windows media encoder 9 problems

[hardtarget]

is there a newer release out yet?

the studio edition beta 1 isnt working anymore as its expired

i cant seem to use version 9 as my tv capture card doesnt get previewed in it and it freezes and alot more problems which i cant be bothered to list here

anyone have any solutions as i really need to stream something tomorow in media player format

[SonicVanguard]

I have version 9.00.00.2980 that I downloaded eons ago and it's working fine.

[hardtarget]

anyone know of anything else that i can stream wmv with?

[SonicVanguard]

Have you checked any of the new releases? I believe there is a new beta for the studio release.

[hardtarget]

thats expired now by microsoft

[SonicVanguard]

I'd suggest a capture card that likes Encoder 9. I have yet to find a device that doesn't get along with Encoder 9.

[hardtarget]

is it the actual capture card or the capture card software?

by the way i have connected it via a pci slot

i have 2 video cards and none of them are supported

one is mercury and one is TDN

[hardtarget]

found this
anyone got a solution?

Why Windows Media Encoder 9 will not work?



For some reason, Windows Media Encoder 9 (WME9) will not detect TV Tuner/Capture Cards with Windows Driver Model (WDM) driver as "Video Capture Device" resource! This includes USB capture devices using WDM drivers.



This problem does not occur in Windows Media Encoder 7.1. Windows Media 9 Series is a major change from its predecessor, so no one should be surprised that there are problems or bugs.

In technical terms or geek speak:

If you have WME9 installed and a TV Tuner/Capture Card or USB TV Tuner with WDM driver, using this sample code from Windows Media 9 Series in MSDN site, the Capture Card will not be detected.

Visual Basic Code Examples - Listing All Devices (Visual Basic)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...deexamples.asp

Basically, the Capture Card Device should be detected as:

IWMEncPluginInfo.Name = "Video Capture Device"
IWMEncPluginInfo.Item(lIndex).MediaType = 2 ' lIndex = long Index

but, it is not detected.

Since it is not detected, IWMEncPluginInfo.Item(lIndex) which returns the scheme type "DEVICE://" resource name specific to the Capture Device, the name cannot be determined. Even if the name is determined in some other way, WME9 WMEncoder object will not "Start" encoding if the name is used in "DEVICE://" when the code is setup for encoding, see Encoding a File (Visual Basic) sample code. In the sample code, replace the SrcVid.SetInput parameter to "DEVICE://..." instead of the source filename, something similar to this: "SrcVid.SetInput "DEVICE://Default_Video_Device" , or you can replace the "Default_Video_Device" to the name specific to your Capture Device. As an example, Hauppauge WinTV-PCI uses "Hauppauge WinTV Capture", so you would use:

"DEVICE://Hauppauge WinTV Capture"

For now, we suggest sticking with Windows Media Encoder 7.1. This also means sticking with Windows Media Player 7.1 or if you have Windows XP, stick with the version 8 that came with it.

Here's a way to record or encode using Windows Media Format 9 codec with Windows Media Encoder 7.1. Click here...