Guide to Codecs in Vista Media Center

Chris, MVP extraordinaire, has written up a very nice guide the explains the ins and outs of CODECs. Covered in his guide is container format, a link to a quality FFDShow build (hard to come by) and a few other useful tidbits.

Chris Lanier

Codecs installed by some third party programs like Nero Burning ROM work poorly in Vista Media Center and Windows Media Player. It’s best to use the steps above to ffdshow at a higher Merit instead of using these. Other programs like WinDVD, PowerDVD, and various other video editing and conversion programs also install various codec’s on your system. Changing the Merit of these should disable them from working in Media Center.