Alienware m9750, built in Avermedia a307, recently restored CPU back to factory. I have all updates and newest drivers, and have tried hooking up a TV to the same line, and it gets fine signal. When I have it automatically detect a signal, it doesn't detect anything, so I choose Antenna. It gets...

I hope I chose the correct section. I have been pretty happy with my recent HTPC build. There is still a lot to learn. I have quite a few video files mostly AVI and MKV that after installing and configuring Shark codecs they play sound almost perfectly. I am using my Motherboards S/Pdif out. My AV receiver...

Hello, I have tried to fix this problem for some time but I can't find the root cause... I record a show daily, sometimes the recorded show will have no sound but the video is there. I record the same show at the same time every day on the same channel. I have the error every third show approximately...

I just upgradded from Vista to Windows 7. When I try to play any videos in media center the screen is blank, but sound works fine. The same thing happen when i play a DVD, however if i use powerDVD it works, so it seems to only be related to windows media and media center. The same thing happens with...

I have tried searching with all specials words I still can find something recent, I was watching AVIs find but i installed several windows updates now MCE cant detect AVI, i have tried installing all codec and reinstalling codecs, 32 bit and 63 bit ffdshow, did not work for me. WINDOWS 7 64bit, last...

I can't seem to locate any posts directly discussing this phenomenon. I had ripped my entire library as Xvid avi files, and i'm getting tired of the lag associated with using transcode. Can someone tell me if i'm doing something wrong? My videos will play through the xbox dashboard (go to...

Help please. I recently installed a Hauppauge WinTV HVR 2250 on my new Vista 64 bit machine and began using Media Center right away. But after my 3rd TV recording I'm starting to see flashes of red/pink pixels during playback. The dvr-ms files also crash my Windows Media Player but play fine in VLC...

I have followed this guide to the point, but I can't get my XVID AVIs to play. I have no clue as to why. MKVs play beautifully. I have reinstalled my sytem and am now running Windows 7 RC 32 bit. My AVIs open (in WMP) and show the first frame. If I move the slider to another point in the movie, the...

Hi there, I have installed a clean version of Vista on my PC and no longer get audio on DVD playback via media centre (either from a DVD or from those stored on my hard-drive) I get audio on music via itunes, recorded TV programs stored on Media Centre, and Videos, but not on DVD's....... I have...

Hi there, I have installed a clean version of Vista on my PC and no longer get audio on DVD playback via media centre (either from a DVD or from those stored on my hard-drive) I get audio on music via itunes, recorded TV programs stored on Media Centre, and Videos, but not on DVD's....... I have...