A fresh install of Microsoft Media Center Edition 2005 may not have the necessary CODEC,as a result when you are trying to view Live TV then the Television won't display correctly and you will get the following error:-Decoder Error - The video decoder has either malfunctioned or is not installed.
Resolution:-
1]Download the Microsoft Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility .This utility will help you to determine if an MPEG-2 video decoder or, a DVD decoder is installed on your system and whether or not the decoder is compatible with Windows Media Player 10 and Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
2] Next you download and install compatible video decoder which will allow you to view TV without any prroblem.Nvidia,Cyberlink Power DVD,Win DVD or,Sonic will help.Personally I find Nvidia Pure Video is excellent.Remember you just need the decoder not the full or entire package.
Here is a list of compatible decoders:-
NVidia PureVideo:-
http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html
Sonic:-
http://www.sonic.com/products/Consumer/play.aspx
Cyberlink Corp:-
http://www.cyberlink.com/
Intervideo Corp.:-
http://www.intervideo.com/media_pack/jsp/Product_Profile.jsp?p=DVDXPack
*SourceForge :-
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=98765&package_id=105790&release_id=208928
*[The last one is Free]
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6 comments:
thanks sooo much for that advice i tried the free mpeg2 decoder and it worked flawlessly
thank you this helped a lot!
You are awesome. This was the only thing that worked for me.
thanks, it worked for mw too, after 4 weeks of trying almost every thing
thanks, it worked for mw too, after 4 weeks of trying almost every thing
Ditto to all the above comments. I spent alot of time and money chasing this down only to find your page all by myself. I installed NVidia gold with easy success. It works great too. Question, How come the HP tech support doesn`t know about this fix? I spent many wasted hours on the phone with them.. I also had my PC at Firedog for several days with no results.. Thanks again!
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