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hilly1609
I have an Acer 9815 laptop with Vista Ultimate as the OS. I have set up a USB
TV stick for use in the Media Centre and get brilliant reception but have
difficulty keeping the system operational as it is prone to freeze the video
and audio for no apparent reason and this also prevents almost all other
programmes running.
Initiallt I thought it wa sthe DVB TV stick but I have tried it on another
laptop and it works fine also the frezze continues when I remove the stick
from the USB port.
The only way I can recover (sometimes) is to use Task Manager and end the
processes of TVJoy and the smaller apps that are run by Media Centre, then
restart the Media Centre. The processor continues to run during this freeze
up - this is seen in "task manager processes" but the memory in use on TVJoy
stays static.
I have contacted the TV Stick manufacturer and they advise me to try an
alternative to the Windows Media Centre but I think this may cause major
conflicts and am loathe to even try it!
I would welcome any suggestions or hints as to what is going on! It seems to
do it at the most inopportune moments - the last 2 rounds of the Amir Khan
fight - the final putt on the 18th at Carnoustie on Sunday - Tony Blair going
to tell the truth - I only made the last bit up! but I am desperate!
TV stick for use in the Media Centre and get brilliant reception but have
difficulty keeping the system operational as it is prone to freeze the video
and audio for no apparent reason and this also prevents almost all other
programmes running.
Initiallt I thought it wa sthe DVB TV stick but I have tried it on another
laptop and it works fine also the frezze continues when I remove the stick
from the USB port.
The only way I can recover (sometimes) is to use Task Manager and end the
processes of TVJoy and the smaller apps that are run by Media Centre, then
restart the Media Centre. The processor continues to run during this freeze
up - this is seen in "task manager processes" but the memory in use on TVJoy
stays static.
I have contacted the TV Stick manufacturer and they advise me to try an
alternative to the Windows Media Centre but I think this may cause major
conflicts and am loathe to even try it!
I would welcome any suggestions or hints as to what is going on! It seems to
do it at the most inopportune moments - the last 2 rounds of the Amir Khan
fight - the final putt on the 18th at Carnoustie on Sunday - Tony Blair going
to tell the truth - I only made the last bit up! but I am desperate!