Hi:

Does anyone know of a Vista driver applicable Sony MPEG RealTime Encoder
Board or a work around so that I can upgrade my Sony Desktop VGC-RA716G with
MCE(2005) to Vista?

If not, how would I go about finding a suitable hardware replacement for
this board i.e. mfg, model/part number that would work with Vista?

I am not familiar at all with hardware in this area, as you might tell.

Thanks

Google on "Sony MPEG RealTime Encoder" and you will find hits like this one:

http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=688057

"ColTom2" <> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> Does anyone know of a Vista driver applicable Sony MPEG RealTime Encoder
> Board or a work around so that I can upgrade my Sony Desktop VGC-RA716G
> with
> MCE(2005) to Vista?
>
> If not, how would I go about finding a suitable hardware replacement for
> this board i.e. mfg, model/part number that would work with Vista?
>
> I am not familiar at all with hardware in this area, as you might tell.
>
> Thanks
>
>

"ColTom2" <> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> Does anyone know of a Vista driver applicable Sony MPEG RealTime Encoder
> Board or a work around so that I can upgrade my Sony Desktop VGC-RA716G
> with
> MCE(2005) to Vista?
>
> If not, how would I go about finding a suitable hardware replacement for
> this board i.e. mfg, model/part number that would work with Vista?
>
> I am not familiar at all with hardware in this area, as you might tell.


You can get any TV card that is labelled as a PVR card, which would have an
onboard hardware MPEG2 encoder. Better yet - get a digital TV card. I
don't think anybody buys analogue cards anymore in the UK, as FreeView has
been around for years now.

ss.

"ColTom2" <> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> Does anyone know of a Vista driver applicable Sony MPEG RealTime Encoder
> Board or a work around so that I can upgrade my Sony Desktop VGC-RA716G
> with
> MCE(2005) to Vista?
>
> If not, how would I go about finding a suitable hardware replacement for
> this board i.e. mfg, model/part number that would work with Vista?
>
> I am not familiar at all with hardware in this area, as you might tell.


What is the exact model of that card? The Sony site makes upgrading to
Vista very easy.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/mod...GCRA716G&LOC=3

ss.

Hi Colin:

I was the "ColTom2" that made this original posting, as referenced in your
Google site. No one has ever been able to tell me anything definitive about
this problem. Most say that it will not work, while others say that they
have changed certain hardware etc and got it to work. However, no one has
cited any real specifics about this problem. I suppose one reason is that
there are so many different variations of Sony Desktops that have this board
installed, but also have other related hardware that is different.

I have been trying to find someone who can tell me a specific solution
other than replacing my computer,which is really fine with the current MCE
(2005). I just would like to know for sure what and how I could upgrade to
Vista.

Thanks,

ColTom2


"Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
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Google on "Sony MPEG RealTime Encoder" and you will find hits like this one:

http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=688057

"ColTom2" <> wrote in message
news:eCmi$...
> Hi:
>
> Does anyone know of a Vista driver applicable Sony MPEG RealTime Encoder
> Board or a work around so that I can upgrade my Sony Desktop VGC-RA716G
> with
> MCE(2005) to Vista?
>
> If not, how would I go about finding a suitable hardware replacement for
> this board i.e. mfg, model/part number that would work with Vista?
>
> I am not familiar at all with hardware in this area, as you might tell.
>
> Thanks
>
>

Hi:

When you run Sony's upgrade to Vista application it does not indicate any
problem with their MPEG RealTime Encoder Card. All other factors considered
I am sure that my VGC-RA716G desktop will upgrade, but in doing so I lose my
TV capability with MCE(2005).

Only when you run Microsoft's compatibility application des it show up as
the MPEG card being a problem in upgrading to Vista.

Do you think this card would do as a replacement?
http://www.compusa.com/applications/...=OTC-GPRODUCTS

Thanks,

ColTom2
"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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"ColTom2" <> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> Does anyone know of a Vista driver applicable Sony MPEG RealTime Encoder
> Board or a work around so that I can upgrade my Sony Desktop VGC-RA716G
> with
> MCE(2005) to Vista?
>
> If not, how would I go about finding a suitable hardware replacement for
> this board i.e. mfg, model/part number that would work with Vista?
>
> I am not familiar at all with hardware in this area, as you might tell.


What is the exact model of that card? The Sony site makes upgrading to
Vista very easy.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/mod...GCRA716G&LOC=3

ss.