Hi,

I installed the xvid codec to watch .avi files on media center. I have Vista
Home Premium 64bit. There is no problem when watching on Windows Media Player
11, but when i try to play .avi files on media center, theres an message that
at least one codec is missing to play the file...

I tried the xvid codec and ffdshow. Do I have to configure media center
somehow?
What player does media center use, thought it is the wmp11...
All available Updates are already installed.

I´m new to this so even simple things may help.

Hi,
I have the same problem as the Original Poster, not the lbossom
followup (I'm not using any extendors). I have a new vista home premium
64bit PC. AVI files will play in WMP but not in Media Center. I've
tried the ffdshow also, with no luck. I installed GSpot, and it
indicates the files are AVI V2.0 format, and use the XviD codec is used
to decode, and that the correct codec is installed. These files played
fine on my XP based media center PC in the Media Center application.

I've contacted technical support for my PC (just got it yesterday), and
"Charles" first said Windows doesn't play AVI files. I know this to be
false from my XP Media Center experience, and from what Chris Lanier's
guide has to say on the matter: "Windows supports playback of AVI
files". If anyone else has encountered and solved this problem, I'd
love to hear about it.

Bificus


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Bificus

Using Vista Home Premium 32 bit here with Xbox 360 WMCE. The Xbox
360 does not support playback of .AVI files natively like WMP
does.
I can verify we have the same problem here. I have simply went
ahead and converted all the .AVI files to .WMV so that now I can
play them via WMCE
and all is well. I use the free Windows Movie Maker to do the
conversion.

Charlie

"Bificus" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
> I have the same problem as the Original Poster, not the lbossom
> followup (I'm not using any extendors). I have a new vista home
> premium
> 64bit PC. AVI files will play in WMP but not in Media Center.
> I've
> tried the ffdshow also, with no luck. I installed GSpot, and it
> indicates the files are AVI V2.0 format, and use the XviD codec
> is used
> to decode, and that the correct codec is installed. These files
> played
> fine on my XP based media center PC in the Media Center
> application.
>
> I've contacted technical support for my PC (just got it
> yesterday), and
> "Charles" first said Windows doesn't play AVI files. I know
> this to be
> false from my XP Media Center experience, and from what Chris
> Lanier's
> guide has to say on the matter: "Windows supports playback of
> AVI
> files". If anyone else has encountered and solved this problem,
> I'd
> love to hear about it.
>
> Bificus
>
>
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> Bificus