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• Windows Media Center does not display my photos. I tried to re-setup my album and it shows my files but no pictures in them. I can see my photos in all viewers

  all my photos are in JPEG format, I download my photos on several websites and on my Windows live.com page, I also see with Windows Live Photo Gallery, I use Adobe Photoshop 7 to edit and save my pictures in .jpeg format, I can visualize in Picasa, PhotoStudio, ZoomBrowers EX etc.. I can spend my photos to one of my other computers and my pictures by e-mail, and they can be consulted. I open one of my photos in Photoshop and saved in a folder on my desktop in .jpeg and .bmp and it does not display. I sort my folder in date and make sure that hidden files is checked. I know I'm missing something, but still nothing.

  Hello
   
  Welcome to the Microsoft Answers site!
   
  How long have you had this problem?

  All files compatible photo in your library in Windows will appear in Media Center, including whatever it is stored in the folder my pictures or public photo. If you store images somewhere else, like an external hard drive, you can add them to the Media Center as well. To learn how, see Add files to media in Windows Media Center.

  The following is a list of reasons why an image will not display in Media Center, as well as suggestions for correcting the problem.

  • The picture file type is not supported in Media Center. For example, some digital camera photos are saved in the RAW file format, which is not supported in Media Center. If you have a photo editing software, try to open the picture in that program, and then resaving in a file type that is supported (for example, JPEG). To see what types of files are supported in Media Center, see file types supported by Windows Media Center.

  • The file is corrupted. If this is the case, try to open the image in another photo editing program, and then save it back into a different file type. For more information on the damaged files, see the files corrupted: frequently asked questions.

  • The file is hidden. You can view a hidden file by changing its properties in Windows. For more information, see Show hidden files.

  Please see the article for more details below:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/working-with-pictures-in-Windows-Media-Center-frequently-asked-questions

  Back to us for assistance.
   
  Kind regards
  Savan - Microsoft technical support.

• Why Windows Media Center does not display tile of Internet TV?

  Does not accept downloads

  Hello, Packard37

  You are in the US, UK or elsewhere?

  Internet TV is available only in the United States and the United Kingdom - assuming that you are located in the United States / UK:

  Check your region settings in Windows. Go to start > Control Panel > clock, language and region > region and language. On the location tab, make sure that the country is selected in the administration tab, make sure that the language is also correct as well, otherwise click the settings change system locale.

  Go to start, all programs, accessories, click with the right button on command prompt and choose Run as administrator. At the command prompt, run the following command and press ENTER: start/wait %windir%\ehome\mcupdate - uf-nogc

  After you run this command, open Media Center and check if it is available, otherwise, you may need to reset the Media Center, note that this operation removes all custom settings and you will need to re-run the installation again:

  Open the command prompt, as described above once again and then type the following command and press ENTER: MediaCenterRecoveryTask - %SystemRoot%\ehome\mcupdate.exe

  One time only complete, open Media Center and run through the configuration. If you do not immediately see the Internet TV, let Media Center open for about 5-10 minutes, then restart and check if it is available or not.

  David
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• The Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for Windows Media Center stopped ownloading/display guide information beyond October 24, 2014

  It seems to happen again.

  Today, COMICS Guide stops at October 24, 2014.  I expect it to be complete until October 29, 2014.  Any attempt to force a download is successful but only until October 24, 2014.

  Microsoft know about this?

  They do nothing to solve it - before I stop recording of all the favorite again TV show?

  How can I check this?

  Derek S

  Rahul

  Last night, all of a sudden the problem is resolved.  Thank someone at Microsoft who has done this for many Media Center users in the United Kingdom.

  concerning

  Derek

• The Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for Windows Media Center does not display an information guide from 22/03/2014

  The COMMENTS in the shows of the start/end dates of guide to 07/03/14 and parameters on 22-03-14, respectively.  It's like leaving the guide update after 3/7.  Please notify.

  It's working now.

• Windows Media Center Guide - no data

  After doing an update, windows media center TV guide display more data... said 'No data available' went to settings, put in place the guide... guide downloads, but will not display the show there. ????

  What day?

  If this value is the cause might find you it under Add/Remove programs? If, then uninstall it and check again the question.

  You can also "Run Setup Again" [Open WMC > tasks > settings > General > Windows Media Center Setup > run Setup again]

  You can also try the system restore.

  Select any restore point when everything worked well.

  S.Sengupta Media Center MVP

• lack of Windows Media Center in Vista HP

  I am running Vista Home Premium.
  My OS is Windows Media Center. He started giving me problems with the cursor if poster not, so I stopped using it for some time several months ago. Now, I can't find it anywhere on my system.
  I need to know if I can get it back, or if I can redownload it. I can't find anywhere on the Microsoft site to download.
  I don't have Windows media player, but it's not the same.

