I recently upgraded to Windows 7 to get the Media Centre for recording TV. I used to use MediaPortal on Windows XP but the scheduled recording was unreliable.
The recording in MCE is great but when I watch back the sound soon starts to degrade and become what I can only describe as "bubbly"...
32 bit
amd athlon
audio drivers
bubbly sound
geforce 6600
media centre
media player
memory upgrade
nforcechipset
recording
scheduled recording
sound issues
system performance
troubleshooting
tv recording
video drivers
video playback
vlc player
windows 7