Can anyone help. Every pre recorded original film DVD I try to play using media centre will not play due to copy protection. I have power DVD which does play them and I cannot figure why media player...

Brand new to Media Centre so apologies for this very basic question. If I want to shut down MC and return to desktop, I understand there should be a Shut Down menu on the Start Page - but there...

Some one has the same video prolem as I have. When I try to view Live TV I get a Video Error - files needed to display video are missing or corrupt. Please restart Media Centre and/or restart...

I have just installed ME 2005 and have got everything setup - I have a Haupapge pvr-150 card, and am using this with an external stb to get my tv input. I have live tv playing fine, and can...

We are trying to put in Media Center solution in a business environment. Since XP MC cannot join domain, I am looking for 3rd party solution that we can load on XP Professional that will basically...

Hi to everyone, I have a WINTV PVR 150 card. I can watch TV using WINTV200. When I trait to use MCE to control de cart in the setting process MCE detect and scan the signal, but I never get to...

I read a few weeks back this release would contain support for UK DVB-T broadcasts. Can anybody report back on this? I would be very interested in the TV cards that work with it, especially...

Hi all, Although there are a number of threads about connecting Sky, I cannot find any specifically about connecting up with a laptop that has MCE 2005 preloaded. On the laptop, the only socket on TV...

Media Center will change the screen resolution to "TV resolution" if you configure it to output to TV. Configure Media Center to use VGA/DVI output and it won't switch the resolution. Note that you...

Question, just got a 360, and have media center, got them both communicating no problem, about to get a hdtv. does the 360 'upscale' video streamed from the mce pc to hd resolution? I understand...

Hi all, Apologies for the generic nature of this topic but can anyone recommend a really good MCE PC? I have an Advent one bought from PC World a while ago and although it's a slim unit, it's still...

> DAVID VINCENT-JONESwrote: Notes are normally not being synced from system to phone but I sure would I agree with that, its solid advice that i would follow myself.

Further to the earlier posts which I found a bit confusing. I have just this minute actually configured a proper guide listing for CH5 on channel 37 (London Area). Here is the work around: TV...

Hi there, I have quite an odd problem. I have a media centre with an ATI motherboard with an built in x300 type gfx chip. From a fresh install using the latest ATI media centre drivers for...

Please could someone tell me if it is possible to play standard Windows XP games under Media Center 2005?

Hi, I'm having a problem receiving DVB-T on my MCE box and there has been a suggest from the card manufacturer that I may non-standard build due to the library version numbers. Can a few people...

I am using a 26" Samsung HDTV for my 360 and it is using the component input, the 360 is set to 720P but when I view live or recorded tv it will only view at 4:3 and not 16:9. The output from the...

Hi to everyone, I just installed MCE on my machine and although everything went ok, music, pictures etc...all working perfectly, I have troubles playing DVDs and Divx files.When I try to open them I...

Hi, I have a Telewest Broadband Cable TV box in one room, and a couple of Media Center Extenders (1 Xbox) in the other rooms. Is there any way to control the Cable box itself for Interactive...

Hi all, I have rebuilt my media centre and now my volume seems low while watching DVD's as compared to Live TV. I seem to remember a registry hack for this around 12 months ago but can't find it....