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I have a Vista 32 Media Center, and it had developed the same problem (after removing a codec) where accessing "My Videos" would cause a crash. I set Windows Media Center as the default player for .avi (they are all divx) and the problem went away. Before that I had tried many different codecs, system restores, updates, etc. A simple fix for a frustrating problem. I hope this helps someone else.
John Braham wrote:
Vista Media Center Video Browser crashes
14-May-07
Hi Guy's/Girls,
I'm currently having problems where the video browser for vista media
center crashes while trying to render my folders of films, which are
mostly DivX backups of my DVD collection (about 150 of them). I
originally thought it was too many films for the browser to render all
the thumbnails so i seperated them into many sub folders of no more
than 10 in a folder, but of course it still tries to render the mini-
thumbnails on the folders.
Now I suspect strongly it's the thumbnail rendering process so;
a) Can I make it list the films by name and not try rendering
thumbnails (more useful)
b) Is it possible that some of my older film copies, possibly done
using older/different codecs are the issue
c) Is there an alternative browser plugin, perhaps one as awesome as
the one in TVedia available?
Thanks,
John
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Monday, May 14, 2007 10:15 AM
John Braham wrote:
Vista Media Center Video Browser crashes
Hi Guy's/Girls,
I'm currently having problems where the video browser for vista media
center crashes while trying to render my folders of films, which are
mostly DivX backups of my DVD collection (about 150 of them). I
originally thought it was too many films for the browser to render all
the thumbnails so i seperated them into many sub folders of no more
than 10 in a folder, but of course it still tries to render the mini-
thumbnails on the folders.
Now I suspect strongly it's the thumbnail rendering process so;
a) Can I make it list the films by name and not try rendering
thumbnails (more useful)
b) Is it possible that some of my older film copies, possibly done
using older/different codecs are the issue
c) Is there an alternative browser plugin, perhaps one as awesome as
the one in TVedia available?
Thanks,
John
On Monday, May 14, 2007 10:45 AM
Adam Albright wrote:
Re: Vista Media Center Video Browser crashes
On 14 May 2007 07:15:32 -0700, John Braham <john_braham@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Yours is a common problem. I have it too, times about 20. ;-)
What happens is often for reasons you'll have to ask Microsoft, but
don't really expect any acceptable answer, thumbnails often get
redrawn for no apparant reason, since the thumbnail is ALREADY made
and sitting in the database. If you have a 100 vids in a folder that
can take a while. Image if you have thousands like I do.
Yes you can make it just list names if you use Windows Explorer. In
Explorer set View to show details. That way you can add notes as well.
The good news is you don't lose the ability to show thumnails, just
switch back and forth between details and thumbnail views.
You want a faster, better, free, awesome thumbnail viewer that doubles
as a player? Try: XnView. Works fine in Vista.
On Monday, May 14, 2007 11:02 AM
John Braham wrote:
Re: Vista Media Center Video Browser crashes
On 14 May, 15:45, Adam Albright <A...@ABC.net> wrote:
Thanks,
Are you suggesting that if I set the films folder to details view in
explorer that those settings will be reflected in the film folder
browser in the media center app, I thought I had tried that already,
maybe I didn't do it right?
Is this XnView a plugin that works inside vista media center, becuase
what I want to avoid is using serveral different applications to use
the media center, as I enjoy the luxury of switching between using it
for live tv and music and recorded films with out getting over to the
pc and changing the application I'm using (otherwide I'de carry on
using powerDVD and just couble clicking on the film file in file
browser!).
Thanks,
John
On Monday, May 14, 2007 6:06 PM
privatedoodl wrote:
I've been having the same problem, too.
I've been having the same problem, too. Only in my case, it only happens in
one particular folder. My suspicion is that it has something to do with
rendering thumbnails from videos made with certain versions of certain
codecs. All my videos are either divx or xvid, but I'm not sure which ones
are causing the problems.
Maybe try dividing up the files into subfolders based on the codec you used,
and then see if certain folders open and others don't.
Let me know if you figure out what causes the problem!
Peace,
Mark
On Monday, May 14, 2007 9:52 PM
zachd [MSFT] wrote:
What fault information do you get in the Problem Reports and Solutions center
What fault information do you get in the Problem Reports and Solutions
center for this crash?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket
can help you look that up if you don't know how.
