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15 October 2009
On the Path to the Ultimate Media Center Media Library (Part 1)

Introduction For the past few months, I’ve been working on and off with the Media Browser team to help create the ultimate media library solution for Media Center . I’ve come to realize that Media Browser’s folder based system has some major drawbacks and I’ve been unable to convince the team to switch... Read More...

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Filed under: Windows 7, Matroska, Media Browser, Media Center, Media Library, Libraries

02 May 2009
How-To Get Matroska (.mkv) Files to Play in Windows 7 RC (Build 7100) using FFDShow-tryouts or MPCVideoDec

It seems like all the buzz in the Media Center community lately is about DivX Labs latest project: A “Technology Preview” of Matroska support in Windows 7 . I’ve tried out their solution and it seems to work, however, I need to have subtitle support and alternative audio stream support (for reasons that... Read More...

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Filed under: Windows, Windows 7, Matroska, Media Browser, Media Center, MPCVideoDec, Haali Media Splitter, DivX Labs

30 January 2009
How-To Configure Windows 7 To Play Matroska (.mkv) Files

UPDATE : Now that the Release Candidate (build 7100) of Windows 7 is out, only the Haali Media Splitter or the DivX Labs MKV Splitter are needed to get Matroska files playing in Media Center and Windows Media Player. However, neither splitter supports subtitles yet, so if you need subtitles, check out... Read More...

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Filed under: Windows, Windows 7, Matroska, Media Browser, Media Center