TV Tuner

Mara

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May 2, 2008, 10:52:00 PM5/2/08

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My Windows Media Center was successfully recording my television shows for
several months. Recently it stopped recording and the message I got was
"TUNER NOT AVAILABLE The tuner is currently in use by another application or
is not working. Please close all other applications, restart Windows Media
Center, and try again."

I have done this several times and the same message reappears. I don't know
if another program is interferring with the Media Center.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you

S.Sengupta

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May 3, 2008, 4:26:03 AM5/3/08

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What TV tuner card do you have?

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

Barb Bowman

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May 3, 2008, 4:52:08 AM5/3/08

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what tuner card and what programs did you recently install? did you
also install and driver updates?

--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Mara

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May 3, 2008, 7:28:01 PM5/3/08

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Thank you for replying. I have a ViXS Pure TV-U 4899 (NTSC/ATSC Combo). I
have also discovered that my system has intermittently failed to record a
scheduled show infrequently.

Mara

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May 3, 2008, 7:31:00 PM5/3/08

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Thank you for replying. I have a ViXC Pure TV-U 4899 (NTSC?ATSC Combo). I

have also discovered that my system has intermittently failed to record a
scheduled show infrequently.

Mara

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May 3, 2008, 7:31:01 PM5/3/08

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Thank you for replying. I have a ViXC Pure TV-U 4899 (NTSC?ATSC Combo). I
have also discovered that my system has intermittently failed to record a
scheduled show infrequently.

I have checked for driver updates and there are none.

RodeoClown11

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Jun 8, 2008, 1:24:01 PM6/8/08

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I have the same tuner card. Every time I try to run the MC tv setup MC
either shuts down completely or I get the message "TV tuner unavailable". I
dont know why this is happening. I'm running vista home premium.

Barb Bowman

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Jun 9, 2008, 5:06:13 AM6/9/08

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does http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929011 apply to
you?

RodeoClown11

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Jun 9, 2008, 11:09:01 AM6/9/08

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I downloaded Windows Vista SP1 and then MC seemed to work. But now as I go
thru the tv setup process, the computer crashes and I get a message saying
the crash was du to the video driver/card (Nvidia GeForce 7500 LE). I have
the latest driver downloaded for that, so I'm not sure why that is happening.
As for the hotfix you suggested, from the looks of it it should help,
however after I downl;oad and try to run it it says it's not for my system.
Not sure what to do from here, but I appreciate the help.
John

RodeoClown11

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Jun 9, 2008, 11:12:00 AM6/9/08

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I might add that I'm running vista home premium 32

JW

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Jun 9, 2008, 11:49:48 AM6/9/08

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The message you received "Video card/driver problem" normally is referring
to the TV tuner/Video capture card and not to your Graphic/video output
card. Get the latest Vista drivers for your tuner from the tuner card
manufacturers website. Do not install one received using Winupdate.
"RodeoClown11" <RodeoC...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1C6E96F-487C-4004...@microsoft.com...

RodeoClown11

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Jun 9, 2008, 1:12:00 PM6/9/08

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Well, oddly enough, I did try that yesterday. I found the Visx TV tuner card
driver hard to locate. My computer identified the error message today as
being generated from a problem with my nvidia video card. Yesterday I had
updated that driver so after writing my last post I reverted back to my older
nvidia driver and it seemed to fix the problem. I think most of the problem
I was experiencing was due to the fact that I had never downloaded and
installed SP1 for vista home premium. Kinda strange that it wouldn't just
update automatically, but I guess now I know that that doesnt always happen.
Thanks for your help and you can be sure I'll be back if this happens again.
John

Barb Bowman

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Jun 9, 2008, 2:50:04 PM6/9/08

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thanks for the update..

ericjent

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Nov 29, 2009, 2:27:20 PM11/29/09

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Can you send me your driver for this tv tuner via e-mail
jentek...@yahoo.com

if you can that would be great thank you?

Barb Bowman wrote:

thanks for the update..
09-Jun-08

thanks for the update..

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Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Previous Posts In This Thread:

On Friday, May 02, 2008 10:52 PM
Mar wrote:

TV Tuner

My Windows Media Center was successfully recording my television shows for
several months. Recently it stopped recording and the message I got was
"TUNER NOT AVAILABLE The tuner is currently in use by another application or
is not working. Please close all other applications, restart Windows Media
Center, and try again."

