720p/1080p MKV playback in Vista Media Center

[mc866]

I've been doing my research on this and have found what seems like endless suggestions to get this to work but most of the posts are from a year ago now. I've looked at Anandtech, AVSforums, HardOCP, and others. Can anyone provide a quick breakdown of what they are using to get this to work?

I just purchased some HTPC specific gear and am working on getting everything setup to play HD MKV files through Vista Media Center connected to my 1080p 42" Panny plasma.

Specs: AMD X3 8650 Phenom 1
GA-MA78GM-UD2H with ATI HD3200
2GB of Ram
Vista Ultimate 32bit

Codecs I've installed:
AC3 Filter
Haali Media Splitter
Xvid codec
ffdshow tryouts latest version

I'm able to play 720p MKV files via Media Player Classic HC with this setup but I would like to run them through media center so I can stream all my movies there regardless if it's SD or HD content. Please help.

 

[nickbits]

Get a better H264 decoder. Cyberlink decoder is what I use.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

http://shark007.net/

 

[JCGhz]

VLC media Player is best for those...try it.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Originally posted by: JCGhz
VLC media Player is best for those...try it.

i don't know if it's the best, but it certainly isn't vista media center, which is what he wants to use.

 

[abaez]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
http://shark007.net/

You need to install this and you should be fine.

 

[mc866]

Thanks for the info guys, I'm aware that VLC will play it, MPC will play it too which I prefer over VLC but like I mentioned above the intention here is to use Vista media center for all my video files. I got it working last night so thanks for all the assistance!!!!