Vista Media Center A/V Codec Support (XVID, DIVX, etc) in RC1

AHeber · 06-09-2006

Anyone have any luck installing video codecs such as XVID, DIVX, etc., on
Vista RC1? Similar to Media Center 2005, the codecs will install and operate
fine under Media Player 11 from the normal shell, but are not recognized by
media player within Media Center.

This was a very frustrating issue with MCE 2005 (codecs not used universally
by media player in and out of Media Center).

Any workarounds to get third-party codecs such as the ones above working
correctly under Vista Media Center?

Andre Costa · 06-09-2006

I had this problem - in the end it was a bug on the ATI RC1 drivers
(really!) - uninstalling it solved.

Will Schuitman · 06-09-2006

I had decoder errors in media center and media player wouldn't play any kind
of video I installed the 30 day free trial of pure video platinum and it
fixed the issue in both media center and media player
the main thing to keep an eye on is that you make sure you install the
package AS Administrator and in compatibility mode for XP

AHeber · 06-09-2006

I tried both suggestions, with no luck. I installed Purevideo in
compatibility mode as Administrator - nothing changed. I uninstalled the ATI
drivers - nothing changed.

I can watch XVID-encoded videos without issue in media player 11, however
Media Center still reports that is cannot find the needed codecs.

Xvid 1.1 works for me in pre-rc1
Still can't get DVD movies to play. The audio just goes pop.pop.pop..

AHeber · 07-09-2006

I'm trying the 1.1 version of XVID with RC1. Movies will play in media
player fine, but not within Media Center - go figure.

For DVD playback, nVidia's PureVideo software works great in both pre-RC1
and RC1 for me.

I must have held my face wrong at install, or some other dependency
failure, I still have sound problems (picture displays).

sim.seb · 21-09-2006

Can u tell me what codec(s) u installed for xvid playback in WMP11? I tried
many different codecs. Most worked fine in normal screen, but ALL went out
of sync in full-screen.

Does that work fine in full-screen mode too (WMP11)? Mine is out of sync
with xvid/divx codecs. Any ideas anyone?

chris · 26-09-2006

ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO OPEN AND WACH DVD FILES ON HARD DRIVE IN RC1- VISTA MEDIA
CENTER .My old OP xp media center 2005 would play the same files in the
videos part but can not get media center in vista to play thes same files
?????
but inter video player dose ?????????? need help , This one of the reasons I
got a media center...