The player shutting down at the click of the Play command probably means you
have a bogus third party MPEG filter installed.

If you go to the Problem Reports and Solutions Center control panel, what is
the crash data for this failure:
[url]http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html#bucket[/url]
?

You don't mention which version of Vista you have. Premium and Ultimate
come with built in MPEG2 decoders that should work great unless a third
party stomps on them.

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See [url]http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html[/url] for some helpful WMP info.
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"P. Jayant" <P.Jayant.35g5i5@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> Since the VideoMate TV/Composite/S-Video capture card I had on my PC
> under XP failed under Vista, I had to replace it by PixelView PlayTV
> Pro3 (SAA7130). The installation was smooth and with a bit of
> round-about search, I discovered that the Source of the input video (TV
> or Composite or S-Video) cannot be selected by any Menu of the
> PixelView's software called TV Expert but by clicking the Source button
> on the Remote to be used for the usual TV functions. This is the first
> software I have seen using a Remote button for selecting the Source
> Unfortunately, even though PixelView declares boldly on the pack that
> it is compatible with Vista, Windows Media Player refuses to play (it
> closes down at the click of the Play command) the mpeg-2 files captured
> with the card.
> Did Microsoft test the card before giving it their official Vista
> compatibility recognition? Or is the TV Expert software not observing
> the standard specifications for mpeg-2 capture? Or is there any hidden
> button like the Source button which will make them play on the Windows
> Media Player?
> If not, I will have to write off anothe chunk of expenditure in the
> name of learning to live with Vista.
>
> P. Jayant
>
>
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