Re: Vista business--no video

My recollection is that Vista does not include an MPEG2 Codec; you need
to find one and install it (many commercial software products come with
one). There are some free ones, try the K-lite codec pacakage as one
possible source (a web search will find it).


Mahlon Wagner wrote:
> Recently I purchased a Lenovo Thinkpad x200---ultra light, and with
> Vista Business.
>
> I find that I can't view video (avi format), nor can I burn a DVD
> video. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Mahl

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On Sep 28, 8:50*am, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOS...@neo.rr.com> wrote:
> My recollection is that Vista does not include an MPEG2 Codec; you need
> to find one and install it (many commercial software products come with
> one). *There are some free ones, try the K-lite codec pacakage as one
> possible source (a web search will find it).
>
>
>
> Mahlon Wagner wrote:
> > Recently I purchased a Lenovo Thinkpad x200---ultra light, and with
> > Vista Business.
>
> > I find that I can't view video (avi format), nor can I burn a DVD
> > video. * *Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> > Thanks
> > Mahl- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Iam not familiar with Vista so is this true then that the business
edition have no media playing capabilities...?
I was wondering as its installed in the huge dual screen Lenovo 17
inch desktop replacement system...

It's not true.

Vista does not come with a Codec, required to decode DVDs and some media
files from non-DVD sources. So you can't play such media (regardless of
the source, but this includes ALL DVDs) using Windows Media Player on a
PC that has Windows Vista (and NOTHING eles) installed. But once a
Codec is installed (generally, by any application that includes a codec;
they usually become "public" when installed although a given package can
keep them "private"), Windows Media Player and any other Vista
application can use it. ***MANY*** software products include a codec,
and if you don't have any of them, you can find free codec packages on
the web. [the "K-Lite Codec Pack" is often recommended, it has many
codecs, including the one needed to play DVDs]


Roy wrote:
> On Sep 28, 8:50 am, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOS...@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I am not familiar with Vista so is this true then that the business
> edition have no media playing capabilities...?
> I was wondering as its installed in the huge dual screen Lenovo 17
> inch desktop replacement system...