If you're using DivX 6.2, update to 6.5 or newer as 6.2 can crash here.
-Zach
--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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John Braham wrote:
Vista Media Center Video Browser crashes
14-May-07
Hi Guy's/Girls,
I'm currently having problems where the video browser for vista media
center crashes while trying to render my folders of films, which are
mostly DivX backups of my DVD collection (about 150 of them). I
originally thought it was too many films for the browser to render all
the thumbnails so i seperated them into many sub folders of no more
than 10 in a folder, but of course it still tries to render the mini-
thumbnails on the folders.
Now I suspect strongly it's the thumbnail rendering process so;
a) Can I make it list the films by name and not try rendering
thumbnails (more useful)
b) Is it possible that some of my older film copies, possibly done
using older/different codecs are the issue
c) Is there an alternative browser plugin, perhaps one as awesome as
the one in TVedia available?
Thanks,
John
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Monday, May 14, 2007 10:15 AM
John Braham wrote:
Vista Media Center Video Browser crashes
Hi Guy's/Girls,
I'm currently having problems where the video browser for vista media
center crashes while trying to render my folders of films, which are
mostly DivX backups of my DVD collection (about 150 of them). I
originally thought it was too many films for the browser to render all
the thumbnails so i seperated them into many sub folders of no more
than 10 in a folder, but of course it still tries to render the mini-
thumbnails on the folders.
Now I suspect strongly it's the thumbnail rendering process so;
a) Can I make it list the films by name and not try rendering
thumbnails (more useful)
b) Is it possible that some of my older film copies, possibly done
using older/different codecs are the issue
c) Is there an alternative browser plugin, perhaps one as awesome as
the one in TVedia available?
Thanks,
John
On Monday, May 14, 2007 10:45 AM
Adam Albright wrote:
Re: Vista Media Center Video Browser crashes
On 14 May 2007 07:15:32 -0700, John Braham <john_braham@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Yours is a common problem. I have it too, times about 20. ;-)
What happens is often for reasons you'll have to ask Microsoft, but
don't really expect any acceptable answer, thumbnails often get
redrawn for no apparant reason, since the thumbnail is ALREADY made
and sitting in the database. If you have a 100 vids in a folder that
can take a while. Image if you have thousands like I do.
Yes you can make it just list names if you use Windows Explorer. In
Explorer set View to show details. That way you can add notes as well.
The good news is you don't lose the ability to show thumnails, just
switch back and forth between details and thumbnail views.
You want a faster, better, free, awesome thumbnail viewer that doubles
as a player? Try: XnView. Works fine in Vista.
On Monday, May 14, 2007 11:02 AM
John Braham wrote:
Re: Vista Media Center Video Browser crashes
On 14 May, 15:45, Adam Albright <A...@ABC.net> wrote:
Thanks,
Are you suggesting that if I set the films folder to details view in
explorer that those settings will be reflected in the film folder
browser in the media center app, I thought I had tried that already,
maybe I didn't do it right?
Is this XnView a plugin that works inside vista media center, becuase
what I want to avoid is using serveral different applications to use
the media center, as I enjoy the luxury of switching between using it
for live tv and music and recorded films with out getting over to the
pc and changing the application I'm using (otherwide I'de carry on
using powerDVD and just couble clicking on the film file in file
browser!).
Thanks,
John
On Monday, May 14, 2007 6:06 PM
privatedoodl wrote:
I've been having the same problem, too.
I've been having the same problem, too. Only in my case, it only happens in
one particular folder. My suspicion is that it has something to do with
rendering thumbnails from videos made with certain versions of certain
codecs. All my videos are either divx or xvid, but I'm not sure which ones
are causing the problems.
Maybe try dividing up the files into subfolders based on the codec you used,
and then see if certain folders open and others don't.
Let me know if you figure out what causes the problem!
Peace,
Mark
On Monday, May 14, 2007 9:52 PM
zachd [MSFT] wrote:
What fault information do you get in the Problem Reports and Solutions center
What fault information do you get in the Problem Reports and Solutions
center for this crash?
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket
can help you look that up if you don't know how.
If you're using DivX 6.2, update to 6.5 or newer as 6.2 can crash here.
-Zach
--
Speaking for myself only.
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
--
"John Braham" <john_braham@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1179152132.298492.176950@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
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