  Hello ddanhrt64b,

  Thanks for posting on the Microsoft answers Forum.

  You can check and see if you have selected Windows Media Center in programs and features.

  1. open the control panel configuration/programs and features.
  2. click on "Turn Windows features on or off" in the left pane.
  3. expand "Multimedia functions", check if you have selected 'Windows Media Center'.
  4. open "Turn Windows features on or off" again. Activate the 'Windows Media Player' and 'Windows Media Center' features. Turn it back on.
  5. launch Windows Media Center, initialize the program.

  Then go to start, all programs and see if Windows Media Center is now displayed.

  I hope this helps.

  Sincerely, Marilyn
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• Cannot display the error using Netflix page in Windows Media Center

  Hello I use Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Media Center. I watched titles on Netflix in the past successfully in Windows Media Center, but today I get this error when I click to play a title:

  Cannot display the page. Windows Media Center cannot open the page.  Contact technical support for the program.

  And so here I am.

  I see all of the titles on my queue when I click on the Netflix icon, so obviously I am connected and connect, but cannot actually look at all the titles.

  Thanks for your help

  What is the error you get when you try to watch Netflix from the browser?
  What browser do you use?

  Go to start, all programs, Microsoft Silverlight and open Microsoft Silverlight.

  The tab of the Configuration window About, let us know which Version you have installed.
  Go to the Read tab, and then make sure that the enabled for playback of content protected.
  Then go to the Application Storage tab, select the Netflix web site from the list and then click on Remove to remove it. There may be more than one listed Netflix website, for each of them.

  After the changes, try once again, Netflix in Media Center and browser.

  You can also try reinstalling Silverlight by going to start, Control Panel, uninstall a program, select Microsoft Silverlight, and then click on uninstall and cross the guests. After uninstalling to joinhttp://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx and reinstall Silverlight.

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• I have a problem with an error in windows media center: ERROR VIDEO files needed to display video are missing or corrupt.

  The error is: ERROR VIDEO files needed to display video are missing or corrupt.

  I Run Setup and restarted my computer at a later date.  I've always been unsuccessful.

  Can anyone help. Thank you

  Update your graphics card driver. Visit the manufacturer's Web site to download and install the latest graphics driver. Once proceed as follows: -.

  You must uninstall and reinstall the tv tuner card driver.

  1. start.

  2. in the start search box type:devmgmt.msc and press the Enter key.

  3. scroll sound, video and game controllers and expand it.

  4. right click on tv tuner card and uninstall it. Uninstall the device as software driver.

  5.reboot.

  6. visit the manufacturer's Web site to download and install the latest update and compatible tv tuner card tv tuner driver.

  7. now open Windows Media Center and re-run the whole upward.

• Video error: the files needed to display video are not installed or not working not properly. Please restart Windows Media Center...

  Please help - it's driving me crazy! I got this to work!

  I am using Vista Ultimate and a connection (cat-5) ethernet to an xbox 360 as a Media Extender (via a Linksys router). I get the error of the video:
  "The files needed to display video are not installed or not working not properly." Please restart Windows Media Center or restart the computer "."

  I have a Happauge PVR 150 TV capture card installed, and you want to watch TV and my video files Via the Xbox 360. I can see the guide for lists of TV programs, but not to look at them without getting the message above.  I can also put in place a program to record, display the video thumbnail, but not play. Video files only will play are videos very select few years recorded only where there is.

  My graphics card is an ATI 2900XT - 512 MB of ram, with the latest drivers.

  I've seen a number of discussions on the web that describes the same (or similar) problem, but none of them seem to have no solution.

  I had Norton Internet Security installed and it has since withdrawn because of the firewall. I had thought, it could be a firewall issue, but it is not. I'm now using the Windows Firewall for now.

  I deleted and reinstalled the Xbox as an Extender media several times... no help. I have re-installed the complete drivers for the video capture card, it has not helped either. I checked and double-checked the settings on my router as well.

  The xbox is set for the share on my multimedia computer. The correct files can also be programmed for sharing.

  On the PC in Windows Media Center, I can view the TV programs, record programs etc etc etc all work.

  Any help would be really appreciated!

  Hello Lowwatts,

  Microsoft Xbox 360 community

  Thank you for visiting the website of Microsoft Windows Vista Community. The question you have posted is related to

  Microsoft Xbox360 community and would be better suited to the Microsoft's Xbox 360 community. Please visit the link below to find a community that will provide the support you want.

  Community Microsoft Xbox360

  Try following the steps in this article:

  Enjoy Windows Media Center on your Xbox 360 with your music, photos, recorded Live TV * and online media

  This should solve your problem.

