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Codec issues with Windows Media player 11

Are you using Windows Media player 11?

Whether you have or not yet, there are some positive upgrades such as the sleek new look, revamped playback controls, sync with your mp3 player and more intuitive media management for your large collections of video, audio and even album art.

However, like with anything, take the good with bad, and for Windows Media 11 there is no exception. After trying it myself, the first thing I went to test was video codec support. I found it to be lacking. This has been a big issue in previous versions of Windows Media players. Audio files are no problem, images, not an issue, its the video type support that falls short. Again, unless you are playing a standard AVI or WMV file for example ,there are issues with other codecs such as Xvid, DivX, Mov and so on.

So whats the solution if you want to keep using windows Media player 11 you ask? A Vista Codec Pack v4.5.8 has just been released containing all the codecs you would possibly need to play your new and old video files. Its a free download. With this package installed, you shouldn't need to install any other codec or filter
Get it at Softpedia.com , there are instructions there to assist you in the installation.

Support from the developer of the Vista Codec Package can be obtained on the MSFN Forums. Another suggestion is to get a real DivX Player, I bought a nice Phillips that plays it all on my TV.


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Written by PCWizKid on February 20th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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TIP #15 Windows Vista - Manage Your Media Easily

TIP #15 Windows Vista - Manage Your Media Easily

If you have media on your PC such as videos, music , photos and download the occasional movie or TV show, Windows Media Center may be your one stop show to managing it all in one place.

PART 1 -Review
My first impression is, this is no iTunes, this is not meant to be a Adobe Photoshop and it is definitely not a DivX player. So what is this then you ask? Well let me start with some observations I had when I first looked at it. I introduce the basics of Windows Media Center [Watch my video]

 There is a little of everything for everyone, however those without Vista Premium or Ultimate editions are out of luck since windows media center does not come bundled on other versions of vista.

Written by PCWizKid on May 27th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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