media centre help

[adelburn]

I am trying to set up windows meida centre on Vista, I have added the movie files I wanted but when I try to open them within media centre it says I have codecs missing, or the file is not in te specified location?

These open in media player, I have the latest divX codec pack and the files are standard .avi

Not sure what the problem could be cause there are a few that do open?

Is there some specific codec pack I need to download from Microsoft, I have had a look but coudnt see.

 

[Butters]

Some Codecs that are compatible with WMP are not compatible with the media centre. You can download a codec checker from MS website to check. MS wont offer a codec pack without charging you for it.

In fact, the best one (by NVidia) is not free but is dam worth the £20 charge.

 

[csmager]

Some Codecs that are compatible with WMP are not compatible with the media centre.

MCE and WMP are, to all intents and purposes, the same thing. Whatever works in WMP should work in MC.

In fact, the best one (by NVidia) is not free but is dam worth the £20 charge.

This is for MPEG2 (DVD/Live TV), and isn't needed in Vista as MS include one out of the box.

I am trying to set up windows meida centre on Vista, I have added the movie files I wanted but when I try to open them within media centre it says I have codecs missing, or the file is not in te specified location?

These open in media player, I have the latest divX codec pack and the files are standard .avi

Without meaning to sound psychic, you have the 64-bit version of Vista installed, don't you?

WMP is, by default, the 32-bit variety. MC is only available in 64-bit flavour. As such, the codecs that are installed for 32-bit playback don't work for 64-bit playback. So you need some 64-bit codecs - simplest way, download and install this:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multim...-Video-Codecs/VistaCodecs-x64Components.shtml

 

[adelburn]

Superstar,

That codec pack worked, this media centre is actually quite cool. a bit simple and hard to navigate but meh!!!

 

[Gman]

I dumped media Centre for media portal. main reason was the ability to resume movies ffrom where I left off. With media centre I had to keep fast forwarding to get to the last bit I watched were as media portal remembers and lets you resume.

 

[badbob]

I dumped media Centre for media portal. main reason was the ability to resume movies ffrom where I left off. With media centre I had to keep fast forwarding to get to the last bit I watched were as media portal remembers and lets you resume.

Yup I tried Vista MCE and STILL doesn't do what Media Portal has done for years. I've tried XP MCE, Vista MCE and always gone back to XP Pro + Media Portal.