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[pepar]

In thrashing around for a solution to my present MC issues I thought about what codec pack I had installed. I searched the forum and wiki and couldn’t find what I wanted to know; are users installing one of the popular CODEC packs? Or does MC have everything it needs?

Jeff

[mattkhan]

MC manages all this itself, no need for anything else

[marko]

An internet connection is assumed, and taken for granted. It requires that to get at what it needs, and it's all you need to provide for it.

[pepar]

Thanks. My followup is: If I do have a codec pack installed .. I typically use Shark007 .. would that conflict/interfere with MC? Since this is a dedicated Win 10/MC box and MC takes care of itself I could forego installing ANY 3rd party codec pack .. should I forego it?

[Awesome Donkey]

I don't personally recommend using codec packs. These days media players (JRiver Media Center, MPC-HC, MPC-BE, PotPlayer, VLC, etc.) have all the codecs built-in.

[Hendrik]

System installed codecs should have no impact on Media Center, and you don't need them so no need to install any if all you use is MC.

[pepar]

I expect to find out this eve if the problem is gone. I reinstalled Win 10 and the LAN driver, and let Windows do all of the updates. I then installed the other drivers and MediaInfo saving the Intel display driver for last before installing the most recent stable MC build. I must admit to having anxiety!