Alt Media players on 2003 Server

[Phrollux]

Hi all,

Since this is my first post, 1st up; a BIG THANKS for the guide!

I'm going to be starting MSCE in september so I want some hands on

with Active Directory and all, but can't be bothered with dual booting

just because I want to play a game/watch an xvid/etc.

So,...

Q. I've been realy happy with bsplay as my alternative media player

under XP and I use a recent ffdshow for decoding. Only under 2003, bsplay

just gives me a grey window with either of the overlay options.

Does anyone know of a good second alternative (That works with ffdshow)?

(Media plays fine in M$ media player - image qual is not so great)

Specs

1800+ @ 10x200 on ABiT NF7S

W2K3 Enterprise with selected guide mods (inc DX9 & Sound & GFX Accel)

Active Directory / DNS / DHCP

BSPlayer 100.809

ffdshow 20040607

[Aaron]

Have you given Media Player Classic a go? You can find it on http://www.sourceforge.net It works very nicely with any codec you can throw at it

[Phrollux]

Thanks for the tip - I'll give it a go later

Edit: Yep works a treat - Thanks again.

Right, I'm off for a lurk 'round to see what else I can

expect/impliment

[jp22382]

to go off what Aaron said... get the klite mega codec pack. it has bsplayer, media player classic, real player and quicktime plugins (so media player classic can play quicktime and real player files) and just about every codec you can think of!

get it here

[Phrollux]

Thanks ip22382.

As you might have guessed from the delayed reply -

I'm quite busy tinkering with my new server

I dont want to install much right now, but I've looked at

the site and added it to my bookmarks.

[catwalker63]

What books have you got/are you getting to study with?

May I suggest the following:

Minasi Resource Kit from Sybex (Mastering Windows Server 2003, Mastering Active Directory, Mastering Windows XP Pro, and Mastering Windows XP Registry)

O'Reilly Active Directory Second Edition by Allen & Lowe-Norris

I also recommend you get the Microsoft Server 2003 Resource Kit. The XP resource kit you can read online at:

XP Resource Kit

Another useful link for all things Microsoft:

Resource Kit Web Resources

Also, check out CertTutor at:

CertTutor Home

Forums, free practice exams and kind support!

Good luck!

[Phrollux]

Hey thanks catwalker63, what a cool friendly forum this is

I have sybex's mastering windows 2003 server - it's a brick!

but it sure is detailed and worth the effort.

I also have a whole bunch of other stuff that probably covers a

textbook situation, but how many are?

I'm currently wrestling with roaming profiles from clients running

zone alarm,... but thats another thread

So, as an IT Pro, what certs do you have, how long have you

been working & what's the biggest pain with M$ server environments?

(If there is just one)

Cheers