Help with Windows Media Centre & codecs....

[Columbo]

I've been using Media Portal for quite a while now, but I've now stuck Vista 64 on my HTPC and would like to start using Media Centre.

How the hell do I add codecs to it to be able to play my ripped MKV's & Xvids etc.

Ive tried looking around but there seems allsorts of ways to do it and I'm just looking of the easiest way to do it.

 

[Columbo]

vista codec package
64bit components

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5535
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5326

That will Media Centre 'just work' then?

Looks to be exactly what I need.

 

[Columbo]

yup

some pc's don't like mkv's in 64bit, might be jerky, there's a few fixes to try though

They seem fine playing though Media Player Classic so hopefully I'll get the same result though WMC.

Thanks for the help buddy...!!

 

[Columbo]

I could install 32bit Vista, would that sort the problem?

Its only a HTPC and only got 2gb of ram etc so Im not going to be losing any RAM usage. I only installed 64bit because I could.

 

[Columbo]

Yeah I had XBMC on my old Xbox and its still the best thing around I agree.

The current beta of XBMC doesn't work with my Media Centre Remote which is a damn shame and rules it out for me...