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In my post below I mentioned I was working on something to make the process of changing the default MPEG-2 Video and Audio decoders in Vista a little easier.Well it is the Vista Media Center Decoder utility. This utility will show you the current default decoders, let you select an alternative from a list of installed decoders and by pressing Set Default change the defaults. Although I wouldn't necessarily recommend it, you can even select a Video Decoder from one provider and an Audio Decoder from another.Use at your own risk but it worked for me.- note you must save this program locally.Update - This application requires.net Framework v2. AnonymousAnyone notice if the UK PAL issue on studio based (video) has been fixed?With any DVD decoder under MCE2005 with PAL, there is interlace flickering on certain lighting (like QVC) and exhibits on things like hands moving or ticker tapes quivering in movement. This happens with all video cards and MPEG2 decoders and is only triggered on stations like QVC where bitrate is low and the studio lighting is bright.Its been around since MCE Rollup2 and the culprit is QUARTZ.DLL.Is this finally fixed in Vista MCE (Nvidia aware of the problem too). AnonymousAnyone notice if the UK PAL issue on studio based (video) has been fixed?With any DVD decoder under MCE2005 with PAL, there is interlace flickering on certain lighting (like QVC) and exhibits on things like hands moving or ticker tapes quivering in movement. This happens with all video cards and MPEG2 decoders and is only triggered on stations like QVC where bitrate is low and the studio lighting is bright.Its been around since MCE Rollup2 and the culprit is QUARTZ.DLL.Is this finally fixed in Vista MCE (Nvidia aware of the problem too).
Thank you for your efforts on this.Like many, my Vista RC1 was working fine, and now recorded and live tv brings up the 'missing decoder' error, and trying to play the recorded shows in media plyer brings up a 'not enough ram' error (thats with half a gig free).Your utility shows that I have the MPEG decoder and that it is compatible. And that is the only option on the list.should I download additional drivers ( I have found on the net a few free ones, xpacks of many, etc), or should I uninstall and reinstall the MPEG decoder?if it does come to re-install. How exaactly do I uninstall and reinstall it? The control panel in VISTA has a different layout and I can not locate the option.thanks for any response. I have to get the TV working again or the wife will kill me! AnonymousI was reading Microsoft newsgroups and there are others who cannot view live tv or recorded programs. Some said that there is a time limit on the decorder and if you change the time it will work however this is not very useful, At least they could have given us until the final version is released.I will try this method when I get home from work.
I think on my machine it stopped working around 12 or 13 November so I will put the day earlier and see what happens.It would be great if somebody could figure out why this program cannot change to Trial Nvidia for some and for others it can. A fair comment.
However I also run a machine on RC1 and that is still showing the NVidia decoder (paid for) in VMCD fine.To answer the questions about the Nvidia codec above:Yes it is a 30 day trialYes older versions of the trial download have expired.No you cannot re-install the trial and expect it to work if it has expired. You will need a paid verison.Yes it does work with non-nvidia hardware however it works better with Nvidia PureVideo enhanced hardware.Finally if it is appearing in the VMCD drop-down and you have selected it (ensuring you are running as administrator and probably with UAC turned off) then you can test to see if it works as follows. Run Media Center. Take Media Center out of full screen to windowed. Play some recorded or live tv. You should see an Nvidia icon appear in the tray bottom right. To 64 bit users:Ok VMCD is partially a 32 bit app which means it writes the 32bit version of the registry under the Wow6432Node.
AnonymousI have a 64 bit machine running RC1. I first ran a search with the nvidia strig, and found the hexadecimal values; after that, I looked inHKEYLOCALMACHINEWow6432NodeMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionMedia CenterDecoder, and the values matched. Copied these values toHKEYLOCALMACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionMedia CenterDecoderand ran MC, but it told me the trial period had expired when I tried live TV.
I bought the platnum Purevideo decoder, but I might have installed with the clock back to Nov 1st even though I don't think that would make a difference. Any suggestions? AnonymousThank you so much for super quick reply. Run as administrator using right click of file work (saved default decoder to nvidia and got a task tray icon pop). However, after changing to nVidia pure dvd decoder &cyberlink powerdvd it is still getting stuttering/lip-synch problem running from Media Player 11 (Vista default). I can't seem to link (to library in MCE) the file I download (file name is hdtvdemo.tp from Media Player 11 on Vista and Media center in Vista using same decoder?Does vmcd.exe change both mce and media player or just mce? Another words,Are both programs linked?I am using ATI Radeo Express 200 chipset (Express 1150 integrated GPU or X300 set to 128MB UMA), Athlon 64 (single core) 2.2Ghz running at 2.64Ghz, 1GB memory (single channel/mis-maching 512 x 2), ATA100 drive.
