DIRECTV2PC v5717 - Issues & Discussion

[The Merg]

If you don't care to uninstall IE9, just wait a few months until DTV comes out with a new release version of DirecTV2PC. That will probably fix the problem.

Since you apparently figured this out, what is the issue with IE9 Beta?

Also, It's been over a year since the last iteration of DirecTV2PC, who knows when the next release will be. In the past, updates were pretty frequent.

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[The Merg]

I know Ie9 beta is very buggy but do you have to actually uninstall it? I have firefox and chrome installed also and use them when ie9 beta fails me.

The issue seems to be that DirecTV2PC will not activate if IE9 Beta is installed. I have not had any issues using IE9 Beta, except for this one issue.

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[WilsonFlyer]

The issue seems to be that DirecTV2PC will not activate if IE9 Beta is installed. I have not had any issues using IE9 Beta, except for this one issue.

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Maybe you should run the advisor and make sure you're compatiable. If that doesn't work, you can always try to re-download the application and try again. ;)

{All in good fun}

[hdtvfan0001]

The issue seems to be that DirecTV2PC will not activate if IE9 Beta is installed. I have not had any issues using IE9 Beta, except for this one issue.

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That may very well be. Using it here with IE 8 installed (WIN7) on the desktop and laptop here successfully, but haven't tried IE9 beta yet.

The network folks at work tell me there are "a number of issues with IE9 beta that impact other applications", so there was no urgency to test it out here yet.

[The Merg]

I'm getting the same issue. I have all green marks except for my processor and video card, which are listed as unknown. When I install DirecTV2PC, it finds the Internet in order for check for updates, but when I try to Activate it I get the error that it cannot connect to the Intenet.

I have a Core i5 processor and my video card is a Nvidia GeForce GTS 250, which should be fine as it has plenty of memory and is HDCP compliant.

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Maybe you should run the advisor and make sure you're compatiable. If that doesn't work, you can always try to re-download the application and try again. ;)

{All in good fun}

Been there... Done that... :)

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[The Merg]

That may very well be. Using it here with IE 8 installed (WIN7) on the desktop and laptop here successfully, but haven't tried IE9 beta yet.

The network folks at work tell me there are "a number of issues with IE9 beta that impact other applications", so there was no urgency to test it out here yet.

Just seems strange that having IE9 Beta installed would affect how D2PC connects to perform its activation process. Maybe this weekend, I'll uninstall the beta and try the activation process again. Would be nice for those few times that the wife is watching on the TV that I can just watch a recorded show or two while in front of the computer.

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[hdtvfan0001]

Just seems strange that having IE9 Beta installed would affect how D2PC connects to perform its activation process. Maybe this weekend, I'll uninstall the beta and try the activation process again. Would be nice for those few times that the wife is watching on the TV that I can just watch a recorded show or two while in front of the computer.

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I agree...but supposedly things like video drivers and javacode are impacted somehow with the update...don't know...I'm waiting to hear the details myself after the first of the year.

[Drucifer]

Maybe you should run the adviser and make sure you're compatible. If that doesn't work, you can always try to re-download the application and try again. ;)

{All in good fun}The Adviser has not been kept current and reports bogus errors when it encounters newer drivers.

[Richierich]

I can't believe you are having so much trouble as mine worked flawlessly as soon as I downloaded it and set it up.

[The Merg]

I can't believe you are having so much trouble as mine worked flawlessly as soon as I downloaded it and set it up.

Well, since I have IE9 Beta, that seems to be the issue. Did you have IE9 Beta when you first activated your version of D2PC?

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[Richierich]

No, I have IE8 as I let others work those bugs out of IE9.

[maartena]

I completely reinstalled my PC during the holiday break I had because I got sick and had nothing better to do.... and for now, it seems to be working perfectly again!

[sigmajt]

When switching to a epson 8350 projector from standard flatscreen tv, directv2pc now says i can't playback because monitor does not support protected content. The projector does, is there a database directv2pc keeps of compatible displays that needs to be updated? Why isn't it detecting the hdcp compliance of my monitor? The playback advisor does.

[DogLover]

When switching to a epson 8350 projector from standard flatscreen tv, directv2pc now says i can't playback because monitor does not support protected content. The projector does, is there a database directv2pc keeps of compatible displays that needs to be updated? Why isn't it detecting the hdcp compliance of my monitor? The playback advisor does.

I believe that DirecTV2PC detects hdcp compliance at the time that it is run, not from a database. Are you running the projector as a second monitor? Or are you switching the HDMI cable from the TV to the projector?

[sigmajt]

replaced the tv with the projector.

[finaldiet]

I set up my sons laptop yesterday with tv2pc. When I ran HDMI cable from laptop to vizio tv, I had the same message pop up. The tv works great with xbox and ps3 via HDMI. Anyone know what's causing this?

[veryoldschool]

Common errors: http://www.dbstalk.com/showpost.php?p=2221324&postcount=7

[RogueFive]

sometimes I have audio and sometimes I don't, but no error message ... tired of restarting dozens of times until it works ... anybody else have that issue?

[SteelersFan]

Okay, so I thought I'd give this DirecTV2PC thing a shot again since last time it kept saying it couldn't play protected content. Everything installed great on a Win 7 32-bit w/ ATI 1400 video card. Loaded great. When I select a show to watch (either SD or HD) I get a black screen, with audio. No picture. Just black. Anyone have any ideas? I can't find any resolution for this on the Internet. Should I maybe try installing a Codec pack? :nono2:

[tbolt]

Okay, so I thought I'd give this DirecTV2PC thing a shot again since last time it kept saying it couldn't play protected content. Everything installed great on a Win 7 32-bit w/ ATI 1400 video card. Loaded great. When I select a show to watch (either SD or HD) I get a black screen, with audio. No picture. Just black. Anyone have any ideas? I can't find any resolution for this on the Internet. Should I maybe try installing a Codec pack? :nono2:

Try rebooting your STB (DVR) and report back.

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[Doug Brott]

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