I have owned a PMC-120 for a little over two years. For that entire period my computer was an MCE-2005. I use the PMC-120 to watch TV shows during my commute to and from work on the trains. It's fantastic. Seriously, for years before this it was crossword puzzles and suduko.

Before this I synced using WMP10 and then transitioned to WMP11 on the MCE machine with no problem.

I just replaced the MCE 2005 machine with a new Vista Home Premium machine. It comes with a built-in version of WMP11 that is basically the same as the WMP11 for XP. I tried to sync yesterday and found that TV shows were not being converted. I got the C00D1189 error.

Has anybody dealt with this issue. My research suggests that the Zune 2.0 can work for watching my DVR-ms files on the train, but I seriously would rather not spend any more $s.

Thanks in advance!

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I've noticed a few page views but no responses. Here's an update on the problem.

1) I can sync regular files - WMV video files, MP3, jpgs.
2) I can see all the DVR-MS files as TV files within WMP11. I can play TV files within WMP11
3) When I go to sync, the process starts, when the WMP11 gets to a DVR-MS it shows itself as converting the file - but its stays at 0%. After a few moments WMP determines that the sync failed and move on the next file.
4) Neil Smith --- Windows Media Newsgroups --- suggested that the cache for the media player may have become corrupted and had me delete it through more options on the sync tab. No luck.
5) A buddy of mine thought it could have to do with the fact that I record to a USB 2.0 Hard Drive and suggest that I try to sync a file from the local C: Drive. So I recorded a show to the C: drive and attempted to sync it to the PMC-120. No luck.

Does anybody else have any suggestions? Microsoft's web pages suggest that I should contact Dell for problems with WMP 11 - but that really seems like a lost cause. I've sent iriver (The PMC-120 Manufacturer) several messages with no reply. I'm not sure what other directions to take this.  If anybody has any suggestions, I'm all ears.

Thanks!

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I love the technology, but who has the time?

Is this with HD or SD shows?

Yogi

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Dell XPS 420: Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz, 6 GB RAM, 2.34 TB total storage
ATI Radeon HD 3600
Windows Vista Ultimate x64
2 ATI Digital Cable Tuners w/ CableCARD
1 HDHomeRun for 2 Clear QAM Tuners
3 Xbox 360 Extenders

It's with SD shows. 

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I love the technology, but who has the time?

Well, I was going to suggest trying a different MPEG-2 decoder, also known as a DVD Decoder, since the Microsoft one included with Vista has known problems working with the AC-3 audio in HD broadcasts. I would still suggest trying the NVidia PureVideo DVD Decoder. There is a free 30-day trial here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html

Also, once you've installed the decoder you will need to make sure it is set as the default MPEG-2 decoder using this tool:

http://mediacenterexpert.blogspot.com/2006/07/vista-media-center-decoder-utility.html

Two limitations are that this won't work with Vista x64 and I wouldn't suggest trying it if you use CableCARD since it may mess with the DRM restrictions necessary for CableCARD recordings to even play correctly.

Yogi

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Dell XPS 420: Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz, 6 GB RAM, 2.34 TB total storage
ATI Radeon HD 3600
Windows Vista Ultimate x64
2 ATI Digital Cable Tuners w/ CableCARD
1 HDHomeRun for 2 Clear QAM Tuners
3 Xbox 360 Extenders

Oh yeah, and remember to right click and "Run as administrator" when using the Vista Media Center Decoder Utility.

Yogi

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Dell XPS 420: Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz, 6 GB RAM, 2.34 TB total storage
ATI Radeon HD 3600
Windows Vista Ultimate x64
2 ATI Digital Cable Tuners w/ CableCARD
1 HDHomeRun for 2 Clear QAM Tuners
3 Xbox 360 Extenders

Excellent.  I'll try this tonight and report on the results.

A couple notes side notes:
Vista x32
No cable card

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I love the technology, but who has the time?

OK, fixed one problem, but created another.

First the good news.  The new video decoder successfully converted a DVR-MS file to the PMC-120 in WMP 11.  The sound and video were fine.  This solutions looks like it will work.

Now the bad news.  The DVR-MS files now play in WMP11 with no video.  They play.  But you get a black screen with audio.

I'm wondering if there is another video decoder that might work.  I'm going to do some web research and see if I come up with something.  I like free over "trial period", but I have no idea what is out there.

Thanks alot for the suggestion.  This can definitely work for the time and more importantly you've given a track to go down for a possibly better solution.  Great advice!

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I love the technology, but who has the time?