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The newest version of mediaportal comes with a set of codecs allready, for hardware optimized DVD playback you can install an aditional comercial DVD player. And that should be it. Problems can occur when installing/unistalling codec packs, if you just stick to the basic stuf you'l be fine.Als you might think about a dual boot config, keeps the wife happy while you get to grips with MP.
The newest version of mediaportal comes with a set of codecs allready, for hardware optimized DVD playback you can install an aditional comercial DVD player. And that should be it. Problems can occur when installing/unistalling codec packs, if you just stick to the basic stuf you'l be fine.
Als you might think about a dual boot config, keeps the wife happy while you get to grips with MP.