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[Matthew]

I have the latest drivers for my video card.
the latest DirectX 9.0c and i get this error trying to use the 3D visualizations:

"error starting 3D visualizations
(error loading DirectX 9.0 (or later) -- visit www.microsoft.com/
direct)"

Media Center Registered 11.1.198 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 11\

Microsoft Windows 2000 5.0  (Build 2195)
Intel Pentium III 1018 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 261 MB, Free - 31 MB

Internet Explorer: 5.00.2920.0000 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81.2920 / Shlwapi.dll: 5.0.2920 / Shell32.dll: 5.0.2920 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0001)

Ripping /   Drive D:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive E:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive D: SONY     CD-RW  CRX140E     Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:8  MaxSpeed:8  BurnProof:No
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

[Matt]

You need a video card (and driver) that support windowed 3D mode.  Older cards can't always do this.

However, that error means we couldn't load the d3d9.dll, which is a little more puzzling.  You could check your system folder for d3d9.dll and see what version it is.

[Matthew]

I have NVIDIA RIVA TNT model 64/model 64 Pro 32MB
Howcome, in Media Center 10 3D visualizations  play fine? But in Media Center 11.1 does not work?

[glynor]

If he has IE5 and Windows 2000, he might not have DX9 installed at all....

To check, you can go to Start --> Run and type "dxdiag" in the dialog and click OK.  In the dialog that appears, look for DirectX version.  If it says anything older than 9.0c then you should download and update to the latest version of DirectX.

You can get it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx

Also, if dxdiag crashes or doesn't load properly, it's likely that your DirectX install got borked (which used to happen with older versions and Windows 2000 fairly often).  If so, use the link above to download and install 9.0c and it should fix you up.

EDIT: Matt, since MC now (especially with the new stuff) makes more signifigant use of the DirectX functionality in Windows, it might not be a bad idea to have the System Info tool report on the d3d9.dll version!

[dlone]

Goint to be really negative here, but with that system and graphics card the 3d visualisations would be a killer if they worked

On my pc (4200 X2, nvidia 7900gt, 2Gb memory) I get between 10 and 30 percent cpu usage
The graphics card will really hold thing up

[KingSparta]

I get between 10 and 30 percent cpu usage

That Sounds About Right When Playing (I Just Tested It On My Computer)

It has a ATI RADEON 9700 Pro In it

Media Center Registered 12.0.70 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 12\

Microsoft Windows XP 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Pentium 4 3047 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 1047 MB, Free - 324 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0002) , ASPI for Win32         DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: 4.71 (0002)

Ripping /   Drive G: HL-DT-STDVDRAM GMA-4020B  Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive H: IDE-DVD DVDRW8651         Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive G: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GMA-4020B   Addr: 1:0:0  Speed:12  MaxSpeed:12  BurnProof:Yes
  Drive H: IDE-DVD  DVDRW8651          Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:40  MaxSpeed:40  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /