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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:34 am
Post subject: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner  Get Alert
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A while back I bought a cheap TV tuner and set it up with media centre.
Needless to say it didn't work very well so I returned it and invested in a
better one. Now whenever I do anything in MC I get the message "Application
Failure. A critical windows media process has failed. Please restart the
computer and try again. If the problem persists contact yor hardware
manufacturer for assistance."
Clicking ok makes this go away and MC continues as normal - except when you
click Set Up TV Signal. I am asked whether I want to continue, and if I click
yes windows infroms me that Media Centre has stopped working, crashes to the
desktop and restarts MC.
The new tuner works fine with the software it was bundled with, but I was
hoping to use MC to watch TV. Because I get the message anywhere in MC, I
suspect that it is MC that isn't working properly.
The other thing of note is that the blue ring loading symbol stays up all
the time whilst you are in the TV area of MC.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:54 am
Post subject: Re: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner Get Alert [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Not all tuners work with MC since not all tuners have the hardware and/or
drivers to support the MPEG2 encoded digital input which MC requires. What
make model tuner did you get
"ATAlun" <ATAlun DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9BC465DD-235B-402A-AF44-2CFFFF3965F9@microsoft.com...
>A while back I bought a cheap TV tuner and set it up with media centre.
> Needless to say it didn't work very well so I returned it and invested in
> a
> better one. Now whenever I do anything in MC I get the message
> "Application
> Failure. A critical windows media process has failed. Please restart the
> computer and try again. If the problem persists contact yor hardware
> manufacturer for assistance."
>
> Clicking ok makes this go away and MC continues as normal - except when
> you
> click Set Up TV Signal. I am asked whether I want to continue, and if I
> click
> yes windows infroms me that Media Centre has stopped working, crashes to
> the
> desktop and restarts MC.
>
> The new tuner works fine with the software it was bundled with, but I was
> hoping to use MC to watch TV. Because I get the message anywhere in MC, I
> suspect that it is MC that isn't working properly.
>
> The other thing of note is that the blue ring loading symbol stays up all
> the time whilst you are in the TV area of MC.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
>
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 10:27 am
Post subject: Re: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner Get Alert [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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It's a geniatech EC8500T. The errors still occur when the card is unplugged,
if it was to blame would this happen? I had thought the old generic tuner had
done something to muck up MC.
"Curious" wrote:
> Not all tuners work with MC since not all tuners have the hardware and/or
> drivers to support the MPEG2 encoded digital input which MC requires. What
> make model tuner did you get
> "ATAlun" <ATAlun.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9BC465DD-235B-402A-AF44-2CFFFF3965F9@microsoft.com...
> >A while back I bought a cheap TV tuner and set it up with media centre.
> > Needless to say it didn't work very well so I returned it and invested in
> > a
> > better one. Now whenever I do anything in MC I get the message
> > "Application
> > Failure. A critical windows media process has failed. Please restart the
> > computer and try again. If the problem persists contact yor hardware
> > manufacturer for assistance."
> >
> > Clicking ok makes this go away and MC continues as normal - except when
> > you
> > click Set Up TV Signal. I am asked whether I want to continue, and if I
> > click
> > yes windows infroms me that Media Centre has stopped working, crashes to
> > the
> > desktop and restarts MC.
> >
> > The new tuner works fine with the software it was bundled with, but I was
> > hoping to use MC to watch TV. Because I get the message anywhere in MC, I
> > suspect that it is MC that isn't working properly.
> >
> > The other thing of note is that the blue ring loading symbol stays up all
> > the time whilst you are in the TV area of MC.
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
> >
> >
> >> Stay informed about: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner Get Alert [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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Since you have a hybrid card MC will most likely only support the digital
tuner on the card.
You may need to start a new thread requesting support of a freeview capable
tuner card.
"ATAlun" <ATAlun RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8BA59BD1-375D-4DC7-A382-C3D2A7B800BA@microsoft.com...
> It's a geniatech EC8500T. The errors still occur when the card is
> unplugged,
> if it was to blame would this happen? I had thought the old generic tuner
> had
> done something to muck up MC.
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> Not all tuners work with MC since not all tuners have the hardware and/or
>> drivers to support the MPEG2 encoded digital input which MC requires.
