MCE 2005 Replacement

**kirbycope** · 05-23-2005, 06:02 PM

So I have MCE 2005 and its great. Bad thing is no DivX support. I can add a icon to open up the Divx playa but that doesnt have a cataloging feature like MCE does for mp3s and dvds.
Question: is there a know hack/plug-in for cataloging my divX files?
or
is their a similar front-end that i could use just for divXor .iso?

**Trazer** · 05-24-2005, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by kirbycope

So I have MCE 2005 and its great. Bad thing is no DivX support. I can add a icon to open up the Divx playa but that doesnt have a cataloging feature like MCE does for mp3s and dvds.
Question: is there a know hack/plug-in for cataloging my divX files?
or
is their a similar front-end that i could use just for divXor .iso?

Are you serious about the DivX support? That sucks. You might try media portal. http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net/ or meedio http://www.meedio.com/ or some other.

**TaylorMade** · 05-24-2005, 08:23 AM

I have MCE 2005 and have hundreds of Divx movies. Might want to try downloading the codec again from divx.com.

**Defiler** · 05-24-2005, 09:50 AM

try the divx codec and the AC3 codec. If Media Player supports it then MCE2005 does.

**TimmyM** · 05-24-2005, 10:05 AM

Thats all I use it for Divx, and DVD's.

**Nobias** · 05-24-2005, 10:30 AM

I have MCE 2005 and it'll even play real and quicktime if you set it up right.

**god_of_cpu** · 05-24-2005, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Defiler

try the divx codec and the AC3 codec. If Media Player supports it then MCE2005 does.

Thats not necessarily true, media player will play a number of badly written codecs that MCE does not. Since mce renders directly to a directx texture, the codec must be able to output a stream in a particular pixel format that MCE can convert to a directx texture in. I have run into this DivX problem myself before depending on the exact version / variant of the codec installed even though the files played fine in media player.

**Defiler** · 05-24-2005, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Nobias

I have MCE 2005 and it'll even play real and quicktime if you set it up right.

How the hell did you get it to play Quicktime files?

**Nobias** · 05-24-2005, 11:04 AM

Installed QuickTime and Real Alternative then added the following registry entries to get extra file types:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.divx] 
@="divxFile" 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov] 
@="mov_auto_file" 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.movie] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg4] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qti] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qtif] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.r1m] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.r3t] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rec] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rpm] 
"PerceivedType"="video"

**Defiler** · 05-24-2005, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Nobias

Installed QuickTime and Real Alternative then added the following registry entries to get extra file types:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.divx] 
@="divxFile" 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov] 
@="mov_auto_file" 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.movie] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg4] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qti] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qtif] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.r1m] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.r3t] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rec] 
"PerceivedType"="video" 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rpm] 
"PerceivedType"="video"

SLICK!!!! I've been trying to figure this out for some time now. THX!!!