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[Absurrrd]

Greetings,
Has there been a change in MC 13 that might cause the Windows Media Video output option not to work?

[JimH]

No, but ...

Try changing the video renderer in MC/Options/Playback/DirectShow.

Take a look at glynor's nvidia post yesterday.

UAC on Vista seems to have an issue with DVD playback, ripped or not.  Could be related.  There has been some recent discussion here.

[JimH]

Also, take a look at Yaobing's post here:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=49596.msg340081;topicseen#msg340081

[Absurrrd]

Greetings,
Thanks Jim,I'll check that out. I select the Windows media output to improve the sound for video. I use adapt-x host DSP plugins with WMP.
It might be a good idea if you were to extend your DSP audio support to work with video files in a future version of Media center.

[Yaobing]

By "Windows Media Video output" do you mean "using Window Media Player engine" for playback?

If so, MC13 allows you to choose a Playback method for each group of video types. Options -> File Types.

[Absurrrd]

Greetings and felicitations,
That's correct. I just checkmarked use WMV under the directshow playback section. That's all I needed to do With MC 12 for video to playback through windows media. Are you sayin I need to change something in the file type section too. I wondered if you could be more specific about that.
                                                                                                          I appreciate the help,
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[Yaobing]

Greetings and felicitations,
That's correct. I just checkmarked use WMV under the directshow playback section. That's all I needed to do With MC 12 for video to playback through windows media. Are you sayin I need to change something in the file type section too. I wondered if you could be more specific about that.

Please note that, on "DirectShow playback settings..." window, there are two checkboxes in MC12 - "Use Window Media Player for video playback if possible" at the top, and "Use WMV accelerator if available" at the bottom. The top one is what I am talking about. The bottom one is a totally different matter.

In MC13, the top checkbox has been removed, because that option is now being applied on a per-file-type basis. You need to configure it on "File Types" window.

Here is how:

1. Tools -> Options -> File Types;
2. Scroll the list to Video section and select the file type that you want to be played in Windows Media Player engine;
3. Choose "Windows Media Player Engine" from the "Playback Method" drop-down list at the bottom;
4. Click OK.