Software Review: Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition!

**TimmyM** · 11-30-2004, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by tbird2340

Yes they will!!

Look, I got a wife.. That should end the comments right there of "just go out and buy one"

Dropping 1K on a carputer and now gettin into a HTPC I'm lucky to still have a place to sleep..

Ouch! I've been in the same situation. It was either stop buying computer hardware or she was gonna leave................. I miss her sometimes.

But then I do have a working MCE 05 on a 51" HDTV with which I can watch porn with.

**Don 944 LA** · 11-30-2004, 05:14 PM

I installed MCE 2005 on my epia MII with video on the board with no problems !!

So, I don't think that it's a video memory amount problem

**V50** · 11-30-2004, 05:48 PM

Anyone with TV Tuner and FM Tuner's with MCE2005? I need to know what TV Tuners and Radio Tuners work with it.

Hauppage PVR works great
There´s a PVR250 Media Center Edition
this site http://www.shspvr.com/ has good ifo on them and MCE

**tbird2340** · 11-30-2004, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by Don 944 LA

I installed MCE 2005 on my epia MII with video on the board with no problems !!

So, I don't think that it's a video memory amount problem

Thank you!! That's exactly what I'm talkin about...

**RoyN** · 11-30-2004, 08:30 PM

Then I'd guess it might be something related to either incompatibility between 2004/2005, or some software lock to specific hardware? I dont know... if it isnt working out of the box, and it isnt documented that it requires patches or whatever there might be something else with a problem..... Mobo incompatibility? (unlikely i think, perhaps impossible)...other incompatibility... sometimes u get an error that isnt really realted to the problem (Like being unable to hibernate a computer with wrong VGA drivers!!!)

**Defiler** · 12-01-2004, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by Don 944 LA

I installed MCE 2005 on my epia MII with video on the board with no problems !!

So, I don't think that it's a video memory amount problem

And I'd be willing to bet it uses 64Meg...

**nFiniteTuning** · 12-01-2004, 04:55 PM

Ok, I'm back....I've been workin on car stuff recently. I dont have the patience to catch up to everything here...but I wanted to tell you guys about the Applications. Go to start menu, programs, apps, Media Center, Media Center PRograms, and you can add any program you wish. Here's a screen shot.

MCE for me works perfect. Buy the remote, it runs kick ***...every car stereo you buy these days have remotes....I barly touch the screen anyways, but alot of the time I do. And it works fine. I have been workin my *** off to get a DVD Decoder to work without installing Power DVD...but I think I'm downloading the wrong things.

At first install, MCE told me all the errors all of you had....but then it stoped once I installed the newest updated Nvidia drivers for my GF4.

Everything runs kick *** except the DVD unless Power DVD is installed. Which is ****in me off cause people have beeen tellin me to use NVDVD and I have, and it doesn't work....so I'm stilll workin on finding that **** out.

Originally Posted by brady

For any devs who want to add onto MCE 2005: http://blogs.msdn.com/mcreasy/archiv...12/241449.aspx
I can't figure out how to add programs to the programs list. Anyone?

**nFiniteTuning** · 12-02-2004, 01:02 AM

I figured out why I couldn't skin the Media Center program, and that was because my windows file protection is on. and I couldn't get it turned off the way Ben (mmc programer) told me how, so I just took my hard drive with a copy of the file allready pre made, and I deleted the proper file, and renamed the copy...and here's what I got...funny, the picture moves tho...I dont remember that happening with the original, but I'll continue to play. Hopefully learn a easier way to turn off WFP.

**Cyber_Drone** · 12-04-2004, 06:17 PM

any way to get the epia-m boards to play video? Do we need to beg via to make a driver compatiable for it?

**kingtut** · 12-04-2004, 06:46 PM

@NightFireTuning: Please, pay a visit to http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forum...e=1&forumid=26
You should be able to find answers to your video issues, tons of them.