WMC -garbled audio = HELP

About a week ago..after seven mos of perfect playback...WMC would all of a sudden freeze during playback of live TV. Would have to close it and restart.

Now...
If it starts OK..the audio playback is gibberish. Nothing has changed as far as settings go. Worked last nite..now it's gibberish audio. Other audio playback from PC, like iTunes, is fine.

Now, what can I do here?

Check your TV Tuner drivers....

and how would I do that? how would I replace them?
PS- a reboot corrected the gibberish problem. I would still like to make it so it didn't FREEZE anymore.

would a reinstall over current program from the source install CD help?

I would uninstall and then reinstall....

ok. how do i do that,,since its not on add/remove?

Drivers are usually never going to be in add / remove - you'll need to go to Device Manager to remove drivers.

Click the Start button and then in the search bar type device - you should see it pop in at the top of the list.

so theres no way to remove WMC?

Umm, why would you want to remove MCE? If it is only happening on Live TV I'd check your TV tuner first as it interfaces between your cable and your computer - MCE has nothing to do with that, it just displays what it gets from the tuner.

MCE? Do you mean WMC, Windows Media Center? I just want the freezing of the player to stop. The garbled audio has disappeared since I rebooted.

Media Center Edition - the old acronym for Media Center. Sorry, old habits die hard.

So, have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling your TV tuner drivers?

no, i don't know where to locate them. Could I just reinstall WMC and over write what's already on the PC?

Did you install WMC before? and do you have the program installer to install it again?

Sorry, but it is a part of Vista - do you want to perform a Vista re-install? That is usually the absolute last step I recommend, because it entails hours of work backup up your data, noting your serial numbers, backing up settings, formatting, installing Vista, installing applications, installing drivers, etc.

What model TV Tuner card do you have? You devices are all located in Device manager - check the version you have installed and see if a newer version is available for it....if not, then remove the device and then let Vista find it and then reinstall the drivers when it asks for them.

You seem hellbent on trying ti uninstall and reinstall WMC, but you are not looking at the bigger picture - the problem is with ***LIVE*** TV - not other media - so why would it be WMC's fault?

I just want it to stop freezing. Where is Device manager located?

Vista also has this search bar in your start menu - most things you want to find you click on the start button and then type what you are looking for - so that is really the fastest way to open device manager - click start, type device, and then look at the top, and you *should* see Device Manager.