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Old 01-05-2007   #5 (permalink)
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Re: mpeg-2

Gotcha. OK, guess it had to happen eventually...

"Jeff" wrote:

> 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]
> >> ----
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers not
> >> 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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