On my homemade HTCP I had to do a fresh re-install of MCE after the original 750GB WD drive went AWOL. Put in a new Samsung "green" 1TB drive and did a fresh install from scratch using the OEM set that I had bought when I built the machine. The problem (or at least the first one I'm tackling) is that live TV doesn't work. It was working fine using an Avermedia low-profile tuner under the old install. Now I find that even simple things like scanning for OTA channels doesn't work. Tried to watch live TV and get the dreaded "No Decoder" message. Installed the Video Decoder Checkup utility and it reports no decoder is present. Should the OS install have given me some sort of MPEG-2 decoder? If one is on the OEM CDs, how can I install it now? MB is using Intel G33 chipset, Q6600 processor, 4Gb memory, using the onboard video which worked fine previous.
MCE was only sold by OEMs or by purchasing the OEM product. It does not include a decoder since it was the responsibility of the OEM to select and install the decoder that worked best with his system configuration. Versions of Vista and Windows 7 that include the MC application do include a MS provided decoder. There is no decoder on the OEM MCE installation CD. The most recommended decoder for MCE is the Nvidia XP Purevideo decoder which you can get from their website for $20. "John McGaw" wrote in message news:#QXmovB$JHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > On my homemade HTCP I had to do a fresh re-install of MCE after the > original 750GB WD drive went AWOL. Put in a new Samsung "green" 1TB drive > and did a fresh install from scratch using the OEM set that I had bought > when I built the machine. The problem (or at least the first one I'm > tackling) is that live TV doesn't work. It was working fine using an > Avermedia low-profile tuner under the old install. Now I find that even > simple things like scanning for OTA channels doesn't work. Tried to watch > live TV and get the dreaded "No Decoder" message. Installed the Video > Decoder Checkup utility and it reports no decoder is present. > > Should the OS install have given me some sort of MPEG-2 decoder? If one is > on the OEM CDs, how can I install it now? > > MB is using Intel G33 chipset, Q6600 processor, 4Gb memory, using the > onboard video which worked fine previous.
An MPEG2 decoder is not included with any Windows XP variant of Media Center (2002, 2004 or 2005). You'll have to use a trial version or purchase a full MPEG2 decoder. Cyberlink (PowerDVD) or Intervideo (WinDVD) are popular choices today though there are others that are available. -- Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP Find out about the MS MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx "John McGaw" wrote in message news:%23QXmovB$JHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > On my homemade HTCP I had to do a fresh re-install of MCE after the > original 750GB WD drive went AWOL. Put in a new Samsung "green" 1TB drive > and did a fresh install from scratch using the OEM set that I had bought > when I built the machine. The problem (or at least the first one I'm > tackling) is that live TV doesn't work. It was working fine using an > Avermedia low-profile tuner under the old install. Now I find that even > simple things like scanning for OTA channels doesn't work. Tried to watch > live TV and get the dreaded "No Decoder" message. Installed the Video > Decoder Checkup utility and it reports no decoder is present. > > Should the OS install have given me some sort of MPEG-2 decoder? If one is > on the OEM CDs, how can I install it now? > > MB is using Intel G33 chipset, Q6600 processor, 4Gb memory, using the > onboard video which worked fine previous.
Jason Tsang wrote: > An MPEG2 decoder is not included with any Windows XP variant of Media > Center (2002, 2004 or 2005). > > You'll have to use a trial version or purchase a full MPEG2 decoder. > Cyberlink (PowerDVD) or Intervideo (WinDVD) are popular choices today > though there are others that are available. > I guess I'll have to reconstruct how I set everything up two years back when I built the system. I know that it was working properly for almost all of that period so I must have done _something_. I'm sifting through the remains of the files on the old drive seeing if anything gives me a clue to work with. Thanks for the replies...
