Vista - mpeg-2

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

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:

> 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

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

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

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
>
>

No problemo-
off topic-but they did the same thing with Defender in XP-
the beta was done Dec 31st, and it'll error out if you try and run it, have
to uninstall,and get the final-lol
not a peep from MSFT; at first; saw it on their website I think though-but
in the meantime;had at least 15 calls from customers, saying Defender was
broke in XP
LOL

Jeff

"Technology Guy" <TechnologyGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB1F92E8-3B84-4A31-B2B0-247050D53BDF@microsoft.com...
> 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
>>
>>