Mewling Win8 Media Center Angst...;)

I got Win8 Media Center and installed it fine and no problems on that score (with the exception of the fact that I think requiring a separate Key for it than is required for Win8 has made things idiotically complex. For instance, my present Media Center

key expires 2/1/13 or so. What happens if I need to do another install of the OS after that date? It does not appear that Media Center will be able to follow me cleanly--and I *hope* Microsoft will be coughing up a key that works when I need it.)

What was surprising about Win8 MC in a negative sense was the fact that certain Fox DVDs utilize a playback format that seems to require DVD playback through Media Player, which Windows 8 does not seem to provide even with the full-fledged Media Center installation.

This would have been a cake-walk with Win7. I've had to install VLC on top of Media Center to get those DVDs to work (there was no DVD firmware/region issue, etc.) This seems a simple case of a codec Win8 Media Center doesn't have being found in

a gnu-licensed share-ware/free-ware/open-source 22mb DVD player. VLC does a great job, though, I have to say, so in a sense I'm glad Microsoft forced me into that route.

You think Microsoft is going to correct this in a future Win8 patch of some kind? I'm trying to figure why they'd offer a Media Center that doesn't integrate into Media Player for DVD playback. Thanks, if you know...) (And even if you don't,

thanks!)

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