Vista Media Center Video Error

[ralfred93]

Hi
whenever I trey to play a video from my hard disk including the sample
videos preloaded on the computer i get the following message

Video Error
Files needed to display video are not installed or not working correctly.
Please restatr windows media player or restart the computer.

i do both of these and still the same error appears how can i play videos?

thankyou

[ralfred93]

I installed the latest drivers for my video card and it still comes up with
the same message is there any other things I could do

[Vania]

Hi !

I have exactly the same problem. It was not the case at the beginning but
probably installing another software on my PC something clashed it. I have
re-installed Windows Vista but yet I still go the same problem. Kindly help !

[gary1304]

I havethe same problem, WMC plays music and can view photographs but when I
try and watch recorded tv it comes up with Video Error. Also, it wont
download the TV guide from the internet. The problem seemed to occur when I
installed Norton Internet Security 2008. Can anyone help, PLEASE!

[Sven Van de Velde]

I am experiencing exactly the same problem. But for your information, I am
experiencing the problem only since today...
And I HAVE NOT CHANGE ANYTHING on my PC.

[media center(vista) problems video files]

I think, i could have the same problem.
I have vista in my computer and i have being using media center home with
out problems for 6 mounths.
the problem is, when i try to start a movie at media center cant read the
file or just think its nothing there,same problems with some photos. Only
happents with Xvid or divx . I have try to download new coeds to see if i
maybe make it work but ............:( same problem its like just stop to
reconice the files......thnks for any ideas!!!!!

[noklew]

After spending countless days / hours with this exact error, which by the way also impacted WMP and PwrDVD, I discovered my issue was not a video error at all, but an audio issue. I have a Creative Fatality card w/front panel. When I selected SPDIF, all my video apps crashed. As soon as I switched to the Creative SB -xFi device, all apps and video played without incident. I am not saying this will address everyones issue, however; it indicates to me that the "Video Error" delivered by MCE is a catchall and not representative of the true issue.