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<blockquote data-quote="samoddie" data-source="post: 311602" data-attributes="member: 83171">Hi thereI have successfully managed to have a working mediaportal in my lounge. TV works fine, pictures work fine and so does music. However, videos do not!I have a few films on my harddrive encoded in different formats. They all play totally fine in media player and used to work in mediaportal but then they just stopped. I have changed the codecs a few times and am currently using ffdshow.I just can't figure out why they don't work.What happens is that I select the video i want to pay and then the screen goes blank and flickers a few media portal headings. I can hear the movie, just can't see it... Does anybody have any ideas?Oh, VOB files work fine..!And on a bit of a side note... I am trying to make my HTPC look nothing like windows. I have tried following a few guides and many talk about gpedit, which you can't get on XP home. Has anyone managed to completely remove the look of XP whilst still allowing it to be used like a PC if needs be..Cheers!Sam</blockquote>

[QUOTE="samoddie, post: 311602, member: 83171"] Hi there I have successfully managed to have a working mediaportal in my lounge. TV works fine, pictures work fine and so does music. However, videos do not! I have a few films on my harddrive encoded in different formats. They all play totally fine in media player and used to work in mediaportal but then they just stopped. I have changed the codecs a few times and am currently using ffdshow. I just can't figure out why they don't work. What happens is that I select the video i want to pay and then the screen goes blank and flickers a few media portal headings. I can hear the movie, just can't see it... Does anybody have any ideas? Oh, VOB files work fine..! And on a bit of a side note... I am trying to make my HTPC look nothing like windows. I have tried following a few guides and many talk about gpedit, which you can't get on XP home. Has anyone managed to completely remove the look of XP whilst still allowing it to be used like a PC if needs be.. Cheers! Sam [/QUOTE]

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