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<blockquote data-quote="Vimes" data-source="post: 381882" data-attributes="member: 87494">In my experience I managed to get Vista 32 up and going with MP with no problems whatsoever. Everything worked great. With XP had a problem with my Vista MCE remote and getting the drivers sorted out (no drivers needed for Vista or Windows 7). In the end I gave up with XP just for that reason.!Running Windows 7 and just using the codec pack here...<a href="http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html" target="_blank">Shark007.net - Windows 7 Codecs</a>...works a treat, although I have the Power DVD 8 H264 codec installed as well for my TV when watching HD channels via the Pinnacle card.Vista 64 was a BIG no no for me as there are not any drivers for my Pinnacle card that prevent it from either crashing with BSOD's or just a black picture on the screen when the TV is selected, due to a bug when you have 4GB of RAM when using Vista 64.So the bottom line for me is that I'm using Windows 7 but Vista 32 worked a treat, it just feels that W7 is more responsive and quicker to use but that can be a little academic if all you need it for is to run MP.I got DXVA running well on all of the above as well as the optical SPdif out to my amp, passing DTS and DD.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vimes, post: 381882, member: 87494"] In my experience I managed to get Vista 32 up and going with MP with no problems whatsoever. Everything worked great. With XP had a problem with my Vista MCE remote and getting the drivers sorted out (no drivers needed for Vista or Windows 7). In the end I gave up with XP just for that reason.! Running Windows 7 and just using the codec pack here... [url=http://shark007.net/win7codecs.html]Shark007.net - Windows 7 Codecs[/url] ...works a treat, although I have the Power DVD 8 H264 codec installed as well for my TV when watching HD channels via the Pinnacle card. Vista 64 was a BIG no no for me as there are not any drivers for my Pinnacle card that prevent it from either crashing with BSOD's or just a black picture on the screen when the TV is selected, due to a bug when you have 4GB of RAM when using Vista 64. So the bottom line for me is that I'm using Windows 7 but Vista 32 worked a treat, it just feels that W7 is more responsive and quicker to use but that can be a little academic if all you need it for is to run MP. I got DXVA running well on all of the above as well as the optical SPdif out to my amp, passing DTS and DD. [/QUOTE]

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