[Gflo]

TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: i dont know i cant see it
Windows Version: Xp sp2
CPU Type: intel penteum 4 2.40ghz
HDD:1 60 gb and one 80gb
Memory: 512 mb
Motherboard:
Motherboard Chipset:
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card:intel 82845g/gl/ge/pe/gv
Video Card Driver: 6.14.10.4544
Sound Card: creative sb live!
Sound Card AC3: ?
Sound Card Driver: 5.1.2535.0
1. TV Card: ati tv wonder
1. TV Card Type: not sure
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
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:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Direct tv
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:

Hi,
im havin a tough time with this. all day i have been looking for windows mce found it and decided i don't care to pay $120 to have tv on my xbox 360. so i saw somthin about media portal and i decided to take a look. my tivo crapped out on me and the dvr i have sucks, so this was the next best thing (and by the way the 80g hdd came from my old tivo).well i download media portal install, run and i get a little message that says....

Warning: Nothing will be rendered.
The reference rending device was selected but your computer only has a reduced functionality reference device
installed. Please check if your graphics card and drivers meet the minimum system requirements. a software device that implements the entire direct3d feature set but runs very slowly.

so i click ok, a box pops up that has media portal at the top and is like a little picture frame letting me see straight through to my desktop. i know somthings wrong so i close it and get the little media portal box that says

Media portal crashed unexpectedly

click ok get the little media portal test tool run the tests and get the file and i cant figure out which one to read so ill attach it.
i got an error mesage with something to do with microsofts .net framework

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at MediaPortal.D3DApp.OnSetup(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at MediaPortal.D3DApp.menuItem2_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.ShortcutClick()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Menu.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.ProcessCmdKey(Message& msg, Keys keyData)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PreProcessMessage(Message& msg)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PreProcessControlMessageInternal(Control target, Message& msg)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.PreTranslateMessage(MSG& msg)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
MediaPortal
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.2.9993
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/MediaPortal.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D
    Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0
    Win32 Version: 9.05.132.0000
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.DLL
----------------------------------------
Core
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.2.9993
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Core.DLL
----------------------------------------
Utils
    Assembly Version: 2.2.2.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.2.9993
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Utils.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.ServiceProcess
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.ServiceProcess/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.ServiceProcess.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
RemotePlugins
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.2.9993
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/RemotePlugins.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
MediaPortal.Support
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.2.9993
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/MediaPortal.Support.DLL
----------------------------------------
TVCapture
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.2.9993
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/TVCapture.DLL
----------------------------------------
Interop.X10
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Interop.X10.DLL
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.DirectX
    Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0
    Win32 Version: 5.04.00.2904
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Microsoft.DirectX.DLL
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput
    Assembly Version: 1.0.2902.0
    Win32 Version: 5.04.00.2904
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput.DLL
----------------------------------------
Databases
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.2.9993
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Databases.DLL
----------------------------------------
DirectShowLib
    Assembly Version: 1.4.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.4.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/DirectShowLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.dll
----------------------------------------
ProcessPlugins
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.2.9993
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Plugins/process/ProcessPlugins.dll
----------------------------------------
MusicShareWatcherHelper
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.2.9993
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/MusicShareWatcherHelper.DLL
----------------------------------------
BassRegistration
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/BassRegistration.DLL
----------------------------------------
Bass.Net
    Assembly Version: 2.3.1.2
    Win32 Version: 2.3.1.2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/Bass.Net.DLL
----------------------------------------
kfc1il7o
    Assembly Version: 2.2.2.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
5uaw-adb
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.832 (QFE.050727-8300)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
Dialogs
    Assembly Version: 0.2.3.0
    Win32 Version: 0.2.3.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Team%20MediaPortal/MediaPortal/plugins/windows/Dialogs.DLL
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

if theres any thing else yall want to know just tell me.



Also will media portal work with Xbox media center?

[phunqe]

Love the title of the thread

In any case, it seems that your graphic card might not be enough to use MediaPortal. Make sure that you have the latest drivers for it and try installing the latest DirectX from here http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US...DirectX10.aspx

If it still doens't work, I'm afraid you might have to upgrade your graphic card.

Unless someone else has another idea.

[Gflo]

thank you
ill try updating the card

but im serious dos it know when its going to crash?

[phunqe]

Well I'm a programmer myself and if you ask me we're just using that expression so it doesn't look like we actually did something wrong in the code