If you have a .avi or .mp4 video clip,you can now play them in Windows Media Center instead of Apple QuickTime.Playing .avi or .mp4 video clip in Windows Media Center are quite cool and nice.No hack is require,just install a simple program and they will do the rest for you.
But not only .avi and .mp4,they also play Xvid ,Divx,H.264 and much more.Furthermore they can enhance your video experience and as well as audio from the video.

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Hi! I’m a big fan of this site. the posts are usually very useful. I want to know if there’s a way we can play .sub or .srt subtitles with the video clips in windows media center/WMP, just like VLC media player and media player classic?
I’m using Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.
Hey thanks.Hopefully this would work.And please help me to get more fan if it is useful.
http://www.wengkhin.com/2010/04/play-video-in-windows-media-center-with-subtitles/
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