Re: Manually specify the MPEG2 codec for WMP10 to use

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Not really. You can specify the filter merit, but that's non-trivial and at
that point you're wanting to contact their support channels. Or you can
create a batch file to register/unregister those codecs... =P I'd probably
shoot an e-mail off to Roxio about this issue and then knuckle down and
write a batch file.

-Zach
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(speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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"Jon Eric Rumpf" <JonEricRumpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:20B08488-D4F4-4E14-BF81-D3AEE2077C3A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The codec is used by my DVD burning softtware (Roxio Easy Media Creator
> 7.5)
> aside from uninstalling that software is there another way to "unregister"
> the codec so WMP10 won't use it?
>
> "zachd [ms]" wrote:
>
>>
>> That only addresses playback. In your case, you would need to unregister
>> or
>> uninstall the other decoder.
>>
>> --
>> (speaking for myself and doing this in my free time)
>> See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>> --
>>
>> "Jon Eric Rumpf" <Jon Eric Rumpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message
>> news:67F82980-3DE5-49F8-B9F2-30271DF21453@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Does anyone know how to specify the MPEG2 codec to be used by Windows
>> > Media
>> > Player 10? I tried the use the Video Codec Checkup Utility but it
>> > doesn't
>> > work. I have a codec installed that's fully compatible with WMP10, but
>> > it
>> > keeps picking a different one to use. The video files play fine, but I
>> > am
>> > unable to transcode MPEG (TiVO) files to WMV for upload to my Creative
>> > Zen
>> > Portable Media Center.
>>
>>
>>


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