Change Codec's on a MCE machine?

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Bryan

I can tell you how to delete them, but can not comment if you should.

Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Devices /Hardware /Video Codec's /Properties

Select the codec to remove and remove it.

Good Luck

Hamish

"Bryan" <bryanw20@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:nOQDe.2377$fx4.1632@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
> After complaining to Dell support twice, I finally got a replacement TV
> tuner. Installed it and continued to have recording failed problems. So I
> goggled for hours and found a post about a Codec causing a problem.
> Feeling pretty stupid to ask this question, but from reading another post
> somewhere, a person seems to have narrowed their problems recording on the
> WinMCE machines to a Codec installed by Pinnacle. I once installed, and
> have since removed the trial version, but using a Gspot program I see I
> have a Code still in my system pointing to Pinnacle. In fact there are 3
> different ones that are "red":
> Type Format Codec Vendor Driver
> File
> DSH (none) Nero Digital AVC Video Enc (blank) ** Codec not
> registered
> DSH Mpeg1 Ulead DVD Video Decoder 2 (blank) ** File Missing
> C:\blah blah
> DSH UYVY ATI Media Center Video Encoder (blank) ** File Missing
> C:\blah blah
>
> How do I 1)change the first 2, and 2) fix the 3rd as I have an ATI
> ehomewonder tuner?
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Bryan
>