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Old 01-05-2007   #4 (permalink)
Jeff


 
 

Re: mpeg-2

RC2 is beta,
RTM is final

Jeff

"Technology Guy" <TechnologyGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BFCB67F9-4E8D-48B2-B213-F5BE450CFDFC@microsoft.com...
> 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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>> rights.
>> ----
>>
>>
>> "LeeG" wrote:
>>
>> > 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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