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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media


"Curious" <mailmenot@nomail.com> wrote in message
news:uFnmwj2vJHA.4364@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Nero 7 caused many users to lose the ability to use their MS Mpeg2
> decoder. And even worse was the even uninstalling did not solve the
> problem it created.
> There may now be a fix available so check their Website and/or Google for
> a solution.
>
> "jz78817" <jz78817@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BED903D1-3C32-4701-8F61-A9CB51273155@microsoft.com...
>> it was long enough back where rolling back using System Restore will
>> cause me
>> a lot more problems. A bunch of other stuff has been installed since
>> then
>> and I've since upgraded the graphics card (nvidia to ATi.)
>>
>> "Graham Hughes" wrote:
>>
>>> try system restore back to before you installed nero, lots of apps leave
>>> loads of legacy stuff in your system which causes trouble, or can remove
>>> stuff you do need when uninstalling
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Graham Hughes
>>> MVP Digital Media
>>>
>>>
>>> "jz78817" <jz78817@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:731BA1B8-BD0B-4B6F-B0EF-4C10D015C9EF@microsoft.com...
>>> > Hi, I'm having serious issues with mpeg2 playback on my system
>>> > (retail
>>> > Vista
>>> > Home Premium x64, fully up-to-date.) I first noticed the problem when
>>> > Media
>>> > Center was not playing the video portion of live TV (I was using a
>>> > Hauppauge
>>> > PVR card, but swapped in an ATi Theater 550 to test.) Further testing
>>> > shows
>>> > that anything using the default decoders (i.e. Windows Media Player)
>>> > fails
>>> > to
>>> > play any mpeg2 file- I get audio, but no video. A lot of searching
>>> > has
>>> > led
>>> > me to believe that the problem was caused when I installed Nero 7 for
>>> > a
>>> > short
>>> > time. I've since uninstalled Nero, but I'm still having the same
>>> > problem.
>>> > When I try to play an mpeg-2 file in Media Player and look at the file
>>> > properties, it tells me that it's using the "MainConcept MPEG Video
>>> > Decoder."
>>> > I'm assuming this isn't the decoder provided by Microsoft.
>>> >
>>> > Since Nero has been uninstalled, and there's nothing listed in
>>> > "Programs
>>> > and
>>> > Features" that looks like it would affect that decoder, can anyone
>>> > tell me
>>> > how I might nuke this (obviously broken) decoder and go back to the
>>> > Microsoft-provided one? Media Center is all but useless to me without
>>> > this
>>> > working.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>