64-bit Win 7 SP1 Messes Up Sage Client In Some Cases

[Savage1701]

FWIW, as soon as I upgraded to Win 7 74-bit SP1 on Friday my Sage Client on that machine now gives the spinning wheel of death and reports a decoder error (same MSFT DTV MPEG 2 decoder I have always used) with some OTA ATSC recordings that play fine on my HD-200 and my Sage Server on XP.

Update - this extends to my Win 7 64-bit laptop as well. Windows Media Player crashes out as well

Also, I can only get consistent playback of all OTA recordings with Corel WinDVD 2011. VLC can handle quite a few of them.

My ATI drivers are the latest.

I'd stay away from SP 1

[panteragstk]

From what I've read of SP1 it isn't working well for most. Thanks for the heads up though.

[doncote0]

SP1

Upgraded without issue here (I do not have any TV tuner cards installed).

I have heard about the Windows Media Center crash from others that have upgraded. I think it in some cases it was traced back corrupt DRM or file permissions others have even said that it was a driver issue for a TV card on the system.

I would probably start by uninstalling and reinstalling WMC, checking DirectX and then finally by doing a complete removal and reinstallation of the TV card(s) in safe mode followed by the video card.

A significant issue in Dr Watson that occurs in some upgrade scenarios. In these scenarios, the Windows Media Center directory is missing or has incorrect permissions. This results in a crash when you try to open Windows Media Center.

- A significant issue in Dr Watson that occurs during a typical database maintenance process. If you use Windows Media Center and add a new file type to the database, Mcupdate.exe may crash.”

I also found these two potential fixes (review and use at your own risk):

http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/MCE_update.html

Someone else noted that removing the installed TV tuner cards in safe mode makes the problem go away.

[Savage1701]

Appreciate the replies. The YouTube crowd is screaming as well. If I had had any clue I would have left well enough alone.

I'll look into those fixes on the hauppauge site.

Thanks for the replies; I appreciate them.