Yes, CPU is running 100% when stuttering occurs. Is my video card the weakest link? Thanks again.
Anonymousgary, thank you so much for taking the time to figure out a 64bit solution. I did your suggestions and a few of the anonymous ones listed above about the 64bit registry. I was able to get your program to notice the purevideo decoder but media center would give a decoder error when running it.now this is a question for anyone who can answer this. I have done a lot of research on the subject and think i figured it out.Purevideo decoder pack that you can buy from nvidia will not have a vista version. People have emailed nvidia and they said they have no intentions to release a vista decoder for sale from them. Now the purevideo decoder from there website, the Win XP version, will work on vista.
I have tried this and as everyone has said and found out it will not give hardware acceleration support. It will only run the purevideo software decoder.
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This sucks because nvidia says they wont release a vista version 'because many companies like cyberlink, intervideo are incorporating purevideo hardware acceleration in their products' I have PowerDVD 7 Ultra and in the settings it says purevideo hardware acceleration is enabled. So basically Purevideo Hardware Acceleration cant happen in Vista Media Center.My question is, if Cyberlink PowerDVD enables the purevideo hardware acceleration, is this because the support for purevideo hardware acceleration is built into the cyberlink mpeg2 decoder??So could i get Vista Media Center to use cyberlink mpeg2 decoder and then it would run the purevideo hardware acceleration???Is this a workaround to using Purevideo hardware acceleration? AnonymousThanks for the utility. I too get the C00D11B1 error in WMP11 after changing the codec to Intervideo or Cyberlink.
Changing back to default MS codec allows playback in WMP but VMC is choppy in OTA HD.I have set my system to Intervideo video codec and Cyberlink audio. The Intervideo audio codec does not show up in the utility.
I do see 3 Cyberlink codecs. It would be a nice feature for the utility to display codec info.I know you indicated the WMP codec and VMC codecs are independent but I think they must be tied together. It would be nice to be able to set defaults seperately for each to get WMP working again.Your utility is a great start. Maybe someone here can help me.I'm looking for about 3 things to make VistaMC 'perfect' (for me anyways).1) I'd like to use a different player (mainly 'Media Player Classic') instead of WMP. Is there a way to change this?2) I'd like to 'Play all' or 'Play directory' of my movies. I can do this with audio but am unable to do a 'play all' for videos. I even made a video playlist in WMP and then tried to play it in MC.
Only to get just audio and no video, lol.3) I'd like to change the list I see in my directories from an 'Icon' like list to say a 'list' list or other variations of this idea.Thanks for any help and info.TK. Anonymousto they guy above who suggested powercinema 5, hopefully you didnt buy it just yet. I would not recommend buying powercinema as an alternative. I have used it on vista with my ati 650 pro tuner card, actually ati bundled a special powercinema version with it to use. Powercinema still has loads of problems. They have problems with the guide menu sometimes it quits loading and in powercinema you cant select what video and audio decoder to use.I found BeyondTV 4.6 and used that for awhile, actually i did the beta vista testing with it also. This program is amazing.
Ten times better than powercinema. You can select what decoders to use and extra. Interface is much nicer than powercinema.
If you are going to do an alternative do not use powercinema and use BeyondTV snapstream.com.Pretty much BeyondTV does everything i want Vista Media Center to do, except it cant link up with my xbox 360 which is one reason I want to use Vista media center instead. AnonymousFolks, I would like to repeat what kees said:'Hi I used your utility on Vista Ultimate RTM and it works perfectly for Windows MediaCenter (it now uses my Nvidia PureVideo Decoders), however after using the utility I can no longer play DVD's (made with Windows DVD Maker) with Mediaplayer (error C00D11B1), they only play with the Nvidia codecs on Media Center.When I use your utility to set the codecs back to the original Microoft decoders in Ultimate I can play DVD's on mediaplayer and mediacenter.
