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<blockquote data-quote="skysurfer2" data-source="post: 274065" data-attributes="member: 76395">I was attempting to troubleshoot why MediaPortal kept crashing on one of my machines every time I attempted to turn on MyTV, when I ran across this helpful utility that identifies all the audio/video codecs on your system and allows you to remove them or manually add new ones. I found I had several codecs which had been left behind by other media players and codec packs.Additionally, under the Troubleshooting tab, there is also a button to restore the default DirectX codecs. After doing some cleanup and restoring the DirectX codecs, I was back in business. Hopefully this will save some the inevitable OS re-install, which was where I was headed. This tool is a double edged sword, because you could blow away codecs that you actually need if you are not careful. However, my codec environment was sufficiently hosed already, so I had nothing to lose. In case anyone is interested the actual error message I was getting after MP crashed was the following, obtained from my Application event log:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skysurfer2, post: 274065, member: 76395"] I was attempting to troubleshoot why MediaPortal kept crashing on one of my machines every time I attempted to turn on MyTV, when I ran across this helpful utility that identifies all the audio/video codecs on your system and allows you to remove them or manually add new ones. I found I had several codecs which had been left behind by other media players and codec packs. Additionally, under the Troubleshooting tab, there is also a button to restore the default DirectX codecs. After doing some cleanup and restoring the DirectX codecs, I was back in business. Hopefully this will save some the inevitable OS re-install, which was where I was headed. This tool is a double edged sword, because you could blow away codecs that you actually need if you are not careful. However, my codec environment was sufficiently hosed already, so I had nothing to lose. In case anyone is interested the actual error message I was getting after MP crashed was the following, obtained from my Application event log: [/QUOTE]

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