Media Player stops working when burning DVD

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gemius

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My OS is Vista Home Premium.

I've just had a new digital aerial installed and would like to use Media Center to record some TV programs and play them on the TV with my DVD player.

I can record the programs OK but as soon as I try to burn a DVD I get the message 'Media Center Has Stopped Working' when this message has cleared Media Center shuts down and I get a further message saying 'Media Center Extensibility Host has stopped working'

Does anyone have a fix for this please?
 

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gemius said:
My OS is Vista Home Premium.

I've just had a new digital aerial installed and would like to use Media Center to record some TV programs and play them on the TV with my DVD player.

I can record the programs OK but as soon as I try to burn a DVD I get the message 'Media Center Has Stopped Working' when this message has cleared Media Center shuts down and I get a further message saying 'Media Center Extensibility Host has stopped working'

Does anyone have a fix for this please?
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you could just use a media center extender, you could also just use the dvr movies that are stored in c:\users\public\recorded tv and put them onto dvd via the windows dvd maker :)
dvrmovies.jpg
 

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Thank you MrNeeds. I'd never heard of an extender. Perhaps I'll give one a try later.

I recorded part of a fiilm using Media Center, burned it with DVD Maker and it worked fine. I thought the quality of the image was quite good so that's what I'll do to start with.

I am however disappointed with Media Center not allowing me to Burn a DVD. It's another example of Vista not coming up to scratch which isn't good enough when you consider the resources Microsoft has at its disposal.
 

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gemius said:
Thank you MrNeeds. I'd never heard of an extender. Perhaps I'll give one a try later.

I recorded part of a fiilm using Media Center, burned it with DVD Maker and it worked fine. I thought the quality of the image was quite good so that's what I'll do to start with.

I am however disappointed with Media Center not allowing me to Burn a DVD. It's another example of Vista not coming up to scratch which isn't good enough when you consider the resources Microsoft has at its disposal.
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may i consider using an xbox 360 as an extender, it has media center built into it and as long as it is connected to the network, you can stream live tv, video, music and pictures to your tv from anywhere in your house :)
more information here> Windows Media Center: Extenders

in regards to DVD burning, ive never used media center for that sort of thing, ive always used the method ive described above and ive never had a problem with it, it may be a bit more time consuming but it works :)
 

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    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA,
    Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA,
    WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
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    16Mb Sky bb
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    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
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