I have the same problem also, any solutions to this yet? Neil JonesThanks for all the effort you've put into this. I'm having a problem though, I've got the MS, NVidia PureVideo and PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra codecs installed, and they all show up with your app. I can succesfully change between the MS and PureVideo ones, but if I try to change to any of the PDVD ones, despite your app telling me they've changed, and showing them selected if I run it again, Vista Media Center just keeps running with the previously selected codec, be it MS or PureVideo.
Bottom line is it just won't switch to the PowerDVD ones, even though your app insists it has!Any suggestions? I can't get any other decoders to show in the drop down menus.
I'm running as admin, and I've installed both Roxio and Cyberlink Vista DVD decoders.Here's my issue; I can't get ANY video to show in Media Center; when trying to run video (be it DVD, mpeg, avi, etc), I get the 'Files needed to display video are not installed or not working correctly' error. I've gotten this error since installing Vista over the weekend, and I've been trying to find a work around for this. DVDs and video play fine (and have done so since the install) in WMP (which I know you say is a separate entity).Your utility seems to be the best shot that I have at swapping the decoder (if that is the issue), but I can't get any other decoders to show in the drop-downs.
I tried the XP decoder utility, and nothing else shows there either. I used your vista media center decoder utility with the Power DVD audio and it worked like a charm.
Then I did God knows what and now I dan't get surround sound in either Media Center or Media Player. I have the Roxio dvd decoder installed for Media Player. I did notice that before I did whatever it is that I did that MPEG-2 showed up in the decoder utility dropdown window, but now only MPEG-1 is there. The Roxio decoder is visible in program files but not in add remove programs. Any ideas?Thanks.
TheoI have Vista 32bit with ATI Radeon 1250 with a FusionHDTV card. I am trying to play.tp files recorded from the Fusion Program in Media Center.
I installed Cyberlink PowerDVD 7. With registry additions, I have been able to see the.tp files show up under 'video library'. However, when I select it, it says: It cannot play the video file.I am able to open the.tp video files in the PowerDVD 7 program. And if I have set the default decoder in Media Center to the Cyberlink PowerDVD 7 decoder, shouldn't it play the file? What am I doing wrong? JeffThank you Garry! Stumbled across your blog searching for a solution to very poor live TV signals from SD cable (Charter Cable) running through Vista Media Center (Vista Ultimate).
Downloaded your utility and confirmed I only had the standard Windows decoders. Bought the Nvidia Decoder (bronze) and switched to the Nvidia decoders (video & audio) with your utility. WOW.makes a HUGE improvement in SD image quality. Running ATI Radeon X1300 video card and AverMedia Combo PCIe (M780) tuner card.
Your utiltiy made this so easy. AnhedI just finished – sort of – building my first HTPC. Almost everything functions. I have one issue that my late night Internet searches have not helped address. My apologies if this as already been asked a thousand timesBasics of the machineGigabyte motherboardCore 2 Duo2 GBNEC DVD BurnerAuzentech XPlosionGE Force 7600 HDMIMPD-130Zalman-160 CaseAll drivers are the latest from the manufactures website.The ProblemI have two kids who love Disney movies.
They also love to play Frisbee with the disks. These are hard, if not impossible to replace given Disney’s ‘vault’ policy – only issuing DVDs every 10,000 years. So, I used DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter to make copies (To be clear, I own the originals)Finally to the point the backup copies do not play in media center, but the originals do.
The exact same drive in an XP machine plays the disks just fine. Further, when I insert these DVDs into my new HTPC, the DVD Drive goes full bore for about 10 seconds and then ‘disappears’ from windows explorer. What gives?At this point, I was close to scrapping this and loading XP and a third party media app. But, I tried the following instead.Updated the drive firmware.Replaced the cable.Removed the filter keys from the registry.Removed the DVD Drive from device manager and let windows re-install. Still no go.Restored system to XP image from snapshot (disks play fine)Upgraded to Vista Ultimate for a second time.Installed only the graphics card driver, the sound card driver, and the chipset bits.
No itunes or any other application that could possible cause a conflict.still no go.I have a laptop with Vista Business on it and the DVD plays fine in WinDVD, but not Media Player (I think that this is because I have not installed a mpeg-2 codec on the machine).So.The drive works fine in XP. Disk works fine in XP and on another Vista Machine! Could this possibly be an issue with the default Codec in Vista? That is my thought, but why not any error message.
