By Ian Dixon (MP3 21.0mb 1Hour 1min 11sec)
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This week Microsoft MVP Bryan Socha joins be to talk about codecs also know as DVD decoders or just Decoders. These are the mysterious pieces of software that enables Windows to play different formats of media content such as DVD and recorded TV. Bryan will be explaining what there are, how they do it and some of the common issues around Decoders. I have email in to the show, forums winner and news items.
Note: We didn't really clarify the full audio features of Microsoft's built in Decoder in Vista so I will have an update on this on a future show
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Show times
01:09 Coming up this week
02:00 Email - Customize the view of My Music
03:21 Missing Remote review of Showtime on Windows Media Center
04:15 Automated Home's videos of The Smart Home Show
05:03 Doug Knox tool for increasing the pause buffer
05:27 Nial Ginsbourg gets an MVP
06:00 My new Samsung Q1, pictures on the gallery
08:19 "Ask Charlie Owen"
09:00 The Digital Lifestyle Forum poster of the week
09:30 A message from One Voice
10:32 Welcome to Bryan Socha
11:00 Bryan's background
12:20 What is a Decoder
12:50 What happens if you don't have one?
14:00 Getting a Decoder
17:00 What are your options - PowerDVD, WinDVD, Nvidia, FFDShow
21:22 Can you install multiple Decoders on the same machine
22:28 Decoder Utility for XP or Vista
25:15 Using digital outputs
28:16 Common Decoder issues
32:48 burning DVD issues
37:12 Decoder built in to Windows Vista
44:27 BluRay and HD-DVD
49:26 The Format War
56:20 Thanks to Bryan
Music by Ian Dixon