  Let us know if these steps solve your problem.  I hope the information is useful.

  Kind regards

  Anthony
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• How to display A / V (line) input in Windows Media Center

  I am running Windows Media Center on Vista and have equipped with a Hauppauge TV card. It has analog (NTSC) TV input, digital TV (ATSC) and a composite video & audio. TV tuners work very well. How to choose the A / V input line to display? There is no "enter" of the remote control button. I know that the signals are there because I get a picture of the video and a slice of audio using Win - TV (really crappy software).

  In the Windows Media Center Setup, it says:

  Cable

  Satellite

  Antenna

  Is it possible to have the A / V input see the place as a 'channel '?

  Thank you;

  Andy W.

  Hi Andy W,.

  You can't see the Audio/video entry up as a channel.

  Reference:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/942375
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/TV-on-your-computer-understanding-TV-signals-and-TV-tuners
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-should-I-know-before-adding-TV-tuners-to-use-with-Windows-Media-Center

  Bindu S - Microsoft Support

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• Recently I had to reinstall Windows Vista Ultimate Edition and Windows Media Center displays now is no longer the Netflix app.

  Also, it does not display the internet tv options.  He displayed a week before I did reinstall it, so why not now?  When I go the the media center Web site and try opening netflix from there he tells me to upgrade to Windows 7.  The upgrade is not an acceptable answer, because this isn't a free solution to a problem that did not exist last week.  I turned on automatic downloads, I clicked the download now, so everything should be updated.  How can I get the dos applications?

  Hi baconlord,

  You can read the following article and check if it helps to solve the problem.

  Known issues and limitations of Netflix on Windows Media Center for Windows Vista

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/972496

  Hope this information is useful.

  Jeremy K
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Windows Media Center is displayed when you try to open a zip file

  When I try to open a zip file to transfer files from my mp3 player to gamefaqs.com, windows media center opens upward, why is it happening? I'm just trying to get a saved game file to my friend, this usually never happen before, because the file zipped arise, now it displays an icon of the page with the logo of windows inside, I'm really confused and I need help to change this back to normal when the zip file only arise

  Go to http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/22/reset-and-fix-broken-windows-vista-file-ext-and-type-associations-include-exe-com-sys-zip-lnk-folder-drive/ and select ZIP and start the process to restore the file association ZIP and that should fix the problem.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

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• change the order of the images displayed in Windows Media Center

  I'm changing the order that pictures are displayed.  To try to change their order of appearance, I changed the photo taken date of some photos.  When I go through the pictures in Windows Photo Gallery, they appear as I intend.  When I go through the same pictures in Windows Media Center (by date taken) some photo are out.  But they are not the photos that I've changed.

  Once they appear in the correct order, I intend to burn to DVD with background music.

  Thanks for your help.

  Hello donb113,

  ·         Have you tried to update the media library of the Center once you have changed the order in which the photos are sorted?

  You can delete and any location where you have saved your photos (media files). This will refresh your Media Center Library and sort files in the order that you have sorted your computer.

  1. on the start screen, navigate to tasks, and then click settings.

  2. click on the library settings.

  3. click on remove the folder to watch and then click Next.

  4. According to the where your digital media files are stored, click one of the options under which folders you want to add?, and then click Next.

  5 navigate in the folders that you want to add by clicking on the - and + buttons, and select the check box next to each folder. (Files in subfolders will be included with your selection).

  6. When you have selected all the folders that you want Windows Media Center to watch, click Next and then click Finish.

  After you have finished adding files, it may take several minutes for the files in the libraries.

  Follow the same steps and add the folders back.

  This will add the files in the order that you have saved on your computer.

  Thank you
  Irfan H, Engineer Support Microsoft Answers. Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Cannot get windows media center in windows 7 ultimate 64-bit update as well as digital cable Advisor is displayed. ____

  Cannot get windows media center in windows 7 ultimate 64-bit update as well as digital cable Advisor is displayed. All I have is the not the Gallery library. I tried via tasks > General > auto update > download now and via high cmd.exe cd %SYSTEMROOT%\ehome
  start/wait mcupdate-u

  Uninstalling firewall antivirus and the disabled. Also tried with firewall on and gave the program and full access to the client update. Also tried with windows firewall on and off nothing doesn't work.

  And, now that I'm home and connected to...

  As promised, here are the download links for the DCA Installer:
  x 86: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=195559
  x 64: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=195560

  Re-reading your first post, I see also (this time) your Extras Gallery is completely absent.  You probably want that, Yes?
  This post to thegreenbutton should help it get there.

  Kind regards
  Chris

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