Vista - Windows media center help...

Ok so how do I enable m4v and mkv playback in windows media center in vista 64 bit premium? I have k-lite codec pack installed whick pretty much enables everything but windows media center to play just about anything... all wmc can do now is play mp3 files (lame).

Hi,

You might want try try uninstalling k-lite and installing the Vista codecs from www.shark007.net

Hope this helps


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Ok, still fails.

you might try divx for the mkv playback i know when you install divx it ask you if you want to use divx for your mkv files

www.divx.com

That sounds like it would make the mkv vids play in divx player though... but i guess i'll try.

it also allows them to play in media center also i have it installed on my multimedia machine and have one or 2 mkv files they work fine for me in media center as well as run with media player and or divx

Hmm just installed and it didn't work either... oh well I'll just give up using a media center and just watch my videos on wmp.

one other thing to try
Shark007's FREE Codec solutions.
i just tested it with a win 7 install i had to install these along with divx to get them to work in media center

Already tried that, that was the first suggestion.

Have you tried installing the Matroska Pack? Free-Codecs.com : Download Matroska Pack Full 1.1.2, Matroska Pack Lite 1.1.2 and Matroska Pack MPEG4 1.0.3 or the CCCP pack. Also, there's a hidden difficulty with WMP/MC; if you are using the x64 version of Vista it will contain both the 32- and 64-bit versions of WMP, but while Media Centre will default to 64-bit, the free-standing WMP11 will be the 32-bit version by default (!). Standardise on one (64-bit seems most sensible on Vx64) and then get the corresponding drivers. Hope at least some of this
(a) Makes sense
(b) Helps