Can we get a response from the developers on this? There is another thread
here from someone with a similar problem.
I've been through something similar as well. Upgrade from 9.1 to 10, back to 9.1, problems. Both versions of the program listed in Add/Remove Programs. Reinstall Windows XP, problems.
I was OK after doing a reformat, reinstalling Windows XP and installing MC9.1 ONLY. However, yesterday all my problems came back, after I installed Theatertek DVD player and ran some Windows Updates. MC locks up the system (mouse cursor freezes) when playing DVDs, and and locks up the system when burning CDs. (When I say lock up, I mean a hard crash. Requires cycling the power to reboot the computer. Ctrl Alt Del doesn't work.) MC always starts minimized. When I try to switch out of MC9 to another program by clicking on the task bar, it is extremely slow. These are exactly the same problems I had before.
DVD playback works fine on Theatertek and WMP9 (using the Sonic codecs). CD burning works fine with WinXP and all other programs.
Theatertek is a very stable program and its codecs work well with other programs. The only process it starts which affects the DVD drive is an autorun killer, which I've tried enabling and disabliing.
Is it possible that MC9.1/MC10 is clashing with one of the Windows security updates? I know that MC uses some Internet Explorer code for displaying the start page, perhaps this is where the problem is coming in?
I really like MC, it's got a great feature set and there is nothing like it. However, right now it is the only software causing me problems, using the stable MC9.1.316 build.
Media Center 9.1.316 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\
Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 2571 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 981 MB, Free - 608 MB
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1276 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping / Drive D: Copy mode:Normal CD Type:Auto Read speed:Max
Digital playback: Yes / Use YADB: Yes / Get cover art: No / Calc replay gain: Yes / Copy volume: 32767
Eject after ripping: No / Play sound after ripping: No
Burning / Drive D: PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A Addr: 1:0:0 Speed:40 MaxSpeed:40 BurnProof:Yes
Test mode: No / Eject after writing: Yes / Direct decoding: Yes / Write CD-Text: Yes
Use playback settings: No / Normalization: None