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WMC Playing Recorded Wtv Video quality compared to (WMP or VLC)
My computer's build is quite new. I have a Hauppauge TV card, and with a cable card. The jig is this: When I watch recorded TV within 'Windows Media Center' the quality is not good - The framerate is noticeably lacking and often the audio and video is out of sync (I realize this is a common problem...) Out of sync, enough to be an annoyance. However, if I watch the very same .wtv file with 'Windows Media Player', or 'VLC player' it plays fine, diamond clear, no hiccups at all! HD recordings, or regular TV recordings. The recording quality level appears to be more than adequate. It seems to take up plenty of space on the drive, especially the HD recordings.
Since this is a new build of the machine I have not downloaded/installed any codecs that I'm aware of, anything that I know would have damaged the WMC playing ability.
However why would WMP play well, but not WMC? What codecs, or engines do they do different? What registry hacks do I need to do...lol Do I need to cheet and get a codec?