I have done this several times and the same message reappears. I don't know
if another program is interferring with the Media Center.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you

On Saturday, May 03, 2008 4:26 AM
S.Sengupta wrote:

Re: TV Tuner

What TV tuner card do you have?

regards,
S.Sengupta[MS-MVP]

Mara wrote:

On Saturday, May 03, 2008 4:52 AM
Barb Bowman wrote:

what tuner card and what programs did you recently install?
what tuner card and what programs did you recently install? did you
also install and driver updates?

On Fri, 2 May 2008 19:52:00 -0700, Mara
<Ma...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

On Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:28 PM
Mar wrote:

Thank you for replying. I have a ViXS Pure TV-U 4899 (NTSC/ATSC Combo).

Thank you for replying. I have a ViXS Pure TV-U 4899 (NTSC/ATSC Combo). I

have also discovered that my system has intermittently failed to record a
scheduled show infrequently.

"S.Sengupta" wrote:

On Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:31 PM
Mar wrote:

Thank you for replying. I have a ViXC Pure TV-U 4899 (NTSC?
Thank you for replying. I have a ViXC Pure TV-U 4899 (NTSC?ATSC Combo). I
have also discovered that my system has intermittently failed to record a
scheduled show infrequently.

"S.Sengupta" wrote:

On Saturday, May 03, 2008 7:31 PM
Mar wrote:

Thank you for replying. I have a ViXC Pure TV-U 4899 (NTSC?
Thank you for replying. I have a ViXC Pure TV-U 4899 (NTSC?ATSC Combo). I
have also discovered that my system has intermittently failed to record a
scheduled show infrequently.

I have checked for driver updates and there are none.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

On Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:24 PM
RodeoClown1 wrote:

I have the same tuner card.
I have the same tuner card. Every time I try to run the MC tv setup MC
either shuts down completely or I get the message "TV tuner unavailable". I
dont know why this is happening. I'm running vista home premium.

"Mara" wrote:

On Monday, June 09, 2008 5:06 AM
Barb Bowman wrote:

Re: TV Tuner

does http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/929011 apply to
you?

On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 10:24:01 -0700, RodeoClown11
<RodeoC...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

On Monday, June 09, 2008 11:09 AM
RodeoClown1 wrote:

I downloaded Windows Vista SP1 and then MC seemed to work.
I downloaded Windows Vista SP1 and then MC seemed to work. But now as I go
thru the tv setup process, the computer crashes and I get a message saying
the crash was du to the video driver/card (Nvidia GeForce 7500 LE). I have
the latest driver downloaded for that, so I'm not sure why that is happening.
As for the hotfix you suggested, from the looks of it it should help,
however after I downl;oad and try to run it it says it's not for my system.
Not sure what to do from here, but I appreciate the help.
John

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

On Monday, June 09, 2008 11:12 AM
RodeoClown1 wrote:

Re: TV Tuner
I might add that I am running vista home premium 32

"RodeoClown11" wrote:

On Monday, June 09, 2008 11:49 AM
JW wrote:

The message you received "Video card/driver problem" normally is referring to
The message you received "Video card/driver problem" normally is referring
to the TV tuner/Video capture card and not to your Graphic/video output
card. Get the latest Vista drivers for your tuner from the tuner card
manufacturers website. Do not install one received using Winupdate.
"RodeoClown11" <RodeoC...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1C6E96F-487C-4004...@microsoft.com...

On Monday, June 09, 2008 1:12 PM
RodeoClown1 wrote:

Well, oddly enough, I did try that yesterday.
Well, oddly enough, I did try that yesterday. I found the Visx TV tuner card
driver hard to locate. My computer identified the error message today as
being generated from a problem with my nvidia video card. Yesterday I had
updated that driver so after writing my last post I reverted back to my older
nvidia driver and it seemed to fix the problem. I think most of the problem
I was experiencing was due to the fact that I had never downloaded and
installed SP1 for vista home premium. Kinda strange that it wouldn't just
update automatically, but I guess now I know that that doesnt always happen.
Thanks for your help and you can be sure I'll be back if this happens again.
John