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Video Decoder
Posted by Jedenburn on November 21st, 2005


I havent tried to watch a DVD yet.
But I have tried to watch Live Tv and wasn't sucessfull. Would a DVD decoder
be the answer or do I need a specific driver that I dont have foe my media
center?

Posted by Richard Miller on November 21st, 2005



You need a dvd decoder , Power dvd decoder or win dvd or nvidia decoder

"Jedenburn" wrote:

> I havent tried to watch a DVD yet.
> But I have tried to watch Live Tv and wasn't sucessfull. Would a DVD decoder
> be the answer or do I need a specific driver that I dont have foe my media
> center?

Posted by Barry Watzman on November 22nd, 2005


Yes, normally installing a DVD player (almost any DVD player) installs
an MPEG decoder, and that is what you are missing. Not all MPEG
decoders are equal or will work for MCE, but most of the major ones
will, including the ones that come with PowerDVD and WinDVD (the later
versions, that is), also the ATI decoder that came with my Radeon 9600
video card works fine, as do at least some of the ones that come with
the NVidia video cards.


Jedenburn wrote:

> I havent tried to watch a DVD yet.
> But I have tried to watch Live Tv and wasn't sucessfull. Would a DVD decoder
> be the answer or do I need a specific driver that I dont have foe my media
> center?


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