[JeffW]

Just installed myDVD 8 premier an now I cannot watch tv on my Win MCE machine.

I have done a system restore to be fore myDVD and it works, but when it is reinstalled, problems.

I had myDVD LE v 6 from Dell installed before and it worked fine.

During installation myDVD 8 told me it had conflicts with:

DELL CinePlayer
Roxio DLA and needed to uninstall them.

Any ideas?

Tnx Jeff

[grandpabruce]

JeffW, on Aug 11 2006, 05:11 PM, said:

Just installed myDVD 8 premier an now I cannot watch tv on my Win MCE machine.

I have done a system restore to be fore myDVD and it works, but when it is reinstalled, problems.

I had myDVD LE v 6 from Dell installed before and it worked fine.

During installation myDVD 8 told me it had conflicts with:

DELL CinePlayer
Roxio DLA and needed to uninstall them.

Any ideas?

Tnx Jeff

Did you uninstall them.

[JeffW]

grandpabruce, on Aug 11 2006, 02:28 PM, said:

Did you uninstall them.

I uninstalled the two apps (Dell CinePlayer & Roxio DLA) as that is what the software"recommended."

[JeffW]

JeffW, on Aug 11 2006, 03:28 PM, said:

I uninstalled the two apps (Dell CinePlayer & Roxio DLA) as that is what the software"recommended."

Just uninstalled myDVD8 (didn't do a system restore) and I am able to view view/TV on MCE again

Also tried (before uninstalling myDVD 8) using the previously myDVD LE by Dell to record video NOT using MCE and it worked.

Something strange with myDVD and MCE

I are running:

Win XP sp2 MCE 2005
Dell 9150 (2.8 GHz dual core)
2 GB RAM
WinTV 150 MCE card
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Just found this
http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?...;hl=MCE+problem
"It's an MCE Problem alright, especially when none of the roxio/sonic codecs are compatible with MCE 2005, and they are the only one's that can fix the compatability issue."

Hmmm...

This post has been edited by JeffW: 12 August 2006 - 02:40 AM

[JeffW]

JeffW, on Aug 12 2006, 02:36 AM, said:

Just uninstalled myDVD8 (didn't do a system restore) and I am able to view view/TV on MCE again

Also tried (before uninstalling myDVD 8) using the previously myDVD LE by Dell to record video NOT using MCE and it worked.

Something strange with myDVD and MCE

I are running:

Win XP sp2 MCE 2005
Dell 9150 (2.8 GHz dual core)
2 GB RAM
WinTV 150 MCE card
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE

Just found this
http://forums.support.roxio.com/index.php?...;hl=MCE+problem
"It's an MCE Problem alright, especially when none of the roxio/sonic codecs are compatible with MCE 2005, and they are the only one's that can fix the computability issue."

Hmmm...

I have done some more trouble shooting and found that the problem comes from the fact that when myDVD 8 is installed, the decoders it installs are NOT compatible with MCE or Windows Media 10.

When I choose a decoder that isn't a Roxio it seems fine in MCE, but when using myDVD 8 to capture video from the card the audio is bad.

So, why are the Roxio decoders not compatible??

This post has been edited by JeffW: 12 August 2006 - 04:11 AM

[JeffW]

JeffW, on Aug 12 2006, 04:07 AM, said:

I have done some more trouble shooting and found that the problem comes from the fact that when myDVD 8 is installed, the decoders it installs are NOT compatible with MCE or Windows Media 10.

When I choose a decoder that isn't a Roxio it seems fine in MCE, but when using myDVD 8 to capture video from the card the audio is bad.

So, why are the Roxio decoders not compatible??

Well... I worked on my issue on-and-off all day yesterday and finally decided to restore my computer to before upgrading to myDVD 8.

The frustration level was pretty high, and I consider myself a good trouble shooter (tried installing NVIDIA decoder for MPEG 2 (trial if it worked would cost me $, updated, my video card driver (GeForce 7300 LE)), used windows xp video checkup utility, etc..)

So come Monday it will be "return to sender." Too many headaches for a piece of software that I won't use often (think I'll stick with Premier Elements 2).

Anyone have any last minute fixes?

Jeff

[Ray Hunt]

JeffW, on Aug 13 2006, 04:25 AM, said:

Well... I worked on my issue on-and-off all day yesterday and finally decided to restore my computer to before upgrading to myDVD 8.

The frustration level was pretty high, and I consider myself a good trouble shooter (tried installing NVIDIA decoder for MPEG 2 (trial if it worked would cost me $, updated, my video card driver (GeForce 7300 LE)), used windows xp video checkup utility, etc..)

So come Monday it will be "return to sender." Too many headaches for a piece of software that I won't use often (think I'll stick with Premier Elements 2).

Anyone have any last minute fixes?

Jeff

No Last minute fixes Jeff but I would like to share that I too had issues with a Sonic/Roxio product with similar details. My box is also a Dell XPS w/2.8 Ghz PD, 1Gb of RAM, same Vid card, and TV capture, etc. My issue was with EMC 8 instead of MyDVD8 though. The initial install of the prog worked fine but after a recent update from Sonic, a couple of the startup processes encouter Run Time errors and when I tried to view or record TV, I either received a low-data rate error (for live viewing) or I blue screened when attempting to record. Uninstalled EMC 8 and now, no more startup errors (of course) and no more data rate errors. Will follow up on record functionality as applicable.

Ray

[Ray Hunt]

Follow up... after devoting an hour searching the boards here I've discovered that the root of my issues are centered on the media manager app and the co-existance of older Sonic disc writing software that was pre-installed on the box by Dell. Will attempt to reinstall EMC 8 and remove Sonic progs with follow up afterwards.

[JeffW]

Ray Hunt, on Aug 13 2006, 09:03 AM, said:

Follow up... after devoting an hour searching the boards here I've discovered that the root of my issues are centered on the media manager app and the co-existance of older Sonic disc writing software that was pre-installed on the box by Dell. Will attempt to reinstall EMC 8 and remove Sonic progs with follow up afterwards.

How goes the battle?!

I'm off to talk to tech support - but don't want to pay the $39 for a $49 piece of software

Jeff