Article ID: 2008334 - Last Review: November 21, 2009 - Revision: 1.0

Video corruption when viewing streaming or recorded content in Windows Media Center

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Summary

On Windows Media Center, when switching channels on broadcast television, or loading certain broadcast recordings, video output will become corrupted.  This corruption may last from a few seconds and automatically correct; or may persist until the channel is changed or an alternate recorded file is played.

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More Information

Microsoft currently has an issue which is resulting in a valid picture frame at the entry point into the stream to be dropped and replaced with an 'empty' padding frame.  The loss of this frame causes corruption of video in all hardware and software decoding of the stream.  The specific sequence of events triggers a prolonged error recovery sequence on ATI hardware.  Microsoft and ATI are working together to address this issue.
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APPLIES TO
  • Windows 7 Home Premium
  • Windows 7 Professional
  • Windows 7 Ultimate
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Keywords: 
KB2008334
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