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0 March-2012 Updates

Published on 3^rd April 2012 by Jon Scaife in Misc Media Software. Updated 28^th June 2012.

There have been quite a few updates in March that we’ve not had time to write about, below is a quick summary

0 Decoding Interlaced VC-1 with DXVA

Published on 3^rd February 2012 by Jon Scaife in Codecs. Updated 28^th June 2012.

Version 1.6 of MPC-HC supports interlaced VC-1 streams. The MPC-HC standalone codec is currently the only x64 codec that can do this.

0 Haali Media Splitter: Official Site Down

Published on 15^th January 2012 by Jon Scaife in Codecs, News. Updated 17^th January 2012.

The official website of Haali Media Splitter is down. Fortunately there are still mirrors available, and alternatives like LAV & MPC-HC.

0 MPC-HC 1.5.1

Published on 19^th March 2011 by Jon Scaife in Misc Media Software. Updated 3^rd October 2011.

It’s been a little while since I checked, and since then the MPC-HC developers have released 3 new final releases. The current release is 1.5.1.2903. As usual there is an x86 player, x64 player, x86 standalone filters and x64 standalone filters.

0 New release of MPC-HC

Published on 6^th October 2010 by Jon Scaife in Misc Media Software. Updated 4^th October 2011.

After almost a year without any new official releases the MPC-HC developers have released 1.4.2499.0. As usual there is a x86 player, x64 player, x86 standalone filters and x64 standalone filters.

0 Creating a new DIY HTPC from scratch

Published on 10^th September 2010 by Jon Scaife in Media PC Hardware. Updated 17^th August 2012.

Pulling together a lot of previous posts here is a guide on how to build and set up a fully featured DIY HTPC from scratch…

2 Full 7MC codec setup

Published on 10^th September 2010 by Jon Scaife in Codecs, Misc Media Software, Windows Media Center. Updated 30^th December 2011.

I’ve previously posted several times about codec issues on 7mc, but I’ve now got a solution that is comprehensive, fairly simple and works consistently. With a few free codecs and utilities you can have full decoding support, DXVA, subtitles and fantastic flexibility working in 64bit (or 32bit) Media Center. The following instructions are specific to… Read more »

0 Quizdom tablet “video capture” not working

Published on 9^th September 2010 by Jon Scaife in Misc Software. Updated 5^th October 2011.

I was asked to investigate why some video capture utility which is part of the software package for the Quizdom Tablet wasn’t loading correctly on a particular laptop. Investigation revealed that quizdom used the XviD codec and installs it as part of its setup routine. The laptop in question already had a video codec installed… Read more »

0 MPC-HC

Published on 26^th July 2010 by Jon Scaife in Misc Media Software. Updated 5^th October 2011.

Just a very quick note — The latest version of media player classic home cinema and the standalone codecs seem rather elusive. The place to go for alpha and beta releases is XvidVideo.ru

5 Media Codecs and Utilities for Windows 7 x64

Published on 10^th August 2009 by Jon Scaife in Codecs, Windows Media Center. Updated 30^th December 2011.

Here is a quick list of links to useful x64 codecs and related utilities that are compatible with Windows 7 x64 (64-Bit) edition…