A HP Vista Media Center to a 42" LCD HDTV: Can't play QT, DivX, etc.

[Ant]

Hi,

I am helping someone with his new HP Vista Media Center that is wired
network connected to a nice 42" HP LCD HDTV. It works well with over the
air (OTA) HDTV tuner, WMV HD sampler files, DVDs, and non-HD WMV files.
However, playing DivX, QuickTime, etc. doesn't work.

I read that Vista's Media Center (no need for codecs, special players,
etc.) already knows how to handle these video file formats. Is there
something missing that we might had missed? I am not familiar with Media
Center so I am new to this.

Thank you in advance.
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[Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]]

Wherever you read this information was wrong. And there was no need to cross
post to so many different groups. Vista, nor Media Center has native
support for DivX or QuickTime files. You need to install the appropriate
codecs for those formats.

 

[Ant]

Wherever you read this information was wrong. Vista, nor Media Center has
native support for DivX or QuickTime files. You need to install the
appropriate codecs for those formats.

Thanks. I guess I will have to install the codecs and players. Will I
assume that the players (e.g., QT) will play fullscreen automatically?
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[Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]]

That depends on the options. With DivX, yes, videos will start full screen.
I can't speak for Quicktime formats.

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