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Home codecs Advanced codec support inside Media Center with Media Control by Michael Healy @ 9:00 am on June 11th, 2009 in codecs, ffdshow, plugins, subtitles with 23 Comments

One of the greatest features of newer video container formats such as MKV is their ability to contain multiple audio and subtitle streams as well as chapter markers. These are the type of features that begin to bridge the gap between traditional DVD and Blu-Ray media playback and non-traditional digitally distributed or locally stored media. Unfortunately, Microsoft has neglected support for many of these open source formats entirely.

While playing back MKVs in Media Center only requires that you have the correct splitters and decoders installed these more advanced features require a deeper level of support. Thats where a handy Media Center plug-in called Media Control comes in.

Media Control adds support for switching audio and subtitles streams, chapter markers, fast forward and rewind for all FFDShow decoded formats, refresh rate changing and more. In fact Media Control has so many features packed in its hard to get a handle on them all.

When starting a movie with multiple subtitle or audio streams Media Control will pop-up a small dialog allowing you to quickly enter the menu for switching streams. The dialog only appears for a few moments but once the video is playing you can enter the full options of Media Control through the start menu as well.

From the main Media Control menu youll have access to almost any feature available through FFDShows configuration dialogs. Change video settings, audio and subtitle delays, post processing and more right from inside Media Center with easy to use controls.

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Advanced codec support inside Media Center with Media Control