Windows Media Center Codecs

Question

I like windows media centre but I find the codecs limited for it and when I install a codec for windows media player, windows media centre doesn't seem to pick it up. So my question is how do I install codecs for windows media centre.

Answer 1

If you are using Vista or 7 Media Centre then you need 2 things:

Media Control and FFDShow Tryouts

Full details on the Media Control page.

Read the Configuration Guide

Answer 2

DirectShow codecs are usually loaded by the graph builder also under Windows Media Center.

However you can have troubles on 64 bit machines: Windows Media Player is by default the 32 bit version, so the codecs you'll see working there are not the same as in Media Center, that is always at 64 bit. In this case, you just have to install 64 bit codecs as well.