I'm at a loss here I
have no
idea
why
it
is
doing this I've tried everything even reinstalled my
video
drivers
and
still
no luck
does anyone out there have any Ideas ???

Hello,

Regarding the Media Center Program. I've had the same problem and have
found a temporary solution. I back-dated the operating system's date
back to the date when I installed the vista OS and it started working.

I can tell you if your graphics cards were previously working with
Vista, you may have the same problem as I had.

I find this DLL to be the suspect: msmpeg2vdec.dll

Please let me know if any of you is lucky to have found a permanent
solution to this problem.

Cheers.

StevenC


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Naveen -

Vista RC2 MC just stopped working - with the same decoder expiration as in
previous releases. I thought you said there would not be an expiration like
this in the final release.

What am I missing?

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]" wrote:

Codecs in the final Vista release would not have such an expiration.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not rights.

----

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]" wrote:

The real reason is that the "trial period" on MPEG-2 codecs needed for
MCE/DVD playback/burn has expired around 8/31 in Vista Beta 2. Using RC1 is
indeed the right solution.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not rights.
----


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

It may be that the new ATI driver has been written for RC1
it's worth keeping to use with RC1

"R K" wrote in message
news Mm... yesterday I saw ATI has released a new video driver and I installed
it
right away. Wow... Media Center just stop showing any error message on DVD
playback .... it won't even play DVD at all.

sigh... Now I am putting my hopes on RC1. hope it will solve the problems.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

RC1 build 5600 has gone out to the techbeta testers and MSDN subscribers
and
it goes out to the public Sometime between the 7th and the 9th of sept
this
will be a CPP release the same as 5384 was if you registered for the
windows
vista beta2 5384 you will get an email with a link to download it in the
next few days.There should also be a product key in that Email.
beta2 was released to 2 million people, RC1 will be released to 6 million
people so if you weren't registered for the first realease then you will
be
able to register for RC1 and get a key just keep checking on the "vista
get
ready site"

I'm not sure how good it will be it's supposed to be a release candidate
which means it's the final stage of beta testing however from what I've
heard so far there may be the need for an RC2 but that one will probably
not
go public
So it will be anybody's guess as to what they've been able to fix before
it
hits the shelves.

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote in
message ...
Hopefully, Mike Crow Soft is reading this forum. If you do a search on
decoder error, it might provide a clue that something got sent out that
croaked LOTS of peoples Media Centers, recently. This needs to be
fixed
before it ever hits the shelves. Media Center is a large reason why
folks
would buy Vista. It is nice when it works. It finds my 2 tuner cards
and
sets them up fine. But, without a decoder, my system is useless. What
is
being released this week? Can we get it? Thanks.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

Lol I'm just a public trial participant looks like we'll have to wait
till
friday when it gets released.
I think if they don't fix this problem of media center stopping, Then
a
lot
of people out there will have huge probs with no idea what to do about
it

"ATI 9550 and Vista" wrote
in
message ...
Will. Can we IT Professionals get updated build 5600 downloaded?


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

No haven't figured out how to extract it from the DVD and I didn't
get
it
to
work
The only thing that changed on my computer when media center
stopped
working
was the installation of an automatic around the time it stopped
working.
And seeing build 5384 is already outdated by 5536 and 5600 I'm not
sure
if
MSFT will be looking into issues with build 5384

"R K" wrote in message
...
About the MSMPEG2DEC, did you get it to work? Do you know where I
can
get
it
from the Vista DVD?

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

with uninstalling powerDVD you may want to try using
compatibility
mode
just
go to my computer click on the drive you have vista installed on
go
to
the
"program files" folder then to the powerDVD folder find the file
"uninstall.exe" right click it, click on properties then
"compatibility"
select compatibility mode for windows Xp sp2 and check the box
marked
"run
as administrator" and it should let you uninstall it
after that I recommend you try Nvidia pure video platinum
there's a
free
30
day trial of it on the Nvidia website this worked for me
Just make sure you install it as administrator and in
compatibility
mode
for
XP and you shouldn't have any problems

"R K" wrote in message
...
I have experienced the same problem. Vista was working nicely
last
Monday
night but when I boot up the next morning, I got "Decoder
Error"
problem.
No
TV or DVD under MCE.

I reinstall from scratch and did all the updates and still the
got
the
problem. I installed PowerDVD and then I can at least watch TV
but
DVD
has
no
sound. sigh.. Now it won't let me uninstall PowerDVD.



"Will Schuitman" wrote:

I'm running beta 2 5384
media center has always worked for me but it has all of
sudden
stopped
it
keeps saying "decoder error" evertime I want to watch live tv
or
play
recorded tv
This has happened to me only once before at the time it was
caused
by
the
system time being out of sync
this is not the cause this time I'm at a loss here I have no
idea
why
it
is
doing this I've tried everything even reinstalled my video
drivers
and
still
no luck
does anyone out there have any Ideas ???

