![]() If so, the decoders that are installed with it will probably work in Media Center although you may have to manually select them within the Media Center "Video" options page. If you already have DVD playback software, try re-installing it and testing it out "standalone" to see if it works.Sometimes your computer manufacturer installed these on your system and sometimes you may have purchased a DVD drive or a video card which included a DVD player program and decoding filters. While Vista, Win7, and XP Media Center Edition include these in the operating system, standard Windows XP does not so you must provide your own. Media Center always uses DirectShow decoding "filters" to do the decoding of these formats. DVD video is in mpeg-2 format and DVD audio is generally either mpeg-2 or AC-3 format. The most common DVD playback problem on Windows XP is missing or incompatible DVD decoders. In rare cases selecting Video Mixing Renderer 9 or one of the others may help. Video Renderer should be set to automatic.Video Decoders should normally be set to automatic, but you can try explicitly selecting a decoder from the list if you're having problems with the automatic setting.Note that the Microsoft audio decoder only outputs digital so you must have a digital audio connection in order for it to work. Audio Decoders should normally be set to automatic, but you can try explicitly selecting a decoder from the list if you're having problems with the automatic setting.Playback Method should be set to Automatic.Select DVD Video (ifo,vob) from the drop list.The other end will either terminate in another 1/8" phone jack to plug into a set of computer speakers or it will terminate in two "phono" type jacks usually colored red & white for the left and right stereo signals which are plugged into analog input jacks on an A/V amplifier/receiver. The cable will usually have a stereo 1/8" "mini" phone jack on one end which plugs into the computer's sound card. ![]() ![]() Analog: Generally used for carrying a mono or stereo signal.Usually hooked up to a digital input on an A/V amplifier/receiver or a high end computer speaker system. The cable is usually a single coax or fiber optic cable with a single connector at each end. Digital: Can carry any number of channels (mono, stereo, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, etc.).You must correctly inform Media Center of whether your audio connection is analog or digital or you will get no sound out of the speakers. Connection type: This is probably the most important setting to verify.If you're using digital audio output, you can try the Digital Audio setting.If you're using analog audio output, you can try Default Windows playback device.Playback device: If you have verified that regular audio playback is working in Media Center, you should be able to leave this set to Same as device used in audio playback.Go to Tools / Options / Video from the Media Center main menu and check the following options:.If you can't hear any audio, check out this audio troubleshooting page. Play an audio track and if you can hear it, continue to the next section. If DVD playback fails or you have no sound, first verify that you can play any audio in Media Center. 3.1 Things to try if playback isn't working.3 Windows XP (not Media Center Edition). ![]() ![]()
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