Vista Media Center and Xvid/DivX etc files

richieboy · 6 Nov 2007 at 15:46

Quick one - im using Vista Media Center (x64) and want to be able to play XVid files through it. I can seem to get it working in WMP but just not in Media Center...it just gives me a "Codec not installed" (or something along those lines) message when trying to view them.

Have had a Google around and many people seem to think ffdshow etc works, but the version i tried didnt give me any luck.

Can anyone help?

TIA

sid · 6 Nov 2007 at 16:11

In my 32bit copy ,

I used a vistacodecpackage and everythign works in MCE including HD .mkv

embedded DD/DTS isn't a problem either.

sid

richieboy · 6 Nov 2007 at 16:16

Gave one of them a try also and had no luck

I've found a different version of ffdshow im going to try, do you have a link to the Vista codec pack your using as i'll give that a try in case its different to the one i tried?

bledd · 6 Nov 2007 at 16:29

install this
http://majorgeeks.com/Vista_Codec_Package_d5326.html
then this
http://majorgeeks.com/Vista_Codec_x64_Components_d5535.html

it will work

it's a very clean codec package, with ffdshow, made by an msfn user

richieboy · 6 Nov 2007 at 16:33

I'll give it a go, thanks bledd.

richieboy · 6 Nov 2007 at 16:43

Worked a treat - huge thankyou to you sir

sid · 6 Nov 2007 at 18:05

glad thats sorted there,

I installed vista codec pack on a fresh install so codec conflicts were experienced.

sid

bledd · 6 Nov 2007 at 18:07

sid · 6 Nov 2007 at 19:54

bledd. said:
eh?

You know when WMP connects to download codecs, sometimes that can mess up when you install other codecs for the same file type

SiD the Turtle · 9 Mar 2008 at 21:15

Bit of a bumpage here. I've been trying various tools across the net to get xvid to play in Media Center- and it worked first time after installing those two programs.

Many, many, many thanks!