Kristen Miller [MS]
09-09-2004, 08:05 PM
Forwarding in the hopes this will help other people with Capture issues on
Media Center...
"Kristen Miller [MS]" <kristenw@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4140a73b$1@news.microsoft.com...
> Hi mk --
>
> Your HP tech support person had the story right.
>
> "ehrecvr" builds a Dshow graph which includes the drivers for your TV
> tuner (and any other software components it requires). MCE presumes that
> all video capture drivers are multi-instance, as this is a expectation in
> the design of Dshow. But in reality, some drivers aren't multi-instance,
> and will barf when more than one video capture application tries to use
> them.
>
> If you want to disable ehRecvr, do the following (be aware that any timed
> records will not proceed once you do this):
>
> 1. Choose "Start" | "Run"
> 2. Launch the services dialog by typing: services.msc
> 3. Select the "Services (local)" node of the tree in the right-hand pane.
> 4. In the LEFT-hand pane, scroll down and find "Media Center Receiver
> Service". Right-click on it, and choose "Properties"
> 5. In the "Start-up Type" drop-down, select "Disabled".
> 6. Reboot to make sure your changes have taken effect.
>
> If you later want to re-enable ehRecvr, just go back through the steps,
> and in Step 5, choose "Automatic".
>
> Hope this helps!
> -Kristen Miller
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
>
> "mk" <mkposts-mcequestion@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:700901c4946b$3f96de80$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>I have purchased two windows media center edition
>> computers (HP, m1070n). When I try to capture analog
>> video from my camcorder, this often doesn't work. An HP
>> tech support person told me there is some kind of
>> conflict in which media center edition software takes
>> control of the video inputs and thus won't let me use
>> them for capturing from the camcorder. This occurs even
>> though I have no recordings scheduled in media center
>> edition. I can capture television fine, but not the
>> camcorder. At one point, I resolved by ending all tasks
>> starting with "eh" or something like that, but this
>> doesn't always work. Is there some way either to stop
>> media center from loadingin the background (I don't use
>> it anyway, as it turns out, but it loads even when I
>> don't start it) or from disabling something to prevent
>> this conflict - if indeed this is a conflict. I have the
>> same problem on two identical computers. Please respond
>> to the email above, as well as a post. The HP person, of
>> course, said it was a Windows issue, and that it was
>> resolved in the 2003 edition, but came back in the 2004
>> software. Thank you in advance for any help you can
>> provide.
>
>
Media Center...
"Kristen Miller [MS]" <kristenw@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4140a73b$1@news.microsoft.com...
> Hi mk --
>
> Your HP tech support person had the story right.
>
> "ehrecvr" builds a Dshow graph which includes the drivers for your TV
> tuner (and any other software components it requires). MCE presumes that
> all video capture drivers are multi-instance, as this is a expectation in
> the design of Dshow. But in reality, some drivers aren't multi-instance,
> and will barf when more than one video capture application tries to use
> them.
>
> If you want to disable ehRecvr, do the following (be aware that any timed
> records will not proceed once you do this):
>
> 1. Choose "Start" | "Run"
> 2. Launch the services dialog by typing: services.msc
> 3. Select the "Services (local)" node of the tree in the right-hand pane.
> 4. In the LEFT-hand pane, scroll down and find "Media Center Receiver
> Service". Right-click on it, and choose "Properties"
> 5. In the "Start-up Type" drop-down, select "Disabled".
> 6. Reboot to make sure your changes have taken effect.
>
> If you later want to re-enable ehRecvr, just go back through the steps,
> and in Step 5, choose "Automatic".
>
> Hope this helps!
> -Kristen Miller
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
>
> "mk" <mkposts-mcequestion@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:700901c4946b$3f96de80$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>I have purchased two windows media center edition
>> computers (HP, m1070n). When I try to capture analog
>> video from my camcorder, this often doesn't work. An HP
>> tech support person told me there is some kind of
>> conflict in which media center edition software takes
>> control of the video inputs and thus won't let me use
>> them for capturing from the camcorder. This occurs even
>> though I have no recordings scheduled in media center
>> edition. I can capture television fine, but not the
>> camcorder. At one point, I resolved by ending all tasks
>> starting with "eh" or something like that, but this
>> doesn't always work. Is there some way either to stop
>> media center from loadingin the background (I don't use
>> it anyway, as it turns out, but it loads even when I
>> don't start it) or from disabling something to prevent
>> this conflict - if indeed this is a conflict. I have the
>> same problem on two identical computers. Please respond
>> to the email above, as well as a post. The HP person, of
>> course, said it was a Windows issue, and that it was
>> resolved in the 2003 edition, but came back in the 2004
>> software. Thank you in advance for any help you can
>> provide.
>
>