I been using media center, real alternative & quicktime alternative. But Media Center doesn't seem to recognize files other than avi,mpeg & wmv! How do I make Media center recognize rm & qt files?

simply renaming the files won't allow it to be viewed, since its a diffrent format all together...

i personally use the k-lite codec pack with Media Player Classic enabled to allow me to view 98% of the movies i come across.

you can view rm and quicktime in windows media player if you get the real alternative and quicktime alternative codec packs, i dont know how to get them to play in the media center program tho

Yes u can w/ the use of Real+quicktime alternative just rename the file extention into avi & it plays into ur MCE but I wanted MCE to automatically recognize the extentions

Let me tell you.

just like this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov]

"PerceivedType"="video"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.RM]

"PerceivedType"="video"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.RMVB]

"PerceivedType"="video"

any file extensions with ""PerceivedType"="video"" registry value can be viewed in "My Videos"..

Nice info wbpluto. thanks.

@echo off

cmdow @ /HID

M Short %PF% Variable

FOR %%A IN ("%PROGRAMFILES%") DO SET SHORTPF=%%~sA

REM APE, FLAC, MPC, OGG

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ape" /VE /D "WMAfile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ape" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ape" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.flac" /VE /D "WMAfile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.flac" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.flac" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mpc" /VE /D "WMAfile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mpc" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mpc" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ogg" /VE /D "WMAfile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ogg" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ogg" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REM Real

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ra" /VE /D "WMAfile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ra" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ra" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.rm" /VE /D "ASFFile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.rm" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.rm" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.ram" /VE /D "ASFFile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ram" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ram" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REM Quicktime

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.3gp" /VE /D "ASFFile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.3gp" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.3gp" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mov" /VE /D "ASFFile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mov" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.mov" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\.qt" /VE /D "ASFFile" /F

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.qt" /v "Runtime" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.qt" /v "Permissions" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

EXIT

I used the quicktime alternative codec packs as mentioned above, however, I receieve no audio when the movie plays in MCE. Any Ideas?