Vista, DVDs and codecs

re: Vista, DVDs and codecs

John Currie — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:31:42 GMT

Our badley written access come document managent system works in Vista to my suprise.

Also all of our CCH software works (although not supported)

To be honest it's less hasle than I thought it would be. It will be about 6-12 months before the majority of our users start shifting, that's when the fun will start!!

It's funny that codec pack includes coreavc and cyberlink mpeg2 codecs when both companies charge for it..

re: Vista, DVDs and codecs

bradley — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:12:31 GMT

I can't run any of my business programs on it, but hey.

The fact is that there are 5 versions too many of Vista and hardly anyone debates that.

Otherwise I don't like that I don't have tools worth a darn over on alternative platforms.

re: Vista, DVDs and codecs

indy — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:51:39 GMT

Here it is folks... The SBS diva is knocking Vista, and a few more pro-mac posts more, and I'm thinking a lot more is going to change around here...

re: Vista, DVDs and codecs

Vlad Mazek — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:49:39 GMT

Couldn't you have gone over to Linux instead?

-Vlad

re: Vista, DVDs and codecs

John Currie — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:44:35 GMT

The codec-pack mentioned in the article is awful, far to many codecs for what you actually need.

I would reccomend something like cccp codec pack with a separate mpeg2 decoder for DVD.

Nvidia purevideo is a good one but costs, here is the related ms kb support.microsoft.com/.../306331

My ideal setup is cccp codec pack, nvidia purevideo for mpeg2 decoding and coreavc for h264 decoding.