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What types of video files will Media Center play? I'm running Ultimate, and have a bunch of DivX and Xvid movies. How do I get them to play through Windows Media Center?

Secondly, once I get them to play there, how can I play them through the Xbox 360 on my TV? I do already have the 360 set up as a Media Extender, and it recognizes all my files. When I go to play them, it says the codec is not found.

Hi,

I've been running Xbox Media Center Extender for MCE 2005 for some time, and have never had any issues. Then i upgraded to Vista Media Center...!

When i stream WMV movies from my Vista Media Center to my Xbox, i have problems with WMV files that do not have a square pixel aspect ratio. The Xbox ignores the pixel aspect ratio in all WMV files, so that widescreen (16x9) videos always appear as 4x3. 16x9 files with a square pixel aspect ratio do appear correctly however. The Vista PC itself plays back these files perfectly. Back when i was running MCE 2005 the Xbox DID play these files correctly also. I am aware that i can change the zoom setting for playback on the xbox, however most of my video files have a non-square pixel aspect ratio, and considering that Media Center Extender 2005 handled this automatically, i don't understand how Vista can remove this feature. I find it very annoying. It seems that Vista has lost functionality!

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I think 'Videos' should be in the TV+Movies section of Media Center. Whilst it may seem logical to put home videos and pictures together, it just doesn't work for me. It seems strange for me to go to TV+Movies tab to watch recorded tv programmes but tv programmes or movies that I have download (or have previously ripped and therefore in avi/divx/xvid formats) are located in the Pictures+Videos section.

Is there any way to change this so I can have a Pictures tab and a TV, Movies and Video in a tab together?

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