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superdxDec 18th 2007 7:12PM

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The MCE that came with Windows is great if all you ever do is play normal AVI, WMV files and DVDs.

Welcome to the internet where stuff comes in all kinds of compression like DivX, XviD, MOV, MKV and audio formats like AAC.

MCE can't play any of that content without some codec hacking, way beyond reach of an average user.

Portals like MCE offer native support of these formats, so while it is like reinventing the wheel, it solves a very real problem. Which is what the majority of good software is about.

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