I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today. Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com

I am also having this problem, it just began last night. The last change I
made was adding some new recordings in MCE

"mge" wrote:

I have exactly the same problem wich occured this day. I cant play TV and DVD
but wmv are fine on Media player 11. I did'nt install anything new. I
reinstalled Vista (RC1) but nothing changed. Is it a new type of virus ?...

"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today. Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com

Same problem as the rest of you. What is going on?????

"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today. Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com

Same with me, worked yesterday, today I get Decoder Error on both Live TV or
Recorded TV. (I have not made any changes to my system) RC1 / Hauppauge MCE
150

Jerry Grommes


"MCe" wrote in message
...
Same problem as the rest of you. What is going on?????

"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today.
Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of
proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com

Apparently, this has happened befo

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...df574329fce659

The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility runs on Vista; don't know
whether it's useful for analysis, or not, and I haven't tried to use its
"make default" function (I just look to see what files are in play):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Sorry, no solutions though.
Dean



"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today. Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com

I seem to remember a post from an msft employee stating codecs in beta were
temporary; and that they did expire.
Not sure if that helps; but did see that post.

Jeff

"Dean-Dean" wrote in message
...
Apparently, this has happened befo

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...df574329fce659

The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility runs on Vista; don't know
whether it's useful for analysis, or not, and I haven't tried to use its
"make default" function (I just look to see what files are in play):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Sorry, no solutions though.
Dean



"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today.
Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of
proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com

Vista stores its preferred Decoder identification in another registry
location than that which the XP check utility does so the XP check utility
is of no use on Vista.
There is a Vista Decoder check utility available on the TheGreenButton.com
site sorry I do not have the link
"Dean-Dean" wrote in message
...
Apparently, this has happened befo

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...df574329fce659

The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility runs on Vista; don't know
whether it's useful for analysis, or not, and I haven't tried to use its
"make default" function (I just look to see what files are in play):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Sorry, no solutions though.
Dean



"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today.
Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of
proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com

Your right. I should have been more clear:

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\Curr entVersion\Media
Center\Decoder

whereas in XP the key was
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\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 at least, does show
which encoders are installed. It's "Set as Preferred" and Restore
Defaults" functions, though, would be of no use. Sometimes installers for
decoders will put the values in the wrong key, if you want them to be
"preferred", if they're not up to date with Vista's registry scheme.

Dean


"JW" wrote in message
...
Vista stores its preferred Decoder identification in another registry
location than that which the XP check utility does so the XP check utility
is of no use on Vista.
There is a Vista Decoder check utility available on the
TheGreenButton.com site sorry I do not have the link
"Dean-Dean" wrote in message
...
Apparently, this has happened befo

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...df574329fce659

The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility runs on Vista; don't know
whether it's useful for analysis, or not, and I haven't tried to use its
"make default" function (I just look to see what files are in play):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Sorry, no solutions though.
Dean



"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today.
Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of
proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com

Well, if it helps at all, I broke down and upgraded my system to RC2 and it
fixed the MCE problem.

--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com


"dean-dean" wrote in message
...
Your right. I should have been more clear:

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\Curr entVersion\Media
Center\Decoder

whereas in XP the key was
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\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 at least, does
show which encoders are installed. It's "Set as Preferred" and Restore
Defaults" functions, though, would be of no use. Sometimes installers for
decoders will put the values in the wrong key, if you want them to be
"preferred", if they're not up to date with Vista's registry scheme.

Dean


"JW" wrote in message
...
Vista stores its preferred Decoder identification in another registry
location than that which the XP check utility does so the XP check
utility is of no use on Vista.
There is a Vista Decoder check utility available on the
TheGreenButton.com site sorry I do not have the link
"Dean-Dean" wrote in message
...
Apparently, this has happened befo

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...df574329fce659

The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility runs on Vista; don't know
whether it's useful for analysis, or not, and I haven't tried to use its
"make default" function (I just look to see what files are in play):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Sorry, no solutions though.
Dean



"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today.
Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of
proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player
but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com

Installed Cyberlink Decoder and all is well again.
Jerry Grommes

"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote in
message ...
Well, if it helps at all, I broke down and upgraded my system to RC2 and
it fixed the MCE problem.

--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com


"dean-dean" wrote in message
...
Your right. I should have been more clear:

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\Curr entVersion\Media
Center\Decoder

whereas in XP the key was
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\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 at least, does
show which encoders are installed. It's "Set as Preferred" and Restore
Defaults" functions, though, would be of no use. Sometimes installers
for decoders will put the values in the wrong key, if you want them to be
"preferred", if they're not up to date with Vista's registry scheme.

Dean


"JW" wrote in message
...
Vista stores its preferred Decoder identification in another registry
location than that which the XP check utility does so the XP check
utility is of no use on Vista.
There is a Vista Decoder check utility available on the
TheGreenButton.com site sorry I do not have the link
"Dean-Dean" wrote in message
...
Apparently, this has happened befo

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...df574329fce659

The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility runs on Vista; don't know
whether it's useful for analysis, or not, and I haven't tried to use
its
"make default" function (I just look to see what files are in play):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Sorry, no solutions though.
Dean



"Darren Mar-Elia (MVP)" wrote:

I've been using Media Center just fine on Vista RC1 until today.
Something I
installed yesterday seems to be interfering with MCE's detection of
proper
codecs to play recorded and live TV. Whenever I try to do it, I get an
error. I can play the recorded files just fine using the Divx player
but
both MCE and WMP choke on it. Any ideas on where to start looking?


--
Darren Mar-Elia
MS-MVP-Windows Server--Group Policy
http://www.gpoguy.com -- The Windows Group Policy Information Hub:
FAQs, Training Videos, Whitepapers and Utilities for all things Group
Policy-related
Group Policy Management solutions at http://www.sdmsoftware.com