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<blockquote data-quote="Tesla" data-source="post: 561508" data-attributes="member: 88010">Oh, really? Well thanks, that's good to know.I tell you what ... back in 2008 (after the fall of Meedio) I had had enough. I had heard of MP so I thought I would give it a try. I knew nothing. But with your excellent install docs, the active forums, Goose's codec setup PDF, and the StreamedMP pack (Theme, TV Series, and Moving Pictures) ... I had a fully functioning, remote controlled, XP based HTPC (sending DD5.1 sound via SPDIF to my amp.) in a fraction of the time it took me to get a Meedio system running (and it did a lot more). Plus, it looked great on the plasma.In fact my brother saw it and had to have it. Referencing my notes, I took my old Pentium4, loaded XP, and setup one for him. As I look back at my notes, I see it was MP v1.0.2 (stable) on his box.I still feel like I'm only scratching the surface. But I do these installs and they just work. I tinker a bit but mostly I just load media on them and they &quot;just play&quot; everything we throw at them.The change you refer to for v1.1 or higher sounds major. I'm glad to hear v1.x is still going strong. It just keeps getting better. You MP developers are the best around.So, it sounds like v1.1 has better internal codec/player support. Did you bypass the need for FFDShow? Is there a new (easy to follow) setup doc or forum posting you can point me to (or is it all in the main install docs now) that gets me to the same place as mentioned above? This summer I plan to build my first MP dual-core box.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tesla, post: 561508, member: 88010"] Oh, really? Well thanks, that's good to know. I tell you what ... back in 2008 (after the fall of Meedio) I had had enough. I had heard of MP so I thought I would give it a try. I knew nothing. But with your excellent install docs, the active forums, Goose's codec setup PDF, and the StreamedMP pack (Theme, TV Series, and Moving Pictures) ... I had a fully functioning, remote controlled, XP based HTPC (sending DD5.1 sound via SPDIF to my amp.) in a fraction of the time it took me to get a Meedio system running (and it did a lot more). Plus, it looked great on the plasma. In fact my brother saw it and had to have it. Referencing my notes, I took my old Pentium4, loaded XP, and setup one for him. As I look back at my notes, I see it was MP v1.0.2 (stable) on his box. I still feel like I'm only scratching the surface. But I do these installs and they just work. I tinker a bit but mostly I just load media on them and they "just play" everything we throw at them. The change you refer to for v1.1 or higher sounds major. I'm glad to hear v1.x is still going strong. It just keeps getting better. You MP developers are the best around. So, it sounds like v1.1 has better internal codec/player support. Did you bypass the need for FFDShow? Is there a new (easy to follow) setup doc or forum posting you can point me to (or is it all in the main install docs now) that gets me to the same place as mentioned above? This summer I plan to build my first MP dual-core box. [/QUOTE]

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