Media Direct Codec

Hey guys,
I have an E1505 and have reformatted it and the Media Direct works pretty much great. The only problem though is that it is unable to play certain files, lets say divx or xvid. It seems it does not use the codecs that are installed on my operation system to play the files. Is there any way that I can get this to work? If anyone knows how to get these type of files compatible with Media Direct I would really appreciate it.

 

I guess it depends on how you have MediaDirect configured at the moment.

If you did a REINSTALLATION, then you may have some success by making your way into the MediaDirect partition and making changes there. If it's still in the HPA, then it's not so easy [make that VERY hard]

hth

Mark

 

Here is a good place to get your codecs. I haven't had any trouble using these.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm
Tim

 

Timu, I have those codecs already. The problem is that media direct (even if they are installed on XP OS) does not "see" this codecs I believe. I think that it has its own "standard" codec package and does not support ones like divx and xvid and such. My question was if other people have found this problem and have discorvered a way so media direct will be able to access these codecs that are on the XP partition or maybe add them to the existing one.

 

http://blog.wardonline.be/2007/09/16/how-to-install-codecs-for-mediadirect-on-your-dell/

I know this post is old but it is for benifit for those (like me) who are looking for this.