This computer is 10 days old. Okay..............
I recorded a tv show yesterday and while it was recording I played Sims 2. Later that night I sat down to watch the recorded program and it gave me this error "Video error. Files needed to display video are not installed or not working correctly. Please restart Media Center or restart the computer." I did both and nothing. I was told the file was corrupt and to wait for the Vista patch coming out in Feb or March. He/she said it was a bug in the software. Didn't make me a happy camper. (10 day old computer) So I went to Microsofts help page and typed in the error and wow found this happened in 2006 with XP Media Center 2005 due to using the fast switch on the remote (no idea what that is)
Wouldn't it be safe to say a computer can do more than one thing at a time? How would a new computer get software that is "buggy" (that was in 2006) to corrupt a tv recording?
Today, my programs recorded. Yeah. Then I watched them. When it first started everything was good then I fast forward some of it and then the voices were out of sync. I stopped it, got out of media center, went back in played the recording and everything was fine, that is until I fast forwarded. While watching the show there were small white and then another time black boxes and it went away. Sometimes the peoples faces look like there is a white hot spot on them and the color black looks really weird. Anyone know what would cause this problem? Is it the video card, computer, monitor or ATI tv tuner?
Thank you for any/all help