Can PowerDVD v7 coexist with Theatertek?

[bigsnyder]

Since I have a HD combo drive now, I am using PowerDVD to play my HD discs. I would love to continue using the Nvidia codec that comes with Theatertek to play regular DVDs inside of Media Center instead of PowerDVD's codec. Any ideas on how to go about doing this? Is it as simple as installing PowerDVD first then Theatertek? Will FFDShow throw another monkey wrench into the mix or should I just skip it all together?

 

[rbV5]

Use Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility. It will allow you to choose which decoder MCE 2005 uses for video playback.

 

[bigsnyder]

Thanks for the tip. Now my next question is does this also work on the audio side? I have had a problem in the past where there was a conflict with codecs interfering with the DVD audio stream and any other MPEG2 content (though I was never able to rule out sound driver conflict).

 

[rbV5]

Its a "DVD" decoder, so it handles both audio and video (you can't pick seperate codecs for A/V with this utility).

You can edit the registry to use a different audio codec, however, IIRC the Theatertek Nvidia decoder decodes multi-channel audio, so you should be good.