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Need support for freeview capable tuner card ATAlun 06-01-2008
Posted by ATAlun on June 1, 2008, 8:11 pm
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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.

Can anyone help?


Posted by S.Sengupta on June 1, 2008, 8:52 pm
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What TV Tuner card you have installed?Is it compatible with Media Center?

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

ATAlun wrote:

> 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?
>

Posted by ATAlun on June 2, 2008, 6:31 am
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Its a geniatech EC8500T, and as far as I know it is compatible with MC

"S.Sengupta" wrote:

> What TV Tuner card you have installed?Is it compatible with Media Center?
>
> regards,
> S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
>
> ATAlun wrote:
>
> > 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?
> >
>

Posted by S.Sengupta on June 2, 2008, 7:53 am
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Yes,it's compatible.
Run Media Center SetUp again.

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

ATAlun wrote:
> Its a geniatech EC8500T, and as far as I know it is compatible with MC
>
> "S.Sengupta" wrote:
>
>
>>What TV Tuner card you have installed?Is it compatible with Media Center?
>>
>>regards,
>>S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
>>
>>ATAlun wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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?
>>>
>>

Posted by ATAlun on June 2, 2008, 6:34 am
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The errors still occur if it is not plugged in anyway

"S.Sengupta" wrote:

> What TV Tuner card you have installed?Is it compatible with Media Center?
>
> regards,
> S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]
>
> ATAlun wrote:
>
> > 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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