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reeves2k2 · 07-10-09, 12:42 AM

as title above has anyone had a problem with 7mce, where if your watching something (a recorded tv show, downloaded file or timeshifted tv) that if you skip any part of it it it gets all messed up and freezes on screen and you have to restart mce to get it to work

fo example i recorded a tv show last night and went to watch it today went to skip the advert as soon as i pressed skip forward which used to work fine it skips forward then freezes

This used to work correctly untill saturday

im also using the default microsoft decoder and not made any changes in software firmware or hardware

Cafe.Rcaer · 07-10-09, 03:05 PM

AMD Processor?

I read the other day that they have released the "Dual Core Optimizer" for Windows 7 - I remember that I had this installed on XP to resolve skipping and sync issues.

reeves2k2 · 07-10-09, 07:03 PM

you might be right there and it is a AMD

although i never had trouble before but i did install it and had to do a system restore so it could be one of 2 things either i needed it and the restore i did was before i installed it or it was the actual install that messed it up

ill have a play and see what happens

reeves2k2 · 08-10-09, 12:10 AM

all sorted turns out it was the dual core optimizer causing the problems unistalled it and up to now al seems fine again

will keep monitoring though

Phunky · 08-10-09, 11:04 AM

How are you finding Windows 7? Are you using DVBLogic to use your DVB-C within Media Centre?

reeves2k2 · 08-10-09, 01:16 PM

im not using dvblogic just using the floppydtv

i have found that win7 is a lot more stable than vista ever was it seems to me like a massive improvement and it doesnt feel as bloated or sluggy

another good thing about 7mce is that the microsoft default decoder is a massive improvement on the vista one and gives IMO a better picture than pure video and power dvd decoders
granted there isnt really anything (tweaking wise) you can do with the microsoft decoder but then again you don't really need to

personally i would reccomend 7 and 7's media center to anyone over vista or XP

another good thing about 7 is that its built on vista so there isn't that many un-compatable things because generally vista drivers work too

the interface in 7mce is also more pleasing on the eye than vista

overall it looks like its the first time for a long time that mico$oft got something right

reeves2k2 · 09-10-09, 08:43 PM

well after a couple more days it seems that the problem has returned so im still open to any fix out there

07-10-09, 12:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
reeves2k2 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	problem with seek in windows 7 mce as title above has anyone had a problem with 7mce, where if your watching something (a recorded tv show, downloaded file or timeshifted tv) that if you skip any part of it it it gets all messed up and freezes on screen and you have to restart mce to get it to work fo example i recorded a tv show last night and went to watch it today went to skip the advert as soon as i pressed skip forward which used to work fine it skips forward then freezes This used to work correctly untill saturday im also using the default microsoft decoder and not made any changes in software firmware or hardware

07-10-09, 03:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cafe.Rcaer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 255 Thanks: 4 Thanked 27 Times in 22 Posts	Re: problem with seek in windows 7 mce AMD Processor? I read the other day that they have released the "Dual Core Optimizer" for Windows 7 - I remember that I had this installed on XP to resolve skipping and sync issues.

07-10-09, 07:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
reeves2k2 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: problem with seek in windows 7 mce you might be right there and it is a AMD although i never had trouble before but i did install it and had to do a system restore so it could be one of 2 things either i needed it and the restore i did was before i installed it or it was the actual install that messed it up ill have a play and see what happens

08-10-09, 12:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
reeves2k2 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: problem with seek in windows 7 mce all sorted turns out it was the dual core optimizer causing the problems unistalled it and up to now al seems fine again will keep monitoring though

08-10-09, 11:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
Phunky Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 71 Thanks: 8 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts	Re: problem with seek in windows 7 mce How are you finding Windows 7? Are you using DVBLogic to use your DVB-C within Media Centre?

08-10-09, 01:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
reeves2k2 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: problem with seek in windows 7 mce im not using dvblogic just using the floppydtv i have found that win7 is a lot more stable than vista ever was it seems to me like a massive improvement and it doesnt feel as bloated or sluggy another good thing about 7mce is that the microsoft default decoder is a massive improvement on the vista one and gives IMO a better picture than pure video and power dvd decoders granted there isnt really anything (tweaking wise) you can do with the microsoft decoder but then again you don't really need to personally i would reccomend 7 and 7's media center to anyone over vista or XP another good thing about 7 is that its built on vista so there isn't that many un-compatable things because generally vista drivers work too the interface in 7mce is also more pleasing on the eye than vista overall it looks like its the first time for a long time that mico$oft got something right

09-10-09, 08:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
reeves2k2 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Re: problem with seek in windows 7 mce well after a couple more days it seems that the problem has returned so im still open to any fix out there

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