xp mce 2004 on HP m380n: live tv won't work

Hello,

I seem to have a problem receiving Live TV. All other media plays
fine, including the sample clips. I have both set the PC back to
factory condition using the recovery partition, as well as updated it
with all Windows updates, with the same result: I get a blank screen,
although whether it is back or blue depends on the codec I set to
default (originally ivivideo.ax v. 4.0.11.397--I've tried many others)
using the XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility. The channels change fine.

I am using analog cable and I know it is a good signal, because I can
import the live TV using Windows Movie Maker.

The other thing I noticed was that I seem to be missing an important
file/service: ehrecvr.exe. The rest of the EHome files seem to be
there, and the associated services run fine-no problems in Event
Viewer. I could not find the file ehrecvr.* anywhere on my system.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

--Chris

By the way, my TV Tuner is Conexant 23880 (Blackbird). Tuner is 2388x
(Philips 1236 MK3). Video is NVidia GeForce FX 5200.

I have tried both the original and updated drivers from HP and
NVidia. Conexant does not offer drivers.

I also tried to install Xp Media Center Diagnostics kit 3.0 from MS,
which failed, complaining some install process failed to complete.

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:42:03 -0700, Chris-ji Maharaj
<> wrote:

>
>
>Hello,
>
>I seem to have a problem receiving Live TV. All other media plays
>fine, including the sample clips. I have both set the PC back to
>factory condition using the recovery partition, as well as updated it
>with all Windows updates, with the same result: I get a blank screen,
>although whether it is back or blue depends on the codec I set to
>default (originally ivivideo.ax v. 4.0.11.397--I've tried many others)
>using the XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility. The channels change fine.
>
>I am using analog cable and I know it is a good signal, because I can
>import the live TV using Windows Movie Maker.
>
>The other thing I noticed was that I seem to be missing an important
>file/service: ehrecvr.exe. The rest of the EHome files seem to be
>there, and the associated services run fine-no problems in Event
>Viewer. I could not find the file ehrecvr.* anywhere on my system.
>
>Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>--Chris