>> What
>> make model tuner did you get
>> "ATAlun" <ATAlun RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9BC465DD-235B-402A-AF44-2CFFFF3965F9@microsoft.com...
>> >A while back I bought a cheap TV tuner and set it up with media centre.
>> > Needless to say it didn't work very well so I returned it and invested
>> > in
>> > a
>> > better one. Now whenever I do anything in MC I get the message
>> > "Application
>> > Failure. A critical windows media process has failed. Please restart
>> > the
>> > computer and try again. If the problem persists contact yor hardware
>> > manufacturer for assistance."
>> >
>> > Clicking ok makes this go away and MC continues as normal - except when
>> > you
>> > click Set Up TV Signal. I am asked whether I want to continue, and if I
>> > click
>> > yes windows infroms me that Media Centre has stopped working, crashes
>> > to
>> > the
>> > desktop and restarts MC.
>> >
>> > The new tuner works fine with the software it was bundled with, but I
>> > was
>> > hoping to use MC to watch TV. Because I get the message anywhere in MC,
>> > I
>> > suspect that it is MC that isn't working properly.
>> >
>> > The other thing of note is that the blue ring loading symbol stays up
>> > all
>> > the time whilst you are in the TV area of MC.
>> >
>> > Can anyone help?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> Stay informed about: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:52 am
Post subject: Re: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner Get Alert [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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I would only use the digital tuner, but unfortunately MC crashes before you
get to that stage. I don't understand what you mean when you say "start a new
thread requesting support of a freeview capable tuner card", can you explain?
"Curious" wrote:
> Since you have a hybrid card MC will most likely only support the digital
> tuner on the card.
> You may need to start a new thread requesting support of a freeview capable
> tuner card.
> "ATAlun" <ATAlun.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8BA59BD1-375D-4DC7-A382-C3D2A7B800BA@microsoft.com...
> > It's a geniatech EC8500T. The errors still occur when the card is
> > unplugged,
> > if it was to blame would this happen? I had thought the old generic tuner
> > had
> > done something to muck up MC.
> >
> > "Curious" wrote:
> >
> >> Not all tuners work with MC since not all tuners have the hardware and/or
> >> drivers to support the MPEG2 encoded digital input which MC requires.
> >> What
> >> make model tuner did you get
> >> "ATAlun" <ATAlun.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9BC465DD-235B-402A-AF44-2CFFFF3965F9@microsoft.com...
> >> >A while back I bought a cheap TV tuner and set it up with media centre.
> >> > Needless to say it didn't work very well so I returned it and invested
> >> > in
> >> > a
> >> > better one. Now whenever I do anything in MC I get the message
> >> > "Application
> >> > Failure. A critical windows media process has failed. Please restart
> >> > the
> >> > computer and try again. If the problem persists contact yor hardware
> >> > manufacturer for assistance."
> >> >
> >> > Clicking ok makes this go away and MC continues as normal - except when
> >> > you
> >> > click Set Up TV Signal. I am asked whether I want to continue, and if I
> >> > click
> >> > yes windows infroms me that Media Centre has stopped working, crashes
> >> > to
> >> > the
> >> > desktop and restarts MC.
> >> >
> >> > The new tuner works fine with the software it was bundled with, but I
> >> > was
> >> > hoping to use MC to watch TV. Because I get the message anywhere in MC,
> >> > I
> >> > suspect that it is MC that isn't working properly.
> >> >
> >> > The other thing of note is that the blue ring loading symbol stays up
> >> > all
> >> > the time whilst you are in the TV area of MC.
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone help?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> Stay informed about: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:10 am
Post subject: Re: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner Get Alert [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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The subject of this thread "Vista MC crashes when setting up TV Tuner" is
not specific enough to attract those that monitor this newsgroup that are
from the UK.
"ATAlun" <ATAlun RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:410CBBF4-BA7F-4894-BE2F-C7134B6235F3@microsoft.com...
>I would only use the digital tuner, but unfortunately MC crashes before you
> get to that stage. I don't understand what you mean when you say "start a
> new
> thread requesting support of a freeview capable tuner card", can you
> explain?
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> Since you have a hybrid card MC will most likely only support the digital
>> tuner on the card.
>> You may need to start a new thread requesting support of a freeview
>> capable
>> tuner card.
