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Old 01-05-2007   #3 (permalink)
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RE: mpeg-2

I'm running RC2. The codecs in this final Vista release just expired
(yesterday) in the same way as the betas...

"Naveen Thumpudi [MSFT]" wrote:

> The reason for this behavior is that the "trial period" on MPEG-2 codecs
> needed for MCE/DVD playback/burn has expired around 8/31 in Vista Beta 2.
> Using RC1 is the right solution for now. The codecs in final Vista release
> would not have such an expiration.
>
> Naveen Thumpudi [MS]
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> "LeeG" wrote:
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> > I understand that Media player shipped with Vista has its own mpeg2 decoder
> > enabling the playing of dvd movies. I get the message that no suitable dvd
> > decoder is installed. Am I missing something?
> >
> > Vista build 5384
> > AMD64 3000+
> > 1GB ram
> > 256mb asus nvidia n6600 graphics

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