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All that happens is that the drive spins at full speed for 20 seconds and then 'mysteriously' disappears from explorer. At this point, scan for hardware changes does not find anything and I am forced to restart in order to get the drive backI am at a loss.
Next steps anyone? AnonymousI used the Vista Media Center Default Decoders software and found it works great switching between decoders (video and audio) in Vista MCE.Default Decoders:Microsoft MPEG-2 Video DecoderMicrosoft MPEG-1/DD Audio DecoderBut, if i switch and use to 'CyberLink Video/SP Decoder (PDVD7)' and 'CyberLink Audio Decoder (PDVD7)' the Vista Media Player fails to play DVD's. If I change the 'CyberLink Audio Decoder (PDVD7)' to 'Microsoft MPEG-1/DD Audio Decoder', I can play DVD's in the Vista Media Player.So this tells me, the Microsoft MPEG-1/DD Audio Decoder must be used exclusively to work both in Vista Media Player and Vista MCE. No other Audio Decoders will work in Vista Media Player. The sound is weak at times using the Microsoft MPEG-1/DD Audio Decoder in the Vista Media Player.I would like to use to 'CyberLink Audio Decoder (PDVD7)' in the Vista Media Player, which I can not use.
This Audio Decoder if selected will not play DVD's in the Vista Media Player.Great work! At least I can switch to different Decoders in Vista MCE, Just not in Vista Media Player. HiAll I can really say is I definitely don't have any virus code in my source code. I do have to edit the registry which might seem a similar foot print. Interestingly my own anti-virus doesn't show it up as a virus.
One thought I do have is VMCD is very widespread i wonder if someone has looked upon if as a tempting target for seconday infection. I am very interested into trying to get the bottom of this.I did update the file on the server yesterday so perhaps someone cna try downloading that and reporting back although I am very worried by Michael's comments. AnonymousI installed the trial for the NVIDA PureVideo Decoder Platinum (30 Days) from the following:set the compatibility to XP and installed as Administrator. I then ran the Vista Media Center Decoder utility as Administrator to set the default to NVidia from MS. This sets ok and I believe the reg is being updated since when I run the utility again I can see it has changed.However, when I view mpeg-2 live TV in media centre I cannot see the NVidia utility in the tray.
It doesn't seem to be using the NVidia decoder for some reason. I just wondered if anyone has a solution please or maybe someone can verify the trial link is ok (ie.
The codec hasn't already expired hence it won't show).Thanks. BrentGarry,Great work you're doing here - no one else seems to have a clue about the codec issues with MCE.I've got a great brand new HTPC set-up, 64 bit Vista, where everything works great, except DVD's will not play VOICES (background noises fine, but main actors are mute). The 5.1 Dolby works great with TV, Internet, etc., and I'd about gotten fed-up with forums telling me to check my speaker wires when I found this island of enlightenment. I'd already tried changing blu-ray disk drives at that point.I'm not accustomed to using regedit (and probably shouldn't, eh?) - it seems to me that:The mpeg2 decoder with MCE is incompatible with the MPEG2/Dolby 5.1 combo, and that none of the mpeg2 decoders that I've installed since actually edited the 64 bit registry to take over in MCE.You'd be doing me a great favor if you can just confirm if my above hypothesis sounds correct. Any suggestions are above and beyond. For background, I've got 64-bit Vista with MCE running on a Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H motherboard with integrated Nvidia GeForce9400, an Intel Core 2 Duo 7400 cpu, Hauppage dual TV card, etc.
Sure, I COULD play DVD's in a different program than the one we use for watching and recording TV, but this is a family PC, and anything that complicates its use is undesireable. Hi Gary,I have a strange problem - I am running Vista MCE with a USB Hauppage WinTV HVR-950Q stick.
When displaying live TV in the WinTV application, I get nice clean video. In MCE, however, the same channels (and it's only certain channels) stutter and lag. Decreasing the resolution seems to fix it, but that's non-ideal. Changing the codecs using this helpful tool doesn't seem to have an effect.The machine is pretty powerful, but the onboard video card in it is rather low-end - Intel Mobile chipset with 256 Mb of RAM.
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