x64 Components addon (100% free)


MKV playback is fully supported in x64 Media Center on all versions of Windows.

To setup FLAC audio playback  in Windows Media Center you must initially select the x64 WMP as the default player. For Windows 7 Media Center users, this can be set back to the 32bit afterwards.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
This release is designed to compliment the 32bit codec packages.
The installation requires the 32bit codec release to be installed as a prerequisite.

 >>>> SETUP AND USAGE <<<<

Concerning S/PDIF, digital, optical and HDMI: The administrator and a regular user are different users and each must setup the Audio TAB. At no time should anyone have a need to click the leftside of the Audio TAB manually; it uses system detection.

Things the Shark pack does that other packs cannot do . . .

1. Full color thumbnails including FLV's and 10bit MKV's
(also allows users to select at what point by percentage to grab the thumbnail)
2. Enable the Preview Pane for ALL newly enabled filetypes such as MKV and FLV.
3. Explorer properties are displayed for non native filetypes such as MKV and FLV
4. Updated often - and has update notification builtin
5. Support DLNA playback of MKV files (/LAVfilters on Win8)
6. Supports the use of Xbox360 as Extenders to playback MKV files
7. Allows singleclick setup of Bitstreamed Audio
8. Support playback of MOD audio files and M4A files containing ALAC
9. Supports playlist creation for use in Media Center
10. Allow users to Enable/Disable codecs installed on their system
11. Funtionality such as Win7DSFilterTweaker builtin.
12. Support 'Add to Windows Media Player List' using rightclick on all files such as MKV.

 

64bit Settings Application

 

If you decide to choose the x64 version of Windows Media Player as your default player,
Windows Explorer will automatically differentiate between the 2 media players as depicted below.



The Settings Application is 100% UAC compliant.
Restricted access is enforced. (User Account Control)

The Application allows each user to maintain individual codec settings while at the same time seamlessly integrating any administrative commands directly into the users account. New users accounts are detected upon opening the Application and automatically inherit the Administrators settings.

Adding files to the Windows Media Player Playlist

On the Help TAB of the 32bit Settings Application is a button to allow you to choose Windows Media Player Filetype Associations. This buttons functionality is GLOBAL and is not restricted to the 32bit environment. Once you have used this button, you can Enqueue newly associated filetypes to the Windows Media Player Playlist as depicted below. It also sets up Media Center to utilize the associations for seamless playback in that player also. If for some reason this doesn't work for you, go back to the associations button, click No twice, consecutively, then select Yes. No reboot is required.

 
This will also work for audio files such as FLAC, APE or musepack.

 

Download the latest stable release, v4.1.2 from:
               
        

UNINSTALL YOUR OLD VERSION
When choosing to uninstall this product, ensure you uninstall it BEFORE removing the 32bit release.

distribution file information: MajorGeeks receives the distribution file directly from me.
It is currently 17.9MB and has an MD5 of 51d13f89b31c2b13e6d9ed01ef0dd1d7

 

changelog:
- update LAV filters 56.2+
- update subtitle renderer


PLEASE UNINSTALL you old version before installing a newer release.
When choosing to uninstall this product, ensure you uninstall it BEFORE removing the 32bit release.

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This following release matches the 32bit Windows 8 Codecs and will enable Media Center on 64bit to play all of your files. The Windows 8 release(s) do not contain Haali, Gabest or
FFDshow.

               
        

changelog for version 1.5.6:
- update LAV filters 56.2+
- update subtitle renderer

PLEASE UNINSTALL you old version before installing a newer release.
When choosing to uninstall this product, ensure you uninstall it BEFORE removing the 32bit release.

distribution file information: MajorGeeks receives the distribution file directly from me.
It is currently 9.38MB and has an MD5 of c392ae571f8816719201152cd67c7007

This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the GPLv2.0 and its source can be downloaded 


Thanks to everyone who has made a donation.

I put a lot of time and effort into creating and maintaining these releases.



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