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<blockquote data-quote="etheesdad" data-source="post: 497111" data-attributes="member: 84335">You may find sticking with K-Lite is actually more time-consuming than using something specifically tailored for MP. Your best bet is either <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/codecs-external-players-55/saf-v3-47-standalone-filters-mediaportal-dxva-ready-mpeg2-h-264-vc-1-a-44614/" target="_blank">SAF</a> or <a href="http://users.vic.chariot.net.au/%7Emitreski/mediaportal%20codec%20guide%20v.2.pdf" target="_blank">FFDSHOW</a>. SAF is definitely easiest in my experience.On a personal note, my htpc's all have SAF for mediaportal and then VLC for any other media playing tasks (because it has internal codecs therefore no clash with MP). Its also very handy for testing files as VLC is much better at playing badly encoded or broken media than MP is. Ive found this the easiest setup and the most hassle-free. This wont work though for anyone who uses specific codec installations for encoding tasks though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="etheesdad, post: 497111, member: 84335"] You may find sticking with K-Lite is actually more time-consuming than using something specifically tailored for MP. Your best bet is either [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/codecs-external-players-55/saf-v3-47-standalone-filters-mediaportal-dxva-ready-mpeg2-h-264-vc-1-a-44614/"]SAF[/URL] or [URL="http://users.vic.chariot.net.au/%7Emitreski/mediaportal%20codec%20guide%20v.2.pdf"]FFDSHOW[/URL]. [I]SAF is definitely easiest[/I] in my experience. On a personal note, my htpc's all have SAF for mediaportal and then VLC for any other media playing tasks (because it has internal codecs therefore no clash with MP). Its also very handy for testing files as VLC is much better at playing badly encoded or broken media than MP is. Ive found this the easiest setup and the most hassle-free. This wont work though for anyone who uses specific codec installations for encoding tasks though. [/QUOTE]

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