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<blockquote data-quote="Codec guide for newbies?" data-source="post: 888691">Hi,&nbsp;I'm new to MediaPortal and about ready to throw my HTPC out the window. Ok not quite that bad.... but was a happy enough Windows Media Center user for a couple of years and when seeing the MePo interface and some of its plugins I thought I had found Nirvana. Fast forward a couple of weeks and&nbsp; I have spent a good 15 hours getting all my media setup. MyTVseries plugin is installed and looking great, all my movies are in Moving Pictures and catalogued with fanart etc. The live/recorded TV side of things has all logos etc. and is working great with Microsoft codecs. I installed the Avalon skin too which looks great on my full hd sony bravia.&nbsp;Codecs for videos (movies &amp; tv-series) however are driving me insane. With just the plain Microsoft codecs anyting they can play they play well. To play other media however I have tried LAV Filters and ffdShow (installed/reinsalled) etc.etc. etc. and it's nothing but stutter/judder whatever you want to call it. Everything is unwatchable no matter what settings I try, and I have tried them all.&nbsp;To make all this more frustrating there seems to be no definitive guide on what settings or even what codecs to use, there seems to be so many different points of view and no definitive guide. Can anyone please point me in the direction of some sort of guide to solving this issue? I realise all PCs arent built the same, but if windows media center played all forms of media with little hassle (i installed divx codec at some point) then I fail to see why MePo can be so complicated?&nbsp;And please note that althogh I do know my way around a computer, I dont have&nbsp; university degree in video filter processing. If that is what you need to successfully run MePo someone please tell me now. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;Cheers &amp; Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Codec guide for newbies?, post: 888691"] Hi, I'm new to MediaPortal and about ready to throw my HTPC out the window. Ok not quite that bad.... but was a happy enough Windows Media Center user for a couple of years and when seeing the MePo interface and some of its plugins I thought I had found Nirvana. Fast forward a couple of weeks and I have spent a good 15 hours getting all my media setup. MyTVseries plugin is installed and looking great, all my movies are in Moving Pictures and catalogued with fanart etc. The live/recorded TV side of things has all logos etc. and is working great with Microsoft codecs. I installed the Avalon skin too which looks great on my full hd sony bravia. Codecs for videos (movies & tv-series) however are driving me insane. With just the plain Microsoft codecs anyting they can play they play well. To play other media however I have tried LAV Filters and ffdShow (installed/reinsalled) etc.etc. etc. and it's nothing but stutter/judder whatever you want to call it. Everything is unwatchable no matter what settings I try, and I have tried them all. To make all this more frustrating there seems to be no definitive guide on what settings or even what codecs to use, there seems to be so many different points of view and no definitive guide. Can anyone please point me in the direction of some sort of guide to solving this issue? I realise all PCs arent built the same, but if windows media center played all forms of media with little hassle (i installed divx codec at some point) then I fail to see why MePo can be so complicated? And please note that althogh I do know my way around a computer, I dont have university degree in video filter processing. If that is what you need to successfully run MePo someone please tell me now. :) Cheers & Thanks [/QUOTE]

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