Media Control Plugin for Vista Media Center 0.4

Thanks to Drew1978 for posting this in WVS

Media Control is an open source plugin that uses FFDShow decoder makes it so you can play back DivX, Xvid, and H.264 just like you could in Windows Media Center 2005. FFDShow supports MPEG-4 video formats like DivX, Xvid, H.264 and allows users to playback MP3, AAC, Dolby AC3, and OGG Vorbis audio files.

Features :

* Switching embedded audio and subtitles streams while playing a video: works with AVI, OGM, MKV
* Switching between external subtitle files (.SRT, .SUB)
* Switching between FFDShow presets (audio & video)
* Setting and loading bookmarks inside a video
* Real fastforward (and rewind) exactly like in the TV module (with 3 different speeds)
* Switching and setting post-processing filters in FFDShow (video filters only)
* Separate application to assign keyboard/remote control shortcuts to the commands and the MCML pages of the plugin

Requirements :

* Windows Vista with Media Center included
* FFDShow-Tryout revision 881 or greater, configured as explained below
* Haali media splitter (not mandatory, but required to switch between MKV/OGM streams)

Download: Media Control 0.4 (freeware)
News source: Gizmodo
Link: Media Control Home Page