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[Lukky]

sorry I posted this once before and no one responded and my kids what there media portal back.

Media Portal worked fine on my machine for a while then all of the sudden I just get this Media portal has encountered an error and needs to close. I tried to download and reinstall but it got stuck on the Visual C++ install. I dont think anything on the machine has changed.

Thanks dustin




TV-Server Version: none
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0
MediaPortal Skin: Various
Windows Version: xp sp 2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.20GHz
HDD:
Memory: 1 gig Crucial 1024MB PC4200 DDR2 533MHz Memory
Motherboard: PCChips A13G
Video Card: Diablotek Radeon X700se
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: Default
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card:
1. TV Card Type:
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:
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:

 

[rekenaar]

Try to follow these instructions to install latest version.

 

[simonbrown]

This same thing happend to me.
Try opening 'MediaPortal Configuration' go to >television and under settings change your audio and video decoders to something else, from then on it started ok for me, then i could change the decoders back to what I wanted.

I'm not sure WHY this would fix it but it did for me, let us know if it works for you too.(I guess it could have been something else I did

)

 

[Lukky]

For some reason it reistalled this time just fine. I am not sure what I did different. I did have to go and change the audio codec inorder for it to work. Now I am faced with a different challenge is there any way to restore all my old settings I.E. movie titles and cover art. I did not tell it to delete my user info when I uninstalled. Is there a way to back up this info if this were to happen again?

thanks dustin