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salwarpe

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Media Center 12 crashes as soon as I open it
« on: August 30, 2007, 03:18:40 pm »

I don't know who I am writing to - there doesn't seem to be a contact e-mail for reporting problems, just this forum, which, not being a computer professional, I find difficult to negotiate. I hope this message gets through to someone in the company who can help.

I recently (this month) downloaded and paid for J River Media Center 12 - the latest version. However, although it installed on my computer, when I open the program, it crashes within a minute or two, making it pretty useless.

I have tried to read and understand the FAQs on this forum, but they don't seem to answer my problem. As I paid for this program, it would be nice if someone from the company could assist me in solving this irritating problem. Otherwise, I'll just go back to using Itunes.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.

Computer details - Toshiba Tecra, Windows XP, 1Gb RAM
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JimH

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Re: Media Center 12 crashes as soon as I open it
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2007, 03:21:29 pm »

Uninstall your old version and reboot.

Download the version from the top of this board.  Install it.

Restore your license.  Start at the purchase page for information on how.

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Re: Media Center 12 crashes as soon as I open it
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2007, 05:39:29 pm »

I have the same problem but it usually stops crashing if I import files.

When I first install MC and open it, if I let it sit for about a minute or less, it will just close instantly.  So I start MC, quickly go to tools > Auto-Import Options and then add a folder.  It seems that after I get some folders added and run auto import, the problem no longer occurs.  I never posted the bug because it didn't seem very widespread--although it happens on more than one system here..so it isn't one specific hardware setup.
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Re: Media Center 12 crashes as soon as I open it
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2007, 06:20:18 pm »

I have the same problem but it usually stops crashing if I import files.

When I first install MC and open it, if I let it sit for about a minute or less, it will just close instantly.  So I start MC, quickly go to tools > Auto-Import Options and then add a folder.  It seems that after I get some folders added and run auto import, the problem no longer occurs.  I never posted the bug because it didn't seem very widespread--although it happens on more than one system here..so it isn't one specific hardware setup.
That's probably a bad DirectShow filter.  Let us know if you can find it.
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Re: Media Center 12 crashes as soon as I open it
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2007, 12:15:28 am »

I've got the same problem on a Windows 98se machine...

It runs MC11 flawlessly, but when I install MC12 it opens then crashes.  When I try to un-install, it freezes.

Here's the error....

MEDIA CENTER 12 caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:7ffffffd.
Registers:
EAX=01a23400 CS=0167 EIP=7ffffffd EFLGS=00010206
EBX=00000000 SS=016f ESP=00d3e6ac EBP=00000000
ECX=000002f0 DS=016f ESI=000002f0 FS=4c97
EDX=00000005 ES=016f EDI=7ffffffd GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
017c9876 000002f0 00000005 00000000 00000000 017c9800 00000005 00d3e764 00000000 7f2da2e3 000002f0 00000005 00000000 00000000 00d3e794 00000000
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Re: Media Center 12 crashes as soon as I open it
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2007, 06:23:25 pm »

Additional info...

Media Center Registered 11.1.201 -- E:\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Intel Pentium III 698 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 654 MB, Free - 392 MB
Resource Info: System - 51 %, GDI - 68 %, User - 51 %

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.81.4916 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2800 / Shell32.dll: 4.72.3812 / wnaspi32.dll: 4.71 (0001) , ASPI for Win32 (95/NT) DLL, Copyright © 1989-2002 Adaptec, Inc. / Aspi32.sys: N/A

Ripping /   Drive J: SONY    DVD-ROM DDU1621   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Drive K:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive K: SONY     CD-RW  CRX100E     Addr: 1:1:0  Speed:4  MaxSpeed:4  BurnProof:No
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /
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