>> "ATAlun" <ATAlun RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8BA59BD1-375D-4DC7-A382-C3D2A7B800BA@microsoft.com...
>> > It's a geniatech EC8500T. The errors still occur when the card is
>> > unplugged,
>> > if it was to blame would this happen? I had thought the old generic
>> > tuner
>> > had
>> > done something to muck up MC.
>> >
>> > "Curious" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Not all tuners work with MC since not all tuners have the hardware
>> >> and/or
>> >> drivers to support the MPEG2 encoded digital input which MC requires.
>> >> What
>> >> make model tuner did you get
>> >> "ATAlun" <ATAlun RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:9BC465DD-235B-402A-AF44-2CFFFF3965F9@microsoft.com...
>> >> >A while back I bought a cheap TV tuner and set it up with media
>> >> >centre.
>> >> > Needless to say it didn't work very well so I returned it and
>> >> > invested
>> >> > in
>> >> > a
>> >> > better one. Now whenever I do anything in MC I get the message
>> >> > "Application
>> >> > Failure. A critical windows media process has failed. Please restart
>> >> > the
>> >> > computer and try again. If the problem persists contact yor hardware
>> >> > manufacturer for assistance."
>> >> >
>> >> > Clicking ok makes this go away and MC continues as normal - except
>> >> > when
>> >> > you
>> >> > click Set Up TV Signal. I am asked whether I want to continue, and
>> >> > if I
>> >> > click
>> >> > yes windows infroms me that Media Centre has stopped working,
>> >> > crashes
>> >> > to
>> >> > the
>> >> > desktop and restarts MC.
>> >> >
>> >> > The new tuner works fine with the software it was bundled with, but
>> >> > I
>> >> > was
>> >> > hoping to use MC to watch TV. Because I get the message anywhere in
>> >> > MC,
>> >> > I
>> >> > suspect that it is MC that isn't working properly.
>> >> >
>> >> > The other thing of note is that the blue ring loading symbol stays
>> >> > up
>> >> > all
>> >> > the time whilst you are in the TV area of MC.
>> >> >
>> >> > Can anyone help?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Stay informed about: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:12 pm
Post subject: Re: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner Get Alert [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Ok, thanks for your advice
"Curious" wrote:
> Since you have a hybrid card MC will most likely only support the digital
> tuner on the card.
> You may need to start a new thread requesting support of a freeview capable
> tuner card.
> "ATAlun" <ATAlun.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8BA59BD1-375D-4DC7-A382-C3D2A7B800BA@microsoft.com...
> > It's a geniatech EC8500T. The errors still occur when the card is
> > unplugged,
> > if it was to blame would this happen? I had thought the old generic tuner
> > had
> > done something to muck up MC.
> >
> > "Curious" wrote:
> >
> >> Not all tuners work with MC since not all tuners have the hardware and/or
> >> drivers to support the MPEG2 encoded digital input which MC requires.
> >> What
> >> make model tuner did you get
> >> "ATAlun" <ATAlun.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9BC465DD-235B-402A-AF44-2CFFFF3965F9@microsoft.com...
> >> >A while back I bought a cheap TV tuner and set it up with media centre.
> >> > Needless to say it didn't work very well so I returned it and invested
> >> > in
> >> > a
> >> > better one. Now whenever I do anything in MC I get the message
> >> > "Application
> >> > Failure. A critical windows media process has failed. Please restart
> >> > the
> >> > computer and try again. If the problem persists contact yor hardware
> >> > manufacturer for assistance."
> >> >
> >> > Clicking ok makes this go away and MC continues as normal - except when
> >> > you
> >> > click Set Up TV Signal. I am asked whether I want to continue, and if I
> >> > click
> >> > yes windows infroms me that Media Centre has stopped working, crashes
> >> > to
> >> > the
> >> > desktop and restarts MC.
> >> >
> >> > The new tuner works fine with the software it was bundled with, but I
> >> > was
> >> > hoping to use MC to watch TV. Because I get the message anywhere in MC,
> >> > I
> >> > suspect that it is MC that isn't working properly.
> >> >
> >> > The other thing of note is that the blue ring loading symbol stays up
> >> > all
> >> > the time whilst you are in the TV area of MC.
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone help?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> Stay informed about: Vista MC crashes when setting up TV tuner |
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