Problems running MP on Vista

alrubaa · 2007-02-06, 23:33

MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0
MediaPortal Skin: Project mayhem III
Windows Version: Windows Vista Ultimate
CPU Type: Intel Core2Duo 6300
HDD: Seagate 320GB
Memory: 1 GB, DDR II 667
Motherboard: Intel DG965OT
Motherboard Chipset: Intel 965
Motherboard Bios: Intel
Video Card: ATI X600 128MB
Video Card Driver: 8.321
Sound Card: Intel High Def audio-Onboard
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Nebula DigiTV PCI
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: BDA 1.111
2. TV Card: Twinhan Sat-CI 1032
2. TV Card Type: DVB-S
2. TV Card Driver: 1.2.3.0
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV
MPEG2 Audio Codec: AC3filter V1.11
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Hotbird 13E
HTPC Case: Silverstone SG01 Evolution
Cooling: Zalman CNPS800, Silverstonr crossflow
Power Supply: Jantech, Arctic 600W
Remote: Soundgraph iMon VFD
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:

I recently started using MP on Windows XP MCE 2005, all was running fine, the recently I upgraded my PC to windows Vista. Since then I have been encountering some problems:

TV is quite unreliable, sometimes when I am changing channels I lose picture and sound and I just get a black screen. the mini epg program seems to work, I can change channels but no picture or sound and occasionally MP freezes. I have tried different codecs, i reinstalled Windows from scratch and got same results.

Any help, or views will be greatly appreciated, logs attached.

I have encountered a couple of minor issues too, one is to do with the sound and I have seen it reported by at least two other people, where if I lower the sound in MP I can not get it back to maximum within MP. Finally, sometimes on startup the splash screen crashes, it does not stop the program from running though.

Bjarredsbon · 2007-04-29, 22:57

I too have experienced problems running under Vista. I cannot tell if it is more unreliable than under other OSes, but so far I would say it is reasonable stable for me at least. A few times I have had to close down the program and restart it though.

Right now I am running the config program and the normal program as administrator. That was necessary for me to get a tv screen at all. But now all channels (including encrypted channels using smartcard) works like a charm.

I can contribute with a fix for running MPW
I had to manually create the directory "Temporary ASP.NET Files" under "c:\windows\Microsoft .NET\Framework\v 2.0.50727". That fixed a problem saying something like "Class 'WebService_' not found ..." when surfing to localhost:81

Cheers,

/Peter

2007-02-06, 23:33	#1 (permalink)
alrubaa Portal User Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 41 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Problems running MP on Vista MediaPortal Version: 0.2.2.0 MediaPortal Skin: Project mayhem III Windows Version: Windows Vista Ultimate CPU Type: Intel Core2Duo 6300 HDD: Seagate 320GB Memory: 1 GB, DDR II 667 Motherboard: Intel DG965OT Motherboard Chipset: Intel 965 Motherboard Bios: Intel Video Card: ATI X600 128MB Video Card Driver: 8.321 Sound Card: Intel High Def audio-Onboard Sound Card AC3: Sound Card Driver: 1. TV Card: Nebula DigiTV PCI 1. TV Card Type: DVB-T 1. TV Card Driver: BDA 1.111 2. TV Card: Twinhan Sat-CI 1032 2. TV Card Type: DVB-S 2. TV Card Driver: 1.2.3.0 3. TV Card: 3. TV Card Type: 3. TV Card Driver: 4. TV Card: 4. TV Card Type: 4. TV Card Driver: MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV MPEG2 Audio Codec: AC3filter V1.11 Satelite/CableTV Provider: Hotbird 13E HTPC Case: Silverstone SG01 Evolution Cooling: Zalman CNPS800, Silverstonr crossflow Power Supply: Jantech, Arctic 600W Remote: Soundgraph iMon VFD TV: TV - HTPC Connection: I recently started using MP on Windows XP MCE 2005, all was running fine, the recently I upgraded my PC to windows Vista. Since then I have been encountering some problems: TV is quite unreliable, sometimes when I am changing channels I lose picture and sound and I just get a black screen. the mini epg program seems to work, I can change channels but no picture or sound and occasionally MP freezes. I have tried different codecs, i reinstalled Windows from scratch and got same results. Any help, or views will be greatly appreciated, logs attached. I have encountered a couple of minor issues too, one is to do with the sound and I have seen it reported by at least two other people, where if I lower the sound in MP I can not get it back to maximum within MP. Finally, sometimes on startup the splash screen crashes, it does not stop the program from running though.

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2007-04-29, 22:57	#2 (permalink)
Bjarredsbon Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 36 Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	I too have experienced problems running under Vista. I cannot tell if it is more unreliable than under other OSes, but so far I would say it is reasonable stable for me at least. A few times I have had to close down the program and restart it though. Right now I am running the config program and the normal program as administrator. That was necessary for me to get a tv screen at all. But now all channels (including encrypted channels using smartcard) works like a charm. I can contribute with a fix for running MPW I had to manually create the directory "Temporary ASP.NET Files" under "c:\windows\Microsoft .NET\Framework\v 2.0.50727". That fixed a problem saying something like "Class 'WebService_' not found ..." when surfing to localhost:81 Cheers, /Peter