RC2 isn't RTM it's still a beta

Jeff

"Technology Guy" wrote in message
...
Naveen -

Vista RC2 MC just stopped working - with the same decoder expiration as in
previous releases. I thought you said there would not be an expiration
like
this in the final release.

What am I missing?

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]" wrote:

Codecs in the final Vista release would not have such an expiration.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not
rights.

----

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]" wrote:

The real reason is that the "trial period" on MPEG-2 codecs needed for
MCE/DVD playback/burn has expired around 8/31 in Vista Beta 2. Using
RC1 is
indeed the right solution.

Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
----
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not
rights.
----


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

It may be that the new ATI driver has been written for RC1
it's worth keeping to use with RC1

"R K" wrote in message
news Mm... yesterday I saw ATI has released a new video driver and I
installed
it
right away. Wow... Media Center just stop showing any error message
on DVD
playback .... it won't even play DVD at all.

sigh... Now I am putting my hopes on RC1. hope it will solve the
problems.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

RC1 build 5600 has gone out to the techbeta testers and MSDN
subscribers
and
it goes out to the public Sometime between the 7th and the 9th of
sept
this
will be a CPP release the same as 5384 was if you registered for
the
windows
vista beta2 5384 you will get an email with a link to download it
in the
next few days.There should also be a product key in that Email.
beta2 was released to 2 million people, RC1 will be released to 6
million
people so if you weren't registered for the first realease then
you will
be
able to register for RC1 and get a key just keep checking on the
"vista
get
ready site"

I'm not sure how good it will be it's supposed to be a release
candidate
which means it's the final stage of beta testing however from what
I've
heard so far there may be the need for an RC2 but that one will
probably
not
go public
So it will be anybody's guess as to what they've been able to fix
before
it
hits the shelves.

"ATI 9550 and Vista"
wrote in
message ...
Hopefully, Mike Crow Soft is reading this forum. If you do a
search on
decoder error, it might provide a clue that something got sent
out that
croaked LOTS of peoples Media Centers, recently. This needs to
be
fixed
before it ever hits the shelves. Media Center is a large reason
why
folks
would buy Vista. It is nice when it works. It finds my 2 tuner
cards
and
sets them up fine. But, without a decoder, my system is
useless. What
is
being released this week? Can we get it? Thanks.

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

Lol I'm just a public trial participant looks like we'll have
to wait
till
friday when it gets released.
I think if they don't fix this problem of media center
stopping, Then
a
lot
of people out there will have huge probs with no idea what to
do about
it

"ATI 9550 and Vista"
wrote
in
message
...
Will. Can we IT Professionals get updated build 5600
downloaded?


"Will Schuitman" wrote:

No haven't figured out how to extract it from the DVD and I
didn't
get
it
to
work
The only thing that changed on my computer when media center
stopped
working
was the installation of an automatic around the time it
stopped
working.
And seeing build 5384 is already outdated by 5536 and 5600
I'm not
sure
if
MSFT will be looking into issues with build 5384

"R K" wrote in message
...
About the MSMPEG2DEC, did you get it to work? Do you know
where I
can
get
it
from the Vista DVD?

"Will Schuitman" wrote:

with uninstalling powerDVD you may want to try using
compatibility
mode
just
go to my computer click on the drive you have vista
installed on
go
to
the
"program files" folder then to the powerDVD folder find
the file
"uninstall.exe" right click it, click on properties then
"compatibility"
select compatibility mode for windows Xp sp2 and check
the box
marked
"run
as administrator" and it should let you uninstall it
after that I recommend you try Nvidia pure video platinum
there's a
free
30
day trial of it on the Nvidia website this worked for me
Just make sure you install it as administrator and in
compatibility
mode
for
XP and you shouldn't have any problems

"R K" wrote in message
...
I have experienced the same problem. Vista was working
nicely
last
Monday
night but when I boot up the next morning, I got
"Decoder
Error"
problem.
No
TV or DVD under MCE.

I reinstall from scratch and did all the updates and
still the
got
the
problem. I installed PowerDVD and then I can at least
watch TV
but
DVD
has
no
sound. sigh.. Now it won't let me uninstall PowerDVD.



"Will Schuitman" wrote:

I'm running beta 2 5384
media center has always worked for me but it has all
of
sudden
stopped
it
keeps saying "decoder error" evertime I want to watch
live tv
or
play
recorded tv
This has happened to me only once before at the time
it was
caused
by
the
system time being out of sync
this is not the cause this time I'm at a loss here I
have no
idea
why
it
is
doing this I've tried everything even reinstalled my
video
drivers
and
still
no luck
does anyone out there have any Ideas ???