MCE codec error

[Supercow]

I was helping a friend build his HTPC yesterday, and he has Vista Ultimate edition.
He wanted to give MCE a go, before he goes down the Media-Portal route.
We could not for the life of us, get it to play any movies he had on his system though! The message "could not play content, no codecs were found...."
Now the strange thing is, he has all the codecs needed, and when he tries to open the files with just Windows Media Player, it plays just fine.
Any suggestions?

 

[Valo]

Is it 32 or 64 Bit version of Vista Ultimate?

 

[Supercow]

64

 

[bledd]

http://www.sharksfiles.com/

use the Betanews MajorGeeks SoftPedia links, then install the 64bit components after (its near the top of the page)

although the page doesn't look the business, this codec/filter pack is

 

[Supercow]

http://www.sharksfiles.com/

use the Betanews MajorGeeks SoftPedia links, then install the 64bit components after (its near the top of the page)

although the page doesn't look the business, this codec/filter pack is

cheers big ears

 

[bledd]

 

[Supercow]

hmm after i had a look at those, it didnt quite make sense.
My mate has the drivers to play the files just fine and dandy, it's only media centre that doesnt want to play it

 

[bledd]

did he run both of the exe's ? perhaps a reboot is needed

 

[Supercow]

did he run both of the exe's ? perhaps a reboot is needed

Both exe's?
Both are "vista codec packs" ... ?

 

[bledd]

ATTENTION: if you use a 64bit versions of Windows; Here is an add-on to the codec package that will install 64bit components. The add-on must be installed AFTER the codec package. This installer is switch-less, executing it = installed. It is specifically tailored for use with the Vista Codec Package. Last Modified - January 25, 2007
The add-on solves issues with 64bit MediaCenter in Vista Ultimate installations.

http://www.sharksfiles.com/files/VCP_64bit.exe

 

[Supercow]

Thats did the job!
Thanks a bunch mate