ripped dvds @ wmp

[slimselecta]

hi together...

i hope you can help...

i upgraded to windows vista, also because of the media center but
the media center means nothing to me when i´m not able to watch my
ripped dvds with it. that brings me to the question...

is it possible to have dvd-rips working with the windows media player???
maybe some codec or plug-in?

if not can you recommend any good media center software
(i just want to use it for pictures, videos & dvd-rips, no tv-functions)

thank you very much!

yours, slim

[redwudz]

If you have Vista Home Premium, you shouldn't have any problem playing ripped or commercial DVDs, either in Media Center or WMP. I play them all the time. One of my Vista computers I use for that was a recent Vista install, and I haven't added any other players.

Vista Home Premium has a MPEG-2 codec with the OS. Other versions of Vista may not. But you should be able to install a MPEG-2 codec if needed.

And welcome to our forums.

[dnix71]

VLC is free and will play dvd's from disc or hard drive.

[slimselecta]

hello, thanks for the tipp with the mpeg-2 codec...
wmp now plays dvd, yipiee!

last question remains...

i still have no clue how to add the ripped dvds to the wmp library...
because this is the only way to have them at the vista media center

thanks again

[Krispy Kritter]

Depends on your definition of "ripped" dvd's. If they are in folders (Video_TS & Audio_TS) or ISO's, then I don't believe WMP will add them. I believe it only recognizes individual files (mp3, mpg, avi, wmv, etc.).

[redwudz]

You probably have to do that with a playlist, similar to WMP. I found a program for this that may work with Vista Media center. But it'll have to wait till tonight to get back to my Vista computer to try it.

I found it here: http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/mce-applications-development-support/5663-ne...st-editor.html But you have to sign up to their forum before downloading (Free). Nice site, though.

[slimselecta]

thank you very, very much for the tipp with www.xpmediacentre.com
the site is great and i found an VISTA MEDIA CENTER DVD REG HACK on it!!! it enables the media center to recognize dvd rips (video_ts) folders... thanks, thanks, thanks!!!!!

[redwudz]

You're welcome. I came upon the site by a search and there's a lot of information about Media Center there. Very friendly site also.