Mediaportal TV client only hear sound, no picture (1 Viewer)

[pierreye]

TV-Server Version: 1.02 stable
MediaPortal Version: 1.02 stable
MediaPortal Skin: standard blue
Windows Version: Windows XP SP3 with all latest patch
CPU Type: Pentium III 1Ghz
HDD: 60Gb
Memory: 1Gb
Motherboard: DELL D600
Video Card: Radeon Mobility 9000
Video Card Driver: Radeon Mobility A10
Sound Card: Realtek
Sound Card AC3: None
Sound Card Driver: Realtek from DELL
1. TV Card: Hauppauge MCE 150
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPEG2 Gabest
h.264 Video Codec: CoreAVC
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Analog
HTPC Case:
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: MCE Remote
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection:

I had 3 pc and 1 notebook at home. All PCs working when connecting to TV server. But when I use DELL D600 notebook to connect to the TV Server, I can see a windows pop up as "Activemedia windows" and the Mediaportal hang. I can hear the tv audio but no video will show. FYI, I can play mkv, avi, realmedia movie fine without any problem. Any idea? Couldn't be VMR9 or video driver issue as normal video files are working.

 

[pierreye]

NVM. I found out the problem is related to another thread where after upgrading to Mediaportal 1.0.1 and 1.0.2, when playing movie, the error no codec found will pop-up. After investigation, this is due to 1.0.1 and above doesn't seems to support older video card that is not DX9 compliance. I'm using Radeon 9200 mobile which is only DX 8 compliance. To solve this problem, there is 2 ways, one is if you still in using 1.0.2, then change your renderer to EVR (in software mode) but it's not hardware accelerated which is quite slow. If you want accelerated video using VMR 9, then you need to downgrade to 1.0.0 Mediaportal.