I have buch of video files in MPEG1 which i'l like to watch with my XP pro Media Center. Audio is running well but no video, just black screen. Also I'm getting Messenger failure message saying "media center was unable to open messanger". My video card is Radeon 2600xt 512pe2.

Thanks everybody.

Go here http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/3/286086/ShowThread.aspx

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Richard Miller Media Center MVP 2006

Thank you very much, Richard. It resolved one issue but I still can not watch my MPEG1 files. No pickture at all. 

What DVD decoder are you running?

Any codec packs installed?  

Any audio when playing mpegs?

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Richard Miller Media Center MVP 2006

I'm not sure about DVD decoder but all-in-one codec pack is installed. Audio is fine, Could you tell me how to check dvd decoder version?

The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility helps you determine if an MPEG-2 video decoder (also called a DVD decoder) is installed on your Windows XP computer and whether or not the decoder is compatible with Windows Media Player 10 and Windows Media Center Edition.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=DE1491AC-0AB6-4990-943D-627E6ADE9FCB&displaylang=en

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Richard Miller Media Center MVP 2006

ok, I upgraded my player to 11 and MPEG2 decoder not installed according to checkup utility software. How can I install this?

You need to install one of the three Win DVD, Power DVD or Nvidia DVD decoder.

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Richard Miller Media Center MVP 2006

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH!!! I GOT IT WORKING.

Glad that worked for you

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Richard Miller Media Center MVP 2006