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. Allow use of the PDVD12 decoders for 32bit
LiveTV
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.
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,
v3.6.3 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 17.7MB and has an MD5
of f027d5a8a3a5dc6a6a2869ddf4c22275
changelog:
- update LAV filters 50.5
- update Gabests filters 4832
- update FFDshow 4453
- update AC3Filter 2.2a
It is required that you rightclick the installed Settings Application
shortcut found on the menu,
Start Button\All Programs\Shark007 Codecs
and choose 'Run as Adminstrator'
to complete the installation setup.
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.
This software uses code of FFmpeg licensed under the GPLv2.0 and its source can be downloaded
