MKV files in Windows 7's Windows Media Center (x64)?


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Anyone got them working? I've followed various guides, and nothing has worked.

I gave up with all the reg-hacks, none of them ever worked. Was directed towards (an apparently banned link - doh :( ) which, except for the occasional jitter, works fine.

Not much help there with the banned link. Sorry :/

That or you could simply mux these nasty little files to universally supported MPEG files which can be played back in any application. Honestly it boggles the mind what kind of nutter produces these files when the MPEG container can achieve the exact same thing while being universally supported on DVD Players, Consoles, Streamers, PMP's and even PDA Phones and pretty much any other device .

Probably were dropped on their heads as kids :yes:

That or you could simply mux these nasty little files to universally supported MPEG files which can be played back in any application. Honestly it boggles the mind what kind of nutter produces these files when the MPEG container can achieve the exact same thing while being universally supported on DVD Players, Consoles, Streamers, PMP's and even PDA Phones and pretty much any other device .

Probably were dropped on their heads as kids :yes:

I'm not very familiar with different video types and the like. Do those support chapters?

I still recommend VLC player. Windows Media Player is too much of a bloat to me, and have, in the past, lagged some of my videos due to its bloatness. VLC is pretty simple.

That said, I recommend CCCP Codec package if you still want to use WMP.

I still recommend VLC player. Windows Media Player is too much of a bloat to me, and have, in the past, lagged some of my videos due to its bloatness. VLC is pretty simple.

That said, I recommend CCCP Codec package if you still want to use WMP.

Windows Media Center.

It's in the topic title :laugh:

Cmon guys!

As someone else said all you should need is a splitter, Haali Media Splitter is good (Y)

Windows Media Center.

It's in the topic title :laugh:

Cmon guys!

As someone else said all you should need is a splitter, Haali Media Splitter is good (Y)

It appears to be 6+ months old and I can't find an x64 version?

Okay. Geez. I didn't see the word center give me a break. It's not like it's written in HUGE OBVIOUS FONT.

Ugh, Windows Media Center is even more of a bloat than windows media player. Still, CCCP should do the job regardless. I'm not sure how you can manage to tolerate that, but to each their own.

Okay. Geez. I didn't see the word center give me a break. Windows Media Center is even more of a bloat than windows media player. Still, CCCP should do the job regardless.

You can't directly compare WMP and WMC, they're serve different purposes :|

Okay. Geez. I didn't see the word center give me a break. It's not like it's written in HUGE OBVIOUS FONT.

Ugh, Windows Media Center is even more of a bloat than windows media player. Still, CCCP should do the job regardless. I'm not sure how you can manage to tolerate that, but to each their own.

Maybe he uses a remote to select stuff to watch in WMC. I do. Can't do that with VLC.

Okay. Geez. I didn't see the word center give me a break. It's not like it's written in HUGE OBVIOUS FONT.

So you admit you don't read titles before opening a thread? It doesn't need to be written in huge obvious font, it's a topic title, the first thing you should read ;)

edit: Haali Media Splitter for x64 - http://haali.net/mkv/mkx.y.9.exe All you should need, you don't need a codec pack, you need an mkv splitter.

So you admit you don't read titles before opening a thread? It doesn't need to be written in huge obvious font, it's a topic title, the first thing you should read ;)

Thread title will catch my eyes when I click on new post. It's sometimes easyto mistaken windows media center for windows media player. When I click the thread, the first thing i'll read is the post, and then the rest of the thread. Anyway, no more derailing.

Both of those codec packs contain a splitter, CCCP uses Haali. He doesn't need to install a codec pack, just the splitter.

Windows 7 has native codecs to play back H264 which will be the video codec inside the MKV file, Windows 7 however does not have a splitter to enable the use of the MKV container.

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