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> On Monday, November 19, 2007 5:10 AM Mike wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I keep getting the error message "Display driver stopped responding
> and has recovered" when I run Media Centre. OS is Vista Ultimate and
> the problem occurs when I watch TV or playback a DVD in MC. I have
> updated to media centre cumulative update oct 2007 (KB941229). I am
> running an Nvidia 8500GT VGA card alongside a Hauppauge Nova 500 T
> tuner card on a 3GHz P4 (630) with 2 GB of RAM. I am able to watch TV
> perfectly when I use the WinTV application supplied with the tuner
> card. I am also able to watch DVDs without issue if I use CyberLink
> PowerDVD 5.
>
> I am not connected to broadband so a full update of Vista is not
> possible atm, any ideas would be gratefully received.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Mike
>> On Monday, November 19, 2007 5:10 AM Mike wrote:
>> I should say that I have tried updating the VGA drivers to 163.75
>> (latest full release from Nvidia's website) as well as 169.09 (latest
>> beta from Nvidia's website) in addition to the set supplied on the
>> installation CD. All versions have the same issue. My latest system
>> is a clean install of the OS with only the 163.75 version drivers ever
>> installed so i don't think it is likely that an older driver is
>> causing the issue here.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>>> On Monday, November 19, 2007 9:07 AM BillDavi wrote:
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Look at the performance/reliability logs in Vista and maybe you will be able
>>> to find out which driver is actually failing to respond. It's probablly you
>>> Hauppagge card. Since you are not seeing this error outside of Vista MC.
>>> Check the logs to make sure.
>>>
>>> B.D.
>>>
>>> "Mike" wrote:
>>>> On Monday, November 19, 2007 11:12 AM JW wrote:
>>>> It appears that you are having problem with the decoder being used by MC in
>>>> Vista for TV and DVDs.
>>>> Are you using the Default Vista MC decoder supplied with your OS or are you
>>>> using another one?
>>>>> On Monday, November 19, 2007 10:17 PM JW wrote:
>>>>> The utility at the following link will tell you what decoders you are using
>>>>> for MC in Vista and will allow you to change them/
>>>>>
>>>>> http://mediacenterexpert.blogspot.co...r-utility.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mike" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:5f00e938-c611-40a3-8c55-...
>>>>>> On Thursday, November 22, 2007 4:38 AM Mike wrote:
>>>>>> Hi, thanks for your reply. It did occur to me that there might be a
>>>>>> problem with the decoders but appart from the Nvidia driver, Cyberlink
>>>>>> PowerDVD 5 and whatever is installed with the Hauppauge card I haven't
>>>>>> installed any codec packages at all. I don't know if there is an easy
>>>>>> way of determining which codecs Media Centre is using ? In any case I
>>>>>> assume it came with Vista.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>> On Thursday, November 22, 2007 4:39 AM Mike wrote:
>>>>>>> On Nov 20, 3:17 am, "JW" <J...@nospam.nspam> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks foir the pointer. I ran the decoder utility and it said the
>>>>>>> Microsoft Codecs were the MC defaults. The only other ones available
>>>>>>> are the Cyberlink ones. As an experiment I tried making the Cyberlink
>>>>>>> Decoder the default but MC doesn't display anything at all in that
>>>>>>> case.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any ideas what might be wrong ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>>> On Monday, November 26, 2007 12:46 AM Mike wrote:
>>>>>>>> Also, can anyone tell me whether the Microsoft Media Centre
>>>>>>>> cumulative update oct 2007 (KB941229) included any updated codecs or
>>>>>>>> not ? I don't have the heart to do a full windows update over dialup
>>>>>>>> and MS pulled the plug on the site that permitted you to go to a
>>>>>>>> cybercafe and download all the recent updates, but if there is an
>>>>>>>> update just for the MS codec I'd like to try that and see if